in this research, the effectiveness of multiple tuned mass dampers (mtmds) in mitigating the response of nonlinear hysteretic structures has been studied where the optimal parameters of mtmds have been determined based on minimization of maximum relative displacement (drift) of structure. for solving the optimization problem the genetic algorithm (ga) has been used successfully. for numerical a...

In this paper the fuzzy structural reliability index was determined through modeling epistemic uncertainty arising from ambiguity in statistical parameters of random variables. The First Order Reliability Method (FORM) has been used and a robust genetic algorithm in the alpha level optimization method has been proposed for the determination of the fuzzy reliability index. The sensitivity level ...

A new hybrid algorithm of Particle Swarm Optimization and Genetic Algorithm (PSOGA) is presented to get the optimum design of truss structures with discrete design variables. The objective function chosen in this paper is the total weight of the truss structure, which depends on upper and lower bounds in the form of stress and displacement limits. The Particle Swarm Optimization basically model...