*Auto Generated by GPT-5 1. Steel and Concrete Frame Design Objectives: Minimize material cost (steel weight, concrete volume). Minimize...

Problem setup We want to design a square footing on soil that satisfies safety and economy. Design variables : B = footing width (m) D =...

Lévy Flight or Lévy Step is commonly used in modern swarm-based algorithms, especially by Prof. Xin-She Yang's algorithms. The Lévy step...

We mostly recall that M = M_primary + M2, but here is a simpler explanation that can be made, so we don't just memorize the math. 1....

In this blog, we present an example of RC beam section optimization. The optimization problem is formulated as following: Design Vars: b,...

When a musician composes or improvises the music he might choose from 3 strategies: Reuse the line of notes from his memory...

The Jaya algorithm , proposed by Prof. R. Venkata Rao (2016), is a simple, yet effective population-based optimization algorithm . The...

This document explains the step-by-step procedure to compute the transformation matrix for a 3D frame element that includes a section...

Here we show the real example of reinforced concrete corbel to carry a total load of 900 kN, i.e. 4 points of 225 kN. The STM model is...

reference: (PDF) Strut-and-Tie-Modeling in Reinforced Concrete Structures Basics and Applications

1. Introduction Plastic analysis provides a powerful tool for estimating the collapse load of structures by using either the lower bound...

% Beam parameters fc = 30; % MPa fy = 500; % MPa Es = 200000; % MPa b = 300; % mm d = 550; % mm dp = 50; % mm Mu = 400e6; % N.mm phi =...

Ref. ETABS's SWD ACI318-99 Manual Based on the Shear Wall Design Manual (ACI 318-19) , the Simplified C- and T-section shear wall design...