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Effect of serviceability limits on optimal design of steel portal frames
Abstract The design of hot-rolled steel portal frames can be sensitive to serviceability deflection limits. In such cases, in order to reduce frame deflections, practitioners increase the size of the eaves haunch and / or the sizes of the steel sections used for the column and rafter members of the frame. This paper investigates the effect of such deflection limits using a real-coded niching genetic algorithm (RC-NGA) that optimizes frame weight, taking into account both ultimate as well as serviceability limit states. The results show that the proposed GA is efficient and reliable. Two different sets of serviceability deflection limits are then considered: deflection limits recommended by the Steel Construction Institute (SCI), which is based on control of differential deflections, and other deflection limits based on suggestions by industry. Parametric studies are carried out on frames with spans ranging between 15m to 50m and column heights between 5m to 10m. It is demonstrated that for a 50m span frame, use of the SCI recommended deflection limits can lead to frame weights that are around twice as heavy as compared to designs without these limits.
Highlights Applying RC-NGA in the optimization problem Minimum-weight design for hot-rolled steel portal frames using genetic algorithms Plastic design and elastic design The performance of RC-NGA Parametric study is conducted.
Effect of serviceability limits on optimal design of steel portal frames
Abstract The design of hot-rolled steel portal frames can be sensitive to serviceability deflection limits. In such cases, in order to reduce frame deflections, practitioners increase the size of the eaves haunch and / or the sizes of the steel sections used for the column and rafter members of the frame. This paper investigates the effect of such deflection limits using a real-coded niching genetic algorithm (RC-NGA) that optimizes frame weight, taking into account both ultimate as well as serviceability limit states. The results show that the proposed GA is efficient and reliable. Two different sets of serviceability deflection limits are then considered: deflection limits recommended by the Steel Construction Institute (SCI), which is based on control of differential deflections, and other deflection limits based on suggestions by industry. Parametric studies are carried out on frames with spans ranging between 15m to 50m and column heights between 5m to 10m. It is demonstrated that for a 50m span frame, use of the SCI recommended deflection limits can lead to frame weights that are around twice as heavy as compared to designs without these limits.
Highlights Applying RC-NGA in the optimization problem Minimum-weight design for hot-rolled steel portal frames using genetic algorithms Plastic design and elastic design The performance of RC-NGA Parametric study is conducted.
Effect of serviceability limits on optimal design of steel portal frames
Phan, Duoc T. (author) / Lim, James B.P. (author) / Tanyimboh, Tiku T. (author) / Lawson, R. Mark (author) / Xu, Yixiang (author) / Martin, Steven (author) / Sha, Wei (author)
Journal of Constructional Steel Research ; 86 ; 74-84
2013-03-07
11 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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