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This paper explores the potential for using optimisation methods in the conceptual design of frame structures. The key elements of our approach are a randomised search based optimisation method (to simulate creativity), a generative structural shape grammar (to allow different configurations to be explored), and a multiobjective optimisation approach (to identify competing concepts occupying different parts of the trade-off surface). The results presented for a modified version of a classic structural optimisation problem demonstrate the success of this approach in exploring a multiplicity of different design configurations and presenting the designer with a variety of Pareto-optimal concepts worthy of further consideration.
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Suppapitnarm, A., Parks, G.T., Shea, K., Clarkson, P.J. (2002). A Multiobjective Optimisation Approach for the Conceptual Design of Frame Structures. In: Parmee, I.C. (eds) Adaptive Computing in Design and Manufacture V. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-345-9_10
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