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A High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composite (HPFRCC) is a tensile-hardening cementitious material with a post-cracking tensile strength equal to or higher than that of an un-cracked cross-section. As a consequence, the tensile strength can be taken into account for the structural design, which allows sophisticated computational methods facilitating the optimization process and designing innovative structures. This paper presents two approaches (Ant Colony Optimization and Automated design of Special Nodes) to optimize concrete structures by applying computational algorithms. The technical feasibility of the models was determined by a Finite-Element analysis. Case-studies demonstrate the potential of the proposed approaches. Designers can use such optimization tools in order to take into account the freedom of shape of HPFRCC.
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Grünewald, S., Flint, M., Han, H., Coenders, J., Walraven, J.C. (2012). Optimization of HPFRCC-Structures with Innovative Computational Methods. In: Parra-Montesinos, G.J., Reinhardt, H.W., Naaman, A.E. (eds) High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites 6. RILEM State of the Art Reports, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2436-5_23
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