The application of Heuristic Search Methods for the earthquake resistant design of structural frames is discussed. The Tabu Search method was selected for application to structural weight optimization of steel moment frame structures. A computer program was developed that uses Tabu Search for weight minimization of two-dimensional framed structures. Written in the FORTRAN computer language, the...

This article examines the baseline resilience of reinforced concrete (RC) moment frame buildings conforming to seismic design standards Canada. Metrics for robustness, rapidity, and are evaluated capture system’s reliability, speed recovery, socioeconomic impacts. Buildings different heights using nonlinear time-history analyses. Six damage states defined as disjoint branches an event tree depe...

1. Abstract In this paper, a genetic algorithm is proposed for discrete minimal weight design of steel planar frames with semi-rigid beam-tocolumn connections. The frame elements are constructed from a predetermined range of section profiles. Conventionally, the analysis of frame structures is based on the assumption that all connections are either frictionless pinned or fully rigid. Recent lim...