Research Article

A Hybrid Method for Truss Mass Minimization considering Uncertainties

Table 4

Final objective function, constraints, and parameters by optimization method (objective function values do not take into account added masses).

ParametersGAFMADEPSOHGPS

Best mass value (kg)448.85413.29394.75397.10374.187
3.0843.8033.653.0383.275
10.0010.0010.010.0010.00
10.0010.0010.010.0010.00
Mean number of objective function evaluations198230841000740031839
number of LSF evaluations7677153927931443497591936805459
Efficiency1.941.03.671.512.00
Quality1.201.101.051.061.00
Maximum absolute member stress (Pa)
Maximum absolute node displacement (m)
(Hz)21.7621.0123.2721.7821.85
(Hz)53.6446.5344.3348.8443.82
(Hz)70.6966.9966.3064.9365.63

number of LSF evaluations: the mean number of times the probabilistic constraints are evaluated in order to get the reliability index (20 independent runs).