Research Article

A New Genetic Algorithm Methodology for Design Optimization of Truss Structures: Bipopulation-Based Genetic Algorithm with Enhanced Interval Search

Table 7

Design and evolutionary data for BGAwEIS (spatial truss with 72-bars).

Design data

Material properties
Modulus of elasticity:  ksi
Density of material: 0.1 lb/

Loading data

Case numberJoint numberX (kips)Y (kips)Z (kips)
1155
2100
200
300
400

Constraint data
Displacement constraints:   inc ( ) for and directions
Stress constraints: ksi ( )

Elements of continuous sets
( )

Evolutionary data

Input

Number of design variables: 16
Size of solution region:
Number of generation: 600
Size of inward population: 500
Size of outward population: 500
Size of core population: 500

Cases
Case ICase IICase IIICase IV

NGGES50204015
NSBS20501550

Output

NSAS835223
NFS871112
Ratio 1 R1
Ratio 2 R230124012
Ratio 3 R375855550
Best feasible fitness value427.753452.286380.784381.08
Mean of feasible fitness values694.574842.722891.234882.993
Standard deviation of feasible fitness values290.294329.609409.814351.210