ISSN 2319-5347, ISI Impact Factor: 0.763

VOLUME 03 NO. 02 APRIL 2014:

Title:       Optimization of Truss Structures using cuckoo search algorithm
Authors:  Jayanthi V., Manigandan M., Velrajkumar G., Saravanan M.
Abstract: In recent years optimization techniques are being used in a wide spectrum of industries, including aerospace, automotive, chemical, electrical, mechanical, civil and manufacturing industries. With rapidly advancing computer technology, computers are being more powerful and correspondingly the size and the complexity of the problems being solved using optimization techniques are also increasing. In civil engineering field, optimization of truss structures using metaheuristic approaches is gaining much importance and found to be more successful in the field of structural optimization, due to its viability and reliability of promising solutions that are being generated at each time step. Several researchers have contributed in the field of structural optimization with an aim to find optimal design of structures. In the present work, an attempt has been made to develop an enhanced version of cuckoo search algorithm that mimics the principle of brood parasitic behaviour. The viabilities of the proposed algorithm are tested through a series of truss problems to find the minimum weight design. The solutions obtained using the proposed algorithm is found to be better in terms of minimum weight compared to those of other algorithm like Ant Colony Optimization algorithm, Genetic Algorithm etc.,

Keywords:  Truss Structures, Optimization, Algorithms, Cuckoo Search
Page No:   158-161

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