The Performance of Heuristic Algorithms for Optimum Design of Reinforced Concrete Foundations

Authors

  • อัศนัย ทาเภา สาขาวิศวกรรมโยธา คณะวิศวกรรมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม
  • อลงกรณ์ ละม่อม สาขาวิศวกรรมโยธา คณะวิศวกรรมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม
  • เรืองรุชดิ์ ชีระโรจน์ สาขาวิศวกรรมโยธา คณะวิศวกรรมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม

Keywords:

Reinforced concrete foundations, Hill climbing algorithm, Simulated annealing algorithm

Abstract

This research introduces applying the heuristic algorithms for optimum design of reinforced concrete foundations which consist of a hill climbing algorithm and simulated annealing algorithm. The objective of this research is to compare the effectiveness of these heuristic algorithms by defining the construction cost as the objective function. Microsoft visual basic 6 was used to develop the optimization process in accordance with the strength design method of the Engineering Institute of Thailand (E.I.T. 1008-38). Four different reinforced concrete foundations were selected from the related literatures and the performance of two heuristic algorithms was evaluated by the statistical results. The results showed that the statistical results of the simulated annealing algorithm were better than the hill climbing algorithm. In addition, the optimum solutions obtained from two heuristic algorithms were an average of 9.24 % better than the traditional method for all examples.

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2018-03-29

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ทาเภา อ., ละม่อม อ., and ชีระโรจน์ เ., “The Performance of Heuristic Algorithms for Optimum Design of Reinforced Concrete Foundations”, Eng. & Technol. Horiz., vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 47–54, Mar. 2018.

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Vol. 35 No. 1 (2018): January - March

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