Madhur Agarwal
Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Deemed to be University, Patiala, Pin -147004, Punjab, India.

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.33889/IJMEMS.2019.4.4-077

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Abstract

In real world, the structural engineering design problems are large scale non-linear constrained problems. In the present study, crow search algorithm (CSA) is applied to find the optimal solution of structural engineering design problems such as pressure vessel design problem, welded beam design problem and tension/ compression string design problem. The numerical results are compared with the existing results reported in the literature including metaheuristic algorithms and it is found that the results obtained by the crow search algorithm are better than other existing algorithms. Further, the effectiveness of the algorithm is verified to be better than the existing algorithms by statistical analysis using mean, median, best case, and worst case scenarios. The present study confirms that the crow search algorithm may be easily and effectively applied to various structural design problems.

Keywords- Metaheuristic algorithm, Crow search algorithm, Constrained optimization.

Citation

Agarwal, M. (2019). Optimal Solution of Structural Engineering Design Problems using Crow Search Algorithm. International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences, 4(4), 968-981. https://dx.doi.org/10.33889/IJMEMS.2019.4.4-077.