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The Closure Temperature Fields and Shape Optimization of Arch Dam Based on Genetic Algorithms

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High Performance Computing and Applications

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The optimization of arch dams is complex because its objective function and constraint conditions appear non-linear. Although many conventional optimization methods already applied to arch dam shape optimization, these methods impose lots of disadvantages on optimal results at last. A Genetic algorithm(GA)based on float-encoding is presented and applied to closure temperature field and Shape optimization of arch dams. The results of a practical project indicate that GA has an advantage over that by multi-objective non-linear programming method.

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  1. College of Civil and Hydroelectric Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, Hubei Province, China

    Hui Peng, Wei Yao & Ping Huang

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  1. School of Computer Engineering and Science, Shanghai University, 200072, Shanghai, P.R. China

    Wu Zhang  & Weiqin Tong  & 

  2. Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, T2N 1N4, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Zhangxin Chen

  3. Department of Mathematics, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Avenue, 82071-3036, Laramie, WY, USA

    Craig C. Douglas

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Peng, H., Yao, W., Huang, P. (2010). The Closure Temperature Fields and Shape Optimization of Arch Dam Based on Genetic Algorithms. In: Zhang, W., Chen, Z., Douglas, C.C., Tong, W. (eds) High Performance Computing and Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5938. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11842-5_43

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