This paper deals with the minimum-cost design problem of reinforced concrete beam. The total cost of the structure includes the cost of concrete, reinforcing steel and formwork. The minimum-cost design of simply supported beam loaded by distributed lo...
This paper deals with the minimum-cost design problem of reinforced concrete beam. The total cost of the structure includes the cost of concrete, reinforcing steel and formwork. The minimum-cost design of simply supported beam loaded by distributed load subjects to constraints on strength, serviceability, stability, durability, fire resistance. The minimum-cost design problem is formulated as a non-linear programming(NLP) problem whose solution is attempted by two techniques, namely sequential linear programming(SLP) and sequential convex programming(SCP). Also, minimum-cost design using user interactive system can be easily performed and practice designer and apply optimum design to preliminary design.