Optimum design of Steelbox Girder Bridges using Improved Higher-order Convex Approximation

고차 Convex 근사화기법을 이용한 강상자형교의 최적설계

Since the real steel box girder bridges have a large number of design variables and show complex structural behavior, it would be impractical to directly use the algorithm for its optimum design. Thus, in this study, for optimum design of real steel box girder bridge, approximated reanalysis using an higher-order Improved self-adjusted Convex Approximation (ISACA) which was newly proposed on a previous study by the author is applied for the numerical efficiency. To demonstrate the efficiency, robustness, and convergence of the approximated reanalysis technique using the ISACA, a real bridge having two continuous spans is used as an illustrative example. From the results of the numerical investigation, it may be positively stated that the efficiency, robustness, and convergence of the approximated reanalysis using an ISACA is superior compared with the previous approximated reanalysis techniques.