A retaining wall is a structure used to resist the lateral pressure of soil or any backfill
material. Cantilever retaining walls provide resistance to overturning and sliding by using …

The failure probability (reliability index) and evaluation of safety of structures is a subject of
interest in structural engineering. In order to calculate the reliability index, moment methods …

In structural design of steel frames, in order to achieve proper safety, the effect of
uncertainties in the design and loading parameters of the structure must be considered. This …

Structures usually suffer from natural or artificial damages that might result in shortening
their service life and even triggering their collapse. Therefore, vibrational damage detection …

High-utility item-set mining has become a very crucial topic of research in recent times. It is
used to find profitable products utilizing both profit factors and the quantity as opposed to the …

Optimal design of cantilever retaining wall structures is among the most commonly
geotechnical structures supporting vertical or near-vertical slopes of soil. These structures …

This chapter presents an optimal design of steel curved roof frames with its roof being part of
a circular arc. The elements of frames are tapered I-section members. In the objective …

Metaheuristic algorithms have become increasingly popular in recent years as a method for
determining the optimal design of structures. Nowadays, approximate optimization methods …

In this paper, a new metaheuristic algorithm is developed to sizing optimization of truss
structures with discrete variables. The proposed algorithms namely search and rescue …

Recent years have seen a significant increase in structural engineers' interest in the
assessment of reliability and structural safety. The Reliability-Based Design Optimization …