EXAMPLE 10. OPTIMIZATION OF REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION

EXAMPLE 10: 'OPTIMISATION' 2 CONTENTS SCADA Pro OCP.............................................................................................................................. 3 Before Optimisation ................................................................................................................................. 3 1. Optimization ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Basic Settings ....................................................................................................................... 5 1.1.1 Objective Cost ...................................................................................................................... 5 1.1.2 Objective Performance ........................................................................................................ 6 1.1.3 Design Boundaries ............................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Project parameters ............................................................................................................... 8 1.2.1 Restrictions ............................................................................................................................... 8 1.2.2 Unit Cost of Materials .............................................................................................................. 9 1.2.3 Unit Cost of Production ......................................................................................................... 10 1.3 Design Constraints .................................................................................................................. 11 1.3.1 Cross sections .................................................................................................................... 13 1.3.2 Members ........................................................................................................................... 19 1.4 Resolution .............................................................................................................................. 25 1.4.1 Algorithms ......................................................................................................................... 25 1.4.2 Convergence ..................................................................................................................... 26 1.5 Settings .................................................................................................................................. 27 1.6 Execution ............................................................................................................................... 27 1.6.1 Execution ........................................................................................................................... 27 1.6.2 Results ............................................................................................................................... 29 1.6.3 Reset .................................................................................................................................. 30