OPTIMUM SUPPORT ARRANGEMENT OF PIPING SYSTEMS USING GENETIC ALGORITHM

Authors
CHIBA T OKADO S FUJII I ITAMI K HARA F
Citation
T. Chiba et al., OPTIMUM SUPPORT ARRANGEMENT OF PIPING SYSTEMS USING GENETIC ALGORITHM, Journal of pressure vessel technology, 118(4), 1996, pp. 507-512
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Mechanical
Journal title
Journal of pressure vessel technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00949930
Volume
118
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
507 - 512
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-9930(1996)118:4<507:OSAOPS>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The support arrangement is one of the important factors in the design of piping systems. Much time is required to decide the arrangement of the supports. We applied a genetic algorithm to find the optimum suppo rt arrangement for piping systems. Examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the genetic algorithm. Good results are obtained when applying the genetic algorithm to the actual designing of the pi ping system.