Technical Analysis of Optimal Design for Building Structure Considering Cost Constraint of Project

Abstract:

Cost of building structure takes a large proportion of total construction investment. Investors also come to realize that different structural designs affect project cost, which means the higher demand for structural design institutes, because it requires structural designers to work out safe, suitable, perdurable and economic structural design by either meeting current design codes, or considering structure cost constraints and architectural design scheme. One way of controlling the structural engineering cost is to optimize the structural design. This article analyzes the factors which affect the structural costs and optimal design methods, and it discusses the relationship of structural material quantity and structural safety. This article aims to provide reference and guidance for structural designer’s optimization.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 496-500)
• Pages: 2563-2568
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.496-500.2563
• Online since: January 2014
• Authors: Yan E Hao*, Yong Qiang Lan
• Keywords: Building Structure, Cost, Optimal Design

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