Reinforced concrete structures are one of the major structural types and must adhere to design regulation codes. It is ideal to find the best design (section dimension, material type, and amount of reinforcement) with the minimum cost providing the design constraints (design formulation considering loading of structure). Metaheuristic methods inspired by natural phenomena can consider design constraints by combining the analyses of formulation of reinforced concrete structures with an iterative numerical algorithm using several convergence options of random generation of candidate design solutions.

Metaheuristic Approaches for Optimum Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a pivotal reference source that focuses on several metaheuristic algorithms and the design of several types of structural members. Additionally, retrofit applications and seismic design issues are considered for readers in earthquake zones. Highlighting a wide range of topics including algorithms, design variables, and retrofit design, this book is ideally designed for architects, engineers, urban designers, government officials, policymakers, researchers, academicians, and students.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Design Constraints
Design Variables
Differential Evolution
Flower Pollination
Genetic Algorithm
Metaheuristic Methods
Objective Function
Particle Swarm Optimization
Retrofit Design
Structural Limit States
Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization

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Aylin Ece Kayabekir is a student of civil engineering PhD program of Istanbul University - Cerrahpaşa. She is working on structural optimization and control. Up to now, the authored more than 30 papers about optimization of RC retaining walls, RC shear walls, frames, carbon fiber reinforced polymers, dynamic of structures interacting with soil and structural control in selected journals covered in SCI and international conferences. In optimization, she also organized several mini-symposiums or special sections in prestigious international events 12th International Congress on Mechanics (HSTAM2019) and 9th International Congress on Computational Mechanics (GRACM 2018). Now, she is working on a book project about optimization of reinforced concrete structures. She is supported by Turkish High Education Council and The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey because of the importance of her thesis subject.

Gebrail Bekdaş, Associative Professor, is researcher in Structural Control and Optimization at Istanbul University - Cerrahpaşa. He obtained his DPhil in Structural Engineering from Istanbul University with a thesis subject of design of cylindrical walls. He co-organized 15th EU-ME Workshop: Metaheuristic and Engineering in Istanbul. In optimization, he organized several mini-symposiums or special sections in prestigious international events such as the Biennial International Conference on Engineering Vibration (ICoEV-2015), 3rd International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM 2015), 11th. World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM2014), International Conference on Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization (OPTI 2014), 11th Biennial International Conference on Vibration Problems (ICOVP2013), 3rd European Conference of Civil Engineering and 10th – 11th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM). He co-edited Metaheuristics and Optimization in Civil Engineering published by Springer and he is one of the guest editors in 2017 special issue of KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. He has authored more than 200 papers for journals and scientific events.

Sinan Melih Nigdeli, Associative Professor, is researcher in Structural Control and Optimization at Istanbul University - Cerrahpaşa. He obtained his DPhil in Structural Engineering from Istanbul Technical University with a thesis subject of active control. He co-organized 15th EU-ME Workshop: Metaheuristic and Engineering in Istanbul. In optimization, he organized several mini-symposiums or special sections in prestigious international events such as 12th International Congress on Mechanics (HSTAM2019), 9th International Congress on Computational Mechanics (GRACM 2018), the Biennial International Conference on Engineering Vibration (ICoEV-2015), 3rd International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM 2015), 11th. World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM2014), International Conference on Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization (OPTI 2014), 11th Biennial International Conference on Vibration Problems (ICOVP2013), 3rd European Conference of Civil Engineering and 10th, 11th and 15th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM). He co-edited Metaheuristics and Optimization in Civil Engineering published by Springer and he is one of the guest editors in 2017 special issue of KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. He has authored about 250 papers for journals and scientific events.

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