1976•Unpublished venueRequires access
A SYSTEMATIC PROCEDURE FOR MINIMUM COST DESIGN OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES, AN INTERIM REPORT
R J Aguilar, Kambiz Movassaghi, J. A. Brewer
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Abstract
A MATHEMATICAL THEORY IS PRESENTED FOR THE SYSTEMATIC MINIMIZATION OF THE TOTAL COST OF AN N SPAN, SIMPLY SUPPORTED, HIGHWAY BRIDGE STRUCTURE. DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING IS THE METHOD EMPLOYED IN DEVELOPING THE MODEL AND IT IS APPLIED TO THE STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONS AND GEOMETRY, SIMULTANEOUSLY. A COMPUTER PROGRAM IS BEING DEVELOPED TO IMPLEMENT THE OPTIMIZATION METHOD. /FHWA/