APPLICATION OF IMMUNE ALGORITHM TO IMPACT RESISTANCE DESIGN FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS

: Design of concrete structures subjected to impact loads is usually based on design impact loads, which are characteristic data obtained empirically. However, concrete structures under impact loads, unlike those under static loads, exhibit highly complicated failure modes that change with time by the influence of stress waves. A 3-D layered nonlinear dynamic finite element method (FEM) was applied to evaluate the ultimate behavior and failure modes of reinforced concrete (RC) slabs subjected to soft impact loads. Immune algorithm is combined with a 3-D layered nonlinear dynamic FEM analysis for the purpose of proposing the design of RC slabs subject to soft impact loads. The results give evidence that it presents complicated failure modes, and that Immune algorithms can be applied to the design of RC slabs effectively INTRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN SUPPORT SYSTEMS CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES