International Conference on Applied Mathematics in Engineering (ICAME)

June 27-29, 2018 - Balikesir, Turkey

Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm Based Design of Structures

Osman Tunca1, Ibrahim Aydogdu2, Tevfik Oguz Omercioglu 2, Serdar Carbas1

1
Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Civil Engineering Department, Karaman, Turkey
2
Akdeniz University, Civil Engineering Department, Antalya, Turkey

Abstract
The topic of optimization is accepting vital care from engineers, scientists, managers, and designers.
This is goaded by arise the rivalry of quality, assurance, economical cost of production, and at the end,
the success of obtaining the best design. Thus, nowadays, the practice of optimization could not be
ruled out. The inescapable further development of desktop computing resources significantly aids
engineering design practice currently. Optimization algorithms are implemented via software
programs and through computer codes they can be simply applied to three-pipe problems such as
structural design optimization problems. Successfully embedding the use of optimization in
professional practice requires mathematical modeling of the design problem and knowledge of
optimization techniques. This provides a huge opportunity for handling complex mathematical
background of hard solving engineering design problems in an easy manner [1]. So, the design
engineers are supplied by a practical approach to the study of design optimization by these practical
optimization algorithms which are so-called metaheuristics. On the contrast of the conventional
mathematical optimization methods, the metaheuristics does not require any gradient-based
information and not suffer from local optimal immersion. Also, they have popular talent to solve the
problems with large number of unknown and/or computationally expensive derivation. The main
advantageous of metaheuristics is that they trust random operators that provide them to keep away
from local optimal. Among metaheuristic optimization approaches, nature-inspired, population-based
algorithms are the most popular [2]. Such techniques mimic natural problems-solving methods, often
those used by creatures. Survival is the main goal for all creatures. To achieve this goal, they have
been evolving and adapting in different ways. In this study, a grasshopper optimization algorithm [3],
which is mathematically modelled and mimicked the swarming behavior of grasshoppers in the nature,
is developed to obtain optimum solutions of three-dimensional structural design problems. The final
achieved designs prove that the proposed algorithm is able to provide superior results compared to
well-known and recent algorithms in the literature.

Keywords: Structural Design Optimization, Metaheuristics, Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm

References
[1] Venkataraman, P. (2002). Applied Optimization with MATLAB Programming, John Wiley&Sons, New
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[2] Yang, X-S. (2010). Nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms. 2nd ed. Luniver Press.
[3] Saremi, S., Mirjalili, S., Lewis, A. (2017). Grasshopper Optimisation Algorithm: Theory and application.
Advances in Engineering Software, 105, 30-47.

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Corresponding Author Email: osmantunca@kmu.edu.tr

http://icame.balikesir.edu.tr