OPTIMIZATION OF TRANSMISSION TOWER USING GENETIC ALGORITHM

Optimization is the act of obtaining best results under given situations. In civil engineering optimization is essential for design, construction and maintenance. The ultimate goal of engineers is either to maximize the desired benefits or minimize the efforts required. In any practical situations, desired benefits or required efforts can be expressed as a maximum or minimum function with certain design variables and constraints. New approaches to the structural optimization are supported by the development of mathematical programming techniques. In this study weight optimization was carried out for a transmission tower structure which has 484 members. Analysis of the tower structure was carried out using STAAD Pro V8i by considering IS 802 (part 1/sec 1): 1995 and the design of members was carried out according to IS 800: 2007. Algorithm for optimization was done using Python Programming language.