Generation and Evaluation of Truss Structures for the Strut-and-Tie Model: Based on Topology Optimization Results for Deep Concrete Beams

The Strut-and-Tie model (STM) is an efficient technique for the design of concrete structures, but the creation of suitable truss structures gets complicated when these structures become more complex. The topology optimization (TO) is a convenient technique that has been used in recent years for the creation of trusses of complex structures for...