Simultaneous Shape–Size Optimization of Single-Layer Barrel Vaults Using an Improved Magnetic Charged System Search Algorithm

The increasing use of braced barrel vaults as a lightweight space structure is very common. Optimizing barrel vaults, therefore, can prove a worthwhile venture [1]. Metaheuristic algorithms explore the feasible region of the search space based on both randomization and some specified rules through a group of search agents. Nature-inspired phenomena are commonly used as a basis for the rules employed by these agents [2].