Predicting the effective thermal conductivity of unfrozen soils with various water contents based on artificial neural network

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuan-Yong Zhu ◽  
Zhi-Yang He ◽  
Mu Du ◽  
Liang Gong ◽  
Xinyu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Effective Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Input Parameters ◽  
Artificial Neural

Abstract The effective thermal conductivity of soils is a crucial parameter for many applications such as geothermal engineering, environmental science, and agriculture and engineering. However, it is pretty challenging to accurately determine it due to soils’ complex structure and components. In the present study, the influences of different parameters, including silt content (m si), sand content (m sa), clay content (m cl), quartz content (m qu), porosity, and water content on the effective thermal conductivity of soils, were firstly analyzed by the Pearson correlation coefficient. Then different artificial neural network (ANN) models were developed based on the 465 groups of thermal conductivity of unfrozen soils collected from the literature to predict the effective thermal conductivity of soils. Results reveal that the parameters of m si, m sa, m cl, and m qu have a relatively slight influence on the effective thermal conductivity of soils compared to the water content and porosity. Although the ANN model with six parameters has the highest accuracy, the ANN model with two input parameters (porosity and water content) could predict the effective thermal conductivity well with acceptable accuracy and R 2=0.940. Finally, a correlation of the effective thermal conductivity for different soils was proposed based on the large number of results predicted by the two input parameters ANN-based model. This correlation has proved to have a higher accuracy without assumptions and uncertain parameters when compared to several commonly used existing models.

scholarly journals A Simple and Sustainable Prediction Method of Liquefaction-Induced Settlement at Pohang Using an Artificial Neural Network

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4001
Author(s):  
Sung-Sik Park ◽  
Peter D. Ogunjinmi ◽  
Seung-Wook Woo ◽  
Dong-Eun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Predictive Model ◽  
Model Equation ◽  
Soil Layer ◽  
Unit Weight ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Matrix Formulation ◽  
Input Parameters ◽  
Artificial Neural

Conventionally, liquefaction-induced settlements have been predicted through numerical or analytical methods. In this study, a machine learning approach for predicting the liquefaction-induced settlement at Pohang was investigated. In particular, we examined the potential of an artificial neural network (ANN) algorithm to predict the earthquake-induced settlement at Pohang on the basis of standard penetration test (SPT) data. The performance of two ANN models for settlement prediction was studied and compared in terms of the R2 correlation. Model 1 (input parameters: unit weight, corrected SPT blow count, and cyclic stress ratio (CSR)) showed higher prediction accuracy than model 2 (input parameters: depth of the soil layer, corrected SPT blow count, and the CSR), and the difference in the R2 correlation between the models was about 0.12. Subsequently, an optimal ANN model was used to develop a simple predictive model equation, which was implemented using a matrix formulation. Finally, the liquefaction-induced settlement chart based on the predictive model equation was proposed, and the applicability of the chart was verified by comparing it with the interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) image.

scholarly journals Quantitative Aerosol Optical Depth Detection during Dust Outbreaks from Meteosat Imagery Using an Artificial Neural Network Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stavros Kolios ◽  
Nikos Hatzianastassiou
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Aerosol Optical Depth ◽  
Optical Depth ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

This study presents the development of an artificial neural network (ANN) model to quantitatively estimate the atmospheric aerosol load (in terms of aerosol optical depth, AOD), with an emphasis on dust, over the Mediterranean basin using images from Meteosat satellites as initial information. More specifically, a back-propagation ANN model scheme was developed to estimate visible (at 550 nm) aerosol optical depth (AOD550 nm) values at equal temporal (15 min) and spatial (4 km) resolutions with Meteosat imagery. Accuracy of the ANN model was thoroughly tested by comparing model estimations with ground-based AOD550 nm measurements from 14 AERONET (Aerosol Robotic NETwork) stations over the Mediterranean for 34 selected days in which significant dust loads were recorded over the Mediterranean basin. Using a testbed of 3076 pairs of modeled and measured AOD550 nm values, a Pearson correlation coefficient (rP) equal to 0.91 and a mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.031 were found, proving the satisfactory accuracy of the developed model for estimating AOD550 nm values.

Predicting the Workability of Self-Compacting Concrete Using Artificial Neural Network

2010 ◽  
Vol 168-170 ◽  
pp. 1730-1734
Author(s):  
Fang Xian Li ◽  
Qi Jun Yu ◽  
Jiang Xiong Wei ◽  
Jian Xin Li
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Self Compacting Concrete ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Slump Flow ◽  
Super Plasticizer ◽  
Input Parameters ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Artificial Neural Network Ann

An artificial neural network (ANN) is presented to predict the workability of self compacting concrete (SCC) containing slump, slump flow and V-test. A data set of a laboratory work, in which a total of 23 concretes were produced, was utilized in the ANNs study. ANN model is constructed, trained and tested using these data. The data used in the ANN model are arranged in a format of six input parameters that cover the cement, fly ash, blast furnace slag, super plasticizer, sand ratio and water/binder, three output parameters which are slump, slump flow and V-test of SCC. ANN-1, ANN-2 and ANN-3 models which containing 15 ,11 and 5 neurons in the hidden layers, respectively are found to predict workability of concrete well within the ranges of the input parameters considered. The three models are tested by comparing to the results to actual measured data. The results showed that ANN-2 is the best suitable for predicting the workability of SCC using concrete ingredients as input parameters.

scholarly journals Prediction of thermal conductivity of aqueous solution at high pressures by using artificial neural network

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-569
Author(s):  
Ali Amooey ◽  
Maryam Ahangarian ◽  
Farshad Rezazadeh
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
High Pressures ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Artificial Neural Network Ann ◽  
Hidden Layer

The objective of this study is to predict thermal conductivity of aqueous solution with artificial neural network (ANN) model with three inputs (pressure, temperature and concentration). A feed forward artificial neural network with three neurons in its hidden layer is recommended to predict thermal conductivity and the accuracy of this method evaluated by regression analysis between the predicted and experimental value and it shows desired result.

scholarly journals Seismotectonics Considered Artificial Neural Network Earthquake Prediction in Northeast Seismic Region of China

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 522-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Sheng ◽  
Dongmei Mu ◽  
Hongyan Zhang ◽  
Han Lv
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Earthquake Prediction ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
Seismic Region ◽  
Prediction Time ◽  
Input Parameters ◽  
Artificial Neural

It is well known that earthquakes are a regional event, strongly controlled by local geological structures and circumstances. Reducing the research area can reduce the influence of other irrelevant seismotectonics. A new sub regiondividing scheme, considering the seismotectonics influence, was applied for the artificial neural network (ANN) earthquake prediction model in the northeast seismic region of China (NSRC). The improved set of input parameters and prediction time duration are also discussed in this work. The new dividing scheme improved the prediction accuracy for different prediction time frames. Three different research regions were analyzed as an earthquake data source for the ANN model under different prediction time duration frames. The results show: (1) dividing the research region into smaller subregions can improve the prediction accuracies in NSRC, (2) larger research regions need shorter prediction durations to obtain better performance, (3) different areas have different sets of input parameters in NSRC, and (4) the dividing scheme, considering the seismotectonics frame of the region, yields better results.

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