A comparative study of concrete strength prediction using artificial neural network, multigene programming and model tree

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Preeti Kulkarni ◽  
Shreenivas N. Londhe ◽  
Pradnya R. Dixit
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
Model Performance ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Model Tree ◽  
Multigene Genetic Programming ◽  
Input Parameters ◽  
Artificial Neural

In the current study 28 day strength of Recycled Aggregate Concrete (RAC) and Fly ash (class F) based concrete is predicted using Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Multigene Genetic Programming (MGGP) and Model Tree (MT). Four sets of models were designed for per cubic proportions of materials, Properties of materials and non-dimensional parameters as input parameters. The study shows that the predicted 28 day strength is in good agreement with the observed data and also generalize well to untrained data. ANN outperforms MGGP and MT in terms of model performance. Output of the developed models can be presented in terms of trained weights and biases in ANN, equations in MGGP and in the form of series of equations in MT. ANN, MGGP and MT can grasp the influence of input parameters which can be seen through Hinton diagrams in ANN, input frequency distribution in MGGP and coefficients of input parameters in MT. The study shows that these data driven techniques can be used for developing model/s to predict strength of concrete with an acceptable performance.

scholarly journals A Novel Artificial Neural Network to Predict Compressive Strength of Recycled Aggregate Concrete

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 11077
Author(s):  
David Suescum-Morales ◽  
Lorenzo Salas-Morera ◽  
José Ramón Jiménez ◽  
Laura García-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Recycled Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Dry Density ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Concrete Production ◽  
Artificial Neural

Most regulations only allow the use of the coarse fraction of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) for the manufacture of new concrete, although the heterogeneity of RCA makes it difficult to predict the compressive strength of concrete, which is an obstacle to the incorporation of RCA in concrete production. The compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete is closely related to the dosage of its constituents. This article proposes a novel artificial neural network (ANN) model to predict the 28-day compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete. The ANN used in this work has 11 neurons in the input layer: the mass of cement, fly ash, water, superplasticizer, fine natural aggregate, coarse natural or recycled aggregate, and their properties, such as: sand fineness modulus of sand, water absorption capacity, saturated surface dry density of the coarse aggregate mix and the maximum particle size. Two training methods were used for the ANN combining 15 and 20 hidden layers: Levenberg–Marquardt (LM) and Bayesian Regularization (BR). A database with 177 mixes selected from 15 studies incorporating RCA were selected, with the aim of having an underlying set of data heterogeneous enough to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed approach, even when data are heterogeneous and noisy, which is the main finding of this work.

scholarly journals An artificial neural network model for predicting characteristic input parameters for physics based modelling of drying process

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankita Sinha ◽  
Atul Bhargav
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Network Model ◽  
Neural Network Model ◽  
Artificial Neural Network Model ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Drying Process ◽  
Many Instruments ◽  
Input Parameters ◽  
Artificial Neural

Drying is crucial in the quality preservation of food materials. Physics-based models are effective tools to optimally control the drying process. However, these models require accurate thermo-physical properties; unavailability or uncertainty in the values of these properties increases the possibility of error. Property estimation methods are not standardized, and usually involve the use of many instruments and are time-consuming. In this work, we have developed an experimentally validated deep learning-based artificial neural network model that estimates sensitive input parameters of food materials using temperature and moisture data from a set of simple experiments. This model predicts input parameters with error less than 1%. Further, using input parameters, physics-based model predicts temperature and moisture to within 5% accuracy of experiments. The proposed work when interfaced with food machinery could play a significant role in process optimization in food processing industries.

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.

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