Concrete Compressive Strength Prediction Using Rebound Method with Artificial Neural Network

2012 ◽  
Vol 443-444 ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
Jian Ming Liu ◽  
Hui Jian Li ◽  
Chang Jun He
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Back Propagation ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Percentage Error ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Coarse Aggregates ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Cementing Material ◽  
Bpnn Model

Concrete is a mixture of the cementing material, aggregate and water in a certain proportion and is the most main materials of the civil engineering materials. It is difficult to make modeling for a highly complex material. The concrete rebound value with wide randomness is a dependent variable, while the compressive strength value with narrow randomness is an independent variable. This paper aimed to show possible applicability of artificial neural networks (ANN) to predict the compressive strength. Back propagation neural networks (BPNN) model is constructed trained and tested using the available test data of 108 different concrete specimens. The data of input parameters used in BPNN model were covered the ratio of water to cement, fine aggregate ratio, coarse aggregates, mean value of test area of rebound method measurement. The mean absolute percentage error was less then 10.19% for compressive strength. The results showed that ANNs was good at as a feasible tool for predicting compressive strength.

scholarly journals Prediction of Compressive Strengths with Partial Fine Aggregate of Plastic Using Artificial Neural Network and Revisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelius Ngunjiri Ngandu
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Plastic Waste ◽  
Partial Replacement ◽  
Percentage Error ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Waste Plastic ◽  
Green Concrete ◽  
Artificial Neural

In recent past years, plastic waste has been a environmental menace. Utilization of plastic waste as fine aggregate substitution could reduce the demand and negative impacts of sand mining while addressing waste plastic challenges.This study aims at evaluating compressive strengths prediction models for concrete with plastic—mainly recycled plastic—as partial replacement or addition of fine aggregates, by use of artificial neural networks (ANNs), developed in OCTAVE 5.2.0 and datasets from reviews. 44 datasets from 8 different sources were used, that included four input variables namely:- water: binder ratio; control compressive strength (MPa); % plastic replacement or additive by weight and plastic type; and the output variable was the compressive strength of concrete with partial plastic aggregates.Various models were run and the selected model, with 14 nodes in hidden layer and 320,000 iterations, indicated overall root mean square error (RMSE) , absolute factor of variance (R2), mean absolute error (MAE) and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) values of 1.786 MPa, 0.997, 1.329 MPa and 4.44 %. Both experimental and predicted values showed a generally increasing % reduction of compressive strengths with increasing % plastic fine aggregate.The model showed reasonably low errors, reasonable accuracy and good generalization. ANN model could be used extensively in modeling of green concrete, with partial waste plastic fine aggregate. The study recommend ANNs models application as possible alternative for green concrete trial mix design. Sustainable techniques such as low-cost superplasticizers from recycled material and cost-effective technologies to adequately sizing and shaping plastic for fine aggregate application should be encouraged, so as to enhance strength of concrete with partial plastic aggregates.

scholarly journals Use of Nondestructive Testing of Ultrasound and Artificial Neural Networks to Estimate Compressive Strength of Concrete

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Fernando A. N. Silva ◽  
João M. P. Q. Delgado ◽  
Rosely S. Cavalcanti ◽  
António C. Azevedo ◽  
Ana S. Guimarães ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Average Error ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Cement Ratio ◽  
Water Cement Ratio ◽  
Artificial Neural

The work presents the results of an experimental campaign carried out on concrete elements in order to investigate the potential of using artificial neural networks (ANNs) to estimate the compressive strength based on relevant parameters, such as the water–cement ratio, aggregate–cement ratio, age of testing, and percentage cement/metakaolin ratios (5% and 10%). We prepared 162 cylindrical concrete specimens with dimensions of 10 cm in diameter and 20 cm in height and 27 prismatic specimens with cross sections measuring 25 and 50 cm in length, with 9 different concrete mixture proportions. A longitudinal transducer with a frequency of 54 kHz was used to measure the ultrasonic velocities. An ANN model was developed, different ANN configurations were tested and compared to identify the best ANN model. Using this model, it was possible to assess the contribution of each input variable to the compressive strength of the tested concretes. The results indicate an excellent performance of the ANN model developed to predict compressive strength from the input parameters studied, with an average error less than 5%. Together, the water–cement ratio and the percentage of metakaolin were shown to be the most influential factors for the compressive strength value predicted by the developed ANN model.

Prediction of Ferrite-Martensite Dual-Phase Steels Mechanical Properties by Use of Artificial Neural Networks

2013 ◽  
Vol 773-774 ◽  
pp. 268-274
Author(s):  
Amir Ghiami ◽  
Ramin Khamedi
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Back Propagation ◽  
Total Elongation ◽  
Ultimate Tensile Stress ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Dual Phase Steels ◽  
Good Ability ◽  
Artificial Neural

This paper presents an investigation of the capabilities of artificial neural networks (ANN) in predicting some mechanical properties of Ferrite-Martensite dual-phase steels applicable for different industries like auto-making. Using ANNs instead of different destructive and non-destructive tests to determine the material properties, reduces costs and reduces the need for special testing facilities. Networks were trained with use of a back propagation (BP) error algorithm. In order to provide data for training the ANNs, mechanical properties, inter-critical annealing temperature and information about the microstructures of many specimens were examined. After the ANNs were trained, the four parameters of yield stress, ultimate tensile stress, total elongation and the work hardening exponent were simulated. Finally a comparison of the predicted and experimental values indicates that the results obtained from the given input data reveal a good ability of the well-trained ANN to predict the described mechanical properties.

Rainfall Prediction by Artificial Neural Networks Trained using Different Climate Variables

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mateus Alexandre da Silva ◽  
Marina Neves Merlo ◽  
Michael Silveira Thebaldi ◽  
Danton Diego Ferreira ◽  
Felipe Schwerz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Back Propagation ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Climate Variables ◽  
Back Propagation Algorithm ◽  
Rainfall Prediction ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Belo Horizonte

Abstract Predicting rainfall can prevent and mitigate damages caused by its deficit or excess, besides providing necessary tools for adequate planning for the use of water. This research aimed to predict the monthly rainfall, one month in advance, in four municipalities in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, using artificial neural networks (ANN) trained with different climate variables, and to indicate the suitability of such variables as inputs to these models. The models were developed through the MATLAB® software version R2011a, using the NNTOOL toolbox. The ANN’s were trained by the multilayer perceptron architecture and the Feedforward and Back propagation algorithm, using two combinations of input data were used, with 2 and 6 variables, and one combination of input data with 3 of the 6 variables most correlated to observed rainfall from 1970 to 1999, to predict the rainfall from 2000 to 2009. The most correlated variables to the rainfall of the following month are the sequential number corresponding to the month, total rainfall and average compensated temperature, and the best performance was obtained with these variables. Furthermore, it was concluded that the performance of the models was satisfactory; however, they presented limitations for predicting months with high rainfall.

Artificial neural networks back propagation algorithm for cutting force components predictions

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 431-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Issam Hanafi ◽  
Francisco Mata Cabrera ◽  
Abdellatif Khamlichi ◽  
Ignacio Garrido ◽  
José Tejero Manzanares
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Cutting Force ◽  
Back Propagation ◽  
Back Propagation Algorithm ◽  
Propagation Algorithm ◽  
Cutting Force Components ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Force Components

scholarly journals Experimental Study on Strength of Pervious Concrete by Using Fine Aggregate

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 895-897
Author(s):  
Atif Jawed
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Void Ratio ◽  
Rice Husk Ash ◽  
Pervious Concrete ◽  
Void Content ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Coarse Aggregates ◽  
Fine Aggregates ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Concrete Matrix

Abstract: Pervious concrete is a special type of concrete, which consists of cement, coarse aggregates, water and if required and other cementations materials. As there are no fine aggregates used in the concrete matrix, the void content is more which allows the water to flow through its bodyThe main aim of this project was to improve the compressive strength characteristics of pervious concrete. But it can be noted that with increase in compressive strength the void ratio decreases. Hence, the improvement of strength should not affect the porosity property because it is the property which serves its purpose. In this investigation work the compressive strength of pervious concrete is increased by a maximum of 18.26% for 28 days when 8% fine aggregates were added to standard pervious concrete Keywords: W/C ratio, pervious Concrete, sugarcane bagasse’s ash, rice husk ash compressive strength, fine aggregates

Combining BP with PSO algorithms in weights optimisation and ANNs training for mass appraisal of properties

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Awoamim Yacim ◽  
Douw Gert Brand Boshoff
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Predictive Accuracy ◽  
Back Propagation ◽  
Particle Swarm ◽  
Particle Swarm Optimisation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Attribute Weights ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
And Training

Purpose The paper aims to investigate the application of particle swarm optimisation and back propagation in weights optimisation and training of artificial neural networks within the mass appraisal industry and to compare the performance with standalone back propagation, genetic algorithm with back propagation and regression models. Design/methodology/approach The study utilised linear regression modelling before the semi-log and log-log models with a sample of 3,242 single-family dwellings. This was followed by the hybrid systems in the selection of optimal attribute weights and training of the artificial neural networks. Also, the standalone back propagation algorithm was used for the network training, and finally, the performance of each model was evaluated using accuracy test statistics. Findings The study found that combining particle swarm optimisation with back propagation in global and local search for attribute weights enhances the predictive accuracy of artificial neural networks. This also enhances transparency of the process, because it shows relative importance of attributes. Research limitations/implications A robust assessment of the models’ predictive accuracy was inhibited by fewer accuracy test statistics found in the software. The research demonstrates the efficacy of combining two models in the assessment of property values. Originality/value This work demonstrated the practicability of combining particle swarm optimisation with back propagation algorithms in finding optimal weights and training of the artificial neural networks within the mass appraisal environment.

Firefly Algorithm Optimized Functional Link Artificial Neural Network for ISA-Radar Image Recognition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asma Elyounsi ◽  
Hatem Tlijani ◽  
Mohamed Salim Bouhlel
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Back Propagation ◽  
Problem Size ◽  
Functional Link ◽  
Optimal Weights ◽  
Feed Forward Network ◽  
Higher Order Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural

Traditional neural networks are very diverse and have been used during the last decades in the fields of data classification. These networks like MLP, back propagation neural networks (BPNN) and feed forward network have shown inability to scale with problem size and with the slow convergence rate. So in order to overcome these numbers of drawbacks, the use of higher order neural networks (HONNs) becomes the solution by adding input units along with a stronger functioning of other neural units in the network and transforms easily these input units to hidden layers. In this paper, a new metaheuristic method, Firefly (FFA), is applied to calculate the optimal weights of the Functional Link Artificial Neural Network (FLANN) by using the flashing behavior of fireflies in order to classify ISA-Radar target. The average classification result of FLANN-FFA which reached 96% shows the efficiency of the process compared to other tested methods.

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