Applying Support Vector Machines in Rebound Hammer Test

2013 ◽  
Vol 853 ◽  
pp. 600-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Ren Wang ◽  
Wen Ten Kuo ◽  
Shian Shien Lu ◽  
Yi Fan Shih ◽  
Shih Shian Wei
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Support Vector Machines ◽  
Prediction Model ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Percentage Error ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Concrete Compressive Strength ◽  
Rebound Hammer ◽  
Vector Machines

There are several nondestructive testing techniques available to test the compressive strength of the concrete and the Rebound Hammer Test is among one of the fast and economical methods. Nevertheless, it is found that the prediction results from Rebound Hammer Test are not satisfying (over 20% mean absolute percentage error). In view of this, this research intends to develop a concrete compressive strength prediction model for the SilverSchmidt test hammer, using data collected from 838 lab tests. The Q-values yield from the concrete test hammer SilverSchmidt is set as the input variable and the concrete compressive strength is set as the output variable for the prediction model. For the non-linear relationships, artificial intelligence technique, Support Vector Machines (SVMs), are adopted to develop the prediction models. The results show that the mean absolute percentage errors for SVMs prediction model, 6.76%, improves a lot when comparing to SilverSchmidt predictions. It is recommended that the artificial intelligence prediction models can be applied in the SilverSchmidt tests to improve the prediction accuracy.

scholarly journals Estimation of Costs and Durations of Construction of Urban Roads Using ANN and SVM

Complexity ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Peško ◽  
Vladimir Mučenski ◽  
Miloš Šešlija ◽  
Nebojša Radović ◽  
Aleksandra Vujkov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Support Vector Machines ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Percentage Error ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Vector Machines ◽  
Specific Part

Offer preparation has always been a specific part of a building process which has significant impact on company business. Due to the fact that income greatly depends on offer’s precision and the balance between planned costs, both direct and overheads, and wished profit, it is necessary to prepare a precise offer within required time and available resources which are always insufficient. The paper presents a research of precision that can be achieved while using artificial intelligence for estimation of cost and duration in construction projects. Both artificial neural networks (ANNs) and support vector machines (SVM) are analysed and compared. The best SVM has shown higher precision, when estimating costs, with mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of 7.06% compared to the most precise ANNs which has achieved precision of 25.38%. Estimation of works duration has proved to be more difficult. The best MAPEs were 22.77% and 26.26% for SVM and ANN, respectively.

scholarly journals Adapting Artificial Intelligence to Improve In Situ Concrete Compressive Strength Estimations in Rebound Hammer Tests

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Ren Wang ◽  
Yen Ling Lu ◽  
Dai Lun Chiang
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Concrete Compressive Strength ◽  
Concrete Material ◽  
Rebound Hammer ◽  
Existing Structures ◽  
Core Samples ◽  
Using Data

Compressive strength is probably one the most crucial properties of concrete material. For existing structures, core samples are drilled and tested to obtain the concrete compressive strength. Many times, taking core samples is not feasible, and as a result, nondestructive methods to examine the concrete are required. The rebound hammer test is one of the most popular methods to estimate concrete compressive strength without causing damage to the existing structure. The test is inexpensive and can be easily conducted compared to other nondestructive testing methods. Also, concrete compressive strength estimations can be obtained almost instantly. However, previous results have shown that concrete compressive strength estimations obtained from rebound hammer tests are not very accurate. As a result, this research attempts to apply artificial intelligence prediction models to estimate concrete compressive strength using data from in situ rebound hammer tests. The results show that artificial intelligence methods can effectively improve in situ concrete compressive strength estimations in rebound hammer tests.

Adapting ANFIS to Improve Field Rebound Hammer Test for Concrete Compressive Strength Estimation

2020 ◽  
Vol 975 ◽  
pp. 191-196
Author(s):  
Yu Ren Wang ◽  
Dai Lun Chiang ◽  
Yi Jao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Prediction Model ◽  
Fuzzy Inference ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Percentage Error ◽  
Concrete Compressive Strength ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Rebound Hammer ◽  
Alternative Approach

Rebound hammer tests are one of the most popular non-destructive testing methods to examine the concrete compressive strength in the field. Rebound hammer tests are relatively easy to conduct and low cost. More importantly, it will not cause damage to the existing structure and can obtain the results in a short time. However, concrete compressive strength estimations provided by rebound hammer tests have an average of around 20% mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) when comparing to the results from destructive tests. This research proposes an alternative approach to estimate the concrete compressive strengths using the rebound hammer test data. The alternative approach is to adopt the Artificial Neural Fuzzy Inference Systems, ANFIS, to develop an AI-based prediction model for the rebound hammer tests. A total of 100 rebound hammer tests are conducted in a 24-story residential building. Core samples are carefully taken to obtain the actual compressive tests. The data collected are used to train and validate the ANFIS prediction model. The results show that the proposed ANFIS model has successfully reduced the MAPE to 10.01%.

scholarly journals Study on the Magnitude of Reservoir-Triggered Earthquake Based on Support Vector Machines

Complexity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Wei ◽  
Mingming Wang ◽  
Bingyue Song ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Danlei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Support Vector Machines ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Tectonic Stress ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Fault Features ◽  
Vector Machines ◽  
Triggered Earthquake ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
Hierarchy Process

An effective approach is introduced to predict the magnitude of reservoir-triggered earthquake (RTE), based on support vector machines (SVM) and fuzzy support vector machines (FSVM) methods. The main influence factors on RTE, including lithology, rock mass integrity, fault features, tectonic stress state, and seismic activity background in reservoir area, are categorized into 11 parameters and quantified by using analytical hierarchy process (AHP). Dataset on 100 reservoirs in China, including the 48 well-documented cases of RTE, are collected and used to train and validate the prediction models established with SVM and FSVM, respectively. Through numerical tests, it is found that both the SVM and FSVM models are effective in the prediction of the magnitude of RTE with high accuracy, provided that sufficient samples are collected. While the results of FSVM which is extended from SVM by introducing a fuzzy membership to reduce the influence of noises or outliers are found to be slightly less accurate than those of SVM in the current analysis of RTE cases. The reason might be attributed to the high discreteness of the sample data in the current study.

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