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Prediction of the effect of varying cure conditions and w c ratio on the compressive strength of concrete using artificial neural networks     
Yazarlar
Prof. Dr. Hasbi YAPRAK Prof. Dr. Hasbi YAPRAK
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Abdulkadir Karacı
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
İlhami Demir
Kırıkkale Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
The present study aims at developing an artificial neural network (ANN) to predict the compressive strength of concrete. A data set containing a total of 72 concrete samples was used in the study. The following constituted the concrete mixture parameters: two distinct w/c ratios (0.63 and 0.70), three different types of cements and three different cure conditions. Measurement of compressive strengths was performed at 3, 7, 28 and 90 days. Two different ANN models were developed, one with 4 input and 1 output layers, 9 neurons and 1 hidden layer, and the other with 5, 6 neurons, 2 hidden layers. For the training of the developed models, 60 experimental data sets obtained prior to the process were used. The 12 experimental data not used in the training stage were utilized to test ANN models. The researchers have reached the conclusion that ANN provides a good alternative to the existing compressive strength prediction methods, where different cements, ages and cure conditions were used as input parameters. © 2011 Springer-Verlag London Limited.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Age | Artificial neural network | Cement | Compressive strength | Cure conditions
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı NEURAL COMPUTING & APPLICATIONS
Dergi ISSN 0941-0643
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2013
Cilt No 22
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 133 / 141
Doi Numarası 10.1007/s00521-011-0671-x