Browsing by Author "Gul T.O."

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    The use of neural networks for the prediction of the settlement of pad footings on cohesionless soils based on standard penetration test
    (2013) Erzín Y.; Gul T.O.
    In this study, artificial neural networks (ANNs) were used to predict the settlement of pad footings on cohesionless soils based on standard penetration test. To achieve this, a computer programme was developed to calculate the settlement of pad footings from five traditional methods. The footing geometry (length and width), the footing embedment depth, Df, the bulk unit weight, γ, of the cohesionless soil, the footing applied pressure, Q, and corrected standard penetration test, Ncor, varied during the settlement analyses and the settlement value of each footing was calculated for each method. Then, an ANN model was developed for each traditional method to predict the settlement by using the results of the analyses. The settlement values predicted from the ANN model were compared with the settlement values calculated from the traditional method for each method. The predicted values were found to be quite close to the calculated values. It has been demonstrated that the ANN models developed can be used as an accurate and quick tool at the preliminary designing stage of pad footings on cohesionless soils without a need to perform any manual work such as using tables or charts. Sensitivity analyses were also performed to examine the relative importance of the factors affecting settlement prediction. According to the analyses, for each traditional method, Ncor is found to be the most important parameter while γ is found to be the least important parameter. © 2013 Techno-Press, Ltd.
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    The use of neural networks for the prediction of the settlement of one-way footings on cohesionless soils based on standard penetration test
    (2014) Erzin Y.; Gul T.O.
    In this study, artificial neural networks (ANNs) were used to predict the settlement of one-way footings, without a need to perform any manual work such as using tables or charts. To achieve this, a computer programme was developed in the Matlab programming environment for calculating the settlement of one-way footings from five traditional settlement prediction methods. The footing geometry (length and width), the footing embedment depth, the bulk unit weight of the cohesionless soil, the footing applied pressure, and corrected standard penetration test varied during the settlement analyses, and the settlement value of each one-way footing was calculated for each traditional method by using the written programme. Then, an ANN model was developed for each method to predict the settlement by using the results of the analyses. The settlement values predicted from each ANN model developed were compared with the settlement values calculated from the traditional method. The predicted values were found to be quite close to the calculated values. Additionally, several performance indices such as determination coefficient, variance account for, mean absolute error, root mean square error, and scaled percent error were computed to check the prediction capacity of the ANN models developed. The constructed ANN models have shown high prediction performance based on the performance indices calculated. The results demonstrated that the ANN models developed can be used at the preliminary stage of designing one-way footing on cohesionless soils without a need to perform any manual work such as using tables or charts. © 2012 Springer-Verlag London.