Prediction of Hybrid fibre-added concrete strength using artificial neural networks
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2015
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Fibre-added concretes are frequently used in large site applications such as slab and airports as well as in bearing system elements or prefabricated elements. It is very difficult to determine the mechanical properties of the fibre-added concretes by experimental methods in situ. The purpose of this study is to develop an artificial neural network (ANN) model in order to predict the compressive and bending strengths of hybrid fibre-added and non-added concretes. The strengths have been predicted by means of the data that has been obtained from destructive (DT) and non-destructive tests (NDT) on the samples. NDTs are ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) and Rebound Hammer Tests (RH). 105 pieces of cylinder samples with a dimension of 150 × 300 mm, 105 pieces of bending samples with a dimension of 100×100×400 mm have been manufactured. The first set has been manufactured without fibre addition, the second set with the addition of %0.5 polypropylene and %0.5 steel fibre in terms of volume, and the third set with the addition of %0.5 polypropylene, %1 steel fibre. The water/cement (w/c) ratio of samples parametrically varies between 0.3-0.9. The experimentally measured compressive and bending strengths have been compared with predicted results by use of ANN method. Copyright © 2015 Techno-Press, Ltd.
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Bending (forming) , Bending strength , Concretes , Neural networks , Polypropylenes , Shotcreting , Steel fibers , Tensile strength , Ultrasonic testing , Artificial neural network models , Compressive , Concrete strength , Experimental methods , Hybrid fibres , Non-destructive test , Prefabricated elements , Ultrasonic pulse velocity , Nondestructive examination