The neural network approximation to the size effect in fracture of cementitious materials

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 249-261

  Arslan, A ^a   Ince, R ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BACKPROPAGATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEURAL NETWORKS;

CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; SIZE EFFECT;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0030151592     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(95)00140-9     Document Type: Article

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