Fuzzy pattern recognition model for diagnosing cracks in RC structures

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-119

  Chao, Ching Ju ^a,b   Cheng, Fu Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; VECTORS;

CAUSE AND EFFECT DIAGRAMMING; FUZZY PATTERN RECOGNITION MODELS; FUZZY VECTORS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032047054     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(1998)12:2(111)     Document Type: Article

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