Investigation of Welding Effect on Rebars Using Neural Networks

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-292

  Mo, Y L ^a   Koan, K J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Neural networks; Rebar; Weld effect

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; WELDS;

REBARS;

CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS;

EID: 0032074461     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte12003j     Document Type: Article

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