ANN approach to sorption hysteresis within a coupled hygro-thermo-mechanical FE analysis

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 299-323

  Gawin, D ^a   Lefik, M ^a   Schrefler, B A ^b  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Capillary porous media; Coupled hygro thermal and mechanical processes; Finite element method; Numerical model; Sorption hysteresis

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; DRYING; HYSTERESIS; ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SORPTION; WETTING;

CAPILLARY POROUS MATERIALS; HYGROTHERMOMECHANICAL PROCESSES; SORPTION HYSTERESIS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CONCRETE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYSTERESIS; NEURAL NETWORK; POROUS MEDIUM; SORPTION;

EID: 0035151226     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0207(20010120)50:2<299::AID-NME20>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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