Efficiency of pile groups installed in cohesionless soil using artificial neural networks

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1241-1249

  Hanna, Adel M ^a   Morcous, George ^b   Helmy, Mary ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Axial load; Cohesionless soil; Group efficiency; Pile foundation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PILES; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

AXIAL LOADING; COHESIONLESS SOIL; DESIGN PARAMETERS; PILE GROUPS;

SOILS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COHESIONLESS SOIL; LOADING; PILE; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 15544381564     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T04-050     Document Type: Article

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