Case Study: Finite Element Method and Artificial Neural Network Models for Flow through Jeziorsko Earthfill Dam in Poland

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 431-440

  Tayfur, Gokmen ^a   Swiatek, Dorota ^b   Wita, Andrew ^c   Singh, Vijay P ^d  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

^d Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Case reports; Dams, earth; Neural networks; Numerical models; Poland; Seepage

Indexed keywords

NETWORK LAYERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RIVERS; SEEPAGE; WATER LEVELS; ALGORITHMS; BACKPROPAGATION; DAMS; LAND FILL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELING; CASE REPORTS; CASE-STUDIES; DAM BODY; EARTH-FILL DAMS; FLOWTHROUGH; METHOD MODEL; NEURAL-NETWORKS; POLAND; TWO-DIMENSIONAL UNSTEADY FLOWS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BACK-PROPAGATION ALGORITHM; EARTHFILL DAM, POLAND; PIEZOMETERS; SIGMOID FUNCTION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NEURAL NETWORK; POROUS MEDIUM; THROUGHFLOW;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DAM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; THROUGHFLOW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; WORLD;

SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 20444494282     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2005)131:6(431)     Document Type: Article

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