Artificial neural networks for the prediction of shear capacity of steel plate strengthened RC beams

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 409-417

  Adhikary, Bimal B ^a,c   Mutsuyoshi, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Encotech Engineering Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; RC beams; Shear capacity; Shear strengthening; Steel plates

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHEAR STRENGTH; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

RC BEAMS; SHEAR CAPACITY; SHEAR STRENGTHENING; STEEL PLATES;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 2942653169     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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