Correction of soil parameters in calculation of embankment settlement using a BP network back-analysis model

Engineering Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 168-177

  Wang, Zhi liang ^a   Li, Yong chi ^a   Shen, R F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Back analysis; BP neural networks; Duncan Chang model; Embankment settlement; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; EMBANKMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOIL TESTING;

BACK-ANALYSIS; EMBANKMENT SETTLEMENT; SOIL PARAMETERS;

SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BACK PROPAGATION; EMBANKMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SOFT SOIL;

EID: 34247871532     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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