Ultimate bearing capacity prediction of shallow foundations on cohesionless soils using neurofuzzy models

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-46

  Padmini, D ^a   Ilamparuthi, K ^b   Sudheer, K P ^c  

^a Directorate of Technical Education   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptive neurofuzzy inference system; Fuzzy inference system; Levenberg Marquardt algorithm; Multilayer perceptron; Shallow foundations; Ultimate bearing capacity

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; FUZZY SYSTEMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NEURAL NETWORKS;

FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEM; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT ALGORITHM; SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS; ULTIMATE BEARING CAPACITY;

FOUNDATIONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BEARING CAPACITY; COHESIONLESS SOIL; FOOTING; FOUNDATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LOADING TEST; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 36749010178     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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