Prediction of relative crest settlement of concrete-faced rockfill dams analyzed using an artificial neural network model

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-322

  Kim, Yong Seong ^a   Kim, Byung Tak ^b  

^a Disaster Management Team   (South Korea)

^b GS Engineering and Construction   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Concrete faced rockfill dam; Conventional calculation methods; Regression analysis; Relative crest settlement

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE DAMS; DEFORMATION; EXTRAPOLATION; INTERPOLATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES;

CLEMENTS THEORY; CONCRETE-FACED ROCKFILL DAMS; RELATIVE CREST SETTLEMENT;

EMBANKMENT DAMS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATABASE; IMPOUNDMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCKFILL DAM;

EID: 42949174752     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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