Backcalculation of pavement layer parameters using artificial neural networks

Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-42

  Saltan, Mehmet ^a   Terzi, Serdal ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKCALCULATIONS; EQUIVALENT LAYER THICKNESS (ELT); FALLING WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETER (FWD); LAYERED ELASTIC THEORY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PAVEMENTS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 4644251158     PISSN: 09714588     EISSN: 09751017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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