CPT-based liquefaction assessment by using fuzzy-neural network

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-148

  Chern, Shuh Gi ^a   Lee, Ching Yinn ^a   Wang, Chin Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CPT; Fuzzy neural; Liquefaction; Network

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRAPPING; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; FUZZY CLUSTERING; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LIQUEFACTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; SOILS;

CONE PENETRATION TEST (CPT); FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FUZZY NEURAL NETWORK (FNN); FUZZY THEORY; FUZZY-NEURAL; LIQUEFACTION POTENTIALS; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; SEISMIC PARAMETERS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION (SC); SOIL PARAMETERS; SUBTRACTIVE CLUSTERING;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 47549115423     PISSN: 10232796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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