ANN-based model for predicting the bearing capacity of strip footing on multi-layered cohesive soil

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 503-516

  Kuo, Y L ^a   Jaksa, M B ^a   Lyamin, A V ^b   Kaggwa, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Cohesive soil; Limit analysis; Multilayered cohesive material; Neural network; Strip footing

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); GEOLOGIC MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS; WELDS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; CAPACITY PREDICTIONS; COHESIVE SOIL; EXISTING METHODS; LIMIT ANALYSIS; MULTI-LAYER PERCEPTRONS; MULTI-LAYERED SOILS; MULTILAYERED COHESIVE MATERIAL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODELS; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; STRIP FOOTING;

BEARING CAPACITY;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BEARING CAPACITY; COHESIVE SOIL; FOOTING; LIMIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 60549115430     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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