Modeling mechanical performance of lightweight concrete containing silica fume exposed to high temperature using genetic programming

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2612-2618

  Tanyildizi, Harun ^a   Çevik, Abdulkadir ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Genetic programming; High temperature; Lightweight concrete; Mechanical properties; Silica fume

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GENETIC PROGRAMMING; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SILICA; SILICA FUME; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGGREGATE CONTENTS; CEMENT CONTENT; COMPRESSIVE AND SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTHS; EXPOSED TO; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; SUPERPLASTICIZERS; WATER/CEMENT RATIO;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 78049277825     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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