Design of high performance concrete mixes through particle swarm optimization

Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-264

  Jayaram, M A ^a   Nataraja, M C ^b   Ravi Kumar, C N ^b  

^a SIDDAGANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Govt College of Engineering   (India)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Constraints; High volume fly ash concrete; Mix design; PSO; Trial mixes

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETES; FLY ASH; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE;

CONSTRAINTS; FIELD TEST; FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS; HIGH VOLUME FLY ASH CONCRETE; MIX DESIGNS; OPTIMAL MIXES; RANGE CONSTRAINTS; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

EID: 78149298717     PISSN: 03341860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JISYS.2010.19.3.249     Document Type: Article

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