Prediction of maximum dry density and optimum moisture content of stabilised soil using RBF neural networks

IES Journal Part A: Civil and Structural Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-106

  Alavi, A H ^a   Gandomi, A H ^a,b   Gandomi, M ^c   Sadat Hosseini, S S ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TAFRESH UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemical stabilisation; Maximum dry density; Neural network; Optimum moisture content; Radial basis function

Indexed keywords

EID: 79151482514     PISSN: 19373260     EISSN: 19373279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19373260802659226     Document Type: Article

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