Compressive strength of masonry made of clay bricks and cement mortar: Estimation based on Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic

Engineering Structures

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-27

  Garzón Roca, Julio ^a   Marco, Creu Obrer ^a   Adam, Jose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Fuzzy Logic; Masonry; Neural Networks

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; CEMENT MORTARS; CLAY BRICKS; COMPLEX ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; LABORATORY TEST; MASONRY; MASONRY STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL TOOLS; TWO PARAMETER;

BRICK; CEMENTS; FUZZY LOGIC; MORTAR; NEURAL NETWORKS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MASONRY; MORTAR;

EID: 84869121237     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

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