GMDH to predict scour depth around a pier in cohesive soils

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-41

  Najafzadeh, Mohammad ^a   Barani, Gholam Abbas ^a   Azamathulla, Hazi Mohammad ^b  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b RIVER ENGINEERING AND URBAN DRAINAGE RESEARCH CENTRE REDAC   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Back propagation; Cohesive soils; GMDH network; Scour depth; Traditional equations

Indexed keywords

BED MATERIALS; CLAY CONTENT; COHESIVE SOILS; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; ERROR PARAMETERS; FLOW CONDITION; GROUP METHOD OF DATA HANDLING; NEW APPLICATIONS; QUADRATIC POLYNOMIAL; SCOUR DEPTH; SCOUR PROCESS; SOFTCOMPUTING TECHNIQUES; TRADITIONAL EQUATIONS; TRIAL-AND-ERROR METHOD; WEIGHTING COEFFICIENT;

BACKPROPAGATION; BRIDGE PIERS; DATA HANDLING; FORECASTING; PIERS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOFT COMPUTING; SOILS;

SCOUR;

BACK PROPAGATION; BRIDGE; COHESIVE SOIL; COMPACTION; EQUATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PIER; SCOUR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84872424542     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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