Estimation of the axial behaviour of masonry walls based on Artificial Neural Networks

Computers and Structures

Volumn 125, Issue , 2013, Pages 145-152

  Garzón Roca, Julio ^a   Adam, Jose M ^a   Sandoval, Cristian ^b   Roca, Pere ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial; Brick masonry wall; Load bearing capacity; Networks; Neural; Reduction factors

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL; BRICK MASONRY WALLS; LOAD-BEARING CAPACITY; NEURAL; REDUCTION FACTOR;

BEARING CAPACITY; BRICK; LOADS (FORCES); MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); NEURAL NETWORKS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

RETAINING WALLS;

EID: 84878603800     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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