Prediction of bridge pier scour using genetic programming

Journal of Marine Science and Technology (Taiwan)

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 483-492

  Wang, Chuan Yi ^a   Shih, Han Peng ^a   Hong, Jian Hao ^b   Raikar, Rajkumar V ^c  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

^c KLE DR M S SHESHGIRI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Clear water conditions; Genetic programming; Pier scour; Traditional equations

Indexed keywords

CLEAR-WATER CONDITION; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; G-P EQUATION; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LARGE-SCALE MODELING; PIER SCOUR; SCOUR DEPTH; TRADITIONAL EQUATIONS;

BRIDGE PIERS; FORECASTING; GENETIC PROGRAMMING;

SCOUR;

EID: 84886487477     PISSN: 10232796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6119/JMST-013-0523-1     Document Type: Article

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