Novel approach to strength modeling of concrete under triaxial compression

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1132-1143

  Gandomi, Amir Hossein ^a   Babanajad, Saeed Karims ^b   Alavi, Amir Hossein ^c   Farnam, Yaghoob ^b  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Gene expression programming; Triaxial compression; Ultimate strength

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GENETIC PROGRAMMING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSION LOADING; CONCRETE STRENGTH; GENE-EXPRESSION PROGRAMMING; MIX DESIGNS; PREDICTION MODELLING; STRENGTH MODELS; STRENGTH OF CONCRETE; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION; TRIAXIAL STRENGTH; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; MODELING; PREDICTION; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 84909991748     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: 19435533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)mt.1943-5533.0000494     Document Type: Article

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