Experimental observations and SVM-based prediction of properties of polypropylene fibres reinforced self-compacting composites incorporating nano-CuO

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 143, Issue , 2017, Pages 589-598

  Naseri, Farzad ^a   Jafari, Faezeh ^b   Mohseni, Ehsan ^c,d   Tang, Waiching ^d   Feizbakhsh, Abdosattar ^e   Khatibinia, Mohsen ^e  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MALAYER UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fresh and hardened properties; Meta models; Nano CuO; Polypropylene fibre; Scanning Electron Microscope; Self compacting concrete

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; COPPER OXIDES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIBERS; FORECASTING; HARDENING; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; DURABILITY PERFORMANCE; FRESH AND HARDENED PROPERTIES; HARDENED PROPERTIES; META MODEL; NANO-CUO; POLYPROPYLENE FIBRES; WEIGHTED LEAST SQUARES;

SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE;

EID: 85015995193     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.03.124     Document Type: Article

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