Intelligent computing for predicting axial capacity of drilled shafts

In the last few decades, numerous methods have been developed for predicting the axial capacity of drilled shafts. Among the available methods, the cone penetration test (CPT) based models have been shown to give better predictions in many situations. This can be attributed to the fact that CPT-base...

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Main Authors: Shahin, Mohamed, Jaksa, M.
Other Authors: Magued Iskander
Format: Conference Paper
Published: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7090
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author Shahin, Mohamed
Jaksa, M.
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Jaksa, M.
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description In the last few decades, numerous methods have been developed for predicting the axial capacity of drilled shafts. Among the available methods, the cone penetration test (CPT) based models have been shown to give better predictions in many situations. This can be attributed to the fact that CPT-based methods have been developed in accordance with the results of the CPT tests, which have been found to yield more reliable soil properties, hence, more accurate axial capacity predictions of drilled shafts. In this paper, one of the most commonly used artificial intelligence techniques, i.e. artificial neural networks (ANNs), was utilized in an attempt to obtain more accurate axial capacity predictions for drilled shafts. The ANN model was developed using data collected from the literature that comprise CPT results and drilled shaft load tests of 94 case records. The predictions from the ANN model were compared with those obtained from three commonly used available CPT-based methods. The results indicate that the ANN-based model provides more accurate axial capacity predictions of drilled shafts and outperforms the available conventional methods.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-70902022-12-09T05:23:40Z Intelligent computing for predicting axial capacity of drilled shafts Shahin, Mohamed Jaksa, M. Magued Iskander Debra F Laefer Mohamad H Hussein In the last few decades, numerous methods have been developed for predicting the axial capacity of drilled shafts. Among the available methods, the cone penetration test (CPT) based models have been shown to give better predictions in many situations. This can be attributed to the fact that CPT-based methods have been developed in accordance with the results of the CPT tests, which have been found to yield more reliable soil properties, hence, more accurate axial capacity predictions of drilled shafts. In this paper, one of the most commonly used artificial intelligence techniques, i.e. artificial neural networks (ANNs), was utilized in an attempt to obtain more accurate axial capacity predictions for drilled shafts. The ANN model was developed using data collected from the literature that comprise CPT results and drilled shaft load tests of 94 case records. The predictions from the ANN model were compared with those obtained from three commonly used available CPT-based methods. The results indicate that the ANN-based model provides more accurate axial capacity predictions of drilled shafts and outperforms the available conventional methods. 2009 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7090 10.1061/41022(336)4 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) fulltext
spellingShingle Shahin, Mohamed
Jaksa, M.
Intelligent computing for predicting axial capacity of drilled shafts
title Intelligent computing for predicting axial capacity of drilled shafts
title_full Intelligent computing for predicting axial capacity of drilled shafts
title_fullStr Intelligent computing for predicting axial capacity of drilled shafts
title_full_unstemmed Intelligent computing for predicting axial capacity of drilled shafts
title_short Intelligent computing for predicting axial capacity of drilled shafts
title_sort intelligent computing for predicting axial capacity of drilled shafts
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7090