Explainable machine learning using real, synthetic and augmented fire tests to predict fire resistance and spalling of RC columns

MZ Naser, VK Kodur - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents the development of systematic machine learning (ML) approach to
enable explainable and rapid assessment of fire resistance and fire-induced spalling of …

Hiding in plain sight: What can interpretable unsupervised machine learning and clustering analysis tell us about the fire behavior of reinforced concrete columns?

AÖ Çiftçioğlu, MZ Naser - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of machine learning (ML) continues to rise in the structural fire engineering area.
Noting the widespread of supervised ML approaches, such methods are being heavily …

RAGN-L: a stacked ensemble learning technique for classification of fire-resistant columns

AÖ Çiftçioğlu - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the main challenges in using reinforced concrete materials in structures is to
comprehend their fire resistance. The assessment of fire resistance can be performed in a …

StructuresNet and FireNet: Benchmarking databases and machine learning algorithms in structural and fire engineering domains

MZ Naser, V Kodur, HT Thai, R Hawileh… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning (ML) continues to rise as an effective and affordable method of
tackling engineering problems. Unlike other disciplines, the integration of ML into structural …

Heuristic machine cognition to predict fire-induced spalling and fire resistance of concrete structures

MZ Naser - Automation in Construction, 2019 - Elsevier
The exceptional behavior of concrete under fire conditions is often jeopardized by concrete's
propensity to spall. While published works seem to agree on the complexity and …

Observational analysis of fire-induced spalling of concrete through ensemble machine learning and surrogate modeling

MZ Naser - Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Despite ongoing research efforts, we continue to fall short of arriving at a consistent
representation of fire-induced spalling of concrete. This is often attributed to the complexity …

Autonomous fire resistance evaluation

MZ Naser - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
The structural fire engineering community has been slowly evolving over the past few
decades. While we continue to favor a classical stand toward evaluating fire resistance of …

[PDF][PDF] Leveraging artificial intelligence to assess explosive spalling in fire-exposed RC columns

A Seitllari, MZ Naser - Comput. Concr, 2019 - researchgate.net
Concrete undergoes a series of thermo-based physio-chemical changes once exposed to
elevated temperatures. Such changes adversely alter the composition of concrete and …

Potential of surrogate modelling for probabilistic fire analysis of structures

RK Chaudhary, R Van Coile, T Gernay - Fire Technology, 2021 - Springer
The interest in probabilistic methodologies to demonstrate structural fire safety has
increased significantly in recent times. However, the evaluation of the structural behavior …

Review on the use of artificial intelligence to predict fire performance of construction materials and their flame retardancy

HT Nguyen, KTQ Nguyen, TC Le, G Zhang - molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The evaluation and interpretation of the behavior of construction materials under fire
conditions have been complicated. Over the last few years, artificial intelligence (AI) has …