Machine learning for structural engineering: A state-of-the-art review

HT Thai - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning (ML) has become the most successful branch of artificial
intelligence (AI). It provides a unique opportunity to make structural engineering more …

Concrete material science: Past, present, and future innovations

H Van Damme - Cement and Concrete Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Concrete is flying off, but it is simultaneously facing tremendous challenges in terms of
environmental impact, financial needs, societal acceptance and image. Based on an …

Predicting concrete compressive strength using hybrid ensembling of surrogate machine learning models

PG Asteris, AD Skentou, A Bardhan, P Samui… - Cement and Concrete …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to implement a hybrid ensemble surrogate machine learning technique in
predicting the compressive strength (CS) of concrete, an important parameter used for …

A comparative study of ANN and ANFIS models for the prediction of cement-based mortar materials compressive strength

DJ Armaghani, PG Asteris - Neural Computing and Applications, 2021 - Springer
Despite the extensive use of mortars materials in constructions over the last decades, there
is not yet a reliable and robust method, available in the literature, which can estimate its …

A novel hybrid extreme learning machine–grey wolf optimizer (ELM-GWO) model to predict compressive strength of concrete with partial replacements for cement

M Shariati, MS Mafipour, B Ghahremani… - Engineering with …, 2022 - Springer
Compressive strength of concrete is one of the most determinant parameters in the design of
engineering structures. This parameter is generally determined by conducting several tests …

Revealing the nature of metakaolin-based concrete materials using artificial intelligence techniques

PG Asteris, PB Lourenço, PC Roussis… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, a model for the estimation of the compressive strength of concretes
incorporating metakaolin is developed and parametrically evaluated, using soft computing …

Machine learning-based prediction for compressive and flexural strengths of steel fiber-reinforced concrete

MC Kang, DY Yoo, R Gupta - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) has a performance superior to that of normal
concrete because of the addition of discontinuous fibers. The development of strengths …

Prediction of chloride diffusivity in concrete using artificial neural network: Modelling and performance evaluation

Q Liu, MF Iqbal, J Yang, X Lu, P Zhang… - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chloride ingression is the main reason for causing durability degradation of reinforced
concrete (RC) structures. In this study, the distinguishing features of artificial neural network …

A novel artificial intelligence technique to predict compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete using ICA-XGBoost model

J Duan, PG Asteris, H Nguyen, XN Bui… - Engineering with …, 2021 - Springer
Recycled aggregate concrete is used as an alternative material in construction engineering,
aiming to environmental protection and sustainable development. However, the …

Predicting the compressive strength of concrete containing metakaolin with different properties using ANN

MJ Moradi, M Khaleghi, J Salimi, V Farhangi… - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
The advantages of using Metakaolin (MK) as a supplementary cementitious material have
led this highly active pozzolan to be widely used in the concrete industry. Awareness of the …