35 Years of (AI) in geotechnical engineering: state of the art

AM Ebid - Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2021 - Springer
It was 35 years ago since the first usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technique in
geotechnical engineering, during those years many (AI) techniques were developed based …

Population-based optimization in structural engineering: a review

AR Kashani, CV Camp, M Rostamian, K Azizi… - Artificial Intelligence …, 2022 - Springer
Structural engineering is focused on the safe and efficient design of infrastructure. Projects
can range in size and complexity, many requiring massive amounts of materials and …

[HTML][HTML] Constructability-based design approach for steel structures: From truss beams to real-world inspired industrial buildings

R Cucuzza, A Aloisio, MM Rad… - Automation in Construction, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents an optimization framework for steel trusses. The authors implemented a
penalty-based approach to optimise the size, shape, and topology based on a dynamic …

Particle swarm optimization variants for solving geotechnical problems: review and comparative analysis

AR Kashani, R Chiong, S Mirjalili… - Archives of Computational …, 2021 - Springer
Optimization techniques have drawn much attention for solving geotechnical engineering
problems in recent years. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is one of the most widely used …

On the seismic stability of soil slopes containing dual weak layers: true failure load assessment by finite-element limit-analysis

C Qin, J Zhou - Acta Geotechnica, 2023 - Springer
Seismic stability analyses of soil slopes in the presence of weak interlayers are rather
challenging within the framework of plasticity theory, due to the construction of kinematically …

Optimization of retaining wall design using recent swarm intelligence techniques

AH Gandomi, AR Kashani, DA Roke, M Mousavi - Engineering Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, cantilever retaining wall design is studied as an important optimization task in
civil engineering. The current study explores the efficiency of some recent swarm …

Surface altering optimisation in slope stability analysis with non-circular failure for random limit equilibrium method

R Mafi, S Javankhoshdel, B Cami… - … and Management of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In limit equilibrium slope stability analysis, surface altering optimisation (SAO) is a novel
approach to minimise the factor of safety for a given slip surface using spline curves in 2D. It …

[HTML][HTML] Slope stability analysis based on improved radial movement optimization considering seepage effect

L Jin, J Wei, C Luo, T Qin - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Among various effecting factors, groundwater is commonly known as one of the major
triggers for slope failures. Thus, it is great significant of considering the contribution from …

Improved backtracking search algorithm for pseudo dynamic active earth pressure on retaining wall supporting c-Ф backfill

S Nama, AK Saha, S Ghosh - Applied Soft Computing, 2017 - Elsevier
Optimization algorithms are effective and powerful tools for solving the non-linear
optimization problems. Backtracking Search Optimization Algorithm (BSA) is a newly …

Optimum design of combined footings using swarm intelligence-based algorithms

AR Kashani, CV Camp, M Akhani, S Ebrahimi - Advances in Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study considers the optimum design of reinforced concrete combined footings. Analysis
and design procedures are developed based on the American Concrete Institute (ACI 318 …