Civil structural health monitoring and machine learning: a comprehensive review

A Anjum, M Hrairi, A Aabid, N Yatim… - Fracture and Structural …, 2024 - fracturae.com
In the past five years, the implementation of machine learning (ML) techniques has surged in
civil engineering applications, particularly for optimizing and predicting solutions to various …

Uncertainty of the smeared crack model applied to RC beams

A Rimkus, V Cervenka, V Gribniak… - Engineering Fracture …, 2020 - Elsevier
A finite element model simulates concrete cracking using a smeared crack approach. The
uncertainty of the crack width model is verified by the experimental data from tests of …

Improved Levenberg–Marquardt backpropagation neural network by particle swarm and whale optimization algorithms to predict the deflection of RC beams

J Zhao, H Nguyen, T Nguyen-Thoi, PG Asteris… - Engineering with …, 2022 - Springer
The aim of this study is to develop a novel computer-aided method for the prediction of the
deflection of reinforced concrete beams (DRCB) under concentrated loads. To this end, in …

Simulation of the crack width in reinforced concrete beams based on concrete fracture

V Cervenka, A Rimkus, V Gribniak… - Theoretical and applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
The concrete cracking is simulated by the finite element method combined with the
constitutive model based on the nonlinear fracture mechanics. The model uncertainties for …

Prediction of long-term deflections of reinforced-concrete members using a novel swarm optimized extreme gradient boosting machine

H Nguyen, NM Nguyen, MT Cao, ND Hoang… - Engineering with …, 2022 - Springer
During the life cycle of buildings and infrastructure systems, the deflection of reinforced-
concrete members generally increases due to both internal and external factors. Accurate …

Prediction and global sensitivity analysis of long-term deflections in reinforced concrete flexural structures using surrogate models

W Dan, X Yue, M Yu, T Li, J Zhang - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Reinforced concrete (RC) is the result of a combination of steel reinforcing rods (which have
high tensile) and concrete (which has high compressive strength). Additionally, the …

Effect of arrangement of tensile reinforcement on flexural stiffness and cracking

V Gribniak, AP Caldentey, G Kaklauskas, A Rimkus… - Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to the highly complex cracking behaviour of reinforced concrete structures, their design
for serviceability is one of the most challenging tasks of engineering practice. Existing test …

Design for SLS according to fib Model Code 2010

GL Balázs, P Bisch, A Borosnyói, O Burdet… - Structural …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides an overview of serviceability specifications given by the fib Model Code
for Concrete Structures 2010 (fib MC2010 [1]). First, the reasons behind crack control and …

Early estimation of the long-term deflection of reinforced concrete beams using surrogate models

NM Nguyen, WC Wang, MT Cao - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper describes the development and testing of a novel artificial intelligence-based
inference model for the early prediction of long-term deflection in RC beams, which is a …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical behavior of steel fiber-reinforced concrete beams bonded with external carbon fiber sheets

V Gribniak, V Tamulenas, PL Ng, AK Arnautov… - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the mechanical behavior of steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC)
beams internally reinforced with steel bars and externally bonded with carbon fiber …