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Title

Artificial neural network, machine learning modelling of compressive strength of recycled coarse aggregate based self-compacting concrete.

Authors

Jagadesh, P.; Khan, Afzal Hussain; Priya, B. Shanmuga; Asheeka, A.; Zoubir, Zineb; Magbool, Hassan M.; Alam, Shamshad; Bakather, Omer Y.

Abstract

This research study aims to understand the application of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to forecast the Self-Compacting Recycled Coarse Aggregate Concrete (SCRCAC) compressive strength. From different literature, 602 available data sets from SCRCAC mix designs are collected, and the data are rearranged, reconstructed, trained and tested for the ANN model development. The models were established using seven input variables: the mass of cementitious content, water, natural coarse aggregate content, natural fine aggregate content, recycled coarse aggregate content, chemical admixture and mineral admixture used in the SCRCAC mix designs. Two normalization techniques are used for data normalization to visualize the data distribution. For each normalization technique, three transfer functions are used for modelling. In total, six different types of models were run in MATLAB and used to estimate the 28th day SCRCAC compressive strength. Normalization technique 2 performs better than 1 and TANSING is the best transfer function. The best k-fold cross-validation fold is k = 7. The coefficient of determination for predicted and actual compressive strength is 0.78 for training and 0.86 for testing. The impact of the number of neurons and layers on the model was performed. Inputs from standards are used to forecast the 28th day compressive strength. Apart from ANN, Machine Learning (ML) techniques like random forest, extra trees, extreme boosting and light gradient boosting techniques are adopted to predict the 28th day compressive strength of SCRCAC. Compared to ML, ANN prediction shows better results in terms of sensitive analysis. The study also extended to determine 28th day compressive strength from experimental work and compared it with 28th day compressive strength from ANN best model. Standard and ANN mix designs have similar fresh and hardened properties. The average compressive strength from ANN model and experimental results are 39.067 and 38.36 MPa, respectively with correlation coefficient is 1. It appears that ANN can validly predict the compressive strength of concrete.

Subjects

SELF-consolidating concrete; ARTIFICIAL neural networks; MACHINE learning; COMPRESSIVE strength; RANDOM forest algorithms; DATA distribution; SILICATE cements (Dentistry)

Publication

PLoS ONE, 2024, Vol 19, Issue 5, p1

ISSN

1932-6203

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0303101

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