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ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 27
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OBJECT ORIENTED APPROACHES TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping and M. Papadrakakis
Paper II.3

A Neural Network-Based Design of Edge Supported R.C. Slabs

A. Arslan and R. Ince

Civil Engineering Department, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
A. Arslan, R. Ince, "A Neural Network-Based Design of Edge Supported R.C. Slabs", in B.H.V. Topping, M. Papadrakakis, (Editors), "Artificial Intelligence and Object Oriented Approaches to Structural Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 91-97, 1994. doi:10.4203/ccp.27.2.3
Abstract
Modeling of material behavior generally involves the development of mathematical model derived from observations and experimental data. An alternative way discussed in this paper, is neural network based modeling that a subfield of artificial intelligence. The main benefit in using a neural network approach is that the network is built directly from experimental or theoretical data using the self organizing capabilities of the neural network.

In this article, a back-propagation neural network package (NETICE) was presented which has been developed for use in general purpose. NETICE (Neural nETworks In Civil Engineering) has been used in the design of edge supported reinforced concrete slabs and the results were presented in this study. It has been observed that the results given by the network has a high approximation when compared with the conventional solution.

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