scholarly journals A New Artificial Neural Network Model for the Prediction of the Effect of Molar Ratios on Compressive Strength of Fly Ash-Slag Geopolymer Mortar

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Shaise K. John ◽  
Alessio Cascardi ◽  
Yashida Nadir ◽  
Maria Antonietta Aiello ◽  
K. Girija
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Fly Ash ◽  
Alkaline Solution ◽  
Chemical Components ◽  
Strength Development ◽  
Alkali Activation ◽  
Molar Ratios ◽  
Artificial Neural

Geopolymers are inorganic polymers produced by the alkali activation of alumina-silicate minerals. Geopolymer is an alternative cementitious binder to traditional Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) leading to economical and sustainable construction technique by the utilisation of alumina-silicate waste materials. The strength development in fly ash-slag geopolymer mortar is dependent on the chemical composition of the raw materials. An effective way to study the effect of chemical components in geopolymer is through the evaluation of molar ratios. In this study, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model has been applied to predict the effect of molar ratios on the 28-day compressive strength of fly ash-slag geopolymer mortar. For this purpose, geopolymer mortar samples were prepared with different fly ash-slag composition, activator concentration, and alkaline solution ratios. The molar ratios of the geopolymer mortar samples were evaluated and given as input to ANN, and the compressive strength was obtained as the output. The accuracy of the assessed model was investigated by statistical parameters; the mean, median, and mode values of the ratio between actual and predicted strength are equal to 0.991, 0.973, and 0.991, respectively, with a 14% coefficient of variation and a correlation coefficient of 89%. Based on the mentioned findings, the proposed novel model seems reliable enough and could be used for the prediction of compressive strength of fly ash-slag geopolymer. In addition, the influence of molar compositions on the compressive strength was further investigated through parametric studies utilizing the proposed model. The percentages of Na2O and SiO2 of the source materials were observed as the dominant chemical compounds in the mix affecting the compressive strength. The influence of CaO was significant when combined with a high amount of SiO2 in alkaline solution.

scholarly journals Prediction of Compressive Strength Behavior of Ground Bottom Ash Concrete by an Artificial Neural Network

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Kraiwut Tuntisukrarom ◽  
Raungrut Cheerarot
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Bottom Ash ◽  
Strength Development ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Explicit Equation ◽  
Strength Behavior ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Hidden Layer

The objective of this work was to examine the compressive strength behavior of ground bottom ash (GBA) concrete by using an artificial neural network. Four input parameters, specifically, the water-to-binder ratio (WB), percentage replacement of GBA (PR), median particle size of GBA (PS), and age of concrete (AC), were considered for this prediction. The results indicated that all four considered parameters affect the strength development of concrete, and GBA with a high fineness can act as a good pozzolanic material. The optimal ANN model had an architecture with two hidden layers, with six neurons in the first hidden layer and one neuron in the second hidden layer. The proposed ANN-based explicit equation represented a highly accurate predictive model, for which the statistical values of R2 were higher than 0.996. Moreover, the compressive strength behavior determined using the optimal ANN model closely followed the trend lines and surface plots of the experimental results.

scholarly journals Bayesian Regularized Artificial Neural Network Model to Predict Strength Characteristics of Fly-Ash and Bottom-Ash Based Geopolymer Concrete

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 1729
Author(s):  
Sakshi Aneja ◽  
Ashutosh Sharma ◽  
Rishi Gupta ◽  
Doo-Yeol Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Fly Ash ◽  
Bottom Ash ◽  
Geopolymer Concrete ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Testing Procedures ◽  
Precursor Material ◽  
Artificial Neural

Geopolymer concrete (GPC) offers a potential solution for sustainable construction by utilizing waste materials. However, the production and testing procedures for GPC are quite cumbersome and expensive, which can slow down the development of mix design and the implementation of GPC. The basic characteristics of GPC depend on numerous factors such as type of precursor material, type of alkali activators and their concentration, and liquid to solid (precursor material) ratio. To optimize time and cost, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) can be a lucrative technique for exploring and predicting GPC characteristics. In this study, the compressive strength of fly-ash based GPC with bottom ash as a replacement of fine aggregates, as well as fly ash, is predicted using a machine learning-based ANN model. The data inputs are taken from the literature as well as in-house lab scale testing of GPC. The specifications of GPC specimens act as input features of the ANN model to predict compressive strength as the output, while minimizing error. Fourteen ANN models are designed which differ in backpropagation training algorithm, number of hidden layers, and neurons in each layer. The performance analysis and comparison of these models in terms of mean squared error (MSE) and coefficient of correlation (R) resulted in a Bayesian regularized ANN (BRANN) model for effective prediction of compressive strength of fly-ash and bottom-ash based geopolymer concrete.

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