Forecasting of strength and durability properties of High Performance Composites by Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)

Abstract

High Performance Concrete (HPC) is the high quality concrete that requires special conformity and performance requirements. The objective of this study was to investigate the possibilities of adapting neural expert system like Artificial Neural Network (ANN) in the development of simulator and intelligent system and to predict durability and strength of HPC composites. This soft computing methods emulates the decision-making ability of a human expert benefits both the construction industry and the research community. These new methods, if properly utilized, have the potential to increase speed, service life, efficiency, consistency, minimizes errors, saves time and cost which would otherwise be squandered using the conventional approaches.