Prediction of Swelling Soil Pressure USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS

Abstract

The Artificial Neural Networks is a new computing system, which proved in the last years a high ability in treating the ambiguous and strange phenomenan,which may be hardly solved by other methods. A model made by using Artificial Neural Networks was used to predict swelling soil pressure by defining its main properties. Then a parametric study was done to know the effects of parameters on swelling pressure. Moreover the predicted values were compared with the experimental ones. It is found that Artificial Neural Networks is a powerful tool in solving problems containing multiple variables, and has a good ability in performing parametric analysis.