Artificial neural network approaches for prediction of backwater through arched bridge constrictions


PINAR E., Paydas K., SEÇKİN G., AKILLI H., ŞAHİN B., Cobaner M., ...Daha Fazla

ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING SOFTWARE, cilt.41, sa.4, ss.627-635, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 41 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2009.12.003
  • Dergi Adı: ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING SOFTWARE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.627-635
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Artificial neural network methods, Backwater, Bridges, Flood control, CHANNEL FLOW, SCOUR DEPTH, FUZZY, AFFLUX, FEED
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper presents the findings of laboratory model testing of arched bridge constrictions in a rectangular open channel flume whose bed slope was fixed at zero. Four different types of arched bridge models, namely single opening semi-circular arch (SOSC), multiple opening semi-circular arch (MOSC), single opening elliptic arch (SOE), and multiple opening elliptic arch (MOE), were used in the testing program. The normal crossing (phi = 0), and five different skew angles (phi = 10 degrees, 20 degrees, 30 degrees, 40 degrees, and 50 degrees) were tested for each type of arched bridge model. The main aim of this study is to develop a suitable model for estimating backwater through arched bridge constrictions with normal and skewed crossings. Therefore, different artificial neural network approaches, namely multi-layer perceptron (MLP), radial basis neural network (RBNN), generalized regression neural network (GRNN), and multi-linear and multi-nonlinear regression models, MLR and MNLR, respectively were used. Results of these experimental studies were compared with those obtained by the MLP, RBNN, GRNN, MILK and MNLR approaches. The MLP produced more accurate predictions than those of the others. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.