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Optimum model for bearing capacity of concrete-steel columns with AI technology via incorporating the algorithms of IWO and ABC

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In a composite column, the performance of both the concrete and steel has a considerable effect on the structural behaviour under different loading conditions. This study applies several artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to optimise the bearing capacity of concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) columns. First, the bearing capacity values of the CFST columns are estimated by an artificial neural network (ANN) technique. Using 303 datasets, the outer diameter, concrete compressive strength, tensile yield stress of the steel column, thickness of the steel cover, and length of the applied samples are considered as the model inputs. Following a series of analyses, several ANN models are developed. The ANN model with 8 neurons and 250 iterations is determined as the best model to predict the bearing capacity of the CFST columns. Subsequently, the invasive weed optimisation (IWO) technique, which is considered the most current optimisation algorithm, is developed to maximise the results of the bearing capacity by considering the selected ANN model. To highlight the ability of IWO, the artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm is also applied. Consequently, it is found that both optimisation algorithms can design input parameters such that the maximum value of the bearing capacity can be obtained. The bearing capacity of the CFST columns from the ABC and IWO techniques indicates that IWO has a better capability of maximising the bearing. Thus, IWO can optimise similar problems with a high rate of performance.

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Financial support from Shanghai Jiao Tong University under the grant for foreign student study in China is greatly appreciated. Financial support also from the start funding of Shantou University (Grant no. NTF19024-2019).

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean, and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Payam Sarir & Jun Chen

  2. Key Laboratory of Intelligence Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education and College of Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, China

    Shui-Long Shen

  3. School of Highway, Chang’an University, Xi’an, 710064, China

    Zhi-Feng Wang

  4. School of Civil Engineering, and Center of Excellence in Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000, Thailand

    Suksun Horpibulsuk

  5. Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, 550000, Vietnam

    Binh Thai Pham

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Sarir, P., Shen, SL., Wang, ZF. et al. Optimum model for bearing capacity of concrete-steel columns with AI technology via incorporating the algorithms of IWO and ABC. Engineering with Computers 37, 797–807 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-019-00855-5

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