Knowledge Based Prediction of Standard Penetration Resistance of Soil Using Geotechnical Database

Prediction of SPT Geotechnical Database ANN in Geotechnics SPT Correlation Soil Gradation.

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  • Muhammad Usman Arshid
    usman.arshid@uettaxila.edu.pk
    Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Taxila, Punjab 47050,, Pakistan
Vol. 7 (2021): Special Issue "Innovative Strategies in Civil Engineering Grand Challenges"
Special Issue "Innovative Strategies in Civil Engineering Grand Challenges"

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The current study aimed at predicting standard penetration resistance (N) of soil using particle sizes and Atterberg's limits. The geotechnical database was created subsequent to the field and laboratory testing. The sample collection points were distributed in a mesh grid pattern to have uniform sampling consistency. Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) were trained on the database to build a knowledge-based understanding of the interrelation of the given soil parameters. To check the efficacy of the model, the validation was carried out by predicting standard penetration resistance (N) for another 30 samples which were not included in the training data (444 samples). The trained ANN model has been found to predict N values in close agreement with the N values measured in the field. The novelty of the research work is the standard penetration prediction employing basic physical properties of soil. This proves the efficacy of the proposed model for the target civil engineering application.

 

Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-SP2021-07-01

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