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Defect Detection in Reinforced Concrete Using Random Neural Architectures
- Source :
- Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 29:191-207
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2013.
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Abstract
- This article discusses how detecting defects within reinforced concrete is vital to the safety and durability of infrastructure. A non-invasive technique, ElectroMagnetic Anomaly Detection (EMAD) is used in this article to provide information into the electromagnetic properties of reinforcing steel for which data analysis is currently performed visually. The first use of two neural network approaches to automate the analysis of this data is investigated in this article. These approaches are called Echo State Networks (ESNs) and Extreme Learning Machines (ELMs) where fast and efficient training procedures allow networks to be trained and evaluated in less time than traditional neural network approaches. Data collected from real-world concrete structures are analyzed in this article using these two approaches as well as using a simple threshold measure and a standard recurrent neural network. Two ESN architectures provided the best performance for a mesh-reinforced concrete structure, while the ELM approach offers a large improvement in the performance of a single tendon-reinforced structure.
- Subjects :
- Structure (mathematical logic)
Measure (data warehouse)
Engineering
Artificial neural network
business.industry
Echo (computing)
Structural engineering
computer.software_genre
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Durability
Computer Science Applications
Recurrent neural network
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Anomaly detection
State (computer science)
Data mining
business
computer
Civil and Structural Engineering
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10939687
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........2efb9435d668e54fafccc26e30043bc3