Machine Learning Outperforms Design Codes in Predicting Concrete Beam Shear Strength
A benchmark of six machine learning models on 1,849 reinforced concrete beams shows LightGBM beating ACI and CSA design codes, ...
Tag: structural engineering
Explainable AI yields a five-parameter formula for nonlinear concrete creep
Researchers combined an optimized gradient-boosting model, SHAP explainability, and symbolic regression to derive an explicit, accurate equation for concrete creep ...
Concrete-Filled Cavity Joints Boost Load Capacity of Prefabricated Underground Silos
Full-scale compression tests and ABAQUS simulations show that a concrete-filled cavity joint raises the peak load capacity of prefabricated underground ...
Fly Ash Ceramsite Concrete Resists Creep After High Temperatures
A study in Scientific Reports reports that lightweight concrete with fly ash ceramsite maintains a longer steady-state creep period than ...
Physics Meets Machine Learning to Predict the Full Seismic Response of Steel–Concrete Composite Structures
A new physics-informed machine learning framework embeds hysteretic mechanical laws into neural network training, reproducing full seismic load–deformation and energy ...
Machine learning reveals buckling prediction limits in cold-formed steel columns
A study of 148 built-up cold-formed steel column tests found that machine-learning corrections performed well within the database but transferred ...
From Fjord to Gallery: How Oslo’s Museum Turned a Dead Sperm Whale Into Its Star Exhibit
A newly published study details how a sperm whale carcass found in the Oslo Fjord in 2003 became a fully ...
Open-Source Python Suite Turns Cheap Cameras Into 3D Structural Motion Trackers
An open-source Python suite called ParaStereoSync and KineViz-3D uses consumer cameras, printed markers, and software-based synchronization to track hundreds of ...
New Steel Ring Connection Could Make Earthquake-Resistant Buildings Safer and Cheaper
Laboratory tests of a novel externally stiffened ring connection show that welded joints between concrete-filled steel tubular columns and reinforced ...
AI Cracks the Code on Why Concrete Deep Beams Fail in Shear
Researchers in Iran trained an optimized gradient boosting model on 419 tested deep beams and used SHAP analysis to make ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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