The application of soft computing models and empirical formulations for hydraulic structure scouring depth simulation: a comprehensive review, assessment and …

A Sharafati, M Haghbin, D Motta, ZM Yaseen - Archives of computational …, 2021 - Springer
Prediction of scouring characteristics is one of the major issues in hydraulic and hydrology
engineering. Over the past five decades, numerous empirical formulations (EFs), based on …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of gene expression programming and artificial neural networks in PyTorch for the prediction of local scour depth around a bridge pier

WH Hassan, HH Hussein, MH Alshammari… - Results in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Local scouring around the piers of bridges has been identified as one of the main problems
contributing to bridge failure globally. As such, the accurate prediction of safe scouring …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of mode I fracture toughness of rock using linear multiple regression and gene expression programming

B Afrasiabian, M Eftekhari - Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Prediction of mode I fracture toughness (K IC) of rock is of significant importance in rock
engineering analyses. In this study, linear multiple regression (LMR) and gene expression …

Bridge pier geometry effects on local scour potential: A comparative study

AM Aly, E Dougherty - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Scour, or the localized loss of soil around the foundation, is a dominant factor contributing to
failure. Scour at bridge piers, columns of elevated buildings, and wind turbines with …

A comparative study on equilibrium scour volume around circular cylinders in clay–sand mixed cohesive beds, at near threshold velocity of sand–an experimental …

S Chaudhuri, M Pandey, K Debnath, G Oliveto - Water Supply, 2022 - iwaponline.com
Local scour around a bridge pier is a complex phenomenon resulting from the interaction of
the three-dimensional turbulent flow field around hydraulic structures. An accurate …

Prediction of the depth of local scouring at a bridge pier using a gene expression programming method

WH Hassan, HK Jalal - SN Applied Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Local scouring around the piers of a bridge is the one of the major reasons for bridge failure,
potentially resulting in heavy losses in terms of both the economy and human life. Prediction …

Evolutionary Pareto optimization of an ANFIS network for modeling scour at pile groups in clear water condition

H Azimi, H Bonakdari, I Ebtehaj, SHA Talesh… - Fuzzy Sets and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The existence of waves and currents around the foundations of pile groups causes scour
and reduces the stability of structures in coastal environments and rivers. In this study, a new …

A hooked-collar for bridge piers protection: Flow fields and scour

SC Chen, S Tfwala, TY Wu, HC Chan, HT Chou - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
A new type of collar, the hooked-collar, was studied through experiments and numerical
methods. Tests were conducted using a hooked collar of a width of 1.25 b and a height of …

New stochastic modeling strategy on the prediction enhancement of pier scour depth in cohesive bed materials

A Sharafati, A Tafarojnoruz… - Journal of …, 2020 - iwaponline.com
Scouring around the piers, especially in cohesive bed materials, is a fully stochastic
phenomenon and a reliable prediction of scour depth is still a challenging concern for bridge …

Prediction of local scour around bridge piers in the cohesive bed using support vector machines

SU Choi, S Choi - KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 2022 - Springer
Local scour around bridge piers is one of the most important factors threatening the life of
bridges. The three-dimensional highly complicated horseshoe vortex and downflow are …