An Approach to Structural Approximation Analysis by Artificial Neural Networks

This paper theoretically proves that a three-layer neural network can be applied to implementing exactly the function between the stresses and displacements and the design variables of any elastic structure based on the Kolmogorov’s mapping neural network existence theorem. A new approach to the structural approximation analysis with the global characteristic based on artificial neural networks is presented. The computer simulation experiments made by this paper show that the new approach is effective.