The resilient modulus(MR)of subgrade soils is usually used to characterize the stiffness of subgrade and is a crucial parameter in pavement design.In order to determine the resilient modulus of compacted subgrade soil...The resilient modulus(MR)of subgrade soils is usually used to characterize the stiffness of subgrade and is a crucial parameter in pavement design.In order to determine the resilient modulus of compacted subgrade soils quickly and accurately,an optimized artificial neural network(ANN)approach based on the multi-population genetic algorithm(MPGA)was proposed in this study.The MPGA overcomes the problems of the traditional ANN such as low efficiency,local optimum and over-fitting.The developed optimized ANN method consists of ten input variables,twenty-one hidden neurons,and one output variable.The physical properties(liquid limit,plastic limit,plasticity index,0.075 mm passing percentage,maximum dry density,optimum moisture content),state variables(degree of compaction,moisture content)and stress variables(confining pressure,deviatoric stress)of subgrade soils were selected as input variables.The MR was directly used as the output variable.Then,adopting a large amount of experimental data from existing literature,the developed optimized ANN method was compared with the existing representative estimation methods.The results show that the developed optimized ANN method has the advantages of fast speed,strong generalization ability and good accuracy in MR estimation.展开更多
基金National Key R&D Program of China(No.2021YFB2600900)National Major Scientific Instruments and Equipments Development Project(No.51927814)+2 种基金National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(No.52025085)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51878078)Graduate Innovation Program of Changsha University of Science&Technology(No.CX2020SS09)。
基金Project(51878078)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2018-025)supported by the Training Program for High-level Technical Personnel in Transportation Industry,ChinaProject(CTKY-PTRC-2018-003)supported by the Design Theory,Method and Demonstration of Durability Asphalt Pavement Based on Heavy-duty Traffic Conditions in Shanghai Area,China。
文摘The resilient modulus(MR)of subgrade soils is usually used to characterize the stiffness of subgrade and is a crucial parameter in pavement design.In order to determine the resilient modulus of compacted subgrade soils quickly and accurately,an optimized artificial neural network(ANN)approach based on the multi-population genetic algorithm(MPGA)was proposed in this study.The MPGA overcomes the problems of the traditional ANN such as low efficiency,local optimum and over-fitting.The developed optimized ANN method consists of ten input variables,twenty-one hidden neurons,and one output variable.The physical properties(liquid limit,plastic limit,plasticity index,0.075 mm passing percentage,maximum dry density,optimum moisture content),state variables(degree of compaction,moisture content)and stress variables(confining pressure,deviatoric stress)of subgrade soils were selected as input variables.The MR was directly used as the output variable.Then,adopting a large amount of experimental data from existing literature,the developed optimized ANN method was compared with the existing representative estimation methods.The results show that the developed optimized ANN method has the advantages of fast speed,strong generalization ability and good accuracy in MR estimation.
