dc.contributor.author | Etemad-Shahidi, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Ghaemi, N | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T13:12:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T13:12:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.date.modified | 2012-04-03T23:02:47Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0029-8018 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2011.07.012 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/44212 | |
dc.description.abstract | Scour aroundpilescouldendangerthestabilityofthestructuresplacedonthem.Hence,anaccurate estimationofthescourdeptharoundpilesisveryimportantincoastalandmarineengineering.Dueto the complexinteractionbetweenthewave,seabedandpilegroup;predictionofthescourdepthisnot an easytaskandtheavailableempiricalformulashavelimitedaccuracy.Recently,softcomputing methodssuchasArtificialNeuralNetworks(ANNs)andSupportVectorMachines(SVMs)havebeen used forthepredictionofthescourdepth.However,thesemethodsdonotgiveenoughinsightabout the processandarenotaseasytouseastheempiricalequations.Inthisstudy,newformulasaregiven that areeasytouse,accurateandphysicallysound.Availableempiricalequationsforestimatingthe pile groupscourdepthsuchasthoseof Sumer etal.(1992) and BayramandLarson(2000), areless accuratecomparedtothegivenequations.Theseequationsareasaccurateasothersoftcomputing methodssuchasANNandSVM.Moreover,inthisstudy,safetyfactorsaregivenfordifferentlevelsof acceptablerisks,whichcanbesousefulforengineers. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 1522 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 1527 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 13 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Ocean Engineering | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 38 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Oceanography | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Civil engineering | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Maritime engineering | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Marine engineering | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3708 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4005 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4015 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 401501 | |
dc.title | Model tree approach for prediction of pile groups scour due to waves | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.date.issued | 2010 | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Etemad Shahidi, Amir F. | |