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dc.contributor.authorEtemad-Shahidi, A
dc.contributor.authorGhaemi, N
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:12:32Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:12:32Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-04-03T23:02:47Z
dc.identifier.issn0029-8018
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.oceaneng.2011.07.012
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/44212
dc.description.abstractScour 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.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1522
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1527
dc.relation.ispartofissue13
dc.relation.ispartofjournalOcean Engineering
dc.relation.ispartofvolume38
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOceanography
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCivil engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMaritime engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMarine engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3708
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4005
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4015
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode401501
dc.titleModel tree approach for prediction of pile groups scour due to waves
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorEtemad Shahidi, Amir F.


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