Multi Expression Programming Model for Strength Prediction of Fly-Ash-Treated Alkali-Contaminated Soils

Rapid industrialization is leading to the pollution of underground natural soil by alkali concentration which may cause problems for the existing expansive soil in the form of producing expanding lattices. This research investigates the effect of stabilizing alkali-contaminated soil by using fly ash...

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Vydáno v:Materials Ročník 15; číslo 11; s. 4025
Hlavní autoři: Khan, Kaffayatullah, Ashfaq, Mohammed, Iqbal, Mudassir, Khan, Mohsin Ali, Amin, Muhammad Nasir, Shalabi, Faisal I., Faraz, Muhammad Iftikhar, Jalal, Fazal E.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Switzerland MDPI AG 06.06.2022
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Témata:
Artificial intelligence
By products
Calcium compounds
Chromosomes
Clay
Compressive strength
Cotton
Curing
Data points
Efficiency
Engineering
Expansive soils
Fly ash
Genes
Kaolin
Laboratories
Laboratory tests
Lattices
Parameter sensitivity
Pollutants
Sensitivity analysis
Soil contamination
Soil investigations
Soil pollution
Soil stabilization
alkali contamination
unconfined compression strength
black cotton soil
kaolin soil
curing
MEP modeling
ISSN:1996-1944, 1996-1944
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Shrnutí:Rapid industrialization is leading to the pollution of underground natural soil by alkali concentration which may cause problems for the existing expansive soil in the form of producing expanding lattices. This research investigates the effect of stabilizing alkali-contaminated soil by using fly ash. The influence of alkali concentration (2 N and 4 N) and curing period (up to 28 days) on the unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of fly ash (FA)-treated (10%, 15%, and 20%) alkali-contaminated kaolin and black cotton (BC) soils was investigated. The effect of incorporating different dosages of FA (10%, 15%, and 20%) on the UCSkaolin and UCSBC soils was also studied. Sufficient laboratory test data comprising 384 data points were collected, and multi expression programming (MEP) was used to create tree-based models for yielding simple prediction equations to compute the UCSkaolin and UCSBC soils. The experimental results reflected that alkali contamination resulted in reduced UCS (36% and 46%, respectively) for the kaolin and BC soil, whereas the addition of FA resulted in a linear rise in the UCS. The optimal dosage was found to be 20%, and the increase in UCS may be attributed to the alkali-induced pozzolanic reaction and subsequent gain of the UCS due to the formation of calcium-based hydration compounds (with FA addition). Furthermore, the developed models showed reliable performance in the training and validation stages in terms of regression slopes, R, MAE, RMSE, and RSE indices. Models were also validated using parametric and sensitivity analysis which yielded comparable variation while the contribution of each input was consistent with the available literature.
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ISSN:1996-1944
1996-1944
DOI:10.3390/ma15114025