Investigation of the effect of mineral additives on concrete strength using ANN

Abstract

In addition to cement, sand, gravel, and water, the current investigation of the influence of additives on the compressive strength of concrete at 28 days includes fly ash, silica fume, and slag. 315 concrete compositions with various amounts of additives are trained and tested using an artificial neural network. Concrete strength is largely affected by the specific gravity of cement and the specific gravity of fine and coarse particles, according to the studies. For greater compressive strength, it is preferable to use materials with a higher specific gravity. Compressive strength has grown as the amount of silica fumes has increased. Increased amounts of slag or superplasticizer resulted in the same behavior. When the amount of fly ash was increased, the compressive strength of the material decreased.