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An Ensemble Machine Learning Approach for Prediction and Optimization of Modulus of Elasticity of Recycled Aggregate Concrete
Construction and Building Materials
  • Taihao Han
  • Ashfia Siddique
  • Kamal Khayat, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Jie Huang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Aditya Kumar, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

This paper presents an ensemble machine learning (ML) model for prediction of modulus of elasticity (MOE) of concrete formulated using recycled concrete aggregate (RCA), in relation to features of its mixture design (e.g., physiochemical characteristics of RCA). The ensemble ML model's prediction performance was compared with five commonly-used ML models. It is shown that the ensemble ML model unfailingly produces more accurate predictions compared to standalone models. To demonstrate the ability of the ensemble ML model to go beyond MOE predictions, the model was used to develop optimal mixture designs for RCA concretes that satisfy imposed target MOE.

Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Second Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Third Department
Materials Science and Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Re-Cast Tier1 University Transportation Center
Second Research Center/Lab
Center for Research in Energy and Environment (CREE)
Third Research Center/Lab
Intelligent Systems Center
Comments

Experimental and computational tasks, described in this study, were conducted in the Advanced Construction Materials Laboratory (AMCL) and the Materials Research Center (MRC), respectively, of Missouri S&T. Funding for this study was provided by the Leonard Wood Institute (LWI), RE-CAST Tier-1 University Transportation Center at Missouri S&T, and the National Science Foundation (NSF; CMMI: 1661609 and CMMI: 1932690).

Keywords and Phrases
  • Ensemble machine learning,
  • Modulus of elasticity (MOE),
  • Random forests,
  • Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA)
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2020 Elsevier, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
5-30-2020
Publication Date
30 May 2020
Citation Information
Taihao Han, Ashfia Siddique, Kamal Khayat, Jie Huang, et al.. "An Ensemble Machine Learning Approach for Prediction and Optimization of Modulus of Elasticity of Recycled Aggregate Concrete" Construction and Building Materials Vol. 244 (2020) ISSN: 0950-0618; 1879-0526
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jie-huang/147/