Neural Network for Stability Analysis of Rubble-Mound Breakwaters
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 121, Issue 6
Abstract
This paper examines the applicability of a neural network to analyze model test data of the stability of rubble-mound breakwaters. The neural network is an information-processing system, modeled on the structure of the human brain, that is able to deal with information whose interrelation is not clear. Seven parameters concerning the stability of rock slopes are used: the stability number, the damage level, the number of attacking waves, the surf-similarity parameter, the permeability parameter, the dimensionless water depth in front of the structure, and the spectral shape parameter. The damage levels predicted by the neural network, calibrated by using a part of Van der Meer's 1988 experimental data, agree satisfactorily well with the measured damage levels of another part of the data source by Van der Meer 1988 and by Smith et al.'s 1992 data. The agreement between the predicted stability numbers by the neural network and the measured stability numbers is also good.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 121 • Issue 6 • November 1995
Pages: 294 - 299
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Copyright © 1995 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Nov 1, 1995
Published in print: Nov 1995
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