Genetic programming: on the programming of computers by means of natural selection
Genetic programming: on the programming of computers by means of natural selection
Genetic Algorithms and Manufacturing Systems Design
Genetic Algorithms and Manufacturing Systems Design
Genetic programming approach to predict a model acidolysis system
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Modeling of the angle of shearing resistance of soils using soft computing systems
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Modeling of transfer length of prestressing strands using genetic programming and neuro-fuzzy
Advances in Engineering Software
Genetic programming for predicting aseismic abilities of school buildings
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Prediction of shear strength of FRP reinforced concrete beams using fuzzy inference system
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
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The use of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) bars to reinforce concrete structures has received a great deal of attention in recent years due to their excellent corrosion resistance, high tensile strength, and good non-magnetization properties. Due to the relatively low modulus of elasticity of FRP bars, concrete members reinforced longitudinally with FRP bars experience reduced shear strength compared to the shear strength of those reinforced with the same amounts of steel reinforcement. This paper presents a simple yet improved model to calculate the concrete shear strength of FRP-reinforced concrete slender beams (a/d2.5) without stirrups based on the gene expression programming (GEP) approach. The model produced by GEP is constructed directly from a set of experimental results available in the literature. The results of training, testing and validation sets of the model are compared with experimental results. All of the results show that GEP is a strong technique for the prediction of the shear capacity of FRP-reinforced concrete beams without stirrups. The performance of the GEP model is also compared to that of four commonly used shear design provisions for FRP-reinforced concrete beams. The proposed model produced by GEP provides the most accurate results in calculating the concrete shear strength of FRP-reinforced concrete beams among existing shear equations provided by current provisions. A parametric study is also carried out to evaluate the ability of the proposed GEP model and current shear design guidelines to quantitatively account for the effects of basic shear design parameters on the shear strength of FRP-reinforced concrete beams.