PERFORMANCE OF RC SKEW BOX CULVERT: APPLICATION OF THE FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

  • JAMES H. HAIDO
  • BASHAR A. MAHMOOD
  • AYAD A. ABDUL-RAZZAK
  • MICHAEL DORN
  • SALIM T. YOUSIF
Keywords: reinforced concrete; Artificial Neural Network; box culvert structures; finite element simulation

Abstract

Box culvert structures are widely used nowadays in infrastructures such as roads or bridges
worldwide. The skewness in the box culvert bridges is usually inevitable to achieve the desirable design of
their layout. Based on the limited knowledge in proposing a simple mathematical model to predict the
load-carrying capacity of these skew structures, more studies are regarded essential in this direction. The
work presented is dealing with the modeling of the skewed reinforced concrete (RC) box culverts using a
valid finite element modeling in ANSYS-11. In addition, artificial neural network (ANN) was adopted to
formulate a mathematical model for the response of these bridges depending on the outputs of parametric
study of the present finite element simulation. Specific nonlinear relationships have been employed in the
numerical analysis to model the behavior of both concrete and embedded steel bars. A database of the
performance of RC skew culverts, established from the outputs of over 285 finite element models, was
utilized for the development of ANN-based models. The skew angle of the culvert, the span of its top slab,
thickness of the slab and concrete compressive strength have been used as input variables to predict the
behavior of the culvert via the developed ANN. Simple equations were derived depending on the results of
this network to compute the failure load and maximum deflection of the top slab of the skew culvert. The
proposed models showed superior efficiency over existing tedious analytical or numerical solution with
consideration of combined effect of simplicity and accuracy in the output prediction. Moreover, the
comparison of the finite element outcomes with those of previous experimental work confirms the validity
of the used constitutive relationships in the analysis of single-cell concrete culverts.

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Author Biographies

JAMES H. HAIDO
Dep t . of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region - Iraq
BASHAR A. MAHMOOD
Dep t . of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Mosul - Iraq
MICHAEL DORN
Dep t . of Building Technology, Linnaeus University - Sweden
SALIM T. YOUSIF
Al - Qalam University College, Karkuk - Iraq

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Published
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How to Cite
HAIDO, J. H., MAHMOOD, B. A., ABDUL-RAZZAK, A. A., DORN, M., & YOUSIF, S. T. (2021). PERFORMANCE OF RC SKEW BOX CULVERT: APPLICATION OF THE FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Journal of Duhok University, 23(2), 767-787. https://doi.org/10.26682/csjuod.2020.23.2.60