Artificial Neural Network Model for Evaluating Load Capacity of RC Deep Beams

Using artificial neural networks (ANN), numerous models were developed for predicting the ultimate shear strength of reinforced concrete deep beams. Many experimental result databases from earlier research were carefully gathered for this study. Two hundred fifty-three findings from experiments were included in this database. The ultimate shear strength was the output parameter, while ten factors were determined as input parameters for the ANN model based on the completed literature research. The required model was constructed using a back propagation neural network. The model of the neural networks was determined using the trial-and-error method. It was discovered that, inside the range of the input boundaries considered, the ANN model could accurately estimate the ultimate shear strength of deep beams. The measured shear strength and the shear strength predicted by the ANN model have a high correlation coefficient of 0.97, indicating a strong relationship between the predicted and actual values. The results show that, given the range of input parameters, ANN offers an excellent agreement of interest as a practical technique for estimating the ultimate shear strength. A parametric investigation was performed using the trained neural network model to assess how the input parameters affected the shear strength capacity of deep beams.