Regressive approach for predicting bearing capacity of bored piles from cone penetration test data》.pdf

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 7 (2015) 584 e592 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering journal homepage: Full length article Regressive approach for predicting bearing capacity of bored piles from cone penetration test data Iyad S. Alkroosh a, Mohammad Bahadori b, Hamid Nikraz c, Alireza Bahadori d, * a Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Al-Qadissiya University, Al Diwaniyah, Iraq b School of Soil Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran c Department of Civil Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Australia d School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In this study, the least square support vector machine (LSSVM) algorithm was applied to predicting the Received 27 April 2015 bearing capacity of bored piles embedded in sand and mixed soils. Pile geometry and cone penetration Received in revised form test (CPT) results were used as input variables for prediction of pile bearing capacity. The data used were 12 June 2015 collected from the existing literature and consisted of 50 case records. The application of LSSVM was Accepted 30 June 2015 carried out by dividing the data into three sets: a training set for learning the problem and obtaining a Available online 5 August 2015