Fuzzy application in the prediction of axial compressive strength of Portland concrete based on traces and curing time

Abstract

Concrete is the main material used in the construction industry and its main property is the axial compressive strength. Usually the prediction of compressive strength is restricted to limited empirical equations and / or laboratory dosages. The objective of this study is to develop fuzzy systems capable of obtaining the axial compressive strength of concrete, from the mixtures and curing time. Several fuzzy systems were developed with Mamdani inference and different defuzzification methods. Triangular membership functions were adopted for the input variables in all systems and triangular functions for the output variables. The developed models were simulated and evaluated using three statistical indexes. The systems with Mamdani inference and centroid, bisector and mom defuzzification proved to be reliable and highly effective. The best performance was obtained by the fuzzy centroid defuzzification system according to the analyses.,