An accurate estimation of scour depth around piles is important for coastal and ocean engineers involved in the design of marine structures. Owing to the complexity of the problem, most conventional approaches are often unable to provide sufficiently accurate results. In this paper, an alternative attempt is made herein to develop ANFIS (adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system) models for predicting scour depth as well as scour width for a group of piles supporting a pier. The ANFIS model provides the system identification and interpretability of the fuzzy models and the learning capability of neural networks in a single system. Two combinations of input data were used in the analyses to predict scour depth: the first input combination involves dimensional parameters such as wave height, wave period, and water depth, while the second combination contains nondimensional numbers including the Reynolds number, the Keulegan-Carpenter number, the Shields parameter and the sediment number. The test results show that ANFIS performs better than the existing empirical formulae. The ANFIS predicts scour depth better when it is trained with the original (dimensional) rather than the nondimensional data. The depth of scour was predicted more accurately than its width. A sensitivity analysis showed that scour depth is governed mainly by the Keulegan-Carpenter number, and wave height has a greater influence on scour depth than the other independent parameters.
Estimation of pile group scour using adaptive neuro-fuzzy approach
Berechnung der Unterspülung einer Pfahlgruppe eines Piers unter Verwendung eines Neuro-Fuzzy-Verfahren
Ocean Engineering ; 34 , 8-9 ; 1344-1354
2007
11 Seiten, 15 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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