Research Article

Conjugate Cellular Automata and Neural Network Approach: Failure Load Prediction of Masonry Panels

Table 7

Comparison between proposed NN and GSED methods (two panels (1173 and 1172) are used in the GSED method as the base on which the prediction is built).

PanelFailure load (kN/m2)Error (%)

Expt.GSED (1173 based)NNGSED (1173 based)NN
117220.920.0120.3724.262.53
11699.512.5310.05931.895.89
124486.428.11219.751.40
115010.710.3610.7272.90.26
11536.77.035.9734.9310.86
12376.55.36.40618.461.44

Expt.GSED (1172 based)NNGSED (1172 based)NN
11699.513.610.05943.165.89
124487.138.11210.881.40
115010.711.2310.7274.950.26
11536.77.735.97315.3710.86
12376.55.96.4069.231.44