Sustainable Polyurethane-Based Polymer Concrete: Mechanical and Non-destructive Properties with Machine Learning Technique

Sustainable Polyurethane-Based Polymer Concrete: Mechanical and Non-destructive Properties with Machine Learning Technique

Abstract Polyurethane-based polymer concrete (PUC) has become a popular material for pavement repair. However, its compressive strength (f c) is essential to achieve effective repair work. This study predicted the compressive strength and evaluated the non-destructive test (NDT) properties of the PU...

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Main Authors: S. I. Haruna, Han Zhu, Yasser E. Ibrahim, Jian Yang, AIB Farouk, Jianwen Shao, Musa Adamu, Omar Shabbir Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-08-01
Series:International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
Subjects:
Machine learning
Polyurethane
Polymer concrete
Repair
Compressive strength
Pavement
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40069-025-00803-2
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Summary:Abstract Polyurethane-based polymer concrete (PUC) has become a popular material for pavement repair. However, its compressive strength (f c) is essential to achieve effective repair work. This study predicted the compressive strength and evaluated the non-destructive test (NDT) properties of the PUC mixtures, prepared by mixing aggregate-to-polyurethane (PU) at 80/20, 85/15, and 90/10 ratios by weight. The experimental datasets from mechanical and NDT tests were utilized to train machine learning (ML) models, including multilinear regression (MLR), artificial neural network (ANN), support vector machine (SVM), Gaussian regression process (GPR), and stepwise regression (SWR) models for estimating the f c. Moreover, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was employed to evaluate the microstructure of PUC. Feature selection tools were used to explore optimal input variables for estimating the (f c) of the PUC samples. The PUC-10 specimen revealed a maximum ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) value of 3.05 km/h. The microstructure analysis shows micro-voids with crack propagation between the aggregate and PU binder in the specimen containing 10% PU after testing. All the developed models showed high prediction accuracy. In addition, SVM outperformed other models at the training phase with R 2 values of 0.9614, and ANN demonstrated the highest performance at the testing phase with R 2 values of 0.9502.
ISSN:2234-1315

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