Mixture Ratio Design Optimization of Coal Gangue-Based Geopolymer Concrete Based on Modified Gravitational Search Algorithm

A green concrete, new type of coal gangue-based geopolymer concrete, was prepared. Coal gangue geopolymer concrete contains many mineral admixtures and alkaline activators; the concrete mixture ratio design has always been a complex problem. The framework of the mix design optimization by the propos...

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Main Authors: Daming Zhang, Fangjin Sun, Tiantian Liu, Zhonghao Xu
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6620853
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description A green concrete, new type of coal gangue-based geopolymer concrete, was prepared. Coal gangue geopolymer concrete contains many mineral admixtures and alkaline activators; the concrete mixture ratio design has always been a complex problem. The framework of the mix design optimization by the proposed method is established in this work. The paper aims to minimize the economic cost under the premise of ensuring the strength and workability of coal gangue-based geopolymer concrete. Gravitational search algorithm (GSA) has the advantages of faster convergence speed and stronger exploitation performance compared with the traditional optimization algorithms. However, GSA tends to premature convergence and local optimum, with weak search ability. Therefore, chaotic map is introduced in the work here. Gravitational search algorithm was modified based on Chebyshev map in chaotic theory, and the modified equations were derived. The modified algorithm was verified by the calculation of typical functions. And results from traditional GSA and GSA modified by another chaotic mapping, logistic mapping, were compared and the characteristics of different GSA were analyzed and concluded. After that, the mix design of geopolymer concrete based on coal gangue with different strength grades was optimized with the modified GSA. Through analysis of the optimization results, cost variation of different strength grade coal gangue-based geopolymer concrete was revealed. Costs declined significantly; the higher the grades within a certain strength range, the more saved. Therefore, it can be inferred that the modified gravity search method provides a reliable tool for the optimization of mixture ratio of similar geopolymer concrete.
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spelling doaj-art-788c9b6d8b6c4d25a79bbf0fc458d22b2025-02-03T01:29:22ZengWileyAdvances in Civil Engineering1687-80861687-80942021-01-01202110.1155/2021/66208536620853Mixture Ratio Design Optimization of Coal Gangue-Based Geopolymer Concrete Based on Modified Gravitational Search AlgorithmDaming Zhang0Fangjin Sun1Tiantian Liu2Zhonghao Xu3Guangxi Key Laboratory of Embedded Technology and Intelligence, Guilin 541006, ChinaGuangxi Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin 123000, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin 123000, ChinaA green concrete, new type of coal gangue-based geopolymer concrete, was prepared. Coal gangue geopolymer concrete contains many mineral admixtures and alkaline activators; the concrete mixture ratio design has always been a complex problem. The framework of the mix design optimization by the proposed method is established in this work. The paper aims to minimize the economic cost under the premise of ensuring the strength and workability of coal gangue-based geopolymer concrete. Gravitational search algorithm (GSA) has the advantages of faster convergence speed and stronger exploitation performance compared with the traditional optimization algorithms. However, GSA tends to premature convergence and local optimum, with weak search ability. Therefore, chaotic map is introduced in the work here. Gravitational search algorithm was modified based on Chebyshev map in chaotic theory, and the modified equations were derived. The modified algorithm was verified by the calculation of typical functions. And results from traditional GSA and GSA modified by another chaotic mapping, logistic mapping, were compared and the characteristics of different GSA were analyzed and concluded. After that, the mix design of geopolymer concrete based on coal gangue with different strength grades was optimized with the modified GSA. Through analysis of the optimization results, cost variation of different strength grade coal gangue-based geopolymer concrete was revealed. Costs declined significantly; the higher the grades within a certain strength range, the more saved. Therefore, it can be inferred that the modified gravity search method provides a reliable tool for the optimization of mixture ratio of similar geopolymer concrete.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6620853
spellingShingle Daming Zhang
Fangjin Sun
Tiantian Liu
Zhonghao Xu
Mixture Ratio Design Optimization of Coal Gangue-Based Geopolymer Concrete Based on Modified Gravitational Search Algorithm
Advances in Civil Engineering
title Mixture Ratio Design Optimization of Coal Gangue-Based Geopolymer Concrete Based on Modified Gravitational Search Algorithm
title_full Mixture Ratio Design Optimization of Coal Gangue-Based Geopolymer Concrete Based on Modified Gravitational Search Algorithm
title_fullStr Mixture Ratio Design Optimization of Coal Gangue-Based Geopolymer Concrete Based on Modified Gravitational Search Algorithm
title_full_unstemmed Mixture Ratio Design Optimization of Coal Gangue-Based Geopolymer Concrete Based on Modified Gravitational Search Algorithm
title_short Mixture Ratio Design Optimization of Coal Gangue-Based Geopolymer Concrete Based on Modified Gravitational Search Algorithm
title_sort mixture ratio design optimization of coal gangue based geopolymer concrete based on modified gravitational search algorithm
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6620853
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