Computational Modeling of Desiccation Properties (CW, LS, and VS) of Waste-Based Activated Ash-Treated Black Cotton Soil for Sustainable Subgrade Using Artificial Neural Network, Gray-Wolf, and Moth-Flame Optimization Techniques

Artificial neural network (ANN), gray-wolf, and moth-flame optimization (GWO and MFO) techniques have been used in this research work to predict the effect of activated sawdust ash (ASDA) on the crack width (CW), linear shrinkage (LS), and volumetric shrinkage (VS) of a black cotton soil utilized as...

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Main Authors: Kennedy C. Onyelowe, Jamshid Shakeri, Hasel Amini-Khoshalan, Thompson F. Usungedo, Mohammadreza Alimoradi-Jazi
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Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4602064
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author Kennedy C. Onyelowe
Jamshid Shakeri
Hasel Amini-Khoshalan
Thompson F. Usungedo
Mohammadreza Alimoradi-Jazi
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Thompson F. Usungedo
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description Artificial neural network (ANN), gray-wolf, and moth-flame optimization (GWO and MFO) techniques have been used in this research work to predict the effect of activated sawdust ash (ASDA) on the crack width (CW), linear shrinkage (LS), and volumetric shrinkage (VS) of a black cotton soil utilized as a subgrade material. Problematic soils or black cotton soils are not good pavement foundation materials except that they are pretreated in order to meet the basic strength characteristics required for roads in Nigeria. Due to this reason, there has been ongoing research to evaluate the best practices in which black cotton soils can be favorably utilized in earthwork construction. On the other hand, there is a huge concern on the solid waste management system in the wood processing environment and the recycling of sawdust into ash and its reuse as an alternative binder has offered a sustainable disposal system. The work tries to use AI-based techniques to predict the crack and shrinkage behaviors of BCS treated with saw dust ash activated with alkali materials. There was appreciable improvement in the shrinkage and crack parameters over the 30-day drying period due to the addition of ASDA. The intelligent model results showed that the three techniques successfully predicted the CW, LS, and VS with a performance accuracy above 90%, while ANN produced the minimal error in performance outperforming the other techniques. Sensitivity study showed that the drying time (T) was the most influential of the studied parameter. Hence, soil stabilization has shown its potential system of waste management in the wood processing industry.
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spelling doaj-art-c3481b47d8274befa8c528306350d37e2025-02-03T06:12:14ZengWileyAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84422022-01-01202210.1155/2022/4602064Computational Modeling of Desiccation Properties (CW, LS, and VS) of Waste-Based Activated Ash-Treated Black Cotton Soil for Sustainable Subgrade Using Artificial Neural Network, Gray-Wolf, and Moth-Flame Optimization TechniquesKennedy C. Onyelowe0Jamshid Shakeri1Hasel Amini-Khoshalan2Thompson F. Usungedo3Mohammadreza Alimoradi-Jazi4Department of Mechanical and Civil EngineeringDepartment of Mining EngineeringDepartment of Mining EngineeringDepartment of Civil EngineeringDepartment of Computer EngineeringArtificial neural network (ANN), gray-wolf, and moth-flame optimization (GWO and MFO) techniques have been used in this research work to predict the effect of activated sawdust ash (ASDA) on the crack width (CW), linear shrinkage (LS), and volumetric shrinkage (VS) of a black cotton soil utilized as a subgrade material. Problematic soils or black cotton soils are not good pavement foundation materials except that they are pretreated in order to meet the basic strength characteristics required for roads in Nigeria. Due to this reason, there has been ongoing research to evaluate the best practices in which black cotton soils can be favorably utilized in earthwork construction. On the other hand, there is a huge concern on the solid waste management system in the wood processing environment and the recycling of sawdust into ash and its reuse as an alternative binder has offered a sustainable disposal system. The work tries to use AI-based techniques to predict the crack and shrinkage behaviors of BCS treated with saw dust ash activated with alkali materials. There was appreciable improvement in the shrinkage and crack parameters over the 30-day drying period due to the addition of ASDA. The intelligent model results showed that the three techniques successfully predicted the CW, LS, and VS with a performance accuracy above 90%, while ANN produced the minimal error in performance outperforming the other techniques. Sensitivity study showed that the drying time (T) was the most influential of the studied parameter. Hence, soil stabilization has shown its potential system of waste management in the wood processing industry.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4602064
spellingShingle Kennedy C. Onyelowe
Jamshid Shakeri
Hasel Amini-Khoshalan
Thompson F. Usungedo
Mohammadreza Alimoradi-Jazi
Computational Modeling of Desiccation Properties (CW, LS, and VS) of Waste-Based Activated Ash-Treated Black Cotton Soil for Sustainable Subgrade Using Artificial Neural Network, Gray-Wolf, and Moth-Flame Optimization Techniques
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
title Computational Modeling of Desiccation Properties (CW, LS, and VS) of Waste-Based Activated Ash-Treated Black Cotton Soil for Sustainable Subgrade Using Artificial Neural Network, Gray-Wolf, and Moth-Flame Optimization Techniques
title_full Computational Modeling of Desiccation Properties (CW, LS, and VS) of Waste-Based Activated Ash-Treated Black Cotton Soil for Sustainable Subgrade Using Artificial Neural Network, Gray-Wolf, and Moth-Flame Optimization Techniques
title_fullStr Computational Modeling of Desiccation Properties (CW, LS, and VS) of Waste-Based Activated Ash-Treated Black Cotton Soil for Sustainable Subgrade Using Artificial Neural Network, Gray-Wolf, and Moth-Flame Optimization Techniques
title_full_unstemmed Computational Modeling of Desiccation Properties (CW, LS, and VS) of Waste-Based Activated Ash-Treated Black Cotton Soil for Sustainable Subgrade Using Artificial Neural Network, Gray-Wolf, and Moth-Flame Optimization Techniques
title_short Computational Modeling of Desiccation Properties (CW, LS, and VS) of Waste-Based Activated Ash-Treated Black Cotton Soil for Sustainable Subgrade Using Artificial Neural Network, Gray-Wolf, and Moth-Flame Optimization Techniques
title_sort computational modeling of desiccation properties cw ls and vs of waste based activated ash treated black cotton soil for sustainable subgrade using artificial neural network gray wolf and moth flame optimization techniques
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4602064
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