Numerical simulation of the compacting of particles for the biaxial compression test using the discrete element method is presented. Compacting is considered as the first independent step required for a proper simulation of the entire compression process. In terms of the continuum approach, compacting is regarded as generation of the initial conditions. Three different compacting scenarios with...

this study investigates the prediction model of compressive strength of self–compacting concrete (scc) by utilizing soft computing techniques. the techniques consist of adaptive neuro–based fuzzy inference system (anfis), artificial neural network (ann) and the hybrid of particle swarm optimization with passive congregation (psopc) and anfis called psopc–anfis. their performances are comparativ...