Utilization of membrane humidifiers is one of the methods commonly used to humidify reactant gases in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC). In this study, polymeric porous membranes with different compositions were prepared to be used in a membrane humidifier module and were employed in a humidification test. Three different neural network models were developed to investigate several...

pomegranate is an important iranian-native fruit, with many varieties cultivated. although the volume of data on the importance of pomegranates in human nutrition has increased tremendously in the last years, the physical properties of the pomegranate fruit during fruit maturity have not yet been studied in detail. thus, the present study aimed to evaluate changes in physical characteristics of...

In this paper we propose a simple method for low-level navigation for autonomous mobile robots, employing an artificial neural network. Both corridor following and obstacle avoidance in indoor environments are managed by the same network. Raw grayscale images of size 32 × 23 pixels are processed one at a time by a feed-forward neural network. The output signals from the network directly control...

Evaporation is one of the most important components of hydrologic cycle.Accurate estimation of this parameter is used for studies such as water balance,irrigation system design, and water resource management. In order to estimate theevaporation, direct measurement methods or physical and empirical models can beused. Using direct methods require installing meteorological stations andinstruments ...

in this study, an artificial neural network was developed in order to analyze flexible pavement structure anddetermine its critical responses under the influence of standard axle loading. in doing so, more than 10000four-layered flexible pavement sections composed of asphalt concrete layer, base layer, subbase layer, andsubgrade soil were analyzed under the impact of standard axle loading. pave...

This paper deals with artificial neural network (ANN) architecture, the multilayer Feed-forward (MLFF) network with back propagation learning. The training of an artificial neural network involves two passes. In the forward pass, the input signals propagate from the network input to the output. In the reverse pass the calculated error signals propagate backwards through the network where they a...

This paper presents novel coaxial probe feed, microstrip antenna with dual bandwidth design using a soft computing tool Artificial Neural Network. By varying the position of the feed, dual bandwidths of 8.08% and 8.15% is achieved which is further simulated on ANN tool. The antenna is fed by coaxial probe feeding technique. The obtained bandwidth from the IE3D is used a training set to train th...

The excavation damaged zone (EDZ) can be defined as a rock zone where the rock properties and conditions have been changed due to the processes related to an excavation. This zone affects the behavior of rock mass surrounding the construction that reduces the stability and safety factor and increase probability of failure of the structure. In this paper, a methodology was examined for computing...

In this paper, Multilayer Feed Forward Artificial Neural Network with weight initialization method is Proposed for Image Compression. Image compression helps to reduce the storage space and transmission cost. Artificial Neural network (ANNs) is a training algorithm has used to compress the image. Artificial neural network is exceptionally Feed Forward Back propagation neural network (FFBPNN) in...