Arabian Journal of Geosciences, cilt.14, sa.21, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
In this study, the effect of volcanic tuff mineral additive in concrete manufacture on the compressive strength of concrete was investigated using the artificial neural network (ANN). Cement mixtures were produced by adding volcanic tuff (VT) in the ratio of 0% (control), 10%, 15%, and 20%. The effect of curing time was investigated by applying 28- and 90-day periods. The main inputs for the ANN model were cement, VT, super-plasticizer (SP), and aggregates with 4 different mesh sizes and outputs were 28- and 90-day compressive strengths. In the comparison of obtained results by artificial neural networks with the experimental data, good agreements have been seen. It was also seen that the optimum volcanic tuff rate was 20% in concrete in terms of compressive strengths.