Experimental Study of Soil-Structure Interaction

1. Introduction

Engineers in developing countries frequently lack affordable tools for assessing soil-structure interaction in industrial heat exchangers. The experimental programme was designed so that ant colony optimization could be used to interpret the observations. Compared with existing correlations, the new relation reduced the mean error by 48%. The results underline the value of low-cost, locally appropriate technologies for developing regions.

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2. Materials and Methods

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3. Results and Discussion

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4. Conclusion

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