Analyses of structural systems by artificial neural network

SUMMARYMasters ThesisANALYSES OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS BY ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKAdem FIRATFırat UniversityGraduate School of Natural and Applied SciencesDepartment of Construction Education2006, Page: 66The inspirations of the artificial neural networks (ANN) are the sensitivity, elasticityand power of the biological brain. Artificial neural network is the mathematical model of thedendrite and the synopsis and the nerve cells from the basic biological components of the brainand is composed of simple mathematical components.In this thesis, analyses of structural systems have been presented by artificial neuralnetworks. Applications solved a backpropagation neural network has been used. The values ofinput and output of the network have been given to network after being normalized. Differentvalues have been used for the training and the test. The result obtained from the output ofnetwork has been compared with the numerical result and the suitability of the results have beendiscussed and it was seen that the results were satisfactory enough. It was seen that artificialneural networks could be an alternative method for the analyses of the engineering systems.Key Words : Artificial Neural Network, Backpropagation Neural Network, Structural Systems.