Journal
MARINE GEORESOURCES & GEOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 44-55Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/1064119X.2019.1676335
Keywords
Wave; scour; locally weighted linear regression (LWLR); supported vector regression (SVR); multi linear regression (MLR); circular piles
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This study successfully predicted the scour depth around vertical piles in a sand bed due to waves by developing three data-driven methods, with LWLR providing highly accurate predictions for the first time. The results demonstrated that LWLR can be a valuable tool for predicting wave-induced scour around piles.
The scour phenomena around vertical piles in oceans and under waves may influence the structure stability. Therefore, accurately predicting the scour depth is an important task in the design of piles. Empirical approaches often do not provide the required accuracy compared with data mining methods for modeling such complex processes. The main objective of this study is to develop three data-driven methods, locally weighted linear regression (LWLR), support vector machine (SVR), and multivariate linear regression (MLR) to predict the scour depth around vertical piles due to waves in a sand bed. It is the first effort to develop the LWLR to predict scour depth around vertical piles. The models simulate the scour depth mainly based on Shields parameter, pile Reynolds number, grain Reynolds number, Keulegan?Carpenter number, and sediment number. 111 laboratory datasets, derived from several experimental studies, were used for the modeling. The results indicated that the LWLR provided highly accurate predictions of the scour depths around piles (R?=?0.939 and RMSE = 0.075). Overall, this study demonstrated that the LWLR can be used as a valuable tool to predict the wave-induced scour around piles.
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