Surrogate modelling framework for probabilistic assessment of slope stability of dikes on heterogeneous soils

Climatic conditions in uence peak discharges in rivers and change sea levels; therefore, attention to the safety of dikes is of ever growing importance. Macro instability is one of the dike failure mechanisms that can inundate the hinterland. Soil heterogeneity plays an important role in assessing dike safety, especially for slope stability,...

Comparing the performance of machine learning methods in a surrogate approach to optimize low-thrust interplanetary trajectories

Various machine learning algorithms have been applied to find optimal lowthrust<br/>satellite trajectories, however, no fair comparison of their accuracy has been made yet. In this paper, two common and promising supervised machine learning algorithms are compared for their regression capacities:<br/>the artificial neural network and the...

Investigating the performance of Deep Material Networks in accelerating multiscale modelling of laminated composites

Modern material systems with properly designed microstructures offer new avenues for engineering materials with advantageous mechanical properties and functionalities in various applications. With the increasing desire to design structures that have complex shapes or that are simply cheaper and more efficient, the demand for complex numerical...