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<p>Over the last 200 years, ordinary concrete has evolved from four basic ingredient materials (gravel, sand, cement, and water) to multicomponent complex composites. The number and variety of the additives, admixtures, non-conventional aggregates, fillers, and fibres currently used for concrete production have continued to grow rapidly. Regrettably, the methods for de-signing concrete mixes have not evolved at a similarly fast pace. Keeping the above facts in mind, the authors utilised a principal component analysis (PCA) to design modern concrete mixes. As an initial approach, 550 cast and tested concrete mixes were analysed. The main aim of the presented study was to prove the usefulness of the PCA methodology for the fast classification of concrete mix compositions. The acquired knowledge should be useful for the effective design of multicomponent modern concrete mixes.</p>
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Over the last 200 years, ordinary concrete has evolved from four basic ingredient materials (gravel, sand, cement, and water) to multicomponent complex composites. The number and variety of the additives, admixtures, non-conventional aggregates, fillers, and fibres currently used for concrete production have continued to grow rapidly. Regrettably, the methods for de-signing concrete mixes have not evolved at a similarly fast pace. Keeping the above facts in mind, the authors utilised a principal component analysis (PCA) to design modern concrete mixes. As an initial approach, 550 cast and tested concrete mixes were analysed. The main aim of the presented study was to prove the usefulness of the PCA methodology for the fast classification of concrete mix compositions. The acquired knowledge should be useful for the effective design of multicomponent modern concrete mixes.

A principal component analysis in concrete design

University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Construction of Optimized Energy Potential

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Over the last 200 years, ordinary concrete has evolved from four basic ingredient materials (gravel, sand, cement, and water) to multicomponent complex...

A principal component analysis in concrete design

Published Online: Dec 21, 2022

Page range: 203 - 214

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17512/bozpe.2022.11.23

Keywords
principal component analysis, PCA, concrete designing, concrete mix

© 2022 Janusz Kobaka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

A principal component analysis in concrete design

Published Online: Dec 21, 2022

Page range: 203 - 214

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17512/bozpe.2022.11.23

Keywordsprincipal component analysis, PCA, concrete designing, concrete mix

© 2022 Janusz Kobaka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
principal component analysis, PCA, concrete designing, concrete mix