Optimization of Concrete Mixture Design Using Adaptive Surrogate Model

Xiaoqian Cen, Qingyuan Wang, Xiaoshuang Shi, Yan Su and Jingsi Qiu
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Xiaoqian Cen: MOE Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Science and Engineering, College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Qingyuan Wang: MOE Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Science and Engineering, College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Xiaoshuang Shi: MOE Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Science and Engineering, College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Yan Su: Department of Architectural Engineering, Kaili University, Kaili 556011, China
Jingsi Qiu: MOE Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Science and Engineering, College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 7, 1-18

Abstract: The increase in urban construction in China has been accompanied by increasing concrete output, which has reached 2250 million m 3 in recent years, ranked as the highest in the world. Consequentially, its environmental burden is significant in terms of resource use and carbon emissions. An adaptive surrogate model based on an extended radial basis function and adaptive sampling method was used to optimize the design of a concrete mixture in order to reduce its CO 2 emissions and cost. The adaptive sampling method based on the multi-island genetic algorithm was adopted in order to improve the adaptive capability and accuracy of the surrogate model by selecting the proper sample size and ensuring uniform distribution of the sample points in the designed space. Three types of concrete with different strength, that is, C70, C40 and C30, were optimized by controlling the amount of fly ash and phosphorous slag in the samples. The optimized results showed that fly ash and phosphorous slag have a significant influence on the CO 2 emissions of concrete and optimized concrete’s cost, while CO 2 emissions were less than that of the reference samples. Therefore, the optimal mixture is with great significance to reduce the carbon emission of concrete, which also has implications for decreasing the environmental burden of concrete. In this way, we can optimize concrete of different strength to reduce carbon dioxide emission.

Keywords: extended radial basis function; surrogate model; adaptive sampling method; life cycle assessment (LCA); concrete mixture optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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