Forecasting shear stress parameters in rectangular channels using new soft computing methods

Zohreh Sheikh Khozani, Saeid Sheikhi, Wan Hanna Melini Wan Mohtar and Amir Mosavi

PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-18

Abstract: Shear stress comprises basic information for predicting the average depth velocity and discharge in channels. With knowledge of the percentage of shear force carried by walls (%SFw) it is possible to more accurately estimate shear stress values. The %SFw, non-dimension wall shear stress (τ¯wτ0) and non-dimension bed shear stress (τ¯bτ0) in smooth rectangular channels were predicted by a three methods, the Bayesian Regularized Neural Network (BRNN), the Radial Basis Function (RBF), and the Modified Structure-Radial Basis Function (MS-RBF). For this aim, eight data series of research experimental results in smooth rectangular channels were used. The results of the new method of MS-RBF were compared with those of a simple RBF and BRNN methods and the best model was selected for modeling each predicted parameters. The MS-RBF model with RMSE of 3.073, 0.0366 and 0.0354 for %SFw, τ¯wτ0 and τ¯bτ0 respectively, demonstrated better performance than those of the RBF and BRNN models. The results of MS-RBF model were compared with three other proposed equations by researchers for trapezoidal channels and rectangular ducts. The results showed that the MS-RBF model performance in estimating %SFw, τ¯wτ0 and τ¯bτ0 is superior than those of presented equations by researchers.

Date: 2020
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