Journal of Hydraulic Structures

Journal of Hydraulic Structures

Performance Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence Models in Estimating the Discharge Coefficient of Labyrinth Weirs with Semicircular Crests

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Hamed Heydarzadeh
Sarvenaz Asef
Jafar Chabokpour
Reza Norouzi
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran.
10.22055/jhs.2024.19038
Abstract
In this study, the performance of ANN and SVM in estimation of the discharge coefficient of the labyrinth weirs with semicircular crests was investigated. For this purpose, 454 experimental data were used. Dimensionless parameters of HT/P, L/W, W/P, and a were introduced as inputs and CD parameters as outputs in the models. The performance of the ANN model with RMSE, R and, DC was 0.019, 0.971 and 0.971 respectively more acceptable and closer to the experimental data than the SVM model.
Keywords
Labyrinthine Weir
Artificial Neural Network
Support Vector Machines
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