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Computers and Concrete
  Volume 37, Number 6, June 2026 , pages 1021-1035
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/cac.2026.37.6.1021
 


Optimization of the waste iron chips reinforced concrete using the response surface method and genetic algorithm
Erdinç Arici, Oğuzhan Keleştemur

 
Abstract
    In this study, the optimization of concrete reinforced with iron chips, a waste product from the iron and steel industry was carried out. To this end, the Response Surface Method was used in the experimental design and empirical modelling phases. Genetic algorithm was also used to determine the optimum values. Different concrete samples with water/cement ratios of 0.40, 0.50 and 0.60 were prepared for the experimental studies. During the production of the concrete samples, waste iron chips with different shapes (flat, spiral and mixed) were added to the mix as reinforcement, based on the proportions of 0.25%, 0.50% and 0.75% of the total volume. Compressive strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity tests were performed on the concrete samples prepared in 12 series. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine the statistical effects of the parameters on the experimental results. As a result of the study, optimum parameter levels were determined to achieve the desired properties in concrete samples reinforced with waste iron chips.
 
Key Words
    analysis of variance; concrete; genetic algorithm; iron chips; response surface method
 
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Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Firat, Elaziğ, Türkiye
 

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