Predicting the strength of concrete made with stone dust and nylon fiber using artificial neural network

Excessive demand of concrete is causing depletion of natural sand resources. Especially, the extraction of river sand negatively affects its surrounding environment. A sustainable solution to this problem can be the proper utilization of waste materials and by-products like stone dust (SD) as fine aggregate replacement in concrete. The recycling of stone dust as a construction material lessens the use of natural resources and helps to solve landfill scarcity as well as environmental problems. Addition of nylon fiber (NF) as fiber reinforcement can also attribute to enhance the properties of concrete. This research aims at utilizing SD as fine aggregate along with NF, and assessing the compressive strength and splitting tensile strength of concrete. Although the individual effects of incorporating…