COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ›› 2023, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (9): 61-66.DOI: 10.19936/j.cnki.2096-8000.20230928.009

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Research on first-ply failure prediction of fiberglass reinforced plastic pipes based on PSO-BP neural network

LI Yuanhao1, HU Shaowei1*, SHAN Changxi1, MU Zhao1, PAN Fuqu2, LI Jiang3   

  1. 1. School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China;
    2. Shandong Dongxin Pipeline Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., Liaocheng 252300, China;
    3. Xinjiang Water Resources and Hydropower Planning and Design Administration, Urumqi 830000, China
  • Received:2022-08-01 Online:2023-09-28 Published:2023-10-20

Abstract: Predicting the first-ply failure of fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) pipe is essential to ensure service safety in water conveyance projects. In this research, a particle swarm algorithm optimized backpropagation neural network (PSO-BP) is used to predict the first-ply failure of FRP pipe under biaxial stress. Experimental data verify the prediction results of the PSO-BP model as well. The results illustrated that the average prediction accuracy of the PSO-BP neural network model for the first-ply failure of the FRP pipe could reach more than 85%, which has advantages over the control backpropagation neural network model regarding convergence and accuracy. The plotted biaxial failure envelopes of axial and hoop stresses showed that the failure envelopes predicted by the PSO-BP model are very close to the failure envelopes measured in the test. The predicted failure envelopes are primarily located in the test failure envelopes. Most of the predicted failure envelope is located inside the test failure one. Therefore, the model is a rational safety prediction model, which can be used as an effective approach to identify FRP pipes before they are qualified according to the specification.

Key words: fiberglass reinforced plastic pipe, particle swarm optimization backpropagation neural network, glass fiber, composite pipes, pipe failure

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