Data-Driven Assessment of Bond Strength in Reinforced Concrete Under Corrosion Effects


ÖZYÜKSEL ÇİFTÇİOĞLU A.

3rd International Conference on Optimization and Data Science in Industrial Engineering, ODSIE 2025, Hybrid, Istanbul, Türkiye, 20 - 22 Kasım 2025, cilt.2854 CCIS, ss.577-592, (Tam Metin Bildiri) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 2854 CCIS
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/978-3-032-17020-0_37
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Hybrid, Istanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.577-592
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Bond strength, Corrosion, Ensemble learning, Feature importance, Machine learning, Reinforced concrete
  • Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The reliable estimation of bond strength degradation caused by corrosion is a major concern in reinforced concrete research, as it directly affects service life and structural safety. This study develops a machine learning framework to predict bond behavior using 254 experimental literature-based pull-out test data. Six regression algorithms—Random Forest, Extra Trees, XGBoost, AdaBoost, Decision Tree, and Ridge regression—are trained and validated through 5-fold cross-validation to ensure accuracy and robustness. Comparative results indicate that ensemble-based methods provide the highest predictive capability, with Extra Trees achieving a coefficient of determination of 0.923 and a root mean squared error of 2.43 MPa on the test set, followed by Random Forest with a coefficient of determination of = 0.917. Feature importance analysis identifies corrosion level and compressive strength as the dominant parameters, contributing 39.9% and 29.6% to the overall prediction, respectively. Concrete cover and bond length exert moderate influence, while steel diameter and type have marginal effects. The findings demonstrate that machine learning provides a reliable data-driven means of quantifying the relative importance of physical parameters and predicting corrosion-induced bond deterioration. This framework enhances structural performance assessment and supports service life prediction, maintenance planning, and rehabilitation design in reinforced concrete structures.