Prediction of Scaling Resistance of Concrete Modified with High-calcium Fly Ash Using Classification Methods

The goal of the study was applying machine learning methods to create rules for prediction of the surface scaling resistance of concrete modified with high-calcium fly ash. To determine the scaling durability the Boras method, according to European Standard procedure (PKN- CEN/TS 12390-9:2007), was used. The results of numeral experiments were utilized as a training set to generate rules indicating the relation between material composition and the scaling resistance. The classifier generated by BFT algorithm from the WEKA workbench can be used as a tool for adequate classification of plain concretes and concretes modified with high-calcium fly ash as materials resistant or not resistant to the surface scaling.