Historical structure design method through data analysis and soft programming

Abstract

The present study is focused on the method of designing historical structures through data analysis and soft programming. The current research aimed to find the design method of the old columns of the structure and compare it with modern design methods. The case study was Goharshad Mosque (1400 AC) located in Iran, Mashhad. A correlation matrix was created to find the relationship between structure parameters by data mining in Python. The results indicate that the modern design method was more reliable than the old method due to the safety factor, but some parameters such as loading calculation in the historical method and the modern method were the same with more than 70% similarity. But the results of the coefficient of determination show that the loading of the R² results was more than 0.44 and the area of the columns was more than −0.5. The modern and old design has a big engineering gap. Finally, the current study shows the old structure design method and compares it with the new design method.

Keywords:

• Data analysis
• data mining
• historical design
• dome
• soft programming
• designing method
• structural design

Acknowledgments

This study was financially supported by Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Ekiti State, Nigeria.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Notes on contributors

Paschal Chimeremeze Chiadighikaobi

Chiadighikaobi Paschal Chimeremeze is a Nigerian. He is a Lecturer in the department of Civil Engineering, college of engineering, Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. His research interests are in; Structural materials, composite materials, structural design and analysis, computational civil engineering, steel structural analysis, computational mechanics of structural systems, concrete reinforcement, Nano-concrete, fiber dispersed concrete reinforcement, lightweight concrete, basalt fiber, finite element analysis, green city, soft computer analysis. He has several research and teaching experiences both at the National and International levels.

Makhmud Kharun

Makhmud Kharun is an Associate Professor in the Department of Reinforced Concrete and Stone Structures at Moscow State University of Civil Engineering. He serves as an Academician since September 2001.

Mohammad Hematibahar

Mohammad Hematibahar is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Reinforced Concrete and Stone Structures at Moscow State University of Civil Engineering.