openalexScientific Reports2026-07-23
Predicting the ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations on ethiopian cohesive soils using a hybrid grey wolf optimizer artificial neural network model
Yilachew Getachew Chikol, C ZHANG, Amogne Andualem Ayalew, Lebeza Alemu Moges
Accurate estimation of the ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations on cohesive soils remains a major challenge in geotechnical engineering, particularly in regions with expansive, heterogeneous clay deposits. In Ethiopia, the direct application of classical bearing capac…