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The bearing capacity of soils stands as one of the most important parameters that determine the vehicles’ off-road mobility. Soil bearing capacity can be determined either experimentally or by calculation using analytical and or empirical formulas. One of the most famous formulas is the Bekker's. Recently, Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) technique became a powerful tool that can be used for predicting systems’ behavior and performance. The main objective of this paper is to predict the bearing capacity of the soil (plate-sinkage relationships) by using Artificial Neural Networks and to compare the actual results of soil bearing capacity (collected data from Ph.D. Thesis) with results obtained from neural network model and Bekker's formula. The comparison showed clear superiority and accuracy of neural network technique. Another objective is to check the generalization ability of the neural network model in predicting the plate-sinkage relationships by using the hypothetical plate.

Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) technique has been developed and applied by numerous researchers as a very useful predictor for nonlinear systems. In this paper, non-parametric models have been investigated to predict the direct and inverse nonlinear dynamic behavior of magnetorheological (MR) fluid dampers using ANFIS technique to demonstrate more accurate and efficient models. The direct ANFIS model can be used to predict the damping force of the MR fluid damper and the inverse dynamic ANFIS model can be used to offer a suitable command voltage applied to the damper coil. The architectures and the learning details of the direct and inverse ANFIS models for MR fluid dampers are introduced and simulation results are discussed. The suggested ANFIS models are used to predict the damping force of the MR fluid damper accurately and precisely. Moreover, validation results for the ANFIS models are proposed and used to evaluate their performance.

Welding is an excellent attachment or repair method. The advanced industries such as oil, automotive industries, and other important industries need to rely on reliable welding operations; collapse because of this welding may lead to an excessive cost in money and risk in human life. In the present research, an automatic system has been described to detect, recognize and classify welding defects in radiographic images. Such system uses a texture feature and neural network techniques. Image processing techniques were implemented to help in the image array of weld images and the detection of weld defects. Therefore, a proposed program was build in-house to automatically classify and recognize eleven types of welding defects met in practice.