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ArticleScience advances2022

Analyses of internal structures and defects in materials using physics-informed neural networks.

Enrui Zhang, Ming Dao, George Em Karniadakis, Subra Suresh

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Article in Science advances, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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  16. Coagulo-Net: Enhancing the mathematical modeling of blood coagulation using physics-informed neural networks.Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society · 2024
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  19. Spiking neural networks for nonlinear regression.Royal Society open science · 2024
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4 authors.

Enrui ZhangDivision of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6955-1124
Ming DaoDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5372-385X
George Em KarniadakisDivision of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9713-7120
Subra SureshNanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-6223-6831

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Characterizing internal structures and defects in materials is a challenging task, often requiring solutions to inverse problems with unknown topology, geometry, material properties, and nonlinear deformation. Here, we present a general framework based on physics-informed neural networks for identifying unknown geometric and material parameters. By using a mesh-free method, we parameterize the geometry of the material using a differentiable and trainable method that can identify multiple structural features. We validate this approach for materials with internal voids/inclusions using constitutive models that encompass the spectrum of linear elasticity, hyperelasticity, and plasticity. We predict the size, shape, and location of the internal void/inclusion as well as the elastic modulus of the inclusion. Our general framework can be applied to other inverse problems in different applications that involve unknown material properties and highly deformable geometries, targeting material characterization, quality assurance, and structural design.

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