Structure-Property Prediction for Magnetorheological Elastomer Using Machine Learning Approaches
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Feng, Shengwei
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Sun, Lizhi
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of California, Irvine
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2019
GENERAL NOTES
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99 p.
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
M.S.
Body granting the degree
University of California, Irvine
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2019
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) is a rubbery composite material filled with micron-sized ferromagnetic particles whose mechanical properties can be tailored by the application of external magnetic fields. Due to its magnetic and mechanical coupling effect, MRE is increasingly used in the field of engineering. Capturing the responses of MRE is essential for materials modeling and can be reached either by the physics-based finite element modeling or data-based artificial intelligence modeling. In this thesis, machine learning-based data-driven models are built to discover the structure-property linkages of MRE. The proposed method employs a pre-trained Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and also an artificial neural network (ANN) to evaluate the critical features of the material microstructures that lead to precise predictions for the critical mechanical properties of MRE. It has been proven that these approaches can make compelling predictions while dramatically reduce the time needed for the calculation process. With low computation cost, the machine learning models also exhibit great potential in microstructure optimization.