HOSSNet: An efficient physics-guided neural network for simulating micro-crack propagation

S Chen, S Feng, Y Huang, Z Lei, X Jia, Y Lin… - Computational Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Hybrid Optimization Software Suite (HOSS), which combines the finite-discrete
element method (FDEM), is an advanced approach for simulating high-fidelity fracture and …

Accelerating high-strain continuum-scale brittle fracture simulations with machine learning

MG Fernández-Godino, N Panda, D O'Malley… - Computational Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Failure in brittle materials under dynamic loading conditions is a result of the propagation
and coalescence of microcracks. Simulating this discrete crack evolution at the continuum …

Graph neural networks for simulating crack coalescence and propagation in brittle materials

R Perera, D Guzzetti, V Agrawal - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-fidelity fracture mechanics simulations of multiple microcracks interaction via physics-
based models can become computationally demanding as the number of microcracks …

A physics-informed variational DeepONet for predicting crack path in quasi-brittle materials

S Goswami, M Yin, Y Yu, GE Karniadakis - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Failure trajectories, probable failure zones, and damage indices are some of the key
quantities of relevance in brittle fracture mechanics. High-fidelity numerical solvers that …

Fracture pattern prediction with random microstructure using a physics-informed deep neural networks

H Wei, H Yao, Y Pang, Y Liu - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2022 - Elsevier
Material fracture is a process involving both linear elastic stage and nonlinear crack
propagation stage. The problem becomes even complex when the material random …

Mesoscale informed parameter estimation through machine learning: A case-study in fracture modeling

N Panda, D Osthus, G Srinivasan, D O'Malley… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Scale bridging is a critical need in computational sciences, where the modeling community
has developed accurate physics models from first principles, of processes at lower length …

Statistically informed upscaling of damage evolution in brittle materials

N Vaughn, A Kononov, B Moore, E Rougier… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
The presence and growth of micro-cracks degrade the strength of brittle solids, greatly
impacting the overall material response. Hence, the evolution of these micro-cracks must be …

Deep Learning for Multiscale Damage Analysis via Physics-Informed Recurrent Neural Network

S Deng - arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.01880, 2022 - arxiv.org
Direct numerical simulation of hierarchical materials via homogenization-based concurrent
multiscale models poses critical challenges for 3D large scale engineering applications, as …

A generalized machine learning framework for brittle crack problems using transfer learning and graph neural networks

R Perera, V Agrawal - Mechanics of Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite their recent success, machine learning (ML) models such as graph neural networks
(GNNs), suffer from drawbacks such as the need for large training datasets and poor …

Learning to fail: Predicting fracture evolution in brittle material models using recurrent graph convolutional neural networks

M Schwarzer, B Rogan, Y Ruan, Z Song, DY Lee… - Computational Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
We propose a machine learning approach to address a key challenge in materials science:
predicting how fractures propagate in brittle materials under stress, and how these materials …