Computational Machine Learning Representation for the Flexoelectricity Effect in Truncated Pyramid Structures

In this study,machine learning representation is introduced to evaluate the flexoelectricity effect in truncated pyramid nanostructure under compression.A Non-Uniform Rational B-spline(NURBS)based IGA formulation is employed to model the flexoelectricity.We investigate 2D system with an isotropic linear elastic material under plane strain conditions discretized by 45×30 grid of B-spline elements.Six input parameters are selected to construct a deep neural network(DNN)model.They are the Young's modulus,two dielectric permittivity constants,the longitudinal and transversal flexoelectric coefficients and the order of the shape function.The outputs of interest are the strain in the stress direction and the electric potential due flexoelectricity.The dataset are generated from the forward analysis of the flexoelectric model.80%of the dataset is used for training purpose while the remaining is used for validation by checking the mean squared error.In addition to the input and output layers,the developed DNN model is composed of four hidden layers.The results showed high predictions capabilities of the proposed method with much lower computational time in comparison to the numerical model.

Microstructural image based convolutional neural networks for efficient prediction of full-field stress maps in short fiber polymer composites

The increased demand for superior materials has highlighted the need of investigating the mechanical properties of composites to achieve enhanced constitutive relationships.Fiber-reinforced polymer composites have emerged as an integral part of materials development with tailored mechanical properties.However,the complexity and heterogeneity of such composites make it considerably more challenging to have precise quantification of properties and attain an optimal design of structures through experimental and computational approaches.In order to avoid the complex,cumbersome,and labor-intensive experimental and numerical modeling approaches,a machine learning(ML)model is proposed here such that it takes the microstructural image as input with a different range of Young’s modulus of carbon fibers and neat epoxy,and obtains output as visualization of the stress component S11(principal stress in the x-direction).For obtaining the training data of the ML model,a short carbon fiberfilled specimen under quasi-static tension is modeled based on 2D Representative Area Element(RAE)using finite element analysis.The composite is inclusive of short carbon fibers with an aspect ratio of 7.5that are infilled in the epoxy systems at various random orientations and positions generated using the Simple Sequential Inhibition(SSI)process.The study reveals that the pix2pix deep learning Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)model is robust enough to predict the stress fields in the composite for a given arrangement of short fibers filled in epoxy over the specified range of Young’s modulus with high accuracy.The CNN model achieves a correlation score of about 0.999 and L2 norm of less than 0.005 for a majority of the samples in the design spectrum,indicating excellent prediction capability.In this paper,we have focused on the stage-wise chronological development of the CNN model with optimized performance for predicting the full-field stress maps of the fiber-reinforced composite specimens.The development of such a robust and efficient algorithm would significantly reduce the amount of time and cost required to study and design new composite materials through the elimination of numerical inputs by direct microstructural images.

A Distributed Framework for Large-scale Protein-protein Interaction Data Analysis and Prediction Using MapReduce

Protein-protein interactions are of great significance for human to understand the functional mechanisms of proteins.With the rapid development of high-throughput genomic technologies,massive protein-protein interaction(PPI)data have been generated,making it very difficult to analyze them efficiently.To address this problem,this paper presents a distributed framework by reimplementing one of state-of-the-art algorithms,i.e.,CoFex,using MapReduce.To do so,an in-depth analysis of its limitations is conducted from the perspectives of efficiency and memory consumption when applying it for large-scale PPI data analysis and prediction.Respective solutions are then devised to overcome these limitations.In particular,we adopt a novel tree-based data structure to reduce the heavy memory consumption caused by the huge sequence information of proteins.After that,its procedure is modified by following the MapReduce framework to take the prediction task distributively.A series of extensive experiments have been conducted to evaluate the performance of our framework in terms of both efficiency and accuracy.Experimental results well demonstrate that the proposed framework can considerably improve its computational efficiency by more than two orders of magnitude while retaining the same high accuracy.

Prediction of maximum upward displacement of shield tunnel linings during construction using particle swarm optimization-random forest algorithm

During construction,the shield linings of tunnels often face the problem of local or overall upward movement after leaving the shield tail in soft soil areas or during some large diameter shield projects.Differential floating will increase the initial stress on the segments and bolts which is harmful to the service performance of the tunnel.In this study we used a random forest(RF)algorithm combined particle swarm optimization(PSO)and 5-fold cross-validation(5-fold CV)to predict the maximum upward displacement of tunnel linings induced by shield tunnel excavation.The mechanism and factors causing upward movement of the tunnel lining are comprehensively summarized.Twelve input variables were selected according to results from analysis of influencing factors.The prediction performance of two models,PSO-RF and RF(default)were compared.The Gini value was obtained to represent the relative importance of the influencing factors to the upward displacement of linings.The PSO-RF model successfully predicted the maximum upward displacement of the tunnel linings with a low error(mean absolute error(MAE)=4.04 mm,root mean square error(RMSE)=5.67 mm)and high correlation(R^(2)=0.915).The thrust and depth of the tunnel were the most important factors in the prediction model influencing the upward displacement of the tunnel linings.

Transparent open-box learning network and artificial neural network predictions of bubble-point pressure compared

The transparent open box(TOB)learning network algorithm offers an alternative approach to the lack of transparency provided by most machine-learning algorithms.It provides the exact calculations and relationships among the underlying input variables of the datasets to which it is applied.It also has the capability to achieve credible and auditable levels of prediction accuracy to complex,non-linear datasets,typical of those encountered in the oil and gas sector,highlighting the potential for underfitting and overfitting.The algorithm is applied here to predict bubble-point pressure from a published PVT dataset of 166 data records involving four easy-tomeasure variables(reservoir temperature,gas-oil ratio,oil gravity,gas density relative to air)with uneven,and in parts,sparse data coverage.The TOB network demonstrates high-prediction accuracy for this complex system,although it predictions applied to the full dataset are outperformed by an artificial neural network(ANN).However,the performance of the TOB algorithm reveals the risk of overfitting in the sparse areas of the dataset and achieves a prediction performance that matches the ANN algorithm where the underlying data population is adequate.The high levels of transparency and its inhibitions to overfitting enable the TOB learning network to provide complementary information about the underlying dataset to that provided by traditional machine learning algorithms.This makes them suitable for application in parallel with neural-network algorithms,to overcome their black-box tendencies,and for benchmarking the prediction performance of other machine learning algorithms.

Selective Ensemble Extreme Learning Machine Modeling of Effluent Quality in Wastewater Treatment Plants

Real-time and reliable measurements of the effluent quality are essential to improve operating efficiency and reduce energy consumption for the wastewater treatment process.Due to the low accuracy and unstable performance of the traditional effluent quality measurements,we propose a selective ensemble extreme learning machine modeling method to enhance the effluent quality predictions.Extreme learning machine algorithm is inserted into a selective ensemble frame as the component model since it runs much faster and provides better generalization performance than other popular learning algorithms.Ensemble extreme learning machine models overcome variations in different trials of simulations for single model.Selective ensemble based on genetic algorithm is used to further exclude some bad components from all the available ensembles in order to reduce the computation complexity and improve the generalization performance.The proposed method is verified with the data from an industrial wastewater treatment plant,located in Shenyang,China.Experimental results show that the proposed method has relatively stronger generalization and higher accuracy than partial least square,neural network partial least square,single extreme learning machine and ensemble extreme learning machine model.

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