Performance optimization of shape memory epoxy polymers based on machine learning

Author(s):  
Bei Liu ◽  
Kai Jin ◽  
Jie Tao ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Dan He ◽  
...  
Polymer ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 123351
Author(s):  
Cheng Yan ◽  
Xiaming Feng ◽  
Collin Wick ◽  
Andrew Peters ◽  
Guoqiang Li

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (17) ◽  
pp. 13107-13115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashid Ali ◽  
Ali Nauman ◽  
Yousaf Bin Zikria ◽  
Byung-Seo Kim ◽  
Sung Won Kim

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritaban Dutta ◽  
Cherry Chen ◽  
David Renshaw ◽  
Daniel Liang

AbstractExtraordinary shape recovery capabilities of shape memory alloys (SMAs) have made them a crucial building block for the development of next-generation soft robotic systems and associated cognitive robotic controllers. In this study we desired to determine whether combining video data analysis techniques with machine learning techniques could develop a computer vision based predictive system to accurately predict force generated by the movement of a SMA body that is capable of a multi-point actuation performance. We identified that rapid video capture of the bending movements of a SMA body while undergoing external electrical excitements and adapting that characterisation using computer vision approach into a machine learning model, can accurately predict the amount of actuation force generated by the body. This is a fundamental area for achieving a superior control of the actuation of SMA bodies. We demonstrate that a supervised machine learning framework trained with Restricted Boltzmann Machine (RBM) inspired features extracted from 45,000 digital thermal infrared video frames captured during excitement of various SMA shapes, is capable to estimate and predict force and stress with 93% global accuracy with very low false negatives and high level of predictive generalisation.


Array ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 100036
Author(s):  
Ritaban Dutta ◽  
David Renshaw ◽  
Cherry Chen ◽  
Daniel Liang

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei Liu ◽  
Haiyou Huang ◽  
Stoichko Antonov ◽  
Cheng Wen ◽  
Dezhen Xue ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Ufuk Caglayan

This paper introduces a special issue of this journal (Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences) that is devoted to G(elenbe)-Networks and their Applications. The special issue is based on revised versions of some of the papers that were presented at a workshop held in early January 2017 at the Séminaire Saint-Paul in Nice (France). It includes contributions in several research directions that followed from the introduction of the G-Network in the late 1980s. The papers present original theoretical developments, as well as applications of G-Networks to Machine Learning, to the performance optimization of energy systems via the novelEnergy Packet Networksformalism for systems that operate with renewable and intermittent energy sources, and to packet network routing and Cloud management over the Internet. We introduce these contributions from the perspective of an overview of recent work based on G-Networks.


Materials ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 304
Author(s):  
Niklas Lenzen ◽  
Okyay Altay

Superelastic shape memory alloy (SMA) wires exhibit superb hysteretic energy dissipation and deformation capabilities. Therefore, they are increasingly used for the vibration control of civil engineering structures. The efficient design of SMA-based control devices requires accurate material models. However, the thermodynamically coupled SMA behavior is highly sensitive to strain rate. For an accurate modelling of the material behavior, a wide range of parameters needs to be determined by experiments, where the identification of thermodynamic parameters is particularly challenging due to required technical instruments and expert knowledge. For an efficient identification of thermodynamic parameters, this study proposes a machine-learning-based approach, which was specifically designed considering the dynamic SMA behavior. For this purpose, a feedforward artificial neural network (ANN) architecture was developed. For the generation of training data, a macroscopic constitutive SMA model was adapted considering strain rate effects. After training, the ANN can identify the searched model parameters from cyclic tensile stress–strain tests. The proposed approach is applied on superelastic SMA wires and validated by experiments.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhagoji B. Sul ◽  
K. Dhanalakshmi

Abstract Self-sensing actuation (SSA) assists in sensing the vital property of the shape memory coil which can be used to monitor and control the actuation. The stiffness characteristic of the shape memory coil is sensed during actuation which plays a significant role in development of Intelligent Robotics in defense systems. The electrical property of shape memory coil such as electrical resistance changes due to martensitic phase transformation which is further used to sense the mechanical properties such as strain, stress, temperature, length, and force. Nowadays electrical properties are used to sense the stiffness of the shape memory coil. As of now, there is no well-established analytical model to predict the stiffness of sensing during actuation accurately. Therefore, Machine Learning (ML) based data-driven intelligent model is proposed in this paper for auto-sensing of the stiffness. The experimental facility has been developed for the collection of data with respect to diverse Joule heating currents. To determine the experimental data values of stiffness and electrical resistance of shape memory coil is a cumbersome task. Hence we have proposed an automated method to predict the stiffness of the shape memory coil using ML methods. The Classical Polynomial and Feedforward Neural Network (FFNN) models are developed for analyzing the stiffness of the shape memory coil. It is found that FFNN model outperforms the other ML based model by attaining 95.2650 % accuracy. The FFNN model is also able to explain almost all the predicted stiffness values which are experimentally recorded. The FVU (Fraction Variance Unexplained) statistical parameter explains the prediction of FFNN with the value of 0.0842. The great advantage of the ML model is to replace two sensors (Force and displacement sensors) with one soft sensor (ML model). It will be useful in the controlling robotics and other devices which require high precision in data generated by the sensors.


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