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Deep Learning-based Fracture Mode Determination in Composite Laminates

복합 적층판의 딥러닝 기반 파괴 모드 결정

  • Muhammad Muzammil Azad (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dongguk University) ;
  • Atta Ur Rehman Shah (Department of Mechanical Engineering, COMSATS University, Wah Campus) ;
  • M.N. Prabhakar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Changwon National University) ;
  • Heung Soo Kim (Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Energy Engineering, Dongguk University)
  • Received : 2024.06.04
  • Accepted : 2024.06.24
  • Published : 2024.08.31
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Abstract

This study focuses on the determination of the fracture mode in composite laminates using deep learning. With the increase in the use of laminated composites in numerous engineering applications, the insurance of their integrity and performance is of paramount importance. However, owing to the complex nature of these materials, the identification of fracture modes is often a tedious and time-consuming task that requires critical domain knowledge. Therefore, to alleviate these issues, this study aims to utilize modern artificial intelligence technology to automate the fractographic analysis of laminated composites. To accomplish this goal, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of fractured tensile test specimens are obtained from laminated composites to showcase various fracture modes. These SEM images are then categorized based on numerous fracture modes, including fiber breakage, fiber pull-out, mix-mode fracture, matrix brittle fracture, and matrix ductile fracture. Next, the collective data for all classes are divided into train, test, and validation datasets. Two state-of-the-art, deep learning-based pre-trained models, namely, DenseNet and GoogleNet, are trained to learn the discriminative features for each fracture mode. The DenseNet models shows training and testing accuracies of 94.01% and 75.49%, respectively, whereas those of the GoogleNet model are 84.55% and 54.48%, respectively. The trained deep learning models are then validated on unseen validation datasets. This validation demonstrates that the DenseNet model, owing to its deeper architecture, can extract high-quality features, resulting in 84.44% validation accuracy. This value is 36.84% higher than that of the GoogleNet model. Hence, these results affirm that the DenseNet model is effective in performing fractographic analyses of laminated composites by predicting fracture modes with high precision.

본 논문에서는 딥러닝을 활용하여 복합재 적층판의 파괴 모드를 결정하는 방법을 제안하였다. 수많은 엔지니어링 응용 분야에서 적층 복합재의 사용이 증가함에 따라 무결성과 성능을 보장하는 것이 중요해졌다. 그러나 재료의 이방성으로 인해 복잡하게 나타나는 파괴모드를 식별하는 것은 도메인 지식이 필요하고, 시간이 많이 드는 작업이다. 따라서 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 본 연구에서는 인공 지능(AI) 기술을 활용하여 적층 복합재의 파괴 모드 분석을 자동화하는 것을 목표로 하였다. 이 목표를 달성하기 위해 적층된 복합재에서 파손된 인장 시험편의 주사 전자 현미경(SEM) 이미지를 얻어 다양한 파괴 모드를 확보하였다. 이러한 SEM 이미지는 섬유 파손, 섬유 풀아웃, 혼합 모드 파괴, 매트릭스 취성 파손 및 매트릭스 연성 파손과 같은 다양한 파손 모드를 기준으로 분류하였다. 다음으로 모든 클래스의 집합 데이터를 학습, 테스트, 검증 데이터 세트로 구분하였다. 두 가지 딥 러닝 기반 사전 훈련 모델인 DenseNet과 GoogleNet을 이용해 각 파괴 모드에 대한 차별적 특징을 학습하도록 훈련하였다. DenseNet 및 GoogleNet 모델은 각각 (94.01% 및 75.49%) 및 (84.55% 및 54.48%)의 훈련 및 테스트 정확도를 보여주었다. 그런 다음 훈련된 딥 러닝 모델은 검증 데이터 세트를 활용해 검증하였다. 더 깊은 아키텍처로 인해 DenseNet 모델이 고품질 특징을 추출하여 84.44% 검증 정확도(GoogleNet 모델보다 36.84% 더 높음)를 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다. 이는 DenseNet 모델이 높은 정밀도로 파괴 모드를 예측함으로써 적층 복합재의 파손 분석을 수행하는 데 효과적이라는 것을 알 수 있다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant, funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2020R1A2C1006613).

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