Grade Level at Time of Presentation
Sophomore
Major
Mechanical Engineering
Institution
Western Kentucky University
KY House District #
24
KY Senate District #
5
Faculty Advisor/ Mentor
Ivan Novikov, PhD; Morteza Nurcheshmeh, PhD
Department
Dept. of Science and Engineering
Abstract
We present the preliminary results on using a deep learning neural network to predict a metal sample failure based on a set of images obtained with a Scanning Electron Microscope.
Various metal alloy samples were prepared according to ASTM E8/E8M-11 standards for a tensile test. Each sample was prepared for circle grid analysis and then stressed on a tensile machine. Stress and strain values were obtained for each position along the sample by measuring dimensions of each elongated circle. Increasing stress and strain values were found closer to the breakage of the sample with low values found at the holding positions of the sample. Thus, each sample provided a scale of stress/strain values. The correlated stress and strain values were used to determine a failure likelihood for the sample at each position.
Multiple SEM images of the failed steel sample were taken at various locations. SEM images were taken using, Large-Chamber SEM (LC-SEM) at the NOVA Center, WKU. All SEM images were tagged with previously obtained stress and strain values for each circle, correlating position of the circle and position of the image. Using obtained set of SEM images, we trained neural network to classify SEM images based on their stress/strain values. The predicted values were used to analyze the failure likelihood of each sample.
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Prediction of Metal Sample Failure from Scanning Electron Microscope images using Deep Learning Neural Network
We present the preliminary results on using a deep learning neural network to predict a metal sample failure based on a set of images obtained with a Scanning Electron Microscope.
Various metal alloy samples were prepared according to ASTM E8/E8M-11 standards for a tensile test. Each sample was prepared for circle grid analysis and then stressed on a tensile machine. Stress and strain values were obtained for each position along the sample by measuring dimensions of each elongated circle. Increasing stress and strain values were found closer to the breakage of the sample with low values found at the holding positions of the sample. Thus, each sample provided a scale of stress/strain values. The correlated stress and strain values were used to determine a failure likelihood for the sample at each position.
Multiple SEM images of the failed steel sample were taken at various locations. SEM images were taken using, Large-Chamber SEM (LC-SEM) at the NOVA Center, WKU. All SEM images were tagged with previously obtained stress and strain values for each circle, correlating position of the circle and position of the image. Using obtained set of SEM images, we trained neural network to classify SEM images based on their stress/strain values. The predicted values were used to analyze the failure likelihood of each sample.