1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Application of Neural Networks to Design, Evaluation and Modeling of Nonhomogeneous Structural Materials
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05302029
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Materials/Mechanics of materials
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| Research Institution | University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
YAGAWA Genki University of Tokyo, School of Engineering, Professor, 大学院・工学系研究科, 教授 (40011100)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OKUDA Hiroshi University of Tokyo, School of Engineering, Associate Professor, 工学部, 助教授 (90224154)
YOSHIMURA Shinobu University of Tokyo, School of Engineering, Associate Professor, 大学院・工学系研究科, 助教授 (90201053)
KANTO Yasuhiro Toyohashi University of Technology, Dept.of Energy Engineering, Associate Profes, 工学部, 助教授 (60177764)
NAKAGAKI Michihiko Kyushu Institute of Technology Faculty of Information Engineering, Professor, 情報工学部, 教授 (90207720)
FUKUDA Shuichi Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology, Dept.of Management Engineering, Prof, 工学部, 教授 (90107095)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1993 – 1995
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| Keywords | Multilayr neural networks / Computational Mechanics / Fracture Mechanics / Functionally Graded Material / Composite Material / Crack Identification / Model Simplification / Inverse Problems |
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| Research Abstract |
Nonhomogeneous structural materials involve composite materials and bonded/welded materials. They are developed in order to realize better characteristics by combining several different materials. Compared with ordinary homogeneous materials, such nonhomogeneous materials would have some additional parameters controlling macroscopic material properties, i.e. difference of material properties, mixture ratio, mixing methods and so on. Thus it becomes very complicated and difficult to design, evaluate and model such nonhomogeneous materials. Through co-operative works among several researchers, this project investigated innovative methods for designing, evaluating and modeling nonhomogenous materials by combining neural networks and computational mechanics.
Principal results of this study are as follows. (1) A constitutive relation of functionally graded material (FGM) in a thermal elastoplastic region is well modeled by combining neural networks and micromechanics for randomly distributed particle model.(2) Neural network based nondestructive crack detection methods were developed for ultrasonics and electric potential drop methods. They were successfuly applied to detect three dimensional surface cracks and inclined defects. (3) A neural network based inverse analysis method was successfully applied to identify damage area of fiber reinforced composite beam by measuring its eigen frequencies and modes. (4) Rough shape is hierarchically modeled using a quadtree technique, and is transformed into list structure using the coded boundary representation technique, and finally is converted into a simple shape model using neural networks.
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