Tailoring the mechanical properties of 3D microstructures: a deep learning and genetic algorithm inverse optimization framework
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Abstract
Materials-by-design has been historically challenging due to complex process-microstructure-property relations. Conventional analytical or simulation-based approaches suffer from low accuracy or long computational time and poor transferability, further limiting their applications in solving the inverse material design problem. Here, we establish a deep learning and genetic algorithm framework that integrates forward prediction and inverse exploration. This framework provides an end-to-end solution to achieve application-specific mechanical properties by microstructure optimization. In this study, we select the widely used Ti-6Al-4V to demonstrate the effectiveness of this framework by tailoring its microstructure and achieving various yield strength and elastic modulus across a large design space, while minimizing the stress concentration factor. Compared with conventional methods, our framework is efficient, versatile, and readily transferrable to other materials and properties. Paired with additive manufacturing's potential in controlling local microstructural features, our method has far-reaching potential for accelerating the development of application-specific, high-performing materials.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
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Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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