Electropulse-induced heating has attracted attention due to its high energy efficiency. However, the process gives rise to a nonlinear temperature variation, which is difficult to predict using a traditional physics model. As an alternative, this study employed machine-learning technology to predict such temperature variation for the first time. Mg alloy was exposed to a single electropulse with a variety of pulse magnitudes and durations for this purpose. Nine machine-learning models were established from algorithms from artificial neural network (ANN), deep neural network (DNN), and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost). The ANN models showed an insufficient predicting capability with respect to the region of peak temperature, where temperature varied most significantly. The DNN models were built by increasing model complexity, enhancing architectures, and tuning hyperparameters. They exhibited a remarkable improvement in predicting capability at the heating-cooling boundary as well as overall estimation. As a result, the DNN-2 model in this group showed the best prediction of nonlinear temperature variation among the machinelearning models built in this study. The XGBoost model exhibited poor predicting performance when default hyperparameters were applied. However, hyperparameter tuning of learning rates and maximum depths resulted in a decent predicting capability with this algorithm. Furthermore, XGBoost models exhibited an extreme reduction in learning time compared with the ANN and DNN models. This advantage is expected to be useful for predicting more complicated cases including various materials, multi-step electropulses, and electrically-assisted forming.
The multi-pass caliber rolling (MPCR) of Mg alloy has attracted much attention due to its engineering and manufacturing advantages. The MPCR process induces a unique microhardness variation, which has only been predicted using a finite element analysis thus far. This study employed machine learning as an alternative method of microhardness prediction for the first time. For this purpose, two machine-learning approaches were evaluated: the artificial neural network (ANN) approach and that aided by generative adversarial networks (GANs). These approaches predicted microhardness variation in the most difficult case (i.e., after the final-pass MPCR deformation). The machine-learning approaches provided a good prediction for the center area of the cross-section, because the prediction was relatively easy due to the small deviation in microhardness. In contrast, the ANN failed to anticipate the shifted hardness variation in the side sections, leading to a low predictability. Such an issue was effectively improved by integrating the GAN with the ANN.
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