Research on the Low-Cycle and Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue Life Prediction
Method for Compacted Graphite Iron Based on Small-Sample
Physics-Informed Neural Networks
Abstract
A Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN) model base on deep learning has
been proposed for predicting low-cycle fatigue (LCF) and
thermo-mechanical fatigue (TMF) life. By analyzing the LCF and TMF data
of compacted graphite iron (CGI), characteristic parameters were
identified that can simultaneously represent both types of fatigue,
achieving a unification of the parameters for the two fatigue life
models. The incorporation of fatigue life physical information as a
constraint in the loss function of the deep neural network enabled
accurate predictions of LCF and TMF for CGI under small-sample
conditions. Comparative analysis results indicated that the deep
learning-based PINN model outperformed traditional machine learning
models in terms of prediction accuracy. Additionally, comparisons with
traditional LCF and TMF life prediction models showed that the deep
learning-based PINN model achieves high prediction accuracy while
possessing generalization and extrapolation capabilities unattainable by
traditional models. These results demonstrate that the PINN model
exhibits high accuracy and versatility.