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Variational inequalities are widely applied in mechanical engineering, fluid penetration, transportation, and other fields. In this paper, a Deep Ritz method based on Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) is proposed to enhance the…

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In this contribution, a novel framework for simulating mixed-mode failure in rock is presented. Based on a hybrid phase-field model for mixed-mode fracture, separate phase-field variables are introduced for tensile (mode I) and shear (mode…

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In this contribution, kernel approximations are applied as ansatz functions within the Deep Ritz method. This allows to approximate weak solutions of elliptic partial differential equations with weak enforcement of boundary conditions using…

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Many geo-engineering applications, e.g., enhanced geothermal systems, rely on hydraulic fracturing to enhance the permeability of natural formations and allow for sufficient fluid circulation. Over the past few decades, the phase-field…

Geophysics · Physics 2023-04-27 Fan Fei , Andre Costa , John E. Dolbow , Randolph R. Settgast , Matteo Cusini

Applications of Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) modeling are becoming increasingly prevalent in engineering analyses involving fractured rock masses. For example, kinematic evaluations of slope or underground excavation stability and the…

Geophysics · Physics 2017-11-16 Younes Fadakar Alghalandis , Davide Elmo , Erik Eberhardt

We extend a phase-field/gradient damage formulation for cohesive fracture to the dynamic case. The model is characterized by a regularized fracture energy that is linear in the damage field, as well as non-polynomial degradation functions.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Rudy J. M. Geelen , Yingjie Liu , Tianchen Hu , Michael R. Tupek , John E. Dolbow

In the context of the Damage Mechanics Challenge, we adopt a phase-field model of brittle fracture to blindly predict the behavior up to failure of a notched three-point-bending specimen loaded under mixed-mode conditions. The beam is…

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We propose a novel learning framework based on neural mean-field dynamics for inference and estimation problems of diffusion on networks. Our new framework is derived from the Mori-Zwanzig formalism to obtain an exact evolution of the node…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-01-20 Shushan He , Hongyuan Zha , Xiaojing Ye

Applications of neural networks to condensed matter physics are becoming popular and beginning to be well accepted. Obtaining and representing the ground and excited state wave functions are examples of such applications. Another…

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Kernel learning methods are among the most effective learning methods and have been vigorously studied in the past decades. However, when tackling with complicated tasks, classical kernel methods are not flexible or "rich" enough to…

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A basic challenge in experimental physics is the extraction of information related to variables that are not directly measured. The challenge is particularly severe in quantum systems where one may be interested in correlations of operators…

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Cutting edge deep learning techniques allow for image segmentation with great speed and accuracy. However, application to problems in materials science is often difficult since these complex models may have difficultly learning physical…

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Deep learning, a branch of artificial intelligence, is a data-driven method that uses multiple layers of interconnected units or neurons to learn intricate patterns and representations directly from raw input data. Empowered by this…

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Deep neural networks have emerged as effective tools for computational imaging including quantitative phase microscopy of transparent samples. To reconstruct phase from intensity, current approaches rely on supervised learning with training…

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An adaptive phase field method is proposed for crack propagation in brittle materials under quasi-static loading. The adaptive refinement is based on the recovery type error indicator, which is combined with the quadtree decomposition. Such…

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Whilst the partial differential equations that govern the dynamics of our world have been studied in great depth for centuries, solving them for complex, high-dimensional conditions and domains still presents an incredibly large…

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One often lacks sufficient annotated samples for training deep segmentation models. This is in particular the case for less common imaging modalities such as Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM). It has been shown that deep models tend…

While deep learning has achieved remarkable success across a wide range of applications, its theoretical understanding of representation learning remains limited. Deep neural kernels provide a principled framework to interpret…

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The calibration of solid constitutive models with full-field experimental data is a long-standing challenge, especially in materials which undergo large deformation. In this paper, we propose a physics-informed deep-learning framework for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-01 Craig M. Hamel , Kevin N. Long , Sharlotte L. B. Kramer

Simulations of fluid flow in naturally fractured rocks have implications for several subsurface applications, including energy storage and extraction, and waste storage. We are interested in flow in discrete fracture networks, which…

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