非弹性本构模型的热力学学习层次框架
摘要
物理增强型神经网络的近期进展使复杂非弹性材料的热力学一致数据驱动本构建模成为可能。然而,大多数现有方法隐式采用特定热力学框架,并将正规性、双耗散势或其他结构假设直接嵌入学习架构中。 Consequently, differences in predictive performance may arise not only from data or network design, but also from the underlying theoretical assumptions. In this work, we present a unified comparison of several thermodynamically consistent inelastic modeling frameworks from a machine learning perspective. We consider internal-variable formulations with dissipation potential, generalized standard materials, and metriplectic structures, and we analyze their structural assumptions, admissible dependencies, convexity requirements, and implications for dissipation and evolution. Each framework is implemented within a common neural potential architecture based on invariant representations and neural ordinary differential equations. This unified setting ensures that performance differences can be attributed to thermodynamic structure rather than architectural variation. The models are trained and evaluated on three representative inelastic datasets generated from high-fidelity representative volume element simulations: an elastoplastic alloy, a viscoelastic composite, and a rate-dependent crystal plasticity polycrystal. By isolating the role of thermodynamic structure, we assess how restrictions such as duality, normality, operator-based evolution, and convexity influence learnability, expressiveness, stability, and generalization.
引用
@article{arxiv.2603.02645,
title = {A hierarchy of thermodynamics learning frameworks for inelastic constitutive modeling},
author = {Reese E. Jones and Jan N. Fuhg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.02645},
year = {2026}
}
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10 figures, 7 tables