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Design of a nickel-base superalloy using a neural network

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Authors

Conduit, BD 
Jones, NG 
Stone, HJ 
Conduit, GJ 

Abstract

A new computational tool has been developed to model, discover, and optimize new alloys that simultaneously satisfy up to eleven physical criteria. An artificial neural network is trained from pre-existing materials data that enables the prediction of individual material properties both as a function of composition and heat treatment routine, which allows it to optimize the material properties to search for the material with properties most likely to exceed a target criteria. We design a new polycrystalline nickel-base superalloy with the optimal combination of cost, density, gamma' phase content and solvus, phase stability, fatigue life, yield stress, ultimate tensile strength, stress rupture, oxidation resistance, and tensile elongation. Experimental data demonstrates that the proposed alloy fulfills the computational predictions, possessing multiple physical properties, particularly oxidation resistance and yield stress, that exceed existing commercially available alloys.

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Keywords

Neural network, Materials design, Nickel-base superalloy

Journal Title

Materials and Design

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Journal ISSN

0264-1275
1873-4197

Volume Title

131

Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
Royal Society (IMF130944)
The Royal Society (uf130122)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/H022309/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/H500375/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M005607/1)