Constitutive Modelling of INCONEL 718 using Artificial Neural Network

Artificial neural network is used to model INCONEL 718 in this paper. The model accounts for precipitate hardening in the alloy. The input variables for the neural network model are strain, strain rate, temperature and microstructure state. The output variable is the flow stress. The early stopping technique is combined with Bayesian regularization process in training the network. Sample and non-sample measurement data were taken from the literature. The model predictions of flow stress of the alloy are in good agreement with experimental measurements. (paper)