About this Abstract | 
  
   
    | Meeting | 
    2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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    | Symposium 
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    AI/Data Informatics: Computational Model Development, Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification
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    | Presentation Title | 
    Physics-Informed Machine Learning of Thermal Stress Evolution in Laser Metal Deposition | 
  
   
    | Author(s) | 
    Rahul  Sharma, Yuebin  Guo | 
  
   
    | On-Site Speaker (Planned) | 
    Rahul  Sharma | 
  
   
    | Abstract Scope | 
    
Rapid laser scanning generates a steep temperature gradient in the heat-affected zone in laser additive manufacturing. The gradient leads to very high thermal stresses that evolve into residual stresses after the component cools down. Data-driven models, such as machine learning (ML), offer an alternative to traditional physics-based simulations for calculating the thermal stress evolution. However, ML models require a large, labeled training dataset, which makes them computationally inefficient. The "black box" nature of ML models makes it difficult to interpret the results. Additionally, the data-driven models do not effectively use governing physical laws to make them data-efficient. This study aims to develop a physics-informed machine learning model that can predict thermal stresses during laser scanning without requiring any labeled training dataset. A case study has been conducted to demonstrate the predictive capability of the PIML method and examine the evolution of thermal stresses in a laser metal deposition process. | 
  
   
    | Proceedings Inclusion? | 
    Planned:  | 
  
 
    | Keywords | 
    Additive Manufacturing, Machine Learning, Modeling and Simulation |