About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2027 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
|
| Symposium
|
AI/ML/Data Informatics for Materials Discovery: Bridging Experiment, Theory, and Modeling
|
| Presentation Title |
From Loading to Architecture: A Physics-Guided Machine-Learning Framework for Polymer Spall Strength |
| Author(s) |
Tyler A. Collins, Sara Adibi |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Tyler A. Collins |
| Abstract Scope |
Polymer spall simulations yield sparse, costly datasets in which loading, material identity, and stochastic fracture variability are entangled. We present a physics-guided, interpretable machine-learning framework for separating these contributions in molecular-dynamics predictions of spall strength. Analyses of polyurethane, polyurea, and polyethylene across impact velocities establish a material- and loading-aware baseline together with an empirical estimate of run-to-run variability. The framework defines baseline-conditioned residuals as targets for architecture-sensitive modeling and uses predictive uncertainty to flag extrapolation beyond the sampled domain. Ongoing simulations systematically vary polyurea hard-segment fraction; resulting residual responses will be related to hard/soft composition, block run lengths, and structural-heterogeneity metrics. This study asks whether architecture effects are resolvable above simulation variability and demonstrates a data-efficient workflow for converting small simulation datasets into testable design hypotheses for impact-resistant polymers. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Computational Materials Science & Engineering, Machine Learning, Polymers |