About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Symposium
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AI/ML/Data Informatics for Materials Discovery: Bridging Experiment, Theory, and Modeling
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Presentation Title |
Accelerating Microstructural Solidification Simulations with Deep Neural Surrogates in Additive Manufacturing Conditions |
Author(s) |
Simon Savukoski, Joni Kaipainen, Mikko Tahkola, Nikolas Provatas, Anssi Laukkanen, Tatu Pinomaa |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Simon Savukoski |
Abstract Scope |
Phase-field models resolve microstructural solidification in metal additive manufacturing, but their high computational cost remains a bottleneck—especially for high-throughput and 3D simulations. We develop neural surrogates—deterministic (AFNO, UNet) and stochastic (variational autoencoders, diffusion models)—to replace phase-field simulations. Focusing on Al–Cu alloy, the models predict order parameter and concentration evolution over a range of thermal gradients and pulling speeds. We compare several training loss metrics, such as pixel-wise comparison, mass conservation, and phase fraction. Models are trained under varying spatio-temporal downsampling strategies to assess resolution–performance tradeoffs. Predictive accuracy is measured via 2-point correlation, solute conservation, phase fractions and cell/dendrite spacing relative to the ground truth. The time complexity of surrogate inference and the phase-field simulations runtime is compared. Physics-informed approaches and extension to 3D are discussed. These surrogates provide significant acceleration over phase field simulations, offering a scalable path toward prediction of additively manufactured microstructures. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
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Keywords |
Additive Manufacturing, Solidification, Machine Learning |