Predictive models for the characterization of internal defects in additive materials from active thermography sequences supported by machine learning methods

The present article addresses a generation of predictive models that assesses the thickness and length of internal defects in additive manufacturing materials. These modes use data from the application of active transient thermography numerical simulation. In this manner, the raised procedure is an...

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Autores: Rodríguez Martín, Manuel, González Fueyo, José, González Aguilera, Diego, Madruga Saavedra, Francisco Javier|||0000-0002-2853-5977, García Martín, Roberto, Muñoz Nieto, Ángel Luis, Pisonero Carabias, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/19052
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/19052
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Active thermography (AT)
Finite element method (FEM)
Non-destructive testing (NDT)
Quality assessment (QA)
Machine learning (ML)
Additive materials (AM)
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Sumario:The present article addresses a generation of predictive models that assesses the thickness and length of internal defects in additive manufacturing materials. These modes use data from the application of active transient thermography numerical simulation. In this manner, the raised procedure is an ad-hoc hybrid method that integrates finite element simulation and machine learning models using different predictive feature sets and characteristics (i.e., regression, Gaussian regression, support vector machines, multilayer perceptron, and random forest). The performance results for each model were statistically analyzed, evaluated, and compared in terms of predictive performance, processing time, and outlier sensibility to facilitate the choice of a predictive method to obtain the thickness and length of an internal defect from thermographic monitoring. The best model to predictdefect thickness with six thermal features was interaction linear regression. To make predictive models for defect length and thickness, the best model was Gaussian process regression. However, models such as support vector machines also had significative advantages in terms of processing time and adequate performance for certain feature sets. In this way, the results showed that the predictive capability of some types of algorithms could allow for the detection and measurement of internal defects in materials produced by additive manufacturing using active thermography as a non-destructive test.