MatSegNet: a New Boundary-aware Deep Learning Model for Accurate Carbide Precipitate Analysis in High-Strength Steels

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Main Authors: Bie, Xiaohan, Arthanari, Manoj, de Melo, Evelin Barbosa, Ren, Baihua, Li, Juancheng, Brodusch, Nicolas, Yue, Stephen, Brahimi, Salim, Gauvin, Raynald, Song, Jun
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author Bie, Xiaohan
Arthanari, Manoj
de Melo, Evelin Barbosa
Ren, Baihua
Li, Juancheng
Brodusch, Nicolas
Yue, Stephen
Brahimi, Salim
Gauvin, Raynald
Song, Jun
author_facet Bie, Xiaohan
Arthanari, Manoj
de Melo, Evelin Barbosa
Ren, Baihua
Li, Juancheng
Brodusch, Nicolas
Yue, Stephen
Brahimi, Salim
Gauvin, Raynald
Song, Jun
contents Lower Bainite (LB) and Tempered Martensite (TM) are two common microstructures in modern high-strength steels. LB and TM can render similar mechanical properties for steels, yet LB is often considered superior to TM in resistance to hydrogen embrittlement. Such performance difference has conventionally been attributed to their distinction in certain microstructural features, particularly carbides. The present study developed, MatSegNet, a new contour-aware deep learning (DL) architecture. It is tailored for comprehensive segmentation and quantitative characterization of carbide precipitates with complex contours in high-strength steels, shown to outperform existing state-of-the-art DL architectures. Based on MatSegNet, a high-throughput DL pipeline has been established for precise comparative carbide analysis in LB and TM. The results showed that statistically the two microstructures exhibit similarity in key carbide characteristics with marginal difference, cautioning against the conventional use of carbide orientation as a reliable means to differentiate LB and TM in practice. Through MatSegNet, this work demonstrated the potential of DL to play a critical role in enabling accurate and quantitative microstructure characterization to facilitate development of structure-property relationships for accelerating materials innovation.
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spellingShingle MatSegNet: a New Boundary-aware Deep Learning Model for Accurate Carbide Precipitate Analysis in High-Strength Steels
Bie, Xiaohan
Arthanari, Manoj
de Melo, Evelin Barbosa
Ren, Baihua
Li, Juancheng
Brodusch, Nicolas
Yue, Stephen
Brahimi, Salim
Gauvin, Raynald
Song, Jun
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Materials Science
Machine Learning
Lower Bainite (LB) and Tempered Martensite (TM) are two common microstructures in modern high-strength steels. LB and TM can render similar mechanical properties for steels, yet LB is often considered superior to TM in resistance to hydrogen embrittlement. Such performance difference has conventionally been attributed to their distinction in certain microstructural features, particularly carbides. The present study developed, MatSegNet, a new contour-aware deep learning (DL) architecture. It is tailored for comprehensive segmentation and quantitative characterization of carbide precipitates with complex contours in high-strength steels, shown to outperform existing state-of-the-art DL architectures. Based on MatSegNet, a high-throughput DL pipeline has been established for precise comparative carbide analysis in LB and TM. The results showed that statistically the two microstructures exhibit similarity in key carbide characteristics with marginal difference, cautioning against the conventional use of carbide orientation as a reliable means to differentiate LB and TM in practice. Through MatSegNet, this work demonstrated the potential of DL to play a critical role in enabling accurate and quantitative microstructure characterization to facilitate development of structure-property relationships for accelerating materials innovation.
title MatSegNet: a New Boundary-aware Deep Learning Model for Accurate Carbide Precipitate Analysis in High-Strength Steels
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Materials Science
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.17251