Crack Path Prediction with Operator Learning using Discrete Particle System data Generation

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Main Authors: Kiyani, Elham, Ananchaperumal, Venkatesh, Peyvan, Ahmad, Uchimali, Mahendaran, Li, Gang, Karniadakis, George Em
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author Kiyani, Elham
Ananchaperumal, Venkatesh
Peyvan, Ahmad
Uchimali, Mahendaran
Li, Gang
Karniadakis, George Em
author_facet Kiyani, Elham
Ananchaperumal, Venkatesh
Peyvan, Ahmad
Uchimali, Mahendaran
Li, Gang
Karniadakis, George Em
contents Accurately modeling crack propagation is critical for predicting failure in engineering materials and structures, where small cracks can rapidly evolve and cause catastrophic damage. The interaction of cracks with discontinuities, such as holes, significantly affects crack deflection and arrest. Recent developments in discrete particle systems with multibody interactions based on constitutive behavior have demonstrated the ability to capture crack nucleation and evolution without relying on continuum assumptions. In this work, we use data from Constitutively Informed Particle Dynamics (CPD) simulations to train operator learning models, specifically Deep Operator Networks (DeepONets), which learn mappings between function spaces instead of finite-dimensional vectors. We explore two DeepONet variants: vanilla and Fusion DeepONet, for predicting time-evolving crack propagation in specimens with varying geometries. Three representative cases are studied: (i) varying notch height without active fracture; and (ii) and (iii) combinations of notch height and hole radius where dynamic fracture occurs on irregular discrete meshes. The models are trained using geometric inputs in the branch network and spatial-temporal coordinates in the trunk network. Results show that Fusion DeepONet consistently outperforms the vanilla variant, with more accurate predictions especially in non-fracturing cases. Fracture-driven scenarios involving displacement and crack evolution remain more challenging. These findings highlight the potential of Fusion DeepONet to generalize across complex, geometry-varying, and time-dependent crack propagation phenomena.
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spellingShingle Crack Path Prediction with Operator Learning using Discrete Particle System data Generation
Kiyani, Elham
Ananchaperumal, Venkatesh
Peyvan, Ahmad
Uchimali, Mahendaran
Li, Gang
Karniadakis, George Em
Machine Learning
Materials Science
Artificial Intelligence
Accurately modeling crack propagation is critical for predicting failure in engineering materials and structures, where small cracks can rapidly evolve and cause catastrophic damage. The interaction of cracks with discontinuities, such as holes, significantly affects crack deflection and arrest. Recent developments in discrete particle systems with multibody interactions based on constitutive behavior have demonstrated the ability to capture crack nucleation and evolution without relying on continuum assumptions. In this work, we use data from Constitutively Informed Particle Dynamics (CPD) simulations to train operator learning models, specifically Deep Operator Networks (DeepONets), which learn mappings between function spaces instead of finite-dimensional vectors. We explore two DeepONet variants: vanilla and Fusion DeepONet, for predicting time-evolving crack propagation in specimens with varying geometries. Three representative cases are studied: (i) varying notch height without active fracture; and (ii) and (iii) combinations of notch height and hole radius where dynamic fracture occurs on irregular discrete meshes. The models are trained using geometric inputs in the branch network and spatial-temporal coordinates in the trunk network. Results show that Fusion DeepONet consistently outperforms the vanilla variant, with more accurate predictions especially in non-fracturing cases. Fracture-driven scenarios involving displacement and crack evolution remain more challenging. These findings highlight the potential of Fusion DeepONet to generalize across complex, geometry-varying, and time-dependent crack propagation phenomena.
title Crack Path Prediction with Operator Learning using Discrete Particle System data Generation
topic Machine Learning
Materials Science
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01976