GA Tech: S.R. Kalidindi, D.M. Turner, LANL: S.R. Niezgoda, Drexel: A. Cecan, C. Kumbur, Teledyne: B. Cox, LLNL: H. Bale, UCSB: F. Zok ISU: O. Wodo, Basker G., Dartmouth: U. Wegst, OSU: H. Fraser, P. Collins

Novel and Enhanced Structure-Property-Processing Relationships with Microstructure Informatics

Tony Fast

University of California Santa Barbara

Materials Department

Structural Materials Seminar, UCSB, December 7, 2012

Materials Genome Initiative for Global Competitiveness

DIGITAL DATAInformatics• Data Transparency• Data Sharing• Data Transfer• Data Retrieval• Data Analysis

“Advanced data-sharing techniques at all stages of the development continuum will be the driving force behind the Initiative and help build the scholarly record.”

Materials Genome Initiative for Global Competitiveness, June 2011.

U. Wegst, Dartmouth

H. Bale, LLNL

From Materials Selection

Materials selection relies on effective material descriptors.

From Materials Selection to Microstructure (μS) Informatics…

• Advances in characterization and computational materials science are contributing to the materials data deluge.

H. Fraser, OSU.

Each module is self-contained

μInformatics workflow is a systemA robust paradigm to address dimensionality challenges in materials science

μInformatics is material and hierarchy independent statistical framework aimed to distill rich physical data into tractable forms that facilitate structural taxonomies and bi-direction

structure-property-processing homogenization and localization relationships. It provides a foundation for rigorous microstructure sensitive materials design.

Future Work

Image Segmenting extracts important features of the μSA necessary evil in data-driven materials science

Hough transform Methods

Raw Segmented(EM/MPM) @ bluequartz.net

Segmentation

Modules

Image Segmentation uses image processing and DSP methods to minimize the human interaction necessary to analyze digital images. Most problems are subjective and ill-posed.

Ceramic Matrix Composite

Virtual Metallic

Kalidindi, S.R., S.R. Niezgoda, and A.A. Salem, Microstructure informatics using higher-order statistics and efficient data-mining protocols. JOM, 2011. 63(4): p. 34-41.

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The primitive basis converts any μS to a digital signalInformatics benefit from a generalized higher-order microstructure description

Extensible to any number of discrete phases

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A. 2-pt Correlation Function – Statistical correlations between random points in space/time which reveal systematic patterns in the microstructure

B. Chord Length Distribution – length and orientation of chords in a heterogeneous medium

C. Interfacial Surface Distribution - The principal curvatures of interfacial surfaces in the μS.

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Statistical distributions are the crux of μInformaticsDistributions capture traditional effective statistical measures

Chen et al., Morphological and topological analysis of coarsened nanoporous gold by x-ray nanotomography, Advanced Physics Letters 2010.

The rich internal structure of the material is the microstructure. However, the μSprovides statistical, not deterministic material information.

Statistical

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The Microstructure as a stochastic processDistributions provide a framework to effectively compare microstructures

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The direct comparison of the μS is useless due to the lack of origin.

(+) Provide a ground truth and metric space for comparison, or there is a natural origin(+) Autocorrelation contains all of the information in its respective μS.

(+) Amenable to homogenization and localization relationships (-) Very large dimensionality

Statistical

Modules

Data-mining modules are the vehicle for linkagesDimensionality reduction, classification, and regression

Regression methods allow the salient microstructure features to be connected with homogenized and localized properties in static and evolving materials. (Structure-Property and Structure-Processing)

Clustering and classification provide methods to automatically identify microstructures with certain performance or structural criterion. Ideal for searching the intrinsically large space of microstructures.

Dimension reduction converts large dimensional data (D) to a reduced

space (d) based upon specific characteristics of the data

Data-Mining

Modules

Maaten, et al., Dimension Reduction: A Comparative Review, Tilburg centre for Creative Computing, Tilburg University, 2009.

Sensitivity – metric for accurate classification

Specificity – metric for accurate nonclassification

Range between 0 and 1

k-Means Clustering: A data-mining approach that creates cluster partitions based on the means of clusters to automatically classify datapoints.

Class in practice may indicate processing history, material system, tendency to failure (e.g. rank).

k-Means clustering for automatic feature recognitionQuantitative data-mining techniques

Data-Mining

Modules

K-means Clustering, Wikipedia

Linear dimension reduction with PCADimension reduction to deal with big data

Principal Component Analysis, Wikipedia

Data-Mining

Modules

Principal Component Analysis: Reduced embedding of linearly independent variables that correspond to decreasing levels of variance starting with the highest (Dd)

PCA (most DR methods) require a natural origin for the data-points

PCA is typical for linear systems and exploratory data analysis.

Many nonlinear techniques exist.

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Localization meta-model for the evolution of a binary alloy (sProc)

Localization meta-model for medium contrast dual phase composites (sProp)

μS Taxonomy of α-β Ti (s-s)

μS Taxonomy of Organic Blends in Solar Cells (s-s)Data-MiningPCAAutocorrelationFirst-Order Signal130 Experiments

K-meansPCAAutocorrelationFirst-Order SignalN-pt StatisticsHigher-Order Signal1100 Simulations

RegressionPCAAutocorrelationFirst-Order SignalExperiments

RegressionN/AFirst-Order SignalSimulation

RegressionN/AHigher-Order Signal400 Simulation

μS informatics is a versatile framework that relies on workflowsPlug-n-play operations with modules provide solutions for diverse problems

μInformatics is a growing suite of modular functions that when combined into a workflow system provide solutions to traditional empirical relationships and emerging big data in materials science. μInformatics can be seamlessly applied to 1-D, 2-D,3-D, and 4-D physical datasets generated empirically and/or computationally.

ORKFLOW OUTLINE

Data-driven structural diffusion coefficients in fuel cellsRegressionN/AFirst-Order SignalSimulation RegressionPCAAutocorrelationFirst-Order SignalExperiments

XCTFIB-SEM

Tortuosity quantifies the topology of the porous medium in a matter. How curved of tortuous are the pores?Diffusivity is the ability of a substance (electrons, liquid, gas) to diffuse through a medium.

Data-driven structural diffusion coefficients in fuel cellsRegressionN/AFirst-Order SignalSimulation RegressionPCAAutocorrelationFirst-Order SignalExperiments

XCTFIB-SEM

MPL

GDL

RVE’s from the experimental data are input into a Fickian diffusion model to evaluate the diffusivity.

Each point is one RVE~1e6 variables

Data-driven fitting outperforms traditional fitting methods and extends the reach of the fit to both the GDL and MPL layers.

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The Materials Knowledge SystemExtracting compact knowledge from boat loads of information

microstructure signal local response

Stress, strain, evolution

How can information about new structures be extracted?What knowledge is gained?

Many Inputs and Many Outputs Repetitive simulation is demanding

Simulation produces a lot of data, but what is determined about the system?

The Materials Knowledge SystemExtracting compact knowledge from boat loads of information

DSP representation of local structure-local response Localization relationship and its influence coefficients

Influence coefficients capture the combined point effects of the MS configuration on the local response

Strong implications on multi-scale modeling

microstructure signal local response influence coefficients

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An evolutionary meta-model for phase separation

A Materials Knowledge System for structure-processing relationships

Phase separation guided by a negative energy gradient Cahn Hilliard Relationship evolved by way of Euler forward

Double well potential free energy curve Simulated using Phase Field Model (PFM)

Concentration is continuous between spinodal points [.15, .23]- Bounds of microstructure

Interested in structure evolution of spinodal structure

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RegressionN/AFirst-Order SignalSimulation

Iterations of PFM used to calibrate coefficients Discretization contains 125 discrete points on a 20x20

spatial domain

Time derivative of concentration is captured extremely accurately by MKS method

IC provide accurate simulation resultsRegressionN/AFirst-Order SignalSimulation

• From an initial starting structure, ONE set of influence coefficients can be used to evolve the material structure

Time Derivative

MSE Error

IC are amenable to numerical integrationRegressionN/AFirst-Order SignalSimulation

Attenuated Error

Magnitude of influence coefficients decay rapidly with distance Influence coefficients can be easily extended to larger domains by

zero-padding with complexity

RegressionN/AFirst-Order SignalSimulation

Influence coefficients can be used to scale the simulation

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RegressionN/AFirst-Order SignalSimulation

Scaled linkages are provide accurate predictions

complexity vs. complexity

Time Derivative

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RegressionN/AFirst-Order SignalSimulation

Scaled IC allow for scaled evolution simulations

Meta-modeling of moderate contrast strain fields in composites

A Materials Knowledge System for Structure-Property relationships

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Contrast (nonlinearity) – Young’s modulus ratio First-order microstructure descriptors are ineffective for high contrast

Results are presented for uniaxial 1-1 strain Calibrating coefficients for other modes is trivial

Random distribution of phases in 21x21x21 microstructure

RegressionN/AHigher-Order Signal400 Simulation

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Influence coefficients accurately capture the response fieldsRegressionN/AHigher-Order Signal400 Simulation

HOIC of increasing order captures local information better Drastic improvement of linkages of FOIC

Accuracy has a strong dependence on nonlinearity Cross Validation (omitted) yields agreement between

training and validation sets.

Case 9: Seventh-Order to First Neighborhood and Second-Order to Sixth Neighborhoods

153 influences coefficients have finite memory and decay to zero at larger distances

FEM required 45 min on supercomputer MKS required 15 seconds on a desktop computer

MKS – NlogN(N)

Scalability of the influence coefficientsRegressionN/AHigher-Order Signal400 Simulation

Data-MiningPCAAutocorrelationFirst-Order Signal130 ExperimentsMicrostructure taxonomy of α-βTitanium

Kalidindi, S.R., S.R. Niezgoda, and A.A. Salem, Microstructure informatics using higher-order statistics and efficient data-mining protocols. JOM, 2011. 63(4): p. 34-41.

Each point in the PCA indicate ONE μS, or ~6e6 variables. Microstructures generated by similar heat treatments naturally

cluster together in the reduced embedding.

PCA Embedding

H., Fraser, OSU

μS Taxonomy of Continuous Material States An Application to Organic Blends in Solar Cells

10% FAST PHASE SEPARATION 90% SLOW GRAIN COARSENING

FINAL STRUCTURES

11 Distinct TopologiesMany Topologies

Olga Wodo and Baskar Ganapathysubramanian at ISU.

Isosurfaces of atomic fraction1100 Datasets

Use data driven techniques to classify the final topology before the simulation is complete. i.e. Reduce Redundancy, Time Savings

End Goal

Develop Microstructure Taxonomies of the Final Structuresi.e. Build Utilities for Continuous Materials Features

First Goal

K-meansPCAAutocorrelationFirst-Order SignalN-pt StatisticsHigher-Order Signal1100 Simulations

Microstructure taxonomy of binary organic blendsK-meansPCAAutocorrelationFirst-Order Signal1100 Simulations

Each point describes 21^3 variables and each color is a different topology Binning and microstructure features effect the clustering quality

Hard clustering in the PCA space allows the final topologies to be classified qualitatively

Microstructure taxonomy of binary organic blendsK-meansPCAN-pt StatisticsHigher-Order Signal1100 Simulations

Different choices of local state descriptions lead to different levels of clustering

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Quantitative Measures of Clustering

Sensitivity and specificity analysis of PCA embeddingK-meansPCAN-pt StatisticsHigher-Order Signal1100 Simulations

Sensitivity (Classification) and specificity (Nonclassification) provide a valuation on the usefulness of difference embeddings

to automatically search the space of microstructures.

PCA embedding can be used to visualize 3-D processing historyμInformatics collectively can visualize SPP linkages

Each path is defined by the spinodal decomposition and grain coarsening simulation. The paths are created by a reduced

embedding of the N-pt statistics of 21x21x21 periodic microstructures.

PCA embedding can be used to visualize 3-D processing historyμInformatics can collectively visualize bidirectional SPP linkages

Structure-Processing MKSProcessing History

Structure-PropertyHomogenization

Structure-PropertyLocalization

Using a stochastic framework, μInformatics provides an agile framework that allows data science to address the problems of scale

in emerging materials science problems.

contact: tony.fast@gmail.com