arXiv Machine Learning By Yongjin Choi, Hyeonbin Moon, Seunghwa Ryu

Differentiable FEM versus PINN for pavement layer inverse analysis: enforcing physics as hard or soft constraints

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The paper compares physics‑informed neural networks (PINNs) and differentiable finite element methods (DiffFEM) for inverse analysis of multilayer pavement systems using falling weight deflectometer data. PINNs struggle to recover layer moduli due to sharp domain discontinuities, and their performance is highly sensitive to loss weighting, network architecture, and measurement noise. DiffFEM consistently delivers more accurate, stable, and computationally efficient inversion results by enforcing physics as a hard constraint.

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