arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 29

Retrainable physics-integrated neural differentiable modeling of sintering across material systems

Sinter-PiNDiff is a retrainable physics‑integrated neural differentiable framework that predicts density and grain‑size evolution during sintering. It uses two neural networks to learn densification and grain‑growth coefficients within coupled rate equations, and a smooth saturation factor to limit densification near theoretical density. When trained on published data for MgO, Al‑doped ZnO, and CaO‑doped ThO₂, the model achieved the lowest mean errors across twelve material‑metric comparisons compared to multilayer perceptron and residual network baselines, demonstrating the importance of density‑dependent kinetic feedback and providing uncertainty estimates via deep ensembles.

By Zeping Chen, Ani Aprahamian, Khachatur V. Manukyan, Tengfei Luo
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 16

Thermodynamically Consistent Machine Learning for Fracture Prediction in Heterogeneous Materials

The paper introduces Thermodynamically Consistent Latent Dynamics Identification (tLaSDI) using parametric GENERIC Formalism-Informed Neural Networks (pGFINNs) to predict fracture patterns and evolution in heterogeneous materials. By embedding thermodynamic principles—such as total energy conservation and entropy generation—directly into the neural network architecture, the model operates in a lower‑dimensional latent space and maintains thermodynamic consistency on unseen data. A Geometry‑Conditioned Autoencoder further enhances geometry‑guided learning, and results show that tLaSDI‑pGFINNs outperform a purely data‑driven AE‑LSTM model in accurately capturing fracture behavior.

By Muhamad Alim, Xiaolong He, Mei-Na Tsao, Chi-Hua Yu, J. S. Chen
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 8

NeuralBES: A Differentiable, Control-Aware Emulator for Scalable Building Energy Modeling

NeuralBES is a differentiable emulator that blends a physics‑based resistance–capacitance thermal model with a shared neural encoder to predict building energy use. By mapping building metadata to physically bounded model coefficients, it solves a scalar linear recurrence in log‑space and uses a predictor–corrector loop to handle thermostat nonlinearity while maintaining full‑horizon gradient flow. Trained on the ResStock dataset, NeuralBES accurately models heterogeneous buildings across climate zones, achieving physics‑valid predictions with fewer parameters than transformer and recurrent baselines and outperforming grey‑box RC models in mean absolute percentage error.

By Ting-Yu Dai, Takuya Kurihana, Wing Yee Au, Hon Yung Wong
arXiv AI
Sep 18

Physical knowledge on historical data matters more than enforcing physical constraints on the forecast

The paper introduces a Physics Informed Recurrent Neural Network (PIRNN) that simultaneously predicts target time series and unobservable intermediate physical variables, enhancing robustness and interpretability. It adapts to any physical model with multiple equations and variables, demonstrated on groundwater level predictions using the Gardenia model. Experiments on twelve real‑world datasets show PIRNN outperforming several neural network baselines and the Gardenia model, with an ablation study confirming the value of physical knowledge.

By Etienne Lehembre (CA, LIFO), Pascal Audigane (BRGM), Vincent Nguyen (LIFO), Christel Vrain (LIFO, CA), Thi-Bich-Hanh Dao (LIFO, CA)