Prediction of material properties of propellant waste modified bricks through microstructures by Topographic independent component analysis coupled 3D Convolution neural networks

Abstract

PurposeDeciphering materials properties from the textural information of microstructural images is still a challenge. ObjectiveProposes a Topographic Independent Component Analysis coupled with 3-D Convolutional Neural Network (TICA- 3DCNN) architecture that processes the features from scanning electron microscope (SEM) images to predict the material properties of high energy propellant (HEP) modified bricks. MethodFirst, high-energy modified bricks with ten different HEP additives fractions is prepared, and their microstructural information is acquired with SEM. Then, SEM images of each group are pre-processed and subjected to the TICA analysis to decipher the distinct higher-order microstructural dependencies, such as co-activation of components. These microstructural co-activation components are subsequently ordered and passed into 3D CNN architecture to map them with the material properties such as water absorption, compressive strength, density, and porosity. An extreme learning machine is employed as a fully connected classification layer in the 3D-CNN architecture. Finally, the performance of the proposed TICA - 3DCNN approach is compared with the traditional 2D CNN frameworks such as Inception-v4 and Faster RCNN. ResultsProposed TICA-3DCNN architecture has performed with higher sensitivity and specificity than Inception-v4 and Faster RCNN architecture in deciphering microstructural textural properties and mapping them with materials properties. ConclusionThe Proposed model can be used in the construction and building materials to predict material properties through microstructural features.