Fully data-driven inverse hyperelasticity with hyper-network neural ODE fields

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08146v2
• Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 22:02:24 GMT
• Title: Fully data-driven inverse hyperelasticity with hyper-network neural ODE fields
• Authors: Vahidullah Taç, Amirhossein Amiri-Hezaveh, Manuel K. Rausch, Grace N. Bechtel, Francisco Sahli Costabal, Adrian Buganza Tepole,
• Abstract summary: We propose a new framework for identifying mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials without a closed-form equation.<n>A physics-based data-driven method built upon ordinary neural differential equations (NODEs) is employed to discover equations.<n>The proposed approach is robust and general in identifying the mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials with very few assumptions.
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• Abstract: We propose a new framework for identifying mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials without a closed-form constitutive equation. Given a full-field measurement of the displacement field, for instance as obtained from digital image correlation (DIC), a continuous approximation of the strain field is obtained by training a neural network that incorporates Fourier features to effectively capture sharp gradients in the data. A physics-based data-driven method built upon ordinary neural differential equations (NODEs) is employed to discover constitutive equations. The NODE framework can represent arbitrary materials while satisfying constraints in the theory of constitutive equations by default. To account for heterogeneity, a hyper-network is defined, where the input is the material coordinate system, and the output is the NODE-based constitutive equation. The parameters of the hyper-network are optimized by minimizing a multi-objective loss function that includes penalty terms for violations of the strong form of the equilibrium equations of elasticity and the associated Neumann boundary conditions. We showcase the framework with several numerical examples, including heterogeneity arising from variations in material parameters, spatial transitions from isotropy to anisotropy, material identification in the presence of noise, and, ultimately, application to experimental data. As the numerical results suggest, the proposed approach is robust and general in identifying the mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials with very few assumptions, making it a suitable alternative to classical inverse methods.

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