Abstract:History-dependent constitutive models serve as macroscopic closures for the aggregated effects of micromechanics. Their parameters are typically learned from experimental data. With a limited experimental budget, eliciting the full range of responses needed to characterize the constitutive relation can be difficult. As a result, the data can be well explained by a range of parameter choices, leading to parameter estimates that are uncertain or unreliable. To address this issue, we propose a Bayesian optimal experimental design framework to quantify, interpret, and maximize the utility of experimental designs for reliable learning of history-dependent constitutive models. In this framework, the design utility is defined as the expected reduction in parametric uncertainty or the expected information gain. This enables in silico design optimization using simulated data and reduces the cost of physical experiments for reliable parameter identification.
We introduce two approximations that make this framework practical for advanced material testing with expensive forward models and high-dimensional data: (i) a Gaussian approximation of the expected information gain, and (ii) a surrogate approximation of the Fisher information matrix. The former enables efficient design optimization and interpretation, while the latter extends this approach to batched design optimization by amortizing the cost of repeated utility evaluations. Our numerical studies of uniaxial tests for viscoelastic solids show that optimized specimen geometries and loading paths yield image and force data that significantly improve parameter identifiability relative to random designs, especially for parameters associated with memory effects.
| Subjects: | Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci); Machine Learning (cs.LG); Numerical Analysis (math.NA); Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph); Computation (stat.CO) |
| Cite as: | arXiv:2603.12365 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci] |
| (or arXiv:2603.12365v2 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci] for this version) | |
| https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.12365 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite |
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| Journal reference: | Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Volume 457, 2026, 119022, ISSN 0045-7825 |
| Related DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2026.119022
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From: Lianghao Cao [view email]
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