Prediction of residual stress in the welding zone of dissimilar metals using data-based models and uncertainty analysis

Abstract Since welding residual stress is one of the major factors in the generation of primary water stress-corrosion cracking (PWSCC), it is essential to examine the welding residual stress to prevent PWSCC. Therefore, several artificial intelligence methods have been developed and studied to predict these residual stresses. In this study, three data-based models, support vector regression (SVR), fuzzy neural network (FNN), and their combined (FNN + SVR) models were used to predict the residual stress for dissimilar metal welding under a variety of welding conditions. By using a subtractive clustering (SC) method, informative data that demonstrate the characteristic behavior of the system were selected to train the models from the numerical data obtained from finite element analysis under a range of welding conditions. The FNN model was optimized using a genetic algorithm. The statistical and analytical uncertainty analysis methods of the models were applied, and their uncertainties were evaluated using 60 sampled training and optimization data sets, as well as a fixed test data set.

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