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  1. Provenance of code.
  2. Purpose of code.
  3. Specification.
  4. Description of program's operation.
  5. References.
  6. Parameter descriptions.
  7. Error indicators.
  8. Accuracy estimate.
  9. Any additional information.
  10. Example of code
  11. Auxiliary routines required.
  12. Keywords.
  13. Download source code.
  14. Links.

Provenance of Source Code

T.C. Illingworth,
MPhil in Materials Modelling,
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy,
University of Cambridge,
Cambridge CB2 3QZ, U.K.

tci20@hermes.cam.ac.uk

Added to MAP: April 2001.

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Purpose

A program for the estimation of yield strength of mild steels as a function of elemental composition and various processing parameters.

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Specification

Language: FORTRAN / C
Product form: Executable files

Operating System: Solaris 5.5.1 & Linux

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Description

The modelling procedure is a purely empirical one, and is based on a neural network program called generate44, which was developed by David MacKay and is part of the bigback5 program. The model is constituted of a committee of several individual neural networks. It was trained on a set of experimental data for which the "outputs" are known, and creates a kind of non-linear, multi-parameter "regression" of the outputs versus the inputs. This "regression" has already been produced and the model is delivered ready to perform predictions for steels of any desired composition (within certain specified limits). The source code for the neural network program can be downloaded from David MacKay's website; the executable files only are available from MAP.

The program runs on a Solaris 5.1.1 unix operating system and Linux. The files for unix are separated compressed into a file called Steel_YS_unix.tar.gz or Steel_YS_linux.tar.gz  ;The .tar.gz file contains the following files:

README
A manual containing step-by-step instructions for running the program, including a list of input variables.
MINMAX
A text file containing the minimum and maximum limits of each input and output variable. This file is used to normalise and unnormalise the input and output data.
test.dat
An input text file containing the input variables used for predictions, together with an example set of data.
result_test.txt
Contains the results you should expect from the example set of data. To test the model is running properly on your computer, use the given 'test.dat' file to do predictions and compare the 'result' file with this file.
model.gen
This is a unix shell file containing the command steps required to run the module. It can be executed by typing sh model.gen  at the command prompt. These shell files run all the programs necessary for normalising the input data, executing the network for each model, unnormalising the output data and combining the results of each model to produce the final committee result.
spec.t1
Created by generate_spec, which contains information about the module and the number of data items being supplied. It is read by the program generate44.
.generate_spec (hidden)
This executable file creates a file called spec.t1, required by generate44.
.randomise (hidden)
This executable file creates a file called norm_test.in, which contains the normalised equivalent of the input data found in test.dat. It requires the MINMAX file
.generate44
This is the executable file for the neural network program. It reads the normalised input data file, norm_test.in (created by normalise) , and uses the weight files in subdirectory c, to find a value for the output. The results are written to the temporary output file _out.
.gencom
This executable file combines the predictions of the different models in the committee and calculates the combined error bar.
.treatout
This executable un-normalise the committee predictions and produces the file 'result'.
result
Contains the final un-normalised committee results for the predicted output.
SUBDIRECTORY c
_w*f
The weights files for the different models.
*.lu
Files containing information for calculating the size of the error bars for the different models.
_c*
Files containing information about the perceived significance value for each model.
_R*
Files containing values for the noise, test error and log predictive error for each model.
SUBDIRECTORY d
outran.x
A normalised output file which was created during the building of the model. It is accessed by generate44 via spec.t1.
SUBDIRECTORY outprdt
com.dat
The normalised output file containing the committee results. It is generated by .gencom.


Detailed instructions on the use of the program are given in the README file.


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References

  1. D. J. C. MacKay, Bayesian non-linear modelling with neural networks, University of Cambridge programme for industry: modelling phase transformations in stels, 1995. [Download PDF file]

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Parameters

Input parameters

C (wt.%)
Si (wt.%)
Mn (wt.%)
P (wt.%)
S (wt.%)
Cr (wt.%)
Mo (wt.%)
Ni (wt.%)
Al (wt.%)
B (wt.%)
Cu (wt.%)
N (wt.%)
Nb (wt.%)
Sn (wt.%)
Ti (wt.%)
V (wt.%)
C1/2 (at.%)1/2
Si1/2 (at.%)1/2
Mn1/2 (at.%)1/2
P1/2 (at.%)1/2
S1/2 (at.%)1/2
Cr1/2 (at.%)1/2
Mo1/2 (at.%)1/2
Ni1/2 (at.%)1/2
Al1/2 (at.%)1/2
B1/2 (at.%)1/2
Cu1/2 (at.%)1/2
N1/2 (at.%)1/2
Nb1/2 (at.%)1/2
Sn1/2 (at.%)1/2
Ti1/2 (at.%)1/2
V1/2 (at.%)1/2
(V+Nb)/(C+N) (no units)
Austinitising heat treatment temperature (oC)
Subsequent cooling rate over the interval 800oC-500oC (oC/sec)
Tempering temperature (oC)
Tempering time (hrs)
Rolling finish temperature (oC)
Rolling reduction (%)

Output parameters

predicted Yield Stress (MPa)

error bar on YS

YS - error bar

YS + error bar


A more detailed description is presented in the README file.

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Error Indicators

None.

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Accuracy

An estimated predictive error bar is provided by the model.

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Further Comments

A full description of the development of the model (and that of the related ultimate tensile strength model) is also available the doc/ folder, as an html document. This report also includes the results of numerous tests which confirm that the model is capable of predicting trends that are experimentally observed.

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Example

1. Download the model

Uncompress the "Steel_YS_unix.tar.gz" (or "Steel_YS_linux.tar.gz") file in a dedicated directory (for example: "neural").
On UNIX systems, this is done by:

2. Program data

A default test.dat file is provided, containing four lines of data plus labels for each variables. You may first use it and compare the ouput to the content of test_result.txt
To do predictions on your own data, edit the test.dat file.

3. Running the program (making predictions)

For Solaris 5.5.1 or Linux, just type:

sh model.gen

4. Results of the program (predictions)

The results are written in the "Result" or "model_result.dat" file, as described in the README file.


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Auxiliary Routines

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Keywords

neural networks, steel, yield, strength, stress, elastic limit

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Download

Download package (Solaris 5.5.1) (7 Mb)
 
Download package (Linux) (7 Mb)

Download package (IRIX) (7 Mb)

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MAP originated from a joint project of the National Physical Laboratory and the University of Cambridge.

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