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Interface PINNs (I-PINNs): A physics-informed neural networks framework for interface problems

Journal Article · · Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Here, we present a novel physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) framework for modeling interface problems, termed Interface PINNs (I-PINNs). I-PINNs uses different neural networks for any two subdomains separated by a sharp interface such that the neural networks differ only through their activation functions while the other parameters remain identical. The performance of I-PINNs, conventional PINNs, and other existing domain-decomposition PINNs methods such as extended PINNs (XPINNs) and multi-domain PINN (M-PINN) is compared through several one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional benchmark elliptic interface problems. The results demonstrate that I-PINNs provides a root-mean-square-error accuracy, at least two orders of magnitude better than conventional PINNs and XPINNs at approximately one-tenth of the computational cost of conventional PINNs and half the cost of XPINNs. Additionally, while I-PINNs and M-PINN provide comparable accuracies, M-PINN is found to be approximately 50% more expensive.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
2425908
Report Number(s):
LLNL--JRNL-863829; 1096935
Journal Information:
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Journal Name: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Vol. 429; ISSN 0045-7825
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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