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Automated image analysis for quantification of materials microstructure evolution

M. Ahmed, O. Horst, A. Obaied, I. Steinbach, I. Roslyakova

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 29, 055012, (2021)

DOI: 10.1088/1361-651X/abfd1a

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In this work, an automated image analysis procedure for the quantification of microstructure evolution during creep is proposed for evaluating scanning electron microscopy micrographs of a single crystal Ni-based superalloy before and after creep at 950◦C and 350 MPa. scanning electron microscopy-micrographs of γ/γ' microstructures are transformed into binary images. Image analysis, which involves pixel by pixel classification and feature extraction, is then combined with a supervisedmachine learning algorithmto improve the binarization and the quality of the results. The binarization of the gray scale images is not always straight forward, especially when the difference in gray levels between the γ-channels and the γ'-phase is small. To optimize feature extraction, we utilized a series of bilateral filters as well as a machine learning algorithm, known as the gradient boosting method, that was used for training and classifying the micrograph pixels. After testing the two methods, the gradient boostingmethod was identified as the most effective. Subsequently, a Python routine was written and implemented for the automated quantification of the γ' area fraction and the γ channel width. Our machine learning method is documented and the results of the automatic procedure are discussed based on results which we previously reported in the literature.

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