Advanced machine vision and machine learning for adaptive control of LME cracking in third-generation AHSS welding
摘要
In light of recent interest in understanding the mechanisms behind liquid metal embrittlement (LME) cracking behaviours, methods have been developed to observe in-situ LME cracking using the half-sectioned resistance spot welding. To facilitate analysis of the collected video footage, an object detection algorithm methodology was developed to detect and measure LME cracking directly from the video frames. The method employed in this experiment uses an unmodified YOLOv9-C model with SORT integrated in the workflow to detect, track, and measure cracks. Results show that YOLOv9 is feasible to be used as a tool to facilitate this laborious task, indicated by a parity plot with R2 = 0.982, slope of 0.9775 +/- CI and a relative error of 4% to human measurements.