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Physics-Guided Machine Learning for Performance Prediction and Multi-Objective Optimization of High-Conductivity

Yaojun Miao1, Zhikang Cao1, Tong Yao1

  • 1Shanghai Key Lab of Advanced High-Temperature Materials and Precision Forming and State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.

Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
|May 13, 2026
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A new physics-guided machine learning model enhances aluminum conductor strength and conductivity prediction. It uses an Equivalent Solute-Heat Index (ESHI) for improved material design in power transmission.

Keywords:
Equivalent Solute–Heat Indexaluminum conductormulti-objective optimizationphysics-guided machine learning

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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Metallurgy
  • Computational Materials Science

Background:

  • High-conductivity aluminum conductors are crucial for power transmission.
  • Ultra-low alloying levels in these conductors present challenges for traditional data-driven models due to narrow compositional windows and imbalanced distributions.
  • Predicting mechanical strength and electrical resistivity is complex due to numerous trace elements and thermo-mechanical stages.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a physics-guided machine learning framework for predicting tensile strength and electrical resistivity of aluminum conductors.
  • To introduce novel descriptors, including ratio descriptors and the Equivalent Solute-Heat Index (ESHI), to improve model generalizability.
  • To optimize the strength-conductivity trade-off for enhanced reliability and minimized resistive losses in power transmission applications.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a physics-guided machine learning framework using 4458 industrial production records.
  • Introduced ratio descriptors (e.g., Fe/Si, Al/Si) and the Equivalent Solute-Heat Index (ESHI) integrating solute chemistry (Si, Fe, B) and thermal history.
  • Employed XGBoost surrogate models enhanced with ESHI and utilized SHAP analysis for interpretability.
  • Applied NSGA-III optimization to identify Pareto-optimal composition-process combinations.

Main Results:

  • The physics-guided model significantly improved tensile strength prediction accuracy (R² from 0.75 to ~0.92) by incorporating ESHI.
  • SHAP analysis confirmed ESHI's dominant role, explaining its influence through solute scattering and microstructural evolution.
  • Identified optimal composition-process combinations balancing strength and conductivity, validated experimentally.

Conclusions:

  • The developed physics-guided machine learning framework, particularly with the ESHI metric, effectively predicts and optimizes aluminum conductor properties.
  • This approach enables the design of more reliable power transmission conductors with improved mechanical strength and reduced electrical losses.
  • The findings offer a pathway for data-driven materials design in complex alloy systems.