Automatic segmentation of the secondary austenite-phase island precipitates in a superduplex stainless steel weld metal

• Autor(a) principal: Albuquerque, Victor H. C.
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Nakamura, Rodrigo Y. M. [UNESP], Papa, João Paulo [UNESP], Silva, Cleiton C., Tavares, João Manuel R. S.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo de conferência
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9780415683951; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/73190
• topic: Automatic segmentations; Bayesian classifier; Chemical compositions; Machine learning techniques; Pattern recognition techniques; Recognition rates; Steel quality; Superduplex stainless steels; Image processing; Mechanical properties; Medical image processing; Pattern recognition; Stainless steel

Duplex and superduplex stainless steels are class of materials of a high importance for engineering purposes, since they have good mechanical properties combination and also are very resistant to corrosion. It is known as well that the chemical composition of such steels is very important to maintain some desired properties. In the past years, some works have reported that γ 2 precipitation improves the toughness of such steels, and its quantification may reveals some important information about steel quality. Thus, we propose in this work the automatic segmentation of γ 2 precipitation using two pattern recognition techniques: Optimum-Path Forest (OPF) and a Bayesian classifier. To the best of our knowledge, this if the first time that machine learning techniques are applied into this area. The experimental results showed that both techniques achieved similar and good recognition rates. © 2012 Taylor & Francis Group.