Deep Learning for Computational Mechanics

Since the deep learning is now a hot topic in computational mechanics with neural networks and many related studies have been reported recently, we discuss here some features of computational mechanics with deep learning. First, similarity and difference between conventional neural networks and deep neural networks are reviewed (Sect. 16.1), then the applications of deep learning to the computational mechanics are shown (Sect. 16.2 for the applications of deep convolutional networks, and Sect. 16.3 for those of deep feedforward networks). Finally, the applications of miscellaneous deep networks to computational mechanics are discussed in Sect. 16.4.