Very high‐cycle fatigue life prediction of high‐strength steel based on machine learning

Abstract Very high‐cycle fatigue life (VHCF) prediction of high‐strength steel based on machine learning (ML) was investigated in this paper. First, a total of 173 sets of experimental data on the VHCF of high‐strength steel were collected to train the ML model. The sensitivity coefficient analysis indicated that inclusion size and maximum stress were the strongest correlation parameters with fatigue life and selected as the input features for the final model training. The S–N curve predicted by the obtained ML model closely aligns with the actual S–N curve. Among the three algorithm models, namely, random forest, XG boost, and gradient boosting, the gradient boosting model exhibited superior performance and achieved the highest accuracy in predicting the VHCF life of high‐strength steel. A comparison between the Murakami model and the gradient boosting model was conducted. It is indicated that ML exhibits superior predictive performance with high efficiency and excellent accuracy.