FNN model for carbide size of M50 steel during hot deformation

Isothermal compression of M50 steel was carried out on a Gleeble-3500 simulator at the deformation temperatures ranging from 1223 to 1423 K and the strain rates ranging from 10 to 70 s^− 1. The relationship between the deformation temperature, strain rate, strain and the carbide size of M50 steel was acquired by simulating the isothermal compression via finite element method, and a fuzzy neural network model for predicting the carbide size during hot deformation was established. The maximum and average difference between the experimental and the predicted carbide size were 9.2 and 4.1% respectively. Applying the present fuzzy neural network model, the effect of the deformation temperature, strain rate and strain on the carbide size of M50 steel during hot deformation was analysed.