Isaac Newton May Have Met His Match: New AI Tool Calculates Materials' Stress and Strain Based on Photos

MIT researchers have developed a machine-learning technique that uses an image of the material's internal structure to estimate the stresses and strains acting on the material. The advance could accelerate engineers' design process by eliminating the need to solve complex equations. Isaac Newton may have met his match. For centuries, engineers have relied on physical laws -- developed by Newton and others -- to understand the stresses and strains on the materials they work with. But solving those equations can be a computational slog, especially for complex materials.