Prediction of pitting corrosion of surface treated AISI 316L stainless steel by artificial neural network

This paper presents an artificial neural network based solution method for modelling the pitting resistance of AISI 316L stainless steel in various surface treated forms. Surface treatment is a promising technique for improving the corrosion resistance of stainless steels. In this study, cyclic polarisation tests were performed before and after surface treatment. Experimental results were modelled by the neural network. The artificial neural network model exhibited superior performance based on the fitness of the observed versus predicted data. The results showed that the predicted data from the neural network model were considerably similar to the experimental data. The model has been saved and can easily be used to predict the corrosion in different surface treatment methods.