In this work, a back-propagation artificial neural network model was optimally developed based on 25 experimental datasets for predicting the energy loss percentage of natural rubber foam. The foam specimens were prepared in a Banbury internal mixer at various conditions of mixing temperature (40-80°C), rotor speed (40-80 rpm), and mastication time (1-5 min). Stress-strain loops were analyzed by applying compressive force at aspeed test of 500 mm/min with the capacity of load cell 2.5 kN, the energy loss was further calculated. In model development, the experimental datasets were randomly divided into 70:15:15 for training, validation, and testing respectively. Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm was used as a training function was used because of its fast convergence. The prediction results revealed that the average prediction accuracy of the three models is higher than 90%. From a material design point of view, the developed model could be implemented to find the proper mixing conditions to obtain the material with the maximum energy dissipation.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.