Data-Guided Physics-Informed Neural Network with Fourier Features Enhancement for Euler-Bernoulli Beam Analysis

Hailong Liu, S. Hedayatrasa, Yunpeng Zhu, Ming Cao, Yushan Yu, Dehua Zhu, Liangliang Cheng

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that PINN achieves more accurate and stable full-field vibration reconstructions than conventional PINNs, particularly under conditions involving high-frequency modes, and highlights the potential of hybrid data-physics neural frameworks as an efficient and reliable approach for solving complex PDE-governed dynamical systems.

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have emerged as a powerful paradigm in scientific machine learning by embedding governing physical laws into neural network training through loss functions. They have demonstrated remarkable success in solving various forward and inverse problems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs). However, in practical applications, purely physics-constrained PINNs that rely solely on PDE residuals often suffer from slow or non-convergence and limited prediction accuracy, particularly when modeling high-order dynamical systems (e.g., second-order and above). Moreover, conventional PINNs struggle to effectively capture high-frequency components in complex physical fields, which further limits their generalization and representational capability. To address these challenges, this study proposes a data-guided physics-informed neural network with Fourier feature enhancement. In the proposed framework, a small amount of high-fidelity measurement or simulation data is incorporated to guide the training process, providing explicit guidance that complement the physics-based constraints. Meanwhile, Fourier feature embeddings are introduced into the input layer of the network to enhance its ability to represent high-frequency variations and multi-scale solution structures. This synergistic integration of data guidance and Fourier-enhanced representations accelerates convergence, improves robustness, and enhances the accuracy of PDE solutions. The effectiveness of the proposed PINN model is validated through numerical and simulation studies on Euler-Bernoulli beam vibration problems, which serve as representative examples of high-order mechanical systems. The results demonstrate that PINN achieves more accurate and stable full-field vibration reconstructions than conventional PINNs, particularly under conditions involving high-frequency modes. These findings highlight the potential of hybrid data-physics neural frameworks as an efficient and reliable approach for solving complex PDE-governed dynamical systems.