Experimental Identification of a Flow Orifice Using a Neural Network and the Conjugate Gradient Method

Abstract

An experimental approach of using a neural network model to identifying a nonlinear non-pressure-compensated flow valve is described in this paper. The conjugate gradient method with Polak-Ribiere formula is applied to train the neural network to approximate the nonlinear relationships represented by noisy data. The ability of the trained neural network to reproduce and to generalize is demonstrated by its excellent approximation of the experimental data. The training algorithm derived from the conjugate gradient method is shown to lead to a stable solution.