Methods and systems for modeling material behavior

A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform the steps of:

• use empirical data resulting from testing of a material sample that induces a non-uniform state of stress and strain to train a self-organizing computational model using an autoprogressive training procedure to learn a non-uniform behavior for the material.

A material testing device for penetrating into a sample of the material, the testing device including:

• a body having a surface and at least one movable section, said moveable section defining a portion of said surface;
• and,
• a plurality of sensors arranged on said surface, at least one of said sensors being disposed on said movable section, at least one of said sensors comprising a strain sensor.

A method for modeling material behavior comprising the steps of:

• obtaining empirical stress and strain data for the material over a period of time while said material is in a non-uniform state of stress and strain;
• and,
• training a self-organizing computational model with said data to learn a non-uniform behavior for the material.