Effects of matrix inelasticity on the overall hysteretic behavior of TiNi-SMA fiber composites

The effects of the inelastic deformation of the matrix on the overall hysteretic behavior of a unidirectional titanium–nickel shape-memory alloy (TiNi-SMA) fiber composite and on the local pseudoelastic response of the embedded SMA fibers are studied under the isothermal loading and unloading condition. The multiaxial phase transformation of the SMA fibers is predicted using the phenomenological constitutive equations which can describe the two-step deformation due to the rhombohedral and martensitic transformations, and the inelastic behavior of the matrix material using the standard nonlinear viscoplastic model. The average behavior of the SMA composite is evaluated with the micromechanical method of cells. It is observed that the inelastic deformation of the matrix due to prior tension results in a compressive stress in the matrix after unloading of the SMA composite and this residual stress impedes the complete recovery of the pseudoelastic strain of the SMA fibers. This explains that a closed hysteresis behavior of the SMA composite is no longer observed in contrast with the case that an elastic behavior of matrix is assumed. The predicted local stress–strain behavior indicates that the cyclic response of matrix is crucial to the design of the hysteretic performance of the SMA composite under the repeated loading conditions.     

A Note on a Walking Machine Model

The paper continues studies intended to find out whether it is possible to create a prototype walking machine with relatively simple components. In this connection, the control problem is solved for a two-dimensional model of biped machine. It has a torso and two telescopic legs. Each leg includes a ponderable section of constant length and an imponderable section of variable length. The machine, regarded as a system with variable constraints, implements a single-stance gait (one stance leg at a time) with a step of constant duration. The contact of the swing leg with the ground is analyzed within the framework of Carnot's theorem (perfectly inelastic impact). It is assumed that the force developed in the stance leg is due to the deformation of the leg's spring and that this deformation can be controlled. An algorithm is proposed to synthesize a control system that takes into account collisions occurring at reverse of the roles of the legs. This algorithm is based on methods of optimizing periodic systems. The algorithm is compared with approaches used by other authors     

泡沫金属夹芯梁在重复冲击下的动态响应

为了研究重复冲击载荷作用下泡沫金属夹芯梁的动态响应,采用Abaqus数值仿真软件,基于可压碎泡沫模型（crushable foam）,建立了泡沫金属夹芯梁遭受楔形质量块冲击的有限元模型。通过将仿真获得的夹芯梁上下面板最终挠度与重复冲击实验结果进行对比,验证仿真方法的准确性。在此基础之上,分析了泡沫金属夹芯梁在楔形质量块重复冲击作用下的变形模式、加卸载过程以及能量耗散特性。结果表明,在重复冲击载荷作用下,夹芯梁的变形不断累积,上面板主要出现局部凹陷和整体弯曲,而芯层则是局部压缩,下面板表现为整体弯曲。在重复加卸载过程中,加卸载刚度随着冲击次数的增加而增大。随着冲击次数的增加,上面板和芯层的能量吸收增量不断减小,而下面板的能量吸收增量不断增加,且最终均趋于稳定。泡沫金属夹芯梁的塑性变形能增量不断减小,而回弹系数随着冲击次数逐渐增加,最后趋于稳定值。     

Intralaboratory Repeatability of Residual Stress Determined by the Slitting Method

This paper presents repeated slitting method measurements of the residual stress versus depth profile through the thickness of identically prepared samples, which were made to assess repeatability of the method. Measurements were made in five 17.8 mm thick blocks cut from a single plate of 316L stainless steel which had been uniformly laser peened to induce a deep residual stress field. Typical slitting method techniques were employed with a single metallic foil strain gage on the back face of the coupon and incremental cutting by wire EDM. Measured residual stress profiles were analyzed to assess variability of residual stress as a function of depth from the surface. The average depth profile had a maximum magnitude of −668 MPa at the peened surface. The maximum variability also occurred at the surface and had a standard deviation of 15 MPa and an absolute maximum deviation of 26 MPa. Since measured residual stress exceeded yield strength of the untreated plate, microhardness versus depth profiling and elastic–plastic finite element analysis were combined to bound measurement error from inelastic deformation.     

A viscoplastic constitutive model incorporating dynamic strain aging effect during cyclic deformation conditions

In this paper, a viscoplastic constitutive model previously proposed by the authors was extended to apply to the cyclic deformation analysis of the modified 9Cr-1Mo steel. A series of cyclic deformation tests were conducted on modified 9Cr-1Mo steel at various temperatures, including those under anisothermal conditions. Furthermore, cyclic evolution of state variables used in the authors' constitutive model was experimentally measured. Based on the test results, cyclic softening behavior depending on the temperature and its history was introduced into the constitutive model. The extended model was applied to simulations of inelastic deformation behavior under monotonic tension, stress relaxation, creep, isothermal cyclic deformations including stress relaxation and anisothermal cyclic deformations. It was found that the present constitutive model has a capability of describing the inelastic deformation behavior of modified 9Cr-1Mo steel adequately at various loading conditions.     

Measurements of impact properties of small, nearly spherical particles

The authors report impact properties for collisions of small, nearly spherical particles that present interesting experimental challenges. They consider difficulties arising with surface reflectivity, slight asphericity, surface damage and collisions with particles affixed to a rigid plate. To measure these impact properties, the authors refine the experimental technique of Foersteret al. To permit straightforward incorporation in rapid granular theories, the impacts are described with three coefficients. The first is the Newtonian coefficient of normal restitution. The second represents the frictional properties of the contact surfaces. The last characterizes the restitution of the tangential component of the contact point velocity for impacts that involve negligible sliding.     

A novel nonlinear contact stiffness model of concrete–steel joint based on the fractal contact theory

The heavy-duty machine tool is usually assumed in the concrete foundation, in which the machine tool-foundation joints have a critical effect on the working accuracy and life of heavy-duty machine tool. This paper proposed a novel contact stiffness model of concrete–steel joint based on the fractal theory. The topography of contact surface exist in concrete–steel joint has a fractal feature and can be described by fractal parameters. Asperities are considered as elastic, plastic deformation in micro-scale. However, the asperities of concrete surface will be crushed when the stress is larger than their yield limit. Then, the force balance of contact surfaces will be broken. Here, an iteration model is proposed to describe the contact state of concrete–steel joint. Because the contact asperities cover a very small proportion (less than 1%), the load on crushed asperities is assumed carried by other no contact asperities. This process will be repeated again and again until the crushed asperities are not being produced under external load. After that, the real contact area, contact stiffness of the concrete–steel joint can be calculated by integrating the asperities of contact surfaces. Nonlinear relationships between contact stiffness and load, fractal roughness parameter G, fractal dimension D can be revealed based on the presented model. An experimental setup with concrete–steel test-specimens is designed to validate the proposed model. Results indicate that the theoretical vibration mode shapes agree well with the experimental variation mode shapes. The errors between theoretical and experimental natural frequencies are less than 4.18%. The presented model can be used to predict the contact stiffness of concrete–steel joint, which will provide a theoretical basis for optimizing the connection characteristic of machine tool-concrete foundation.     

A frictional mortar contact approach for the analysis of large inelastic deformation problems

A multibody frictional mortar contact formulation (Gitterle et al., 2010) is extended for the simulation of solids undergoing finite strains with inelastic material behavior. The framework includes the modeling of finite strain inelastic deformation, the numerical treatment of frictional contact conditions and specific finite element technology. Several well-established and recent models are employed for each of these building blocks to capture the distinct physical aspects of the deformation behavior. The approach is based on a mortar formulation and the enforcement of contact constraints is realized with dual Lagrange multipliers. The introduction of nonlinear complementarity functions into the frictional contact conditions combined with the global equilibrium leads to a system of nonlinear equations, which is solved in terms of the semi-smooth Newton method. The resulting method can be interpreted as a primal–dual active set strategy (PDASS) which deals with contact nonlinearities, material and geometrical nonlinearities in one iterative scheme. The consistent linearization of all building blocks of the framework yields a robust and highly efficient approach for the analysis of metal forming problems. The effect of finite inelastic strains on the solution behavior of the PDASS method is examined in detail based on the complementarity parameters. A comprehensive set of numerical examples is presented to demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the approach against the traditional node-to-segment penalty contact formulation.     

钛镍形状记忆合金冲击变形后形状记忆效应的研究

采用SHPB技术和可控速率循环加温条件下变形恢复量测定装置研究了冲击及静载变形后的TiNi形状记忆合金的单程及双程形状记忆特性。发现马氏体状态下的TiNi合金的力学特性显示出明显的应变率强化效应 ,并且高应变率压缩应力应变曲线呈现流动平台。应变率对形状记忆效应的影响具有双重性 ,当外加应力或残余应变较小 ,可逆非弹性变形机制起主导作用时 ,提高应变率可以增加其单程形状记忆效应 ;而随外加应力或残余应变增大 ,当基于位错机制的不可逆非弹性变形机制起主导作用时 ,应变率提高却抑制了其单程形状记忆效应。应变率对TiNi合金双程形状记忆效应的影响视塑性变形的大小而异 ,高应变率动载后的双程形状记忆效应在较小塑性应变时 ,比静载后的要强 ;但在较大塑性应变时两者差别不大。     

Dynamic coupling of fluid and structural mechanics for simulating particle motion and interaction in high speed compressible gas particle laden flow

In this work, structural finite element analyses of particles moving and interacting within high speed compressible flow are directly coupled to computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer analyses to provide more detailed and improved simulations of particle laden flow under these operating conditions. For a given solid material model, stresses and displacements throughout the solid body are determined with the particle–particle contact following an element to element local spring force model and local fluid induced forces directly calculated from the finite volume flow solution. Plasticity and particle deformation common in such a flow regime can be incorporated in a more rigorous manner than typical discrete element models where structural conditions are not directly modeled. Using the developed techniques, simulations of normal collisions between two 1 mm radius particles with initial particle velocities of 50–150 m/s are conducted with different levels of pressure driven gas flow moving normal to the initial particle motion for elastic and elastic–plastic with strain hardening based solid material models. In this manner, the relationships between the collision velocity, the material behavior models, and the fluid flow and the particle motion and deformation can be investigated. The elastic–plastic material behavior results in post collision velocities 16–50% of their pre-collision values while the elastic-based particle collisions nearly regained their initial velocity upon rebound. The elastic–plastic material models produce contact forces less than half of those for elastic collisions, longer contact times, and greater particle deformation. Fluid flow forces affect the particle motion even at high collision speeds regardless of the solid material behavior model. With the elastic models, the collision force varied little with the strength of the gas flow driver. For the elastic–plastic models, the larger particle deformation and the resulting increasingly asymmetric loading lead to growing differences in the collision force magnitudes and directions as the gas flow strength increased. The coupled finite volume flow and finite element structural analyses provide a capability to capture the interdependencies between the interaction of the particles, the particle deformation, the fluid flow and the particle motion.     

45钢的J-C损伤失效参量研究

为了在结构碰撞效应的有限元分析中描述材料行为,通过开展45钢在不同应力状态和温度下的准静态材料力学性能实验及拉伸SHB实验,考察了应力状态三轴度、温度和应变率对材料失效应变的影响。由实验数据得到了Johnson-Cook失效模型参量,并通过出现失效的Taylor撞击实验和数值模拟进行了一定的验证,表明模型描述与实验结果的趋势一致。     

Nonlinear dynamics of an elastic rod with frictional impact

A model is presented for the impact with friction of a flexible body in translation and rotation. This model consists of a system of nonlinear differential equations which considers the multiple collisions as well as frictional effects at the contacting end, and allows one to predict the rigid and elastic body motion after the impact. The kinetic energy is derived by utilizing a generalized velocity field theory for elastic solids. The model uses a dry coefficient of friction and a nonlinear contact force. We introduce a finite number of vibrational modes to take into account the vibrational behavior of the body during impact. The vibrations, the multiple collisions, and the angle of incidence angle, are found to be important factors for the kinematics of frictional impact. Analytical and experimental results were compared to establish the accuracy of the model.     

Investigation of mechanically attrited structures induced by repeated impacts on an AISI1045 steel

Under repeated impact loadings – shot peening process, surface mechanical attrition treatment, erosive wear – metallic surfaces undergo severe plastic deformation which leads sometimes to a local change of their microstructure. These mechanically attrited structures (MAS) exhibit very interesting physical properties: high hardness, better tribological properties, etc. Consequently it is of primary importance to understand the mechanism explaining how these MAS are created and grow under such loadings. In this article, this mechanism is investigated with the help of a coupled experimental and finite element approach. First, the MAS are generated on an AISI1045 steel with a micro-impact tester which allows to know the impact energy and the location of impacts with a very good accuracy. The evolution of the MAS shape as a function of the impact number is presented. Then, the finite element investigation is presented. It is shown that a macroscopic stabilized elastic regime is reached after one hundred impacts. It also appears that a close cycle of plastic strain is observed locally in the zone where material transformation should happen during this regime. The severe plastic deformation achieved after a given number of cycles may thus explain the material transformation. Based on these results, we propose a mechanism based on a plastic strain threshold to explain the growth of the MAS. The resulting MAS size and shape appear to be in very good agreement with the experimental results. Finally, we conclude on the influence of the mechanical parameters that are involved in the proposed mechanism.     

A viscoplastic constitutive model with effect of aging

It is recognized experimentally that differences in plastic flow stress due to the change in strain rate of SUS304 stainless steel are found to decrease after cyclic preloadings, but minimal change is observed in relaxation properties. Therefore, viscosity function based on tensile stress–strain properties differs from that obtained from relaxation behavior. For such case, the existing visco-plastic constitutive concept, such as the so-called overstress model where only viscosity is taken into consideration, has a poor capability in predicting the time-dependent mechanical properties systematically. A new viscoplastic constitutive concept is presented to analyze the phenomenon. In the constitutive concept, the dynamic strain aging even at room temperature, as well as viscosity, are introduced as the dominant factors of the time-dependent plastic deformation. An experimental technique is proposed and some experimental results are presented to estimate the effects of aging and viscosity separately on the time-dependency of a SCM435 low alloyed steel under tensile loading. The proposed constitutive model with aging is verified for the systematical predictions of both plastic flow properties and relaxation behavior of the SCM435 low alloyed steel.     

Stress measurement of SS400 steel beam using the continuous indentation technique

An analytical model is presented for determining surface residual stress using continuous indentation. The elastic residual stress is assumed to have no influence on contact area or hardness and to be uniform over a volume that is several times larger than the indentation mark. A step-by-step analysis for the residual-stress-induced load difference at a given depth is outlined here and such concepts as stress interaction, stress-sensitive contact morphology, and reversible contact recoveries during a stress relaxation are described. Finally, the proposed method is applied to the interpretation of the continuous indentation results obtained from an SS400 steel beam in which controlled bending stresses are generated. The stress estimated, however, showed a high scatter due to plastic pile-up deformation. When the optically measured contact area is used as an alternative of the contact area calculated from the unloading curve, the re-evaluated stress agrees well with the already known applied stress.     

Dynamic Deformation Behavior of a Golf Ball during Normal Impact

The normal impact between a golf ball and a rigid steel target was studied to examine ball deformation and the contact force during the impact. Using high-speed video images, the normal and tangential compression ratios of the ball were measured to analyze the ball deformation quantitatively. In addition, the inbound and rebound ball velocities, contact time, and coefficient of restitution were determined as basic parameters of the impact. As the inbound ball velocity increased, the maximum normal compression ratio increased while the maximum tangential compression ratio, contact time and coefficient of restitution decreased. The ball center displacements during the impact were measured to determine the ball center velocity and acceleration, and the contact force was calculated by the product of the mass and acceleration. The contact force increased almost linearly with the inbound ball velocity, and its relationship agreed well quantitatively with the results from a load-cell, and also agreed well qualitatively with Hertz contact theory.     

On the evolution of rotation of a solid under inelastic collisions with a plane

The motion of a solid in a homogeneous gravity field under inelastic collisions with an immovable absolutely smooth horizontal plane is considered. The body is a homogeneous ellipsoid of revolution. There exists a motion in which the ellipsoid symmetry axis is directed along a fixed vertical, the ellipsoid itself rotates about this axis at a constant angular velocity, and the ellipsoid bounce height over the plane decreases from impact to impact because of the collisions. We study the motion of the ellipsoid in a small neighborhood of the motion corresponding to this infinite-impact process. The main goal is to compute the angle between the ellipsoid symmetry axis and the vertical at the discrete time instants corresponding to the collisions. The problem is solved in the first (linear) approximation. The analysis is based on the canonical transformation method used earlier in [1] to solve problems with absolutely elastic collisions. There are quite a few studies dealing with infinite-impact processes (e.g., see the monographs [2, 3]). A method for continuous representation of systems with inelastic collisions was proposed in [4] and efficiently used in [3–5] when analyzing specific mechanical systems.