Investigation of shear damage considering the evolution of anisotropy

The damage that occurs in shear deformations in view of anisotropy evolution is investigated. It is widely believed in the mechanics research community that damage (or porosity) does not evolve (increase) in shear deformations since the hydrostatic stress in shear is zero. This paper proves that the above statement can be false in large deformations of simple shear. The simulation using the proposed anisotropic ductile fracture model (macro-scale) in this study indicates that hydrostatic stress becomes nonzero and (thus) porosity evolves (increases or decreases) in the simple shear deformation of anisotropic (orthotropic) materials. The simple shear simulation using a crystal plasticity based damage model (meso-scale) shows the same physics as manifested in the above macro-scale model that porosity evolves due to the grain-to-grain interaction, i.e., due to the evolution of anisotropy. Through a series of simple shear simulations, this study investigates the effect of the evolution of anisotropy, i.e., the rotation of the orthotropic axes onto the damage (porosity) evolution. The effect of the evolutions of void orientation and void shape onto the damage (porosity) evolution is investigated as well. It is found out that the interaction among porosity, the matrix anisotropy and void orientation/shape plays a crucial role in the ductile damage of porous materials.     

The dynamic response of an edge crack in a functionally graded orthotropic strip

The dynamic response of a functionally graded orthotropic strip with an edge crack perpendicular to the boundaries is studied. The material properties are assumed to vary continuously along the thickness direction. Laplace and Fourier transforms are applied to reduce the problem to a singular integral equation. Numerical results are presented to illustrate the influences of parameters such as the nonhomogeneity constant and geometry parameters on the dynamic stress intensity factors (SIFs).     

Damage diagnosis in intelligent tires using time-domain and frequency-domain analysis

Tire durability plays an important role in road transportation safety and is taken very seriously by all tire manufacturers. Defects in tires can cause vehicle instability and create catastrophic accidents. In this article, a finite element model of the intelligent tire is developed using implicit dynamic analysis and is used for defect detection. Processing and analyzing the acceleration signals, measured at the center of the tire inner-liner, for the undamaged and damaged tires, can result in detecting the crack locations around the tire circumference. Additionally, prediction models used for damage diagnosis based on optimized number and location of sensors, was developed. Several sensors located at different locations around the circumference of the damaged tire and away from the crack surface, are used in order to assess sensor location sensitivity from the crack surface. It is observed that the radial component of the acceleration signal has the highest potential to be used as the signal of choice in defect detection as compared to circumferential acceleration signals.     

Numerical Nonaxisymmetric Thermostress Analysis of Compound Solids of Revolution with Damage

A technique is proposed to allow for deformation damage of cylindrically orthotropic elastic materials in a thermoelastoplastic stress–strain analysis of composite bodies of revolution under nonaxisymmetric loading and heating     

Experimental Results of a Damage Detection Methodology using Variations in Modal Parameters

The present paper reports the results obtained by a methodology of damage detection in which combined EMA and FEM data are used to localise the damage on mechanical components. The utilized method uses the eigenvalues and eigenvectors obtained from FE modelling, compared with the eigenvalues obtained experimentally on damaged specimens. The method assumes a linear behaviour of the materials. Firstly it is applied to rectangular plates in order to test its reliability in discovering the damage located on very simply shaped specimens that are made of homogeneous and isotropic material. The methodology was subsequently applied to mechanical components of complex shape, allowing the location of the damage to be accurately identified.     

Damage detection based on the propagation of longitudinal guided wave in a bimetal composite pipe

This paper investigates the damage detection based on the propagation of guided wave in bimetal composite pipes, which can identify damage locations in both axial and circumferential directions. The feasibility of the method is showed by numerical simulations using FEM code ANSYS. Mode analysis is used to evaluate the guided wave mode and its structure, which can provide the basis of the mode selection in measurements scheme. The guided wave propagation in a damaged pipe is computed by transient analysis. 16 nodes around the pipe wall, as probes, are used to record the guided wave signal. When Pseudo Margenau—Hill distribution (PMHD) for each signal is carried out, three types of modes could be found, which are led mode, excited mode and lag mode in sequences. Based on the results, the arrival time of the excited mode could be used to locate damage in axial direction, and the energy distribution around the pipe of lag mode is consistent with the damage in circumferential direction. The simulation illustrated the possibility of detecting damage location in both axial and circumferential directions based on longitudinal ultrasonic guided waves only.     

Statistical evolution of small fatigue crack in 1Cr18Ni9Ti weld metal

Statistical evolution of small fatigue crack behavior is analyzed. Three considerations are given. They consist of the total fit, the consistency of statistical parameters with test data, and the practice of commonly used distributions, namely Weibull (two- and three-parameters), normal, lognormal, extreme minimum, extreme maximum, and exponential. The crack growth rate data of 1Cr18Ni9Ti stainless steel-weld metal reveal that fatigue damage is a gradual process involving an initial non-ordered (chaotic) or load history-independent random state to an ordered load history-dependent random state. The seven distributions are examined. Different from existent conclusion, appropriate assumed distribution for characterizing the evolution data is the normal or extreme minimum value model rather than the Weibull two- or three-parameter. The other distributions do not fit the data as they violated two or all three of the mentioned considerations.     

Phase field modeling of fracture in anisotropic brittle solids

A phase field model of fracture that accounts for anisotropic material behavior at small and large deformations is outlined within this work. Most existing fracture phase field models assume crack evolution within isotropic solids, which is not a meaningful assumption for many natural as well as engineered materials that exhibit orientation-dependent behavior. The incorporation of anisotropy into fracture phase field models is for example necessary to properly describe the typical sawtooth crack patterns in strongly anisotropic materials. In the present contribution, anisotropy is incorporated in fracture phase field models in several ways: (i) Within a pure geometrical approach, the crack surface density function is adopted by a rigorous application of the theory of tensor invariants leading to the definition of structural tensors of second and fourth order. In this work we employ structural tensors to describe transverse isotropy, orthotropy and cubic anisotropy. Latter makes the incorporation of second gradients of the crack phase field necessary, which is treated within the finite element context by a nonconforming Morley triangle. Practically, such a geometric approach manifests itself in the definition of anisotropic effective fracture length scales. (ii) By use of structural tensors, energetic and stress-like failure criteria are modified to account for inherent anisotropies. These failure criteria influence the crack driving force, which enters the crack phase field evolution equation and allows to set up a modular structure. We demonstrate the performance of the proposed anisotropic fracture phase field model by means of representative numerical examples at small and large deformations.     

基于裂纹附加模态Timoshenko梁的裂纹损伤识别

将梁中横向裂纹等效为无质量扭转弹簧，并忽略其对梁剪切变形的影响，得到的具有任意裂纹数目Timoshenko 梁自振模态的统一显示解析表达式．将裂纹梁的自振模态分为基本模态和裂纹附加模态，利用最小二乘拟合，建立了利用裂纹附加模态函数的梁裂纹损伤识别方法．通过数值模拟开展了简支单裂纹梁以及悬臂和固支双裂纹梁等的裂纹损伤识别，考察了测量误差对损伤识别的影响，数值结果表明本文所提出的裂纹损伤识别方法对裂纹位置的识别精度高于对裂纹损伤程度的识别精度；随着测量误差的增加，裂纹位置及裂纹损伤程度的识别误差增加，但仍在可接受的范围内，故该裂纹损伤识别方法在实际工程中具有一定的应用价值．     

On the relevance of Continuum Damage Mechanics as applied to the Mullins effect in elastomers

The present paper reports and rationalizes the use of Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM) to describe the Mullins effect in elastomers. Thermodynamics of rubber-like hyperelastic materials with isotropic damage is considered. Since it is demonstrated that stress-softening is not strictly speaking a damage phenomenon, the limitations of the CDM approach are highlighted. Moreover, connections with two-network-based constitutive models proposed by other authors are exhibited through the choice of both the damage criterion and the measure of deformation. Experimental data are used to establish the evolution equation of the stress-softening variable, and the choice of the maximum deformation endured previously by the material as the damage criterion is revealed as questionable. Nevertheless, the present model agrees qualitatively well with experiments except to reproduce the strain-hardening phenomenon that takes place as reloading paths rejoin the primary loading path. Finally, the numerical implementation highlights the influence of loading paths on material response and thereby demonstrates the importance of considering the Mullins effect in industrial design.     

沥青路面反射裂缝问题的损伤力学守恒积分

基于损伤力学理论，建立了沥青路面反射裂缝问题的损伤力学守恒积分，证明了在反射裂缝形成过程中应变能密度的守恒性。在此基础上，导出了预估反射裂缝形成寿命的简便方法与公式。本文研究成果对于沥青路面设计与旧路补强设计具有一定理论指导意义。     

基于裂纹诱导弦挠度的梁开闭裂纹损伤识别

考虑裂纹缝隙效应,建立了Euler-Bernoulli梁中开闭裂纹位置、深度和初始张开角等损伤参数的识别方法．首先,基于梁中开闭裂纹的等效单向扭转弹簧模型,给出了开闭裂纹Euler-Bernoulli梁静力弯曲挠度的显式闭合解．在此基础上,证明了裂纹诱导弦挠度函数由分段三次多项式组成,并基于其构造特征,建立了基于测量挠度的梁中开闭裂纹位置、裂纹等效扭转弹簧柔度、裂纹初始张开角和裂纹上下侧属性等参数的数值识别方法．最后,通过数值实验考察了挠度测量误差和裂纹位置等对裂纹识别结果的影响,结果表明：裂纹位置、裂纹等效扭转弹簧柔度和裂纹初始张开角等的识别误差随挠度测量误差增大而增大,但裂纹识别结果具有较强的鲁棒性,在工程实际中具有一定的应用前景．     

基于裂纹诱导弦挠度的简支外伸梁裂纹损伤识别

基于梁横向开裂纹的线性扭转弹簧模型,给出了具有任意裂纹数目的简支外伸梁弯曲挠度的显式解析解,研究了集中载荷作用下简支外伸梁裂纹诱导弦挠度函数的性质,给出了裂纹位置和裂纹等效扭转弹簧柔度的近似表达式,从而实现了梁横向裂纹位置及裂纹损伤程度的识别．在此基础上,为利用裂纹梁的测量挠度识别裂纹损伤,提出了分段线性函数的最佳拟合法,实现了简支外伸梁裂纹的损伤参数识别．通过数值试验验证了该识别方法的适用性和可靠性,考察了识别结果对梁挠度测量误差和裂纹深度的敏感性,结果表明随着挠度测量误差的增大,裂纹损伤参数识别误差增大,但裂纹损伤识别方法具有较强的鲁棒性,在工程实际中具有一定的应用性．     

Influence of the Direction of the Principal Anisotropy Axes in a Rectilinearly Orthotropic Material on the Stress State of a Compound Solid of Revolution Subject to Nonaxisymmetric Heating

A technique for analysis of the temperature fields and the stress state of isotropic and orthotropic laminated bodies of revolution under nonaxisymmetric loading is described. The influence of the direction of the principal anisotropy axes in a rectilinearly orthotropic material on the stress state of a three-layer body of revolution under nonaxisymmetric loading is studied     

无限冰介质中爆炸裂纹扩展机理与数值模拟

根据冰体力学性能,提出了无限淡水冰介质在爆炸冲击载荷下的压碎区及裂隙区的理论计算方法.利用大型有限元软件ANSYS/LS-DYNA模拟了爆炸载荷下无限区域冰体内裂纹扩展过程,模拟结果与实验结果基本一致,表明采用的损伤断裂模型能够较准确的反映无限冰介质动态力学性能及裂纹成形过程.数值模型可近似计算冰体中裂隙区的半径.数值计算值与理论计算值误差不超过5%,数值模拟结果与实验结果吻合,从而确定了无限区域冰体在-15℃时的基本破坏特征及范围.     

An efficient method for computing local quantities of interest in elasticity based on finite element error estimation

We present an efficient finite element method for computing the engineering quantities of interest that are linear functionals of displacement in elasticity based on a posteriori error estimate. The accuracy of quantities is greatly improved by adding the approximate cross inner product of errors in the primal and dual problems, which is calculated with an inexpensive gradient recovery type error estimate, to the quantities obtained from the finite element solution. With less CPU time, the accuracy of the improved quantities obtained with the proposed method on the coarse finite element mesh is similar to that of the quantities obtained from the finite element solutions on the finer mesh. Three quantities related to the local displacement, local stress and stress intensity factor are computed with the proposed method to verify its efficiency.     

围岩应力重分布对隧洞爆生裂隙区比例半径的影响

基于爆炸应力波作用下爆生裂隙形成机理的研究,采用莫尔库伦准则及最大拉应力准则,研究了围岩应力重分布对爆炸应力波作用下爆生裂隙区比例半径的影响。研究结果表明,围岩应力重分布对爆生裂隙区比例半径有重要影响,隧洞围岩应力重分布将减小隧洞径向爆生裂隙区比例半径,压剪破坏模式下,爆生裂隙区比例半径可降低20％以上,拉伸破坏模式下可降低10％以上。爆炸应力波作用下,岩体更容易沿结构弱面发生压剪破坏。利用围岩的应力重分布作用,可以降低爆破对保留岩体的损伤作用。     

On crack-tip strain energy release rate in non-principal directions of elasticity for simple layer plate of composite materials

In this paper,the fracture problem in non-principal directions of elasticity for a simple layer plate of linear-elastic orthotropic composite materials is studied.The formulae of transformation between characteristic roots,coefficients of elastic compliances in non-principal directions of elasticity and corresponding parameters in principal directions of elasticity are derived.Then,the computing formulae of strain energy release rate under skew-symmetric loading in terms of engineering parameters for principal directions of elasticity are obtained by substituting crack-tip stresses and displacements into the basic formula of the strain energy release rate.