高导无氧铜的临界冲击拉伸速度

基于气炮系统,提出了一种新的临界冲击拉伸速度实验方法。实验装置主要由2部分组成:气体炮系统驱动弹丸和弹丸击靶牵引多根拉伸杆试件。采用该实验方法对高导无氧铜进行了临界冲击拉伸速度实验。对于一维应力的临界冲击拉伸速度实验,探讨了一种完全热耦合的在颈缩区域计及塑性约束系数以及空穴增长与聚集效应的数值模拟方法。高导无氧铜的临界冲击拉伸速度实验的数值模拟结果表明,采用Zerilli-Armstrong本构关系预估的实验临界冲击拉伸速度比采用Johnson-Cook本构关系预估的更符合实验。     

A thin-sheet, combined tension and bending specimen

Validating stress intensity factor solutions for combined tension and bending is an arduous task because the necessary experimental data are not readily available. Toward this end, a tension and bending test specimen was designed to produce controllable levels of both tension stress and bending stress at the crack location. The specimen was made from 2024-T3 clad aluminum, which is commonly used in aircraft structures. The need for testing multiple specimens of various geometries and stress levels prompted the development of an analytical tool for specimen design. An extention of the Schijve line model, based on simple beam theory, was developed to calculate the stress distributions of tension and bending through the length of the specimen. A comparison of measured static strain levels with those predicted by the model showed the model to be accurate to within 5 percent, confirming its efficacy for specimen design. As expected, for the same remote stress (100 MPa), cracks in the tension and bending specimens grew faster than those in middle-cracked tension specimens.     

An Experimental Rig to Investigate Fatigue Crack Growth Under Dynamic Loading

A novel experimental rig capable of generating a versatile dynamic loading has been designed and tested to overcome the shortcomings of conventional fatigue testing machines such as the difficulty in providing zero crossing aperiodic loading. The main principle of this new design is based on two, single degree of freedom based excited oscillators, where inertial forces act on a specially designed specimen. By changing the natural frequency of the oscillator, the extent of the preloads and pattern of the excitation signal on the shaker, the rig provides a new and robust means of fatigue testing, particularly for aperiodic loading.     

Continuous servo-controlled alignment of specimens in materials testing

A universal testing machine having four degrees of freedom under servo control was successfully used to identify mechanical property degradation in ring and flat coupons exposed to simulated nuclear blast. Originally conceived as a method of obtaining a uniaxial tension test on a specimen with a curved center line (i.e., cut from a 9-in. ring), the device proved invaluable in the running of tests on standard (i.e., flat ‘dog-bone’) specimens in both tension and compression which were almost devoid of any bending stress. The ‘crosshead’ of the machine was able to pivot about two axes perpendicular to the primary tension-compression axis. These two axes coincided with the midpoint of the specimen, and rotation about the axes was servo controlled, based on a strain-gage-feedback signal from the specimen. Is addition, it was found necessary to provide the ability to servo control the horizontal movement of the ‘crosshead’ about one of these two axes, based on the shear sensed by a special shear sensor. Tests on beryllium and fiber-reinforced plastics with up to two percent axial strain showed a peak bending strain of only 30 microstrain, and this only momentarily. The servo systems were also used to good advantage during the ‘closing’ of the structural loop, making possible the testing of very brittle and delicate specimens.     

Development and Evaluation of the Quadrant Ring Test Method

Testing of ring-shaped specimens often is required for determining the hoop-direction mechanical properties of cylindrical composite structures. A quadrant ring test method was developed in an effort to produce a relatively uniform stress distribution in the ring specimen using a conventional tensile testing machine. Finite element analysis results indicated that the four-sector quadrant test is capable of producing a more uniform stress distribution in the specimen than the split-disk test. However, similar tensile strengths were obtained using the quadrant and split-disk tests, both significantly below those obtained from tensile testing of flat specimens. The lack of improvement in tensile strength produced by the quadrant test was caused by small rotations of the fixture quadrants during loading, producing greater peak stresses than for the ideal case of radially displaced sectors. These results suggest that test fixturing that produces a true outward radial displacement of the fixture sectors is required to produce accurate tensile strengths.     

Test method for measuring strength of a curved sandwich beam

A fixture for testing curved sandwich beams in flexure was designed and evaluated. The test specimen is a continuous sandwich beam consisting of a central circular 90° region connected by two straight legs. The fixture was designed according to the four-point flexure principle to produce a pure bending moment in the curved region. The validity of the test fixture in producing the desired loading was examined by fitting a curved aluminum bar of similar bending stiffness as the sandwich beams considered. Strain gage readings were successfully compared to predictions from curved homogeneous beam theory. In addition, the deflection of the beam at the loading points was analyzed using straight and curved beam theory for the various sections of the beam, and predictions were compared to measured load-displacement response. Good agreement was achieved between experimental and analytical results lending confidence to the test principle. Curved sandwich beams consisting of glass/polyester face sheets over a PVC foam core were tested to failure and the loading response of the beams and their failure behavior are discussed. It was found that the beams failed at the upper face/core interface due to radial tension stress.     

A fatigue-testing machine for combined bending and torsion

A testing machine is designed and developed in such a way as to be capable of exerting simultaneous cyclic bending and twisting moments, such moments being uniformly distributed along the entire gage length of the test specimen. The ratio of bending to twisting moments can be adjusted within the range 0 to 0.5, the angular deflection of specimen being controlled in the machine. Experimental results first obtained for reversed torsion show that the fatigue life is best expressed in terms of the shearstrain range or the shear-stress amplitude in potential form. Further wark on the subject is proceeding.     

基于Hopkinson压杆的M型试样动态拉伸实验方法研究

采用传统分离式Hopkinson压杆进行M型试样的动态拉伸实验，可避免试样与杆的连接问题，但该方法并未得到发展和验证。本文中，采用有限元数值分析和实验方法，对M型试样动态拉伸实验进行分析和改进。结果表明:（1）改进的封闭M型试样，可以增强试样整体刚度，有效减少试样畸变引起的附加弯矩对拉伸标段的影响，方便通过Hopkinson压杆加载实现一维拉伸变形；（2）采用试样刚度系数修正法，可消除M型试样整体结构的弹性变形对测试的影响，精确获得试样拉伸标段的塑性应变；（3）高加载率下，建议采用波形整器加载，可显著减少试样结构引起的载荷震荡现象、改善两端的应力平衡，获得准确的动态拉伸应力应变曲线，实现5 900 s?1甚至更高应变率下的动态拉伸实验。研究方法可为M型试样拉伸实验设计和应用提供参考。     

Large-scale rotating bending fatigue tests for offshore pipe connections

A testing apparatus featuring rotating bending fatigue techniques was designed and constructed to investigate the fatigue behavior of full-sized threaded connections used to couple offshore piping and structures. Rotating bending tests were performed where flexural loads are applied to the pipe with a hydraulic loading system while simultaneously rotating the pipe by belt drive attached to an electric motor. While rotating bending fatigue testing is not a new concept, the relatively large scale of the tests presented special problems that make the apparatus distinctive. This rotating bending apparatus allows more rapid testing than conventional closed-loop systems. Additionally, conventional closed-loop axial fatigue tests would have required a testing frame with fatigue load capacity exceeding 4455 kN (1,000,000 lbs). Several specially manufactured devices are featured that require large service loads combined with exacting machine tolerances. Currently, a fatigue frequency of 2.0 Hz has been achieved with an equivalent deformation range of 25.4 mm (1.0 in.). Faster speeds are believed possible.     

Identification of Material Parameters of PVC Foams using Digital Image Correlation and the Virtual Fields Method

This paper presents an effective methodology to characterize all the constitutive (elastic) parameters of an orthotropic polymeric foam material (Divinycell H100) in one single test using Digital Image Correlation (DIC) in combination with the Virtual Fields Method (VFM). A modified Arcan fixture is used to induce various loading conditions ranging from pure shear or axial loading in tension or compression to bidirectional loading. A numerical optimization study was performed with different loading angles of the Arcan test fixture and off-axis angles of the principal material axes. The objective is to identify the configuration that gives the minimum sensitivity to noise and missing data on the specimen edges, which are the two major issues when identifying the stiffness components from actual DIC measurements. Two optimized Arcan test configurations were chosen. The experimental results obtained for these two optimized test configurations show a significant improvement of the measurement accuracy compared with a pure shear load configuration. The larger sensitivity of the pure shear test to missing data as opposed to the tensile test is also evident from the experimental data and confirms the analysis from the optimization study. The recovery of missing data along the specimen edges is a promising way to further improve the identification results.     

A tensile impact test apparatus for composite materials

A tensile impact test apparatus capable of applying a pure axial tensile loading to even a highly orthotropic composite material, e.g., a unidirectionally reinforced composite, was designed and constructed. Existing impact test methods such as Charpy, Izod and plate impact induce very complex stress states, making the interpretation of results difficult. Details of the apparatus design, and instrumentation problems which had to be overcome, are discussed.was Graduate Student, Composite Materials Research Group, P.O. Box 3295, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071.     

一种用于金属薄板轴向拉压疲劳试验的防弯夹具

在金属薄板的轴向疲劳S-N曲线测试中,研究将一种侧向防弯曲夹具应用于存在压向载荷的试验。通过粘贴应变片方法测量试样的表面应力,对试样的受力情况做了定量的分析。测量结果表明试样安装防弯曲夹具后,基本消除了由压缩失稳产生的弯曲应力。且通过对不同拧紧方式的测量,表明一定的夹紧力下不对试验力产生影响。试验夹具设计成对试样中心轴线的支撑而让边缘疲劳敏感部位处在非接触状态,试样断口表明疲劳起源在这些并没有与试样接解的部位。用钛和铝两种材料的薄板在不同试验机上进行了不同寿命和频率的试验,试验结果与正应力比试验同时给出以对比,各种研究表明本试验有效解决了薄板疲劳受压时的失稳问题。     

A new bending test method of advanced composites

This paper deals with a new bending test method of advanced composites. Although the conventional three- or four-point bending is convenient to obtain a bending strength, it has several disadvantages especially for advanced composites. A newly proposed method is based on a bending by means of axial compression and this method overcomes the above disadvantages. A set of testing devices was designed and machined, and various kinds of composites were tested. It is made clear that the new method is suitable especialy for high performance composites such as T800/epoxy.     

Stress waves due to fracture of glass in bending

An experimental investigation was performed of the stress waves generated by the fracture of glass beams of rectangular cross-section subjected to pure bending. Both longitudinal and bending waves are emitted during the fracture process. The characteristics of these waves indicate that fracture of the cross-section proceeds in three fairly-distinct successive stages: (i) rapid fracture from the surface on the tensile side of the beam to or slightly beyond the neutral axis, (ii) relatively slow advancement of the fracture front due to redistribution of the initial compressive stresses, and (iii) complete fracture due to the return of the emitted longitudinal pulse to the partially fractured cross-section as a tensile wave.     

云纹干涉法研究复合材料构件的应力强度因子

本文采用贴片云纹干涉法，测试并研究了正交异性板纯弯试件及拉伸试件的应力强度因子。文中给出了复合材料纤维加强方向不同时位移与应力强度因子的关系式，通过测试得出受力模型的全场位移，给出云纹图，进而由裂纹尖端位移场推算出应力强度因子Ｋ１及Ｋ值。试验结果与有限元计算结果吻合良好。     

Material Characterization at High Strain by Adapted Tensile Tests

The strength of materials at high strain levels has been determined using the so-called Continuous-Bending-under-Tension (CBT) test. This is a modified tensile test where the specimen is subjected to repetitive bending at the same time. This test enables to create high levels of uniform strain. A wide variety of materials has been tested this way. The strength of the material after CBT testing has been measured in different ways: by secondary tensile tests, by interrupted CBT tests, and directly from the fracture in the CBT test. All methods yield similar results: the strength is largely unaffected by the cyclic pre-deformation and mainly depends on the overall increase in length. Only for multi-phase materials the strength shows a minor influence of CBT test conditions. The hardening follows the extrapolated hardening observed in a conventional tensile test, except for brass. This test method can potentially be used for measuring hardening curves at high strain levels.     

Design,Simulation, and Testing of a Novel Bending Stage for Mechanical Characterization of Materials

A novel bending stage is proposed to study the mechanical behavior of materials at small scale. The working principle of the stage is presented along with an experimental evidence using 3D printed prototype. The stage and the specimen are designed to be co-fabricated to avoid the specimen handling and misalignment problems. Analytical and numerical models of the stage are developed to predict the deflection and stresses in the specimen beam upon loading. Good agreement is found between the predictions from the two models. A stage and a sample are 3D printed with a plastic material (PA 2200) to test the feasibility of the proposed design. Bending test is carried out on the sample using the 3D printed stage. Elastic modulus of PA2200 is obtained from the load-deflection data. For comparison, uniaxial tension test was also performed on a PA2200 sample. The modulus of elasticity obtained by the two methods match with each other.     

Experimental investigation of the stress–stretch behavior of EPDM rubber with loading rate effects

The tensile stress–stretch behavior of an ethylene–propylene–diene terpolymer (EPDM) was experimentally investigated, both in a quasi-static stretching rate range (<0.4/s) with a conventional material test machine and in a dynamic stretching rate range (2800/s–3200/s) with a split Hopkinson tension bar (SHTB) technique. Experimental data were then analyzed using the Ogden and Roxburgh’s idealized Mullins effect modeling theory. Results show that the stress–stretch behavior is significantly dependent on stretching rate and the Mullins effect exists under dynamic loading. Furthermore, stretching rate only affects the material properties. The degree of damage in a stretched specimen is a function of only the maximum stretch ratio the specimen experienced.     

三维DIC在GFRP锚杆拉伸力学性能测试中的应用

随着玻璃纤维增强塑料(GFRP)广泛运用于轨道交通及边坡加固中,其力学性能的测试显得尤为重要。基于三维数字图像相关(DIC)方法,研究了三种不同加载速率下GFRP锚杆的拉伸力学性能,分别得到了应力-应变曲线及弹性模量、抗拉强度、最大力总延伸率等参数。实验结果表明,螺旋状变截面锚杆的轴向应变呈非均匀分布,由三维DIC得到的锚杆弹性模量结果一致性优于传统的接触式引伸计方法,GFRP锚杆几乎呈线性分布的应力-应变曲线表明该材料为典型的脆性材料。