球形压痕的残余变形分析

球形压痕技术在材料力学属性,诸如硬度,弹性模量等的测量中得到了广泛的应用.应用Twyman-Green及云纹干涉法并配合相移技术,本文对IN783合金进行了一系列的球形压痕实验研究,并对残余压痕的面内(u, v)及离面(w)变形场进行了定量测量和分析.应用面内变形测量结果,进一步对试件表面的应力-应变分布进行了分析和计算,并在离面变形场的基础上,确立了压痕周围的弹塑性边界,从而进一步应用面内的分析结果,得到材料的屈服强度.应用压痕实验的接触半径和压力并配合Tabor经验公式,本文进一步得到了材料的应力应变曲线.实验结果与已知的IN783合金相吻合.对所涉及的一系列压痕实验,本文也进行了二维有限元分析并得到了比较一致的结果.     

球形压痕的残余变形分析

球形压痕技术在材料力学属性，诸如硬度，弹性模量等的测量中得到了广泛的应用。应用Twyman-Green及云纹干涉法并配合相移技术，本文对IN783合金进行了一系列的球形压痕实验研究，并对残余压痕的面内（u,v）及离面（w）变形场进行了定量测量和分析。应用面内变形测量结果，进一步对试件表面的应力一应变分布进行了分析和计算，并在离面变形场的基础上，确立了压痕周围的弹塑性边界，从而进一步应用面内的分析结果，得到材料的屈服强度。应用压痕实验的接触半径和压力并配合Tabor经验公式，本文进一步得到了材料的应力应变曲线。实验结果与已知的IN783合金相吻合。对所涉及的一系列压痕实验，本文也进行了二维有限元分析并得到了比较一致的结果。     

微型硅晶体传感器残余变形的云纹干涉法测试

硅是微电子学领域最重要的半导体材料,在硅器件的生产过程和实际应用中造成的硅片内部残余应力将极大地影响硅器件的使用性能和使用寿命.本文利用云纹干涉法和载波技术对微型硅晶体传感器的残余变形进行了研究,获得了理想的实验结果.     

循环载荷下冷挤压孔宏观残余应力的松弛效应

本文对应用云纹干涉法测量冷挤压孔周残余应力分布作了简要的论述，并应用该技术研究了冷挤压孔周残余应力在循环应力作用下的松弛问题，还探讨了残余应力的构件疲劳过程的相互作用，最后绘出不同循环应力次数作用后残余应力高周疲劳效应的几组实验结果。     

基于SHPB的球形压痕实验方法

提出一种基于霍普金森压杆装置的动态球形压痕实验方法,通过将硬质合金小球置于2个试件中间,实现加载过程中2个试件的同时压入,以得到准确的压痕力与位移的关系。利用有限元软件ABAQUS/Explicit对该实验方法进行了数值模拟,从实验结果的可行性、准确性等方面,对新实验方法与传统的动态压痕实验方法进行了比较;采用新方法对铝合金材料进行了实验,并得到了压入力-位移曲线等关系。研究结果表明:采用新实验方法能得到较准确的结果,能较真实地描述压痕过程。     

用云纹干涉法测复合材料的固化残余应变

云纹干涉法是研究复合材料变形的一种有效方法.本文讨论了用云纹干涉法测量复合材料的固化残余应变,获得了试件表面的位移条纹图,并用电测方法加以验证。     

电子封装组件热变形的实时观测

本文利用云纹干涉法,首次实时的对新型电子封装组件BGA在22℃至110℃温度载荷下的热变形进行了研究.研究表明对焊点截面的实时观测结果和试件的实际变形情况是完全吻合的.该结论为以后通过云纹干涉法高温实时观测技术进一步对焊点的热变形进行实时测量和研究铺平了道路.     

相移云纹干涉法与盲孔法相结合检测复合材料的残余应力

本文应用相移云纹干涉法与盲孔法相结合检测纤维增强复合材料的残余应力。盲孔法是工程中被广泛应用的测定残余应力的方法之一,相移云纹干涉方法可得到孔边任意一点的位移信息。由于正交各向异性复合材料在弹性主方向不发生拉剪(或剪拉)耦合效应,所以通过适当读取孔边特殊点的位移,可方便地得到残余应力值。     

应用云纹干涉法测量冷挤压孔周残余应力分布

本文就冷挤压加工后紧固孔周的残余应力测量问题进行了研究。文中提出了径向切割法以释放欲求剖面的周向残余应力;采用高灵敏度的云纹干涉法测量残余应力释放后引起的附加变形;用载波错位法获得高反差的应变条纹图。     

云纹干涉与钻孔法测量搅动摩擦焊接头的残余应力

搅动摩擦焊是90年代出现的一种新型焊接技术,特别适用于熔化焊接性差的有色金属等材料.搅动摩擦焊接头的残余应力分别具有高应力梯度的特点,传统的应变片钻孔法不能满足测量要求.本文结合云纹干涉法与钻孔法的技术,得到了铝合金薄板搅拌摩擦焊接头残余应力沿深度和沿垂直焊缝方向的分布.     

Measurement of the Viscoelastic Properties of Bitumen Using Instrumented Spherical Indentation

Indentation testing as a tool for determination of the viscoelastic mechanical properties of bitumen is examined in some detail using theoretical, numerical as well as experimental methods. In particular Brinell indentation is analysed and simple but rigorous formulae for a complete characterization of linear viscoelastic materials are presented. Numerical methods (finite element methods) are used in order to verify and substantiate these relations for an experimental situation. Indentation experiments are then performed on bitumen and special efforts are made in order to avoid size effects, i. e. anomalous results due to the fact that the indented specimens are too small and as a result, far field boundary conditions will influence the interpretation of the experimental output. The mechanical properties determined experimentally by indentation are compared with corresponding results from standard mechanical tests, and the results are encouraging considering the fact that non-linear effects are also influencing the outcome of the experiments.     

Surface Residual Stress Measurement Using Curvature Interferometry

Surface roughness plays an important role in the delamination wear caused by rough surface contact. A recent dislocation model analysis predicts that nano-scale contacts of surface steps induce nucleation of dislocations leading to pro-load and anti-load dislocation segregation near the contact surface. Such dislocation segregation generates a sub-layer of tensile residual stress in a much thicker layer of compressive residual stress near the surface. The tensile sub-layer thickness is expected to be about 50 to 100 times the step height. In order to verify the predictions of the model analysis, contact experiments are carried out on polycrystalline aluminum surface to determine the existence of the tensile sub-layer. The variation of the residual stress along the thickness direction is measured using a newly developed high sensitivity curvature-measurement interferometer. The residual stress distribution measured with sub-nanometer spatial resolution indicates that contact loading leads to formation of a highly stressed sub-layer of tensile residual stress within a much thicker layer of compressive residual stress. Implications of tensile residual stress for delamination wear are discussed.     

3D Deformation Measurement of Soft Material under Indentation Using Improved Diffraction-Assisted Image Correlation

In inverse finite element-based analysis, complete experimental data collection is critical for multi-parameter identification and physical modeling of all kinds of materials. In this paper, diffraction-assisted image correlation (DAIC) is improved and proposed for the deformation measurement of a soft material under indentation with no blind area. A simple and convenient image-based 3D calibration method was developed, and more accurate formulations for 3D displacement measurement based on a more rigorous imaging model were derived. Using the improved DAIC, a newly developed imaging device with indenter-fixed loading and no blind area is proposed that allows 3D displacements of the whole upper surface of a soft silica gel specimen to be retrieved. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method is an accurate, efficient and convenient tool with a simple structure for 3D indentation deformation measurement and illustrate its capabilities to capture deformation in indentation tests with tough testing requirements, such as in situ measurement with limited access (high integration level) and dynamic testing (capturing of synchronously stereo images).     

Surface Pile-Up Patterns in Indentation Testing of Cu Single Crystals

Nano- and micro-indentation of Cu single crystals is performed in directions not aligned with crystallographic axes. Such tests correspond to mechanical characterization of incidentally oriented grains in a polycrystalline or composite material. Orientation and size dependence of complex patterns of surface piling-up and sinking-in around the imprint are investigated. Experimental observations are compared with finite element simulations based on the large deformation crystal plasticity theory.     

Comparison Between Surface and Near-Surface Residual Stress Measurement Techniques Using a Standard Four-Point-Bend Specimen

Background

Determination of near-surface residual stresses is challenging for the available measurement techniques due to their limitations. These are often either beyond reach or associated with significant uncertainties.

Objective

This study describes a critical comparison between three methods of surface and near-surface residual stress measurements, including x-ray diffraction (XRD) and two incremental central hole-drilling techniques one based on strain-gauge rosette and the other based on electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI).

Methods

These measurements were performed on standard four-point-bend beams of steel loaded to known nominal stresses, according to the ASTM standard. These were to evaluate the sensitivity of different techniques to the variation in the nominal stress, and their associated uncertainties.

Results

The XRD data showed very good correlations with the surface nominal stress, and with superb repeatability and small uncertainties. The results of the ESPI based hole-drilling technique were also in a good agreement with the XRD data and the expected nominal stress. However, those obtained by the strain gauge rosette based hole-drilling technique were not matching well with the data obtained by the other techniques nor with the nominal stress. This was found to be due to the generation of extensive compressive residual stress during surface preparation for strain gauge installation.

Conclusion

The ESPI method is proven to be the most suitable hole-drilling technique for measuring near-surface residual stresses within distances close to the surface that are beyond the penetration depth of x-ray and below the resolution of the strain gauge rosette based hole-drilling method.

     

Material Property Differentiation in Indentation Testing Using Secondary Sensors

Current in vivo and in situ testing procedures are dominated by indentation. The major challenge for this testing technique is in finding a unique solution to the “inverse problem” i.e., defining an appropriate constitutive framework and obtaining material properties consistent with the indentation force–displacement data. Much of the information related to the interplay between shear and bulk compliance in the deformation field beneath the indenter is lost when capturing this single output. We propose a material testing method that follows the well proven path of conventional indentation methods, but enriches the signal by acquiring displacement data not only for the actuated indenter, but also for a set of offset, passive secondary sensors. We use finite element (FE) simulations involving three cases of materials: (a) linear elastic, (b) hyperelastic and (c) time-dependent to demonstrate the benefit of these additional sensors. The results indicate that the addition of these secondary sensors can help to discern between materials with varying degrees of compressibility.     

Determination of Asphalt Binder Creep Compliance Using Depth-Sensing Indentation

Asphalt binders are common construction materials, however due to time- and temperature- dependence, their mechanical properties are often difficult to characterize. Several standard tests methods exist to describe their complex behavior. This paper presents an exploratory feasibility study of a flat-tip indentation testing to analyze the linear viscoelastic properties of asphalt binders. Depth-sensing indentation testing has been extensively used to characterize the properties of many engineering materials, however the applications to asphalt binders are very limited. This paper presents a simple solution for the creep compliance in tension derived for flat-tipped indenter. This solution was verified with the Finite Element Analysis and then applied to the experimental results from the indentation testing performed on one typical unmodified asphalt binder. The testing was conducted at three different low temperatures and under three different creep load levels to verity the linearity of the response, and to evaluate the robustness and applicability of the indentation method. Furthermore, the creep compliance functions determined from the indentation testing were compared with a more traditional 3-point bending experiments. The results show that there is a non-uniform discrepancy between the two testing methods, most likely due to nonlinear behavior of the asphalt binder at higher temperatures and micro-damage of the binder samples at lower temperatures. Other possible sources of error between indentation and 3-point bending are problems determining the initial tip-specimen contact surface and possible tip-specimen adhesion. It is concluded that flat-tipped indentation at low temperatures should be performed at lower load levels to avoid excessive stress concentrations that leads to micro-damage and nonlinear response of asphalt binders. Alternatively, asphalt binders at low temperatures could be evaluated using different indenter geometries, such as spherical or pyramidal, using corresponding parameter interpretation procedures.     

Detecting Solid Masses in Phantom Breast Using Mechanical Indentation

Palpation is an economical, safe and effective method to detect breast cancer among other expensive and sometimes limited diagnostic tools such as mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). To understand the mechanics of palpation, a rigid inclusion was embedded in a phantom gel to simulate the lesion. An array of indents using a rigid indenter was made over an assigned area of the phantom surface, while the applied load, F, was measured as a function of instantaneous indentation depth, w. When the local stress field interacted with a sufficiently shallow inclusion, the mechanical response F(w) yielded an augmented apparent stiffness C. A 2-dimensional spatial map of C shows the presence, depth, and geometry of the simulated lesion. A camcorder was used to capture the in-situ movement of the inclusion during indentation, which showed consistency with the finite element (FEA) prediction. Results provide preliminary confirmation that mechanical indentation is a good tool to complement existing imaging techniques and has the potential to guide design and fabrication of an automatic palpation device.     

Estimation of Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials Using Instrumented Indentation: Critical Indentation Stress and Strain Model

We propose a generalized approach based on fracture mechanics and contact mechanics to estimate the fracture toughness in metallic materials from instrumented indentation testing. Models were developed for brittle and ductile fracture. Different criteria were applied to each model to determine the critical fracture point during indentation. For brittle fracture, the critical fracture point was defined in terms of the critical mean pressure; for ductile fracture, the critical fracture point was derived from fracture strain and critical plastic zone size. Each fracture criterion was used to determine the indentation fracture energy corresponding to the fracture energy required for crack extension. The fracture toughness was estimated for various metallic materials using each model and compared with standard fracture toughness tests.