Prediction models of fatigue crack closure and growth under random loading

The effects of plastic zones both in front of and behind crack tip on crack closure have been analysed. The total residual deformations of crack surfaces involve two parts, that is, the amount of plastic blunting of crack tip and the residual deformation in the wake of the tip. This paper presents a fatigue crack closure model in which the influences of compressive load on closure stress are discussed. The model is applied to random loading conditions by the assumption of limited memory properties. The fatigue lives are predicted using the proposed crack growth model for CCT plane stress specimen cut from 2219-T851 aluminum alloy under flight spectrum loadings, and the prediction values agree with the test results.The project was supported by the natural science foundation of China.     

Deformation and Failure of Aluminum Alloys from the Standpoint of the Kinetic Concept of Strength

A thermalactivation analysis was performed of experimental data on the strain and failure of 1201 T1, D16 T, and AK41 T1 aluminum alloys. The experiments were conducted under constant loads in creep conditions and under increasing loads. The duration of the tests was varied from fractions of a second to ten thousand hours, and the temperature ranged from 77 to 473 K. The rate activation parameters in the equations of steadystate creep and plastic strain were determined. Information was obtained on the relationship between plastic strain and failure. The plastic strain rate is shown to be affected by relaxation phenomena. The plastic characteristics of the alloys and their dependences on the temperature and time to failure are given.     

A N‐dynamics Model for Predicting N‐behavior Subject to Environmentally Friendly Fertilization Practices: II –Numerical Model and Model Validation

Nitrogen dynamics in the soil under the condition of environmentally friendly fertilization practices (EFFPs) is described by a comprehensive Ndynamics model. The model (first paper of this series, Transport in Porous Media 31(3) (1998), 249–274) is different from other models in its capability of simulating the special phenomena related to the application of EFFPs. In this paper, a finite difference method is used to solve the mathematical model. The numerical model is verified by simulating several water flow and conservative solute transport problems with existing numerical or analytic solutions. The good agreements between our simulation results and the solutions given by others show that our model is reliable in simulating flow and transport problems in the soil. Preliminary model validation is conducted by applying the model to simulate two field experiments. The acceptable agreements between our numerical simulation results and experimental data demonstrate that the model can reasonably model Ndynamics in the soil under field conditions.     

Dynamic Stability Problems of Anisotropic Cylindrical Shells via a Simplified Analysis

An analytical–numerical method involving a small number of generalized coordinates is presented for the analysis of the nonlinear vibration and dynamic stability behaviour of imperfect anisotropic cylindrical shells. Donnell-type governing equations are used and classical lamination theory is employed. The assumed deflection modes approximately satisfy simply supported boundary conditions. The axisymmetric mode satisfying a relevant coupling condition with the linear, asymmetric mode is included in the assumed deflection function. The shell is statically loaded by axial compression, radial pressure and torsion. A two-mode imperfection model, consisting of an axisymmetric and an asymmetric mode, is used. The static-state response is assumed to be affine to the given imperfection. In order to find approximate solutions for the dynamic-state equations, Hamiltons principle is applied to derive a set of modal amplitude equations. The dynamic response is obtained via numerical time-integration of the set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The nonlinear behaviour under axial parametric excitation and the dynamic buckling under axial step loading of specific imperfect isotropic and anisotropic shells are simulated using this approach. Characteristic results are discussed. The softening behaviour of shells under parametric excitation and the decrease of the buckling load under step loading, as compared with the static case, are illustrated.     

Dynamic Analysis of Prestressed Cables with Uncertain Pretension

This paper deals with finite element dynamic analysis of prestressed cables with uncertain pretension subjected to deterministic excitations. The theoretical model addressed for cable modeling is a two-dimensional finite-strain beam theory, which allows us to eliminate any restriction on the magnitude of displacements and rotations. The dynamic problem is formulated by referring the motion to the inertial frame, which leads to a simple uncoupled quadratic form for the kinetic energy. The effect of the externally applied stochastic pretension is approximately described by means of an uncertain axial component of stress resultant, which is assumed constant along the cable in its dead load configuration. The so-called improved perturbation approach is employed to solve this stochastic problem, obtaining two coupled systems of nonlinear deterministic ordinary differential equations, governing the mean value and deviation of response. An efficient and accurate iterative procedure is proposed to obtain the solution of these equations. In order to investigate the influence of random pretension on structural response, few numerical applications are presented and results are discussed.     

Formation of molten metal films during metal-on-metal slip under extreme interfacial conditions

The present paper describes results of plate-impact pressure-shear friction experiments conducted to study time-resolved growth of molten metal films during dry metal-on-metal slip under extreme interfacial conditions. By employing tribo-pairs comprising hard tool-steel against relatively low melt-point metals such as 7075-T6 aluminum alloys, interfacial friction stress ranging from 100 to and slip speeds of approximately have been generated. These relatively high levels of friction stress combined with high slip-speeds generate conditions conducive for interfacial temperatures to approach the melting point of the lower melt point metal (Al alloy) comprising the tribo-pair.A Lagrangian finite element code is developed to understand the evolution of the thermo-mechanical fields and their relationship to the observed slip response. The code accounts for dynamic effects, heat conduction, contact with friction, and full thermo-mechanical coupling. At temperatures below the melting point the material is described as an isotropic thermally softening elastic-viscoplastic solid. For material elements with temperatures in excess of the melt point a purely Newtonian fluid constitutive model is employed.The results of the hybrid experimental-computational study provides new insights into the thermoelastic-plastic interactions during high speed metal-on-metal slip under extreme interfacial conditions. During the early part of frictional slip the coefficient of kinetic friction is observed to decrease with increasing slip velocity. During the later part transition in interfacial slip occurs from dry metal-on-metal sliding to the formation of molten Al films at the tribo-pair interface. Under these conditions the interfacial resistance approaches the shear strength of the molten aluminum alloy under normal pressures of approximately 1- and shear strain rates of . The results of the study indicate that under these extreme conditions molten aluminum films maintain a shearing resistance as high as .Scanning electron microscopy of the slip surfaces reveal molten aluminum to be smeared on the tribo-pair interface. Knoop hardness measurements in 7075-T6 Al alloy at various depths from the slip interface indicate that the hardness increases approximately linearly with depth and reaches a plateau at approximately from the surface.     

Finite-Element Dynamic Analysis of a Rotating Shaft with or without Nonlinear Boundary Conditions Subject to a Moving Load

A C ⁰ continuity isoparametricfinite-element formulation is presented for the dynamic analysis of arotating or nonrotating beam with or without nonlinear boundaryconditions subject to a moving load. The nonlinear end conditions arisefrom nonlinear rolling bearings (both the nonlinear stiffness andclearance(s) are accounted for) supporting a rotating shaft. The shaftfinite-element model includes shear deformation, rotary inertia, elasticbending, and gyroscopic effect. Lagrange's equations are employed toderive system equations of motion which, in turn, are decoupled usingmodal analysis expressed in the normal coordinate representation. Theanalyses are implemented in the finite-element program DAMRO 1.Dynamic deflections under the moving load of rotating and nonrotatingsimply supported shafts are compared with those obtained using exactsolutions and other published methods and a typical coincidence isobtained. Samples of the results, in both the time and frequencydomains, of a rotating shaft incorporating ball bearings are presentedfor different values of the bearing clearance. And the results show thatsystems incorporating ball bearings with tight (zero) clearance have thesmallest amplitude-smoothest profile dynamic deflections. Moreover, fora system with bearing clearance, the vibration spectra of the shaftresponse under a moving load show modulation of the system naturalfrequencies by a combination of shaft rotational and bearing cagefrequencies. However, for a simply supported rotating shaft, the firstnatural frequency in bending dominates the response spectrum. The paperpresents the first finite-element formulation for the dynamic analysisof a rotating shaft with or without nonlinear boundary conditions underthe action of a moving load.     

A thermomechanical constitutive model for cemented granular materials with quantifiable internal variables. Part II – Validation and localization analysis

We study the mechanical failure of cemented granular materials (e.g., sandstones) using a constitutive model based on breakage mechanics for grain crushing and damage mechanics for cement fracture. The theoretical aspects of this model are presented in Part I: Tengattini et al. (2014), A thermomechanical constitutive model for cemented granular materials with quantifiable internal variables, Part I – Theory (Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 10.1016/j.jmps.2014.05.021). In this Part II we investigate the constitutive and structural responses of cemented granular materials through analyses of Boundary Value Problems (BVPs).The multiple failure mechanisms captured by the proposed model enable the behavior of cemented granular rocks to be well reproduced for a wide range of confining pressures. Furthermore, through comparison of the model predictions and experimental data, the micromechanical basis of the model provides improved understanding of failure mechanisms of cemented granular materials. In particular, we show that grain crushing is the predominant inelastic deformation mechanism under high pressures while cement failure is the relevant mechanism at low pressures. Over an intermediate pressure regime a mixed mode of failure mechanisms is observed. Furthermore, the micromechanical roots of the model allow the effects on localized deformation modes of various initial microstructures to be studied. The results obtained from both the constitutive responses and BVP solutions indicate that the proposed approach and model provide a promising basis for future theoretical studies on cemented granular materials.     

Limiting deformability and strength of basalt–plastic shells under internal explosive loading

The dynamic strength and deformability of basalt–plastic specimens under single pulsed (explosive) loading are studied experimentally. The results obtained show that the basalt–plastic specimens possess high specific strength and their strength characteristics are close to those of similar tubular specimens from glassreinforced plastic based on a highmodulus glass fiber. It is found that a twofold increase in all geometrical dimensions of the specimens does not affect their specific carrying capacity.     

An analysis of the delamination of an environmental protection coating under cyclic heat loads

A computational analysis of a coated high temperature composite material under cyclic heat flux loading is conducted. The material system considered is a carbon–carbon (CC) composite laminate with a SiC environmental protection coating. Interface crack growth between the CC laminate and the SiC coating as well as the concurrent changes in the effective conductivity of the material system are modeled by the use of an irreversible thermo-mechanical cohesive zone model. In this model, the degradation of the cohesive strength due to cyclic loading is accounted for through a damage variable for which an evolution equation is given in terms of cohesive zone tractions and displacement jumps. Furthermore, interface failure progressively degrades the heat transfer across the interface. In the model the crack tip singularities for both stress analysis and heat transfer are removed. While the crack growth rates predicted by the simulation results can in principle be described by a Paris law approach, the strength of the proposed model is that the use of global loading parameters is in fact not necessary. Instead, material failure is described through local changes to the coupled mechanical and thermal fields.     

A combined necking and shear localization analysis for aluminum sheets under biaxial stretching conditions

A combined necking and shear localization analysis is adopted to model the failures of two aluminum sheets, AA5754 and AA6111, under biaxial stretching conditions. The approach is based on the assumption that the reduction of thickness or the necking mode is modeled by a plane stress formulation and the final failure mode of shear localization is modeled by a generalized plane strain formulation. The sheet material is modeled by an elastic-viscoplastic constitutive relation that accounts for the potential surface curvature, material plastic anisotropy, material rate sensitivity, and the softening due to the nucleation, growth, and coalescence of microvoids. Specifically, the necking/shear failure of the aluminum sheets is modeled under uniaxial tension, plane strain tension and equal biaxial tension. The results based on the mechanics model presented in this paper are in agreement with those based on the forming limit diagrams (FLDs) and tensile tests. When the necking mode is suppressed, the failure strains are also determined under plane strain conditions. These failure strains can be used as guidances for estimation of the surface failure strains on the stretching sides of the aluminum sheets under plane strain bending conditions. The estimated surface failure strains are higher than the failure strains of the forming limit diagrams under plane strain stretching conditions. The results are consistent with experimental observations where the surface failure strains of the aluminum sheets increase significantly on the stretching sides of the sheets under bending conditions. The results also indicate that when a considerable amount of necking is observed for a sheet metal under stretching conditions, the surface failure strains on the stretching sides of the sheet metal under bending conditions can be significantly higher.     

5083H111铝合金宽应变率拉伸动态本构模型

结合5083H111铝合金较宽应变率范围2×10-4 ~ 4×102s-1内的拉伸实验数据,揭示该铝合金的拉伸“V”型率效应特征,分析对数应变率敏感系数λ和切线模量Et的应变率和应变相关性,进而通过对Johnson-Cook模型的修正来建立合理描述5083H111铝合金较宽应变率范围内的动态拉伸本构模型。建立的动态本构模型中,流动应力包括应变率相关和应变相关两部分。该模型合理描述了5083H111铝合金的拉伸“V”型率效应特征,预测结果与实验结果较为一致。另外,结合破坏应变的对数应变率敏感系数β,得到了拉伸破坏应变预测方程,其预测结果也与实验结果基本一致。     

On some problems in dynamic computation for thin-walled structures

This article discusses the problems of the dynamic computation for thin-walled structures such as thin plates and thin shells under impact load to find the dynamic factor mainly. In calculation we take into account the effect of the mass of the striking object and the system of thin-walled structures to be struck and transform the distributed mass of thin-walled structures into only one concentrated equivalent mass by the method of reduced mass. Accordingly we derive the dynamic factor for the system of thin-walled structures under impact load.     

Numerical analysis of the spallation of steel target under explosive loading

A numerical analysis of the propagation of stress waves and the allied scabbing phenomena in a steel plate under explosive attack is made, by using a model of one-dimensional flow. The results are compared with our experimental results which were carried out several years ago. It is found that, in case the hydrodynamic-elastoplastic model for steel plate and the cumulative damage spall criterion are used, the calculated thickness of the major spall is in reasonable agreement with that obtained in the experiments. An approximate formula for the thickness of the major spall is presented and the mica-splitting phenomenon about the minor spalls observed in the experiments is satisfactorily explained.     

A novel method for measuring and characterizing dynamic fracture-initiation toughness of elastic-plastic materials

The characterization and testing methods of the dynamic fracture initiation toughness of elastic-plastic materials under tensile impact are studied. By using the self-designed bar-bar tensile impact apparatus, a novel test method for studying dynamic fracture-initiation has been proposed based on the one-dimensional test principle. The curve of average loadv. s. displacement is smooth until unstable crack propagation, and the kinetic energy which does not contribute to the crack growth can be removed from total work done by external-force to the specimen. The fracture-initiation point is determined by compliance-changing rate method. The results show that these methods are feasible and effective. Through the analysis of the conversion between work and energy of a fracture specimen, the dynamicJ-integral is adopted as a characteristic parameter for elastic-plastic materials under impact loading. TheJ-integral is calculated from and curves by using the formula proposed, by Rice. TheJ-integral at fracture initiation is employed to describe the dynamic fracture-initiation toughness of elastic-plastic materials and the experimental results indicate thatJ _ID can be regarded as a material constant.     

On the dynamic behaviour of a flexible beam carrying a moving mass

The behaviour of a system containing a mass traveling on a cantilever beam is considered. The mass is induced to move by an applied force as opposed to the case which has been considered in most literature where the position of the moving mass is assumed to be known and independent of the motion of the beam. Furthermore, the system to be discussed has the unique characteristic that the motions of the mass and the beam are coupled. The mathematical model of the system includes two coupled nonlinear integral/partial differential equations which are impossible to solve analytically and are difficult to solve numerically in their original form. As a remedy, the solution is discretized into space and time functions and the equations of motion are reduced to a set of ordinary differential equations. The shape function is chosen so that it satisfies the boundary conditions of the beam as well as the transient conditions imposed by the traveling mass. This choice of the shape function, which considers the mass-beam interaction, provides an improvement over the conventional method of using a simple cantilever beam mode shapes.The ordinary differential equations of motion using the improved shaped functions, are solved numerically to obtain the dynamic behaviour of the system. The results illustrate the validity of the model, and demonstrate the advantages of the improved model to the un-improved equations.     

The viscoelastic behavior of linear elastic materials with voids

It is shown that the constitutive equations for a linear elastic material with voids imply a viscoelastic stress-strain relation known as the standard linear solid in the case of quasi-static, homogeneous deformations in the absence of self-equilibrated body forces. It is noted that, even for deformations that are dynamic and/or inhomogeneous the viscoelastic behavior is still qualitatively similar to that predicted by the standard linear solid model.     

Kinetic Approach to Prediction of the Life of Aluminum Alloys under Various Thermal–Temporal Loading Conditions

Results of investigation of the life of D16 T, AK41 T1, and 1201 T1 aluminum alloys are generalized on the basis of the kinetic concept of failure. The life is studied under creep at constant loads and loads increasing with different rates and at different temperatures. The temperature is varied within the range of 473–77 K, and the duration of tests ranges from fractions of a second to ten thousand hours. Information on the effect of internalstress relaxation on the life of alloys is obtained. A method for predicting the life with allowance for relaxation processes in solids is verified experimentally.