半结晶聚合物损伤演化的实验表征与数值模拟

损伤本构模型对研究材料的断裂失效行为有重要意义, 但聚合物材料损伤演化的定量表征实验研究相对匮乏. 通过4种高密度聚乙烯(high density polythylene, HDPE)缺口圆棒试样的单轴拉伸实验获得了各类试样的载荷-位移曲线和真应力-应变曲线, 采用实验和有限元模拟相结合的方法确定了HDPE材料不同应力状态下的本构关系, 并建立了缺口半径与应力三轴度之间的关系;采用两阶段实验法定量描述了4种HDPE试样单轴拉伸过程中的弹性模量变化, 并建立了基于弹性模量衰减的损伤演化方程, 结合中断实验和扫描电子显微镜分析了应力状态对HDPE材料微观结构演化的影响. 结果表明缺口半径越小, 应力三轴度越大, 损伤起始越早、演化越快; 微观表现为: 高应力三轴度促进孔洞的萌生和发展, 但抑制纤维状结构的产生;基于实验和有限元模拟获得的断裂应变、应力三轴度、损伤演化方程等信息提出了一种适用于聚合物的损伤模型参数确定方法, 最后将本文获得的本构关系和损伤模型用于HDPE平板的冲压成形模拟, 模拟结果与实验结果吻合良好.      

Q235钢缺口试样拉压低循环疲劳的实验研究

以Q235钢制U型缺口板试样为研究对象,用有限元方法计算其缺口根部等效应变幅对应的试样标距段位移,以此控制试验机进行拉压循环疲劳试验。然后用局部应力应变法对试验测得的寿命结果进行分析。结果表明：无论用有限元还是修正Neuber公式计算缺口根部的应力应变,局部应力应变法的疲劳寿命评估只适用于缺口半径较大的试样;对缺口半径较小试样的估计寿命明显低于实测值,且有限元法比修正Neuber法更保守。进而又对试样缺口区域应变梯度的影响进行了探讨：参照有限元计算的应变梯度,利用Taylor模型估算了缺口根部的屈服应力和流动应力;在此基础上重新计算应变分布并估计试样的疲劳寿命,结果证实考虑应变梯度影响可改善缺口试样的疲劳寿命估计。     

Fracture analysis of V-notched components – Effects of first non-singular stress term

The effect of the first non-singular stress term on the fracture behavior of notched structures was investigated under symmetric geometry and loading conditions. According to the Williams series expansion, for a large domain of notch angles the non-singular stress terms of sharp notches are functions of complex eigenvalues and their corresponding complex coefficients. Hence, a new representation of stress field near the notch tip was developed in which the higher order terms are expressed as several explicit functions of real and imaginary parts of both the complex eigenvalues and their complex coefficients. A critical stress criterion was then applied to the new stress formulations to assess the influence of the first non-singular stress term on the apparent fracture toughness. Several finite element analyses were also performed on two laboratory specimens in order to show the effects of first non-singular term on the near field stress distribution of notched specimens. The results demonstrated that neglecting the first non-singular stress term could lead to significant errors in predicting the apparent fracture toughness of notched components.     

Fracture of shape memory CuAlNi single crystals

The fracture behavior of shape memory CuAlNi single crystals loaded in tension is studied. Specimens cut from a single crystal are notched and loaded in tension until final fracture. Eight different crystallographic orientations of the notch and tensile axes are considered. The stress field at the notch tip triggers a cubic to orthorhombic phase transition in the crystal, which results in a set of twinned martensite plates emanating from the notch tip. As loading increases, a crack forms and grows off the notch tip, with the martensite plates continuing to appear at the growing crack. Details of the crack growth depend strongly on both the type of singular microstructures that forms and how this microstructure interacts with the growing crack. In one group of orientations a distinct transformation zone forms along one flank of the crack and the motion of this zone is directly connected to the crack growth. In a second group of orientations, the microstructure formation is not as strongly tied to the crack. Interestingly, in all specimens studied, the final crack direction is approximately 80° from the direction of the martensite plates.     

A study of cyclic plastic stresses at a notch root

An experimental study is presented for cyclic plastic stresses at notch roots in specimens under constant-amplitude repeated tension and reversed loading. Edge-notched,K _T=2, 2024-T3 aluminum-alloy sheet specimens were cycled until local stress conditions stabilized. Local stress histories were determined by recording local strain histories during cycling and reproducting these histories in simple, unnotched specimens. The fatigue lives for these notched specimens were estimated using stabilized local stresses and an alternating vs. mean stress diagram for unnotched specimens of the same material. These predictions compared favorably with lives from S-N data for the notch configuration tested. In addition, an expression is presented for calculating local first-cycle plastic stresses. An acceptable correlation is shown between predicted stresses and experimental data within the scope of the investigation.     

Plastic stress-strain history at notch roots in tensile strips under monotonic loading

Various authors have proposed analytic relations for predicting the plastic behavior at the root of a notch. Among these are relations by Neuber and by Hardrath and Ohman, the latter having generalized on earlier work by Stowell. These methods have had limited experimental confirmation and it was the objective of the investigation reported herein to assess the predictive value of each of the two theories by comparison with test data on externally notched tensile specimens, monotonically loaded to large strains. Since maximum notch-root strain and net-section stress are the only parameters which can be directly measured in a test, theoretical predictions of these same parameters were developed. This was done using a piece-wise analytical representation of the stress-strain curve. Computer programs were developed for analyzing the stress-strain data and for computing the theoretical results. A comparison of theory with tests on flat, notched specimens of AISI 4340 steel, heat treated, with initial elastic concentration factors of 1.5 to 2.0 showed a systematic discrepancy which is attributed in part to notch strengthening due to triaxial stress. The discrepancy is of the order of 5 percent for the Neuber theory and larger for the Hardrath-Ohman theory for notch strains less than of 0.015 in./in. and becomes progressively larger for both theories at notch strains in excess of 0.015 in./in. For the mild notches studied here, the Neuber theory has better predictive value.     

Experimental Research into Fracture of EN-AW 2024 and EW-AW 2007 Aluminum Alloy Specimens with Notches Subjected to Tension

The paper presents the results of experimental tests of elasto-plastic fracture of axially symmetric specimens with circumferential notches with various round notch radii at the notch’s root. The tests were conducted for two materials: EN-AW 2024 and EN-AW 2007 aluminum alloys. The specimens were subjected to monotonic uniaxial tensile test. Special attention was paid to the shape of the fracture surface, the change of critical force value and the maximum displacement, depending on the shape of the notch. Additionally, hardening curves are presented for the adopted materials and the results of Finite Element calculations of stress and strain fields in the specimens with different notch radii.     

沿指定应力路径加载的有限元RVE模型研究

在细观尺度上建立能反映材料微观组织结构又能反映统计意义上宏观力学性能的代表性体积单元（Representative Volume Element, RVE）,对其进行复杂加载下的数值研究,是目前预测材料宏观力学性能较有效的方法。本文从理论上分析并提供了对正六面体RVE在任意应力状态及任意应力路径下加载及宏观应力、应变计算的方法,用有限元软件ABAQUS实现了数值计算过程,并用此方法对循环加载下缺口圆棒颈部中心和边缘位置进行了RVE分析。结果表明：（1）此方法能准确的控制并实现正六面体RVE在任意应力状态及应力状态路径下加载;（2）通过RVE分析,可用于复杂加载下试样局部细观结构变化的研究。     

Why does necking ignore notches in dynamic tension?

Recent experimental work has revealed that notched tensile specimens, subjected to dynamic loading, may fail by growing a neck outside of the notched region. This apparent lack of sensitivity to a classical stress concentration case was reported but not explained or modeled.The present paper combines experimental and numerical work to address this issue. Specifically, it is shown that the dynamic tensile failure locus is dictated by both the applied velocity boundary condition and the material mechanical properties, specifically strain-rate sensitivity and strain-rate hardening.It is shown that at sufficiently high impact velocities, the flows stress in the notch vicinity becomes quite higher than in the rest of the specimen, so that while the former resists deformation, it transfers the load to the latter. The result will be the formation of a local neck and failure away from the notch.This effect is shown to be active when the material properties are perturbed only at the local level, as in the case of machining of the notch, which in itself may again be sufficient to stabilize the structure under local failure until a neck forms elsewhere.While the physical observations are quite counterintuitive with respect to the engineering views of stress concentrator's effect, the present work rationalizes those observations and also provides information for the designers of dynamically tensioned structures that may contain notches or similar flaws.     

试样疲劳性能尺度效应的概率控制体积方法

试样尺度、缺口和加载方式通常对材料的疲劳性能具有重要影响. 因此,发展关联试样尺度、缺口和加载方式对疲劳强度影响的方法对于从材料疲劳性能到结构件疲劳性能的预测具有重要意义.首先,采用旋转弯曲加载和轴向加载方式对不同几何形状EA4T车轴钢试样进行了疲劳实验.实验结果表明, 由于试样尺度的增加,轴向加载下狗骨形试样的疲劳强度明显低于沙漏形试样; 相同寿命下,缺口显著降低试样的疲劳强度. 疲劳断口扫描电镜观测结果表明,疲劳裂纹均起源于试样表面.沙漏形试样和狗骨形试样疲劳断口大多只有一个裂纹源,而缺口试样疲劳断口均具有多裂纹源特征. 然后,采用概率控制体积方法研究了试样尺度、缺口和加载方式对疲劳强度的影响,并与临界距离和应变能密度方法进行了比较. 结果表明,概率控制体积方法能够更好地关联试样尺度、缺口和加载方式对EA4T车轴钢疲劳强度的影响.最后, 提出一种基于控制体积的结构件疲劳强度预测方法,并用于具有不连续高应力区域车轴钢试样的疲劳强度预测,预测结果与实验结果 吻合.      

缺口件表象疲劳极限的定量化分析

测定了淬火、高温回火35CrMo钢光滑试样和三种缺口试样的三点弯曲疲劳极限,并利用ANSYS有限元软件计算了缺口试样加载时缺口截面上的应力分布.用“疲劳源形成的微细观过程理论”对试验结果进行了分析,认为,疲劳源的形成虽然发生在个别薄弱晶粒内部,是其中位错往返运动及交互作用的结果,但还必须满足一定的形变协调条件和概率条件,因而必须形成由相当多晶粒组成的“细观屈服区”.对试验结果的分析表明,如取“细观屈服区”临界尺寸(xW)等于11个奥氏体晶粒平均直径,则计算得到的缺口试样的表象疲劳极限,与实测值相比,其综合误差最小.据此计算的三种缺口试样的表象疲劳极限,其误差都小于5％.该xW可认为是材料的特征参量.     

Strain gradient plasticity modeling of the cyclic behavior of laminate microstructures

Two recently proposed Helmholtz free energy potentials including the full dislocation density tensor as an argument within the framework of strain gradient plasticity are used to predict the cyclic elastoplastic response of periodic laminate microstructures. First, a rank-one defect energy is considered, allowing for a size-effect on the overall yield strength of micro-heterogeneous materials. As a second candidate, a logarithmic defect energy is investigated, which is motivated by the work of Groma et al. (2003). The properties of the back-stress arising from both energies are investigated in the case of a laminate microstructure for which analytical as well as numerical solutions are derived. In this context, a new regularization technique for the numerical treatment of the rank-one potential is presented based on an incremental potential involving Lagrange multipliers. The results illustrate the effect of the two energies on the macroscopic size-dependent stress–strain response in monotonic and cyclic shear loading, as well as the arising pile-up distributions. Under cyclic loading, stress–strain hysteresis loops with inflections are predicted by both models. The logarithmic potential is shown to provide a continuum formulation of Asaro's type III kinematic hardening model. Experimental evidence in the literature of such loops with inflections in two-phased FFC alloys is provided, showing that the proposed strain gradient models reflect the occurrence of reversible plasticity phenomena under reverse loading.     

Simulation of failure under cyclic plastic loading by damage models

The purpose of this work is to simulate the evolution of ductile damage and failure involved by plastic strain reversals using damage models based on either continuum damage mechanics (CDM) or porosity evolution. A low alloy steel for pressure vessels (20MnMoNi55) was chosen as reference material. The work includes both experimental and simulation phases. The experimental campaign involves different kinds of specimens and testing conditions. First, monotonic tensile tests have been performed in order to evaluate tensile and ductile damage behaviour. Then, the cyclic yielding behaviour has been characterized performing cyclic plasticity tests on cylindrical bars. Finally, cyclic loading tests in the plastic regime have been made on different round notched bars (RNBs) to study the evolution of plastic deformation and damage under multiaxial stress conditions. The predictions of the different models were compared in terms of both, the specimens macroscopic response and local damage. Special emphasis was laid on predictions of the number of cycles prior to final failure and the crack initiation loci.     

An analysis of ductile rupture in notched bars

Ductile fracture in axisymmetric and plane strain notched tensile specimens is analyzed numerically, based on a set of elastic-plastic constitutive relations that account for the nucleation and growth of microvoids. Final material failure by void coalescence is incorporated into the constitutive model via the dependence of the yield function on the void volume fraction. In the analyses the material has no voids initially; but as the voids nucleate and grow, the resultant dilatancy and pressure sensitivity of the macroscopic plastic flow influence the solution significantly. Considering both a blunt notch geometry and a sharp notch geometry in the computations permits a study of the relative roles of high strain and high triaxiality on failure. Comparison is made with published experimental results for notched tensile specimens of high-strength steels. All axisymmetric specimens analyzed fail at the center of the notched section, whereas failure initiation at the surface is found in plane strain specimens with sharp notches, in agreement with the experiments. The results for different specimens are used to investigate the circumstances under which fracture initiation can be represented by a single failure locus in a plot of stress triaxiality vs effective plastic strain.     

含切口损伤复合材料层合板拉伸失效行为研究

对含有不同切口损伤的复合材料层合板试件进行了拉伸试验,采用电阻应变计同步测量切口损伤前缘区域随载荷的变化,测定含切口损伤层合板的剩余强度,并讨论了损伤长度和损伤角度对剩余强度的影响规律。建立含切口损伤复合材料层合板有限元模型,分析了含切口损伤复合材料层合板的拉伸失效行为,计算了含切口损伤复合材料层合板的剩余强度,确定了剩余强度与切口损伤状态的关系。计算结果与试验结果具有较好的一致性。     

Nonlocal continuum crystal plasticity with internal residual stresses

We derive a three-dimensional constitutive theory accounting for length-scale dependent internal residual stresses in crystalline materials that develop due to a non-homogeneous spatial distribution of the excess dislocation (edge and screw) density. The second-order internal stress tensor is derived using the Beltrami stress function tensor φ that is related to the Nye dislocation density tensor. The formulation is derived explicitly in a three-dimensional continuum setting for elastically isotropic materials. The internal stresses appear as additional resolved shear stresses in the crystallographic visco-plastic constitutive law for individual slip systems. Using this formulation, we investigate two boundary value problems involving single crystals under symmetric double slip. In the first problem, the response of a geometrically imperfect specimen subjected to monotonic and cyclic loading is investigated. The internal stresses affect the overall strengthening and hardening under monotonic loading, which is mediated by the severity of initial imperfections. Such imperfections are common in miniaturized specimens in the form of tapered surfaces, fillets, fabrication induced damage, etc., which may produce strong gradients in an otherwise nominally homogeneous loading condition. Under cyclic loading the asymmetry in the tensile and compressive strengths due to this internal stress is also strongly influenced by the degree of imperfection. In the second example, we consider simple shear of a single crystalline lamella from a layered specimen. The lamella exhibits strengthening with decreasing thickness and increasing lattice incompatibility with shearing direction. However, as the thickness to internal length-scale ratio becomes small the strengthening saturates due to the saturation of the internal stress.Finally, we present the extension of this approach for crystalline materials exhibiting elastic anisotropy, which essentially depends on the appropriate Green function within φ.     

割口单向叠层板的拉伸应力集中与强度

基于剪滞理论,建立一种分层剪滞模型,分析了含割口的单向叠层板在拉伸载荷作用下的应力重新分布问题,获得了割口前缘完整纤维的应力集中因子.在此基础上,采用细观统计破坏理论,研究了割口单向叠层板的拉伸破坏强度,得到了与现有实验较吻合的结果.     

Calculating the Critical Parameters Characterizing the Thermal Instability of a Viscoelastic Prism with a Stress Concentrator under Harmonic Compression

The paper proposes simplified schemes for analyzing critical thermal states of a notched rectangular viscoelastic prism under harmonic loading. The influence of the problem parameters on the critical stress amplitude is analyzed. The notch does not decrease the critical stress. Varying the problem parameters hardly affects the critical level of temperature. This level corresponds to the glass-transition temperature of an amorphous polymer     

A Study on the Evaluation of the Fracture Process Zone in CCNBD Rock Samples

The safety of many civil and mining concrete and rock structures including pre-existing crack networks is fundamentally affected by the mechanical behaviour of the material under static and cyclic loading. In cyclic loading case, cracks can grow at a lower load level compared to the monotonic case. This phenomenon is called fatigue due to subcritical crack propagation and depends on the behaviour of the fracture process zone (FPZ). This study presents the results of laboratory diametrical compression tests performed on Brisbane tuff disc specimens to investigate their mode-I (tensile) fracture toughness response to static and cyclic loading and relevant FPZ. The FPZ and fracture toughness response to cyclic loading was found to be different from that under static loading in terms of the ultimate load and the damage mechanisms in front of the chevron crack. A maximum reduction of the static fracture toughness (K _IC ) of 42 % was obtained for the highest amplitude increasing cyclic loading test. Detailed scanning electron microscope (SEM) examinations were performed on the surfaces of the tips of the chevron notch cracks, revealing that both loading methods cause FPZ development in the CCNBD specimens. When compared with monotonic FPZ development, the main difference with the cyclically loaded specimens was that intergranular cracks were formed due to particle breakage under cyclic loading, while smooth and bright cracks along cleavage planes were formed under static loading. Further, the SEM images showed that fatigue damage in Brisbane tuff is strongly influenced by the failure of the matrix because of both intergranular and transgranular subcritical fracturing.