Inversion of speckle interferometer fringes for hole-drilling residual stress determinations

Speckle interferometric fringe patterns record stress-relief displacements induced by the drilling of blind-holes into prestressed objects. The quantitative determination of residual stress state from such stress patterns is difficult because of the ambiguity in the order of the observed fringes. The plane stress magnitudes are provided directly from selected fringe positions using a stochastic, iterative least squares minimization approach. The inversion requires prior knowledge of the experimental geometry and an appropriate uniaxial stress-relief displacement basis function derived from three-dimensional finite element calculations. Superpositioning of the rotated and scaled displacement basis functions allows the stress-relief relaxation for any biaxial state of stress to be determined. In this paper, fringe patterns were forward modeled from a large ensemble of calculated biaxial stress-relief displacement fields. Inversion of these noise-free fringe patterns reproduced the biaxial stresses with negligible error. Analysis of more realistic fringe patterns that include speckle noise gave stress magnitude errors that diminished rapidly with the number of selected points to better than 3 percent for 100 points. Sensitivity of the optical method is influenced by a number of factors, but the ensemble of model fringe patterns studied indicates that the stress magnitudes (nomalized with respect to the material's Young's modulus) from 3×10^–4 to 10^–2 can accurately be determined with visible laser radiation. The method is amenable to automation and can easily be extended to study near surface gradients in the residual stresses or applied to other optical recording techniques such as moiré and phase-shifting interferometry.     

斜拉桥塔锚固区光弹性应力分析与等倾线图像处理

本文采用光弹性冻结应力法，对独塔斜拉桥塔锚固区进行了应力分析，给出了有关截面的边界应力分布及主应力迹线，从而为优化工程设计提供了重要的参考依据。本文还提出了一种新的提取等倾线的方法──图像对数增强相减法，实现了等倾线与等差线条纹的分离，同时使条纹得到了细化，提高了处理等倾线的速度与准确度。编制了自动绘制主应力迹线的程序，利用它绘制了桥塔截面的次主应力迹线。     

On stress analysis of anisotropic composites through transmission optical patterns: Isochromatics and isopachics

A real-time holographic interferometry technique is suggested for recording the isopachic patterns corresponding to transparent anisotropic composites. The isochromatic and isopachic patterns are obtained for a transparent glass-epoxy composite disk with a central hole subjected to diametral compression. A method is suggested for interpreting the optical data and to obtain the separate values of stress components. Its application is demonstrated.     

Data analysis in dynamic photoelasticity

A method to separate the principal stresses and to obtain displacements from dynamic photoelastic fringe patterns is presented. The method utilizes geometric characteristics of either the model or the stress wave to provide the additional equation necessary for separation. The method is illustrated in ten specific cases.     

Determination of residual stresses by an optical correlative hole-drilling method

In conjunction with the incremental hole-drilling method, a new evaluation procedure is presented for determining the residual stress state in components. In contrast to the classical method, the whole displacement field around the drilled hole is measured using the electronic speckle pattern interferometry technique. The displacement patterns, measured without contact to the surface, are then correlated with those obtained by finite-element simulations using statistical methods. The simulated displacement patterns, used for calibration purposes, result from the application of properly defined basic loads. In this way, the values and the orientation of the residual stresses can be determined by superposition of these properly scaled and shifted basic loads. Even complex states of stress can be evaluated. The theoretical background and experimental results are presented.     

Shrinkage stresses around rigid inclusions

The objective of this paper is the presentation of methods to study shrinkage stresses in matrices cast around rigid inclusions. The method of casting plastic specimens around glass inclusions and analyzing the resulting isochromatic fringe patterns is briefly discussed. An alternate method for the study of the relative or dimensionless stress distribution using rubber models with inserted inclusions is also, presented. A partial solution to the stress distribution between two inclusions was obtained. The generality of the method and its applicability to any matrix material are emphasized. It is pointed out that the stress field obtained corresponds to the thermal-stress field produced by a difference in the coefficients of thermal expansion of the matrix and the inclusion material.     

Determination of the full-field stress and displacement using photoelasticity and sampling moiré method in a 3D-printed model

The quantitative characterization of the full-field stress and displacement is significant for analyzing the failure and instability of engineering materials. Various optical measurement techniques such as photoelasticity, moiré and digital image correlation methods have been developed to achieve this goal. However, these methods are difficult to incorporate to determine the stress and displacement fields simultaneously because the tested models must contain particles and grating for displacement measurement; however, these elements will disturb the light passing through the tested models using photoelasticity. In this study, by combining photoelasticity and the sampling moiré method, we developed a method to determine the stress and displacement fields simultaneously in a three-dimensional (3D)-printed photoelastic model with orthogonal grating. Then, the full-field stress was determined by analyzing 10 photoelastic patterns, and the displacement fields were calculated using the sampling moiré method. The results indicate that the developed method can simultaneously determine the stress and displacement fields.     

应用脉冲全息法研究爆炸引起的地表振动

本文介绍了应用于爆炸应力波研究的脉冲激光全息实验方法:记录了三维模型中爆炸应力波引起的表面位移的全息干涉图:经对干涉条纹图的分析和计算.发现小药量爆炸引起的表面振动随药包埋深的增加而减弱。     

Photoelastic analysis of the singular stress field in a bimaterial wedge

This paper presents an experimental investigation of the singular stress field near the vertex of a bimaterial wedge using a digital photoelastic technique. Special attention is given to the casting of bimaterial wedge specimens and analysis technique for extracting stress intensity factors from photoelastic samples. Different bimaterial wedge specimens are made of two different photoelastic materials bonded through a special casting procedure and loaded in simple tension. A new multiple-parameter method is developed to obtain the stress intensity factor reliably from the isochromatic fringe patterns and the series representation of the stress field at the vertex of the wedge. Experimental results are compared with finite element predictions, and good agreement is observed.     

动态光弹性方法的主应力分离的研究

本文提出了动态光弹性、动态焦散线实验方法同边界元法结合的混合法，并用这种方法解决了动态光弹性主应力分离的问题，首先对现有的多火花高速摄影系统进行了改造，在动态实验过程中，成功地得到了不同瞬时的清晰的动态光弹性的等差线条纹和动态焦散线系列图像，这样，便可提取不同瞬时的边界应力值、全场主应力差值及边界上的外载。继而提出用Ｌａｐｌａｃｅ变换域上的边界元法来求解在冲击载荷作用下二维弹性模型全场的主应力和。最后，以受冲击载荷作用的圆盘为例，进行实验及边界元法计算，得到了分离的主应力场。     

A discrete element model for simulating saturated granular soil

A numerical model is developed to simulate saturated granular soil, based on the discrete element method. Soil particles are represented by Lagrangian discrete elements, and pore fluid, by appropriate discrete elements which represent alternately Lagrangian mass of water and Eulerian volume of space. Macro-scale behavior of the model is verified by simulating undrained biaxial compression tests. Micro-scale behavior is compared to previous literature through pore pressure pattern visualization during shear tests. It is demonstrated that dynamic pore pressure patterns are generated by superposed stress waves. These pore-pressure patterns travel much faster than average drainage rate of the pore fluid and may initiate soil fabric change, ultimately leading to liquefaction in loose sands. Thus, this work demonstrates a tool to roughly link dynamic stress wave patterns to initiation of liquefaction phenomena.     

喷丸镍基合金材料微区残余应力的切槽法测量研究

本文结合聚焦离子束-电子束(Focused ion beam-electron beam,简称FIB-EB)双束系统和真空镀膜工艺,进行微区散斑的制备工艺研究,并将所发展的微散斑制备工艺应用于喷丸镍基合金材料表面制斑,进而结合切槽法进行残余应力高温释放规律的测量研究。在FIB-EB双束系统下记录切槽前后制斑微区的图像,利用数字图像相关法计算切槽后的位移,结合InglisMuskhelishvili理论公式可计算得到残余应力。文中研究了不同温度及保温时间对残余应力释放的影响规律。结果表明,残余应力随保温时间的增长释放速度逐渐减小,最后残余应力趋于稳定值。同时,温度越高,残余应力释放越彻底,800℃下近乎完全释放。该工艺具有适用性好,效率高等优点,可望在材料微区变形测量中得到进一步应用。     

有限元应力场可视化的一种新方法

提出一种画二维和主等参单元彩色云图的新方法。首先，根据单元覆盖象素的数量在正方形母元上均匀布置足够数量的点。第二，用单元的结点坐标、结点应力以及等参扦值函数，插值计算这些点的总体坐标及应力。第三，根据预先设立的颜色与应力之间的函数关系，求出每个点对应的象素的颜色。最后，逐个把单元覆盖的象素设置为求出的颜色。与消陷技术以及画家算法结合起来，这种方法可以清晰画出三维应力场的云图。实例表明，本文方法简单、准确，易于实现。     

A stress-optic law for photoelastic analysis of orthotropic composites

The feasibility for utilizing transparent filament-resin composites for photoelastic stress analysis was investigated. Satisfactory photoelastic stress patterns were demonstrated in simple models with undirectional and bidirectional fiber orientations. A stress-optic law was formulated, based on the concept that the birefringence components contributed by each component of plane stress are combined according to a Mohr circle of birefringence. Applying this concept, the difference of the physical and optical principal directions was accounted for, and a general method of photoelastic solution for the plane-stress problem in orthotropic sheets was developed. The method of analysis is little more complex than the well-known procedures for isotropic materials, but at least three experimental measurements are required to characterize the optical response of the material to plane stress. Partial confirmation of the proposed stress-optic law was obtained by comparison of the theory to limited experimental data obtained in uniaxial-stress samples. It remains to establish a more positive verification by experiments in a variety of biaxial-stress conditions.     

Image analysis of oil film interferometry — a method of measuring wall shear stress distributions

A method is described of measuring a wall shear stress distribution that varies in the direction of the flow. Variations in the height of a very thin oil film moving under the boundary layer generate interference fringes, which are recorded and digitised using image processing equipment.The evolution of the film surface in space and time can be reconstructed from the interference fringe patterns and used to calculate the shear stress field. This reconstruction is achieved by comparing the picture data with images that were calculated for prescribed heights that are adjusted iteratively, until the calculated intensities match the data.The method is applied to a flow approaching a step, and the results are compared with pulsed-wire measurements.     

A neoteric interferometer for use in holographic photoelasticity

A shortcoming of the conventional holographic interferometer used in photoelasticity is that, for the double-exposure cases, the resulting fringe patterns are a complex combination of conventional isochromatic and isopachic fringes. This paper describes a holographic interferometer that may be used to obtain separate but simultaneous isochromatic- and isopachic-fringe patterns for photoelastic models in states of plane stress. The method requires a model with a partially reflecting front surface. Isopachics, which are proportional to the thickness change, are recorded using holographic interferometry from the transmitted light. The isochromatics are obtained from the transmitted light by conventional means. General equations relating the surface displacement of the specimen to the observed fringe patterns are developed, and examples of static and dynamic loadings are shown.     

Three-dimensional stress relief displacement resulting from drilling a blind hole in acrylic

Analyses of optically based, hole-drilling stress measurements require accurate knowledge of the three-dimensional relaxation displacements induced by the drilling of a blind hole into the surface of a stressed object. These displacements are calculated using two closed-form solutions proposed earlier and a numerical finite element technique. Double exposure holographic fringe patterns calculated from the analytic displacements are in poor agreement with those observed in a controlled laboratory calibration experiment on a block of acrylic subject to a known uniaxial compressive stress. However, the fringe positions predicted by the finite element modeling match those obtained from the observed fringe pattern using image-processing procedures, although some drilling-related discrepancies remain near the stress-relieving hole. The stressstrain behavior of acrylic is extremely temperature sensitive; the discrepancies near the stress relief hole may result from drilling induced heat. Despite these near hole disagreements between the predicted and observed fringe patterns, the overall correspondence indicates that the finite element method adequately provides the desired three-dimensional relaxation displacements necessary for determination of stress magnitudes in some blind hole drilling measurements employing coherent optical recording.     

Multiple crack propagation in a strip caused by thermal shock

The time-dependent stress intensities due to quenching are calculated by the boundary element method for an array of parallel and equal spaced edge cracks in a long strip. Analyzed is the sequence of crack pattern formation. The predicted patterns have essential features in common with the experimental ones. This tends to support a recently developed approach for analyzing single and multiple crack growth under thermal shock.     

Using moiré interferometry and boundary integral hybrid method to determine mixed-mode stress intensity factor

The paper describes a hybrid experimental and numerical method of Moiré Interferometry and the boundary-integral-element method. The interference patterns used for the evaluation of the displacement vector are obtained by Moiré Interferometry. The boundary displacements obtained experimentally are conveniently used for the calculation of the stress intensity factor in the body by the boundary-integral-method. Some examples bear witness to the effectiveness and accuracy of the hybrid technique. Project is supported by the Science Fundation of the State Education Commission of China.     

Wrinkle patterns of anisotropic crystal films on viscoelastic substrates

This paper presents a nonlinear mathematical model for evolution of wrinkle patterns of an anisotropic crystal film on a viscoelastic substrate layer. The underlying mechanism of wrinkling has been generally understood as a stress-driven instability. Previously, theoretical studies on wrinkling have assumed isotropic elastic properties for the film. Motivated by recent experimental observations of ordered wrinkle patterns in single-crystal thin films, this paper develops a theoretical model coupling anisotropic elastic deformation of a crystal film with viscoelastic deformation of a thin substrate layer. A linear perturbation analysis is performed to predict the onset of wrinkling instability and the initial evolution kinetics. An energy minimization method is adopted to analyze wrinkle patterns in the equilibrium states. For a cubic crystal film under an equi-biaxial compression, orthogonally ordered wrinkle patterns are predicted in both the initial stage and the equilibrium state. This is confirmed by numerical simulations of evolving wrinkle patterns. By varying the residual stresses in the film, numerical simulations show that a variety of wrinkle patterns (e.g., orthogonal, parallel, zigzag, and checkerboard patterns) emerge as a result of the competition between material anisotropy and stress anisotropy.