动载下裂纹应力强度因子计算的改进型扩展有限元法

相较于常规扩展有限元法(extended finite element method, XFEM), 改进型扩展有限元法(improved XFEM) 解决了现有方法线性相关与总体刚度矩阵高度病态问题, 在数量级上提升了总体方程的求解效率, 克服了现有方法在动力学问题中的能量正确传递、动态应力强度因子数值震荡、精度低下问题. 本文基于改进型XFEM, 采用Newmark 隐式时间积分算法, 重点研究了动载荷作用下扩展裂纹尖端应力强度因子的求解方法, 与静力学方法相比, 增加了裂纹扩展速度项与惯性项的贡献. 通过数值算例研究了网格单元尺寸、质量矩阵、时间步长、裂尖加强区域、惯性项、扩展速度项及相互作用积分区域J-domain的网格与单元尺寸对动态应力强度因子求解精度的影响, 验证了改进型XFEM计算动态裂纹应力强度因子方法的有效性. 针对文献中具有挑战性的 "I 型半无限长裂纹先稳定后扩展"问题, 改进型XFEM给出目前为止精度最好的动态应力强度因子数值解.      

动载下裂纹应力强度因子计算的改进型扩展有限元法

相较于常规扩展有限元法(extended finite element method,XFEM),改进型扩展有限元法(improved XFEM)解决了现有方法线性相关与总体刚度矩阵高度病态问题,在数量级上提升了总体方程的求解效率,克服了现有方法在动力学问题中的能量正确传递、动态应力强度因子数值震荡、精度低下问题.本文基于改进型XFEM,采用Newmark隐式时间积分算法,重点研究了动载荷作用下扩展裂纹尖端应力强度因子的求解方法,与静力学方法相比,增加了裂纹扩展速度项与惯性项的贡献.通过数值算例研究了网格单元尺寸、质量矩阵、时间步长、裂尖加强区域、惯性项、扩展速度项及相互作用积分区域J-domain的网格与单元尺寸对动态应力强度因子求解精度的影响,验证了改进型XFEM计算动态裂纹应力强度因子方法的有效性.针对文献中具有挑战性的"I型半无限长裂纹先稳定后扩展"问题,改进型XFEM给出目前为止精度最好的动态应力强度因子数值解.     

直接计算应力强度因子的扩展有限元法

系统地给出了直接计算应力强度因子的扩展有限元法。该方法以常规有限元法为基础,利用单位分解法思想,通过在近似位移表达式中增加能够反映裂纹面的不连续函数及反映裂尖局部特性的裂尖渐进位移场函数,间接体现裂纹面的存在,从而无需使裂纹面与有限元网格一致,无需在裂尖布置高密度网格,也不需要后处理就可以直接计算出应力强度因子,并且大大简化了前后处理工作。最后通过两个简单算例验证了该方法的精度,分析了影响计算结果的因素,并与采用J积分计算的应力强度因子作了对比,得出了两种方法计算精度相当的结论。     

基于扩展有限元的应力强度因子的位移外推法

针对平面裂纹问题,阐述了扩展有限元法的单元位移模式、推导了扩展有限元法的控制方程、介绍了特殊单元的数值积分技术.基于最小二乘法,建立了应力强度因子位移外推法的计算公式.利用MATLAB编写计算程序,对平面裂纹问题用扩展有限元法进行了计算.基于扩展有限元法的计算结果,分别利用位移外推法和相互作用积分法,对平面裂纹的应力强度因子进行了计算.计算结果表明,位移外推法比相互作用积分法能更方便和准确地计算平面裂纹的应力强度因子.     

状态向量的扩展有限元方法研究

利用哈密顿正则方程的半解析法计算单元位移场和应力场,可以得到精度比较高的解.但此半解析法在计算应力尖峰区域时,该区域要细化网格.当裂纹扩展时,又要重新生成刚度矩阵进行求解,导致求解效率降低.利用扩展有限元处理裂纹的不连续性,当裂纹扩展时可以避免网格的重构.为充分利用状态向量方程和扩展有限元的优势,该文将两者结合起来分析材料的断裂问题:计算应力强度因子和模拟裂纹扩展.最后通过算例分析,验证了该文提出方案的可行性.     

同震断层三维裂纹扩展波动时域超奇异积分法

应用波动时域超奇异积分法将P波、S波和磁电热弹多场耦合作用下同震断层任意形状三维裂纹扩展问题转化为求解以广义位移间断率为未知函数的超奇异积分方程组问题;定义了广义应力强度因子,得到裂纹前沿广义奇异应力增量解析表达式;应用波动时域有限部积分概念及体积力法,为超奇异积分方程组建立了数值求解方法,编制了FORTRAN程序,以三维矩形裂纹扩展问题为例,通过典型算例,研究了广义应力强度因子随裂纹位置变化规律;分析了同震断层裂纹扩展中力、磁、电场辐射规律.      

模拟裂纹扩展的单位分解扩展无网格法

单位分解扩展无网格法(PUEM)是一种求解不连续问题的新型无网格方法.其基于单位分解思想,通过在传统无网格法的近似函数中加入扩展项来反映由裂纹所产生的不连续位移场.详细描述了水平集方法,PUEM不连续近似函数的构造及控制方程的离散.针对裂纹扩展问题,提出了一种十分简单的水平集更新算法;讨论了不同的节点数、高斯积分阶次以及围线积分区域对应力强度因子计算结果的影响,并给出了合理的参数;模拟了边裂纹和中心裂纹的扩展问题,并与XFEM的数值结果进行了比较.数值算例表明,本文方法具有较高的计算精度,是模拟裂纹扩展非常有效的方法,具有广阔的应用前景.     

孔洞对平面裂纹应力强度因子影响分析的广义参数Williams单元

本文采用圆形奇异区广义参数Williams单元（W单元）建立了中心裂纹与圆孔共存的平面应力模型,奇异区外围利用ABAQUS有限元软件自动网格离散技术与FORTRAN95编程前处理相结合,克服了自主编程中网格离散的局限性．算例分析了圆孔位置和几何参数对I-II混合型裂纹尖端应力强度因子(SIFs)的影响,并与扩展有限元法(XFEM)计算结果进行比较．结果表明：靠近圆孔一侧的裂尖SIFs大于远离圆孔一侧的裂尖SIFs;控制圆孔左边缘到裂纹中心的距离,则两侧裂尖SIFs随圆孔半径的增大而增大;圆孔中心与裂纹中心水平距离越远,圆孔对裂纹扩展的影响越小．同时,基于圆形奇异区的W单元直接计算得到的裂尖SIFs与扩展有限元法得到的解吻合较好,证明了W单元对奇异区离散形状不敏感,且具有高效率和高精度．     

基于图像四叉树的改进型比例边界有限元法研究

为提高数值计算的精度, 断裂力学问题的数值模拟需要在裂纹扩展的局部区域采用较密的网格, 而远离裂纹扩展的区域可采用较疏的网格, 且对于裂纹扩展问题的数值模拟, 大多数数值方法又存在局部网格重剖分的问题. 论文提出了一种基于图像四叉树的改进型比例边界有限元法用于模拟裂纹扩展问题, 该方法可根据结构域几何外边界的图像全自动进行四叉树网格剖分, 无需任何人工干预, 网格剖分效率极高, 由于比例边界有限元法本身的优势, 四叉树网格的悬挂节点可以直接地视为新的节点, 无需任何特殊处理. 通过引入虚节点的思想, 将裂纹与四叉树单元边界交叉点作为虚节点, 虚节点的自由度作为附加自由度处理, 并采用水平集函数表征材料内部的裂纹面, 含不连续裂纹面的子域可通过节点水平集函数识别, 使得裂纹扩展时无需进行网格重剖分, 界面的几何特征通过比例边界有限元子域的附加自由度表征. 最后, 通过若干算例验证了该方法的性能, 建议的改进型比例边界有限元法在求解复合型应力强度因子和模拟材料内部裂纹扩展路径时均具有较高的精度.      

表面裂纹疲劳扩展的数值模拟

建立了一种无形状约束的模拟表面裂纹在线弹性断裂力学条件下疲劳扩展的数值方法,并研究了表面疲劳裂纹形状演化和裂纹尖端应力强度因子(SIF)的分布特征。该方法以三维有限单元技术和Paris疲劳裂纹扩展规律为基础,并在裂纹扩展增量计算中考虑了裂纹闭合影响。本文第一部分主要介绍模拟三维疲劳裂纹扩展的数值方法的理论背景和相关的技术细节。着重分析和讨论基于三维有限单元法计算裂纹SIF所涉及的几个主要问题:裂纹尖端单元网格密度对估算精度的影响;自由表面的影响及其修正方法;裂纹尖端非正交单元网格的影响及修正方法。     

Introducing new cracked finite elements and a method for SIF calculation of cracks

Two different types of 8-node cracked quadrilateral finite element are presented for fracture applications. The first element contains a central crack and the other one includes an edge crack. The introduced elements are applicable in 2D problems. The crack is not physically modeled within the element, but instead, its effects on the stiffness matrix are taken into account by utilizing linear fracture mechanics laws. Furthermore, a simple and practical procedure is proposed for calculation of stress intensity factor (SIF) by employing proposed cracked elements. Several numerical examples are presented to evaluate the capabilities of the proposed elements and procedure.     

Evaluation of stress intensity factors for bi-material interface cracks using displacement jump methods

The aim of the present work is to investigate the numerical modeling of interfacial cracks that may appear at the interface between two isotropic elastic materials. The extended finite element method is employed to analyze brittle and bi-material interfacial fatigue crack growth by computing the mixed mode stress intensity factors (SIF). Three different approaches are introduced to compute the SIFs. In the first one, mixed mode SIF is deduced from the computation of the contour integral as per the classical J-integral method, whereas a displacement method is used to evaluate the SIF by using either one or two displacement jumps located along the crack path in the second and third approaches. The displacement jump method is rather classical for mono-materials, but has to our knowledge not been used up to now for a bi-material. Hence, use of displacement jump for characterizing bi-material cracks constitutes the main contribution of the present study. Several benchmark tests including parametric studies are performed to show the effectiveness of these computational methodologies for SIF considering static and fatigue problems of bi-material structures. It is found that results based on the displacement jump methods are in a very good agreement with those of exact solutions, such as for the J-integral method, but with a larger domain of applicability and a better numerical efficiency (less time consuming and less spurious boundary effect).     

A precise singular finite element for crack analysis

The multi-variable finite element algorithm based on the generalized Galerkin’smethod is more flexible to establish a finite element model in the continuum mechanies.Byusing this algorithm and numerical tests a new singular finite element for elasto-plasticfracture analysis has been formulated.The results of numerical tests show that the newelement possesses high accuracy and good performance.Some rules for formulating amulti-variable singular finite element are also discussed in this paper.     

A novel hybrid finite element analysis of inplane singular elastic field around inclusion corners in elastic media

This paper deals with the inplane singular elastic field problems of inclusion corners in elastic media by an ad hoc hybrid-stress finite element method. A one-dimensional finite element method-based eigenanalysis is first applied to determine the order of singularity and the angular dependence of the stress and displacement field, which reflects elastic behavior around an inclusion corner. These numerical eigensolutions are subsequently used to develop a super element that simulates the elastic behavior around the inclusion corner. The super element is finally incorporated with standard four-node hybrid-stress elements to constitute an ad hoc hybrid-stress finite element method for the analysis of local singular stress fields arising from inclusion corners. The singular stress field is expressed by generalized stress intensity factors defined at the inclusion corner. The ad hoc finite element method is used to investigate the problem of a single rectangular or diamond inclusion in isotropic materials under longitudinal tension. Comparison with available numerical results shows the present method is an efficient mesh reducer and yields accurate stress distribution in the near-field region. As applications, the present ad hoc finite element method is extended to discuss the inplane singular elastic field problems of a single rectangular or diamond inclusion in anisotropic materials and of two interacting rectangular inclusions in isotropic materials. In the numerical analysis, the generalized stress intensity factors at the inclusion corner are systematically calculated for various material type, stiffness ratio, shape and spacing position of one or two inclusions in a plate subjected to tension and shear loadings.     

非网格重剖分模拟宏观裂纹体的扩展有限单元法(Ⅰ:基础理论)

基于有限元计算网格,扩展有限单元法通过建立特殊的广义节点插值形式来描述含裂缝体的不连续位移场,避免了有限元法模拟裂缝时需要的网格重划分。进而,本文从虚功原理出发,在有限元法框架内完整地推导了能模拟宏观裂纹力学场的扩展有限元法实现公式,在理论上更全面地考虑了内部裂纹面上分布外载荷及缝内粘连材料刚度的影响,并提出了构建统一的扩展有限单元刚度阵形成模式,保证了与传统有限单元方式的协调一致。文中对方法的实现过程也做了详细阐述,给出了通用的计算公式,确保了算法的可行性。     

一种有效的广义特征值分析方法

提出了一种适合于自适应有限元分析中求解广义特征值问题的多重网格方法．这种方法充分利用了初始网格下的结果，通过插值或最小二乘拟合技术来得到网格变化后的新的近似特征向量，然后由多重网格迭代过程实现对结构广义特征值问题的求解．在多重网格迭代的光滑步中，选择了收敛梯度法以提高其收敛率；在粗网格校正步中，则导出了一种近似求解特征向量误差的方程．这种方法将网格离散过程和数值求解过程很好地相结合，建立了一个网格细分后广义特征值问题的快速重分析方法，与传统有限元方法相比较，具有计算简便、计算量少等特点，可以作为结构动力问题自适应有限元分析的一种十分有效的工具．     

广义对流扩散方程的隐式特征线混合元方法

提出了一个广义对流扩散方程的混合有限元方法，方程的基本变量及其空间梯度和流量在单 元内均作为独立变量分别插值. 基于胡海昌-Washizu三变量广义变分原理结合特征线法给 出了控制方程的单元弱形式. 混合元方法采用基于一点积分方案并结合可以滤掉虚假的 数值震荡的隐式特征线法. 数值结果证明了所提出的方法可以提供和四点积分同样的数 值计算结果，并能够提高计算效率.     

Mode III fracture analysis by Trefftz boundary element method

This paper presents a hybrid Trefftz (HT) boundary element method (BEM) by using two indirect techniques for mode III fracture problems. Two Trefftz complete functions of Laplace equation for normal elements and a special purpose Trefftz function for crack elements are proposed in deriving the Galerkin and the collocation techniques of HT BEM. Then two auxiliary functions are introduced to improve the accuracy of the displacement field near the crack tips, and stress intensity factor (SIF) is evaluated by local crack elements as well. Furthermore, numerical examples are given, including comparisons of the present results with the analytical solution and the other numerical methods, to demonstrate the efficiency for different boundary conditions and to illustrate the convergence influenced by several parameters. It shows that HT BEM by using the Galerkin and the collocation techniques is effective for mode III fracture problems. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(10472082). The English text was polished by Keren Wang.