Vibration analysis of foam plates based on cell volume distribution

In this paper, vibration analysis of irregular-closed-cell foam plates is per-formed. A cell volume distribution coefficient is introduced to modify the original Gibson-Ashby equations of effective Young’s modulus of foam materials. A Burr distribution is imported to describe the cell volume distribution situation. Three Burr distribution pa-rameters are obtained and related to the cell volume range and the diversity. Based on the plate theory and the effective modulus theory, the natural frequency of foam plates is calculated with the change of the cell volume distribution parameters. The relationship between the frequencies and the cell volumes are derived. The scale factor of the average cell size is introduced and proved to be an important factor to the performance of the foam plate. The result is shown by the existing theory of size effects. It is determined that the cell volume distribution has an impact on the natural frequency of the plate structure based on the cell volume range, the diversity, and the average size, and the impact can lead to optimization of the synthesis procedure.     

数字图像相关方法在闭孔泡沫铝压缩试验中的应用

为了了解相对密度与胞孔结构对闭孔泡沫铝力学性能的影响,本文采用放大成像及数字图像相关技术对两种不同密度的泡沫纯铝试样进行了实验研究.利用数字图像相关方法对泡沫纯铝变形前后的图像进行相关计算,获得了弹性范围内静态压缩情况下闭孔泡沫铝材料表面的全场变形及局部孔结构的变形,同时根据试验结果计算了试件的名义弹性模量.实验结果表明泡沫铝整体孔结构的变形与泡沫金属材料相对密度有关,而单个孔结构的变形主要与孔壁面光滑程度和皱褶有关.实验结果还表明图像相关方法能够有效地应用于闭孔泡沫金属的力学性测量和评估的研究.     

基于三维细观力学模型的开孔泡沫弹性性能预测

泡沫材料的宏观力学性能主要取决于基体材料的力学特性及其微细观结构特征,基于细观力学模型的分析方法是泡沫材料力学性能研究的重要途径。文中基于Matlab语言和Abaqus软件构建了描述中等孔隙率开孔弹性泡沫材料微结构特征的三维随机分布球形泡孔模型,并采用有限元方法对弹性泡沫压缩变形进行了模拟,并计算给出了不同孔隙率弹性泡沫材料弹性模量、剪切模量、体积模量以及泊松比的分布,建立了相应的唯象表达式。与理论模型及测试结果的比较表明,本文基于三维随机泡孔模型模拟结果构建的唯象表达式能够对弹性泡沫材料的弹性力学性能给出很好的预测。     

复合泡沫塑料力学行为的研究综述

复合泡沫塑料是一种重要的防护材料,它在国防工业和民用工业各部门均有许多重要的应用,对这类材料的力学行为进行研究具有重要的学术价值和应用前景.本文对复合泡沫塑料力学行为的研究文献进行了综述.首先,对复合泡沫塑料力学行为研究的早期工作进行了简介.然后,重点介绍了复合泡沫塑料力学行为研究的最新进展,其中也包括作者近期在该领域开展的一些工作;对复合泡沫塑料进行了静、动态压缩实验和细观加载实验,研究了材料的宏观变形规律和细观失效机制;在理论研究方面,探讨了复合泡沫塑料的能量吸收和缓冲特性,从宏、细观力学分析出发研究了复合泡沫塑料有关力学性能的理论预测问题;还利用计算机和通用软件对高密度复合泡沫塑料进行了有限元分析,研究了高密度复合泡沫塑料的失效行为.最后,给出对该领域研究工作的一些展望.      

A MECHANICAL MODEL OF CELL DURING INDENTATION BASED ON MEMBRANE THEORY

基于膜理论和细胞压痕实验,本文提出了一种可用于分析细胞变形的新的力学模型,通过对乳胶球和聚氯乙烯(PVC)球进行宏观压痕试验、理论分析以及与不同细胞压痕试验曲线的比较,验证了细胞力学模型的适用性。同时,利用新模型对单个软骨细胞进行了具体的力学分析,得到了细胞的力学参数、细胞膜表面的应力分布等,为单细胞力学特性的研究提供了一种新思路。     

Microstructure and Tensile Mechanical Properties of Anisotropic Rigid Polyurethane Foam

An understanding of the mechanical properties of solid foams facilitates effective use of such materials, which are often deployed in load-bearing applications such as impact absorbers, cushioning and sandwich structures. This study is an experimental investigation that focuses on the deformation response of rigid polyurethane foam to tension. Microstructural features such as the size and geometry of constituent cells and the struts that define the cell edges, as well as their stiffness and tensile strength, are examined. The nature of cell deformation and fracture are identified through microscopy and the associated micromechanics analyzed. Results show that the cells are elongated and thus the foam exhibits anisotropic properties. Flexure of the struts that define the cell edges is the primary mechanism governing deformation and failure. Information on the mechanical, microstructural and deformation characteristics elicited through this investigation will facilitate formulation of idealized cell-based models to account for the mechanical response of rigid polymeric foams.     

含正交排列夹杂和缺陷材料的等效弹性模量和损伤

研究含正交排列夹杂和缺陷材料的等效弹性模量和损伤,推导了以Eshelby－Mori－Tanaka方法求解多相各向异性复合材料等效弹性模量的简便计算公式,针对含三相正交椭球状夹杂的正交各向异性材料,得到了由细观参量（夹杂的形状、方位和体积分数）表示的等效弹性模量的解析表达式．在此基础上,提出了一个宏细观结合的正交各向异性损伤模型,从而建立了以细观量为参量的含损伤材料的应力应变关系．最后,对影响材料损伤的细观结构参数进行了分析．     

随机孔隙缺陷对3D编织复合材料力学性能的影响研究

3D编织复合材料经RTM工艺成型将难以避免产生孔隙缺陷,孔隙缺陷主要包括纤维束内干斑和富树脂区孔隙。经分析RTM工艺孔隙缺陷的产生机理,提出了随机孔隙缺陷分布模型,建立了基于细观胞元的含孔隙缺陷有限元分析模型,并应用概率统计方法,分析了缺陷的随机分布和孔隙率对材料等效弹性性能的影响,可为3D编织复合材料力学性能的设计提供依据。     

固体跨尺度压痕标度律的研究与展望

压痕标度律是对通过压痕试验方法测定固体材料力学性能参量问题所给出的一般性结论, 具有重要的理论意义, 是探寻材料力学性能潜在规律的方法论研究. 本综述论文系统而简要地介绍如下主要内容: 采用传统理论对传统固体材料压痕标度律的研究回顾; 采用跨尺度力学理论对先进固体材料的跨尺度压痕标度律的研究回顾. 总结并得到了如下主要结论: 传统固体材料压痕标度律可由一空间曲面完整描绘, 若进一步已知某类无量纲独立参量的取值范围, 则该空间曲面可退化为系列平面曲线族; 先进固体材料(新材料)的跨尺度压痕标度律可由一个三维函数关系完整描绘, 若存在某类独立无量纲参量取值范围已知, 则该三维函数关系将退化为系列空间曲面族. 压痕标度律的未来研究发展仍将重点集中在建立新材料的跨尺度压痕标度律上, 以试图从根本上解决新材料力学性能标准规范难以建立的理论问题. 除此之外也将重点关注建立各类功能新材料的多尺度及跨尺度压痕标度律规律.      

聚氨酯泡沫塑料在应力波加载下的压缩力学性能研究

通过ＳＨＰＢ冲击实验装置研究了硬质聚氨酯泡沫塑料在应力波加载下的动态力学性能，得到了泡沫塑料在较高应变率下的应力－应变曲线；确定了泡沫塑料的动态屈服强度和动态弹性模量等力学参数，并同落锤冲击实验及准静态压缩实验的结果进行了比较。     

冲击载荷下猪后腿肌肉的横向同性本构模型

基于纤维增强复合材料连续介质力学理论及粘弹性理论,提出了猪后腿肌肉的率相关本构模型。 通过拟合以往研究中猪后腿肌肉的SHPB和SHTB实验应力应变曲线,确定了本构模型的相关参数。结果 表明:提出的本构模型既能描述猪后腿肌肉沿纤维方向的动态压缩力学性能又能描述其动态拉伸性能,理论 模型与实验模型有较好的一致性。该结果可为安全防护数值模拟提供一定的理论依据。     

Aluminum foam-polymer hybrid structures (APM aluminum foam) in compression testing

The Advanced Pore Morphology (APM) process, a new method for production of aluminum foam-polymer hybrid materials, is described. Small volume aluminum foam spheres are produced first and then adhesively joined in a separate process step to realize an APM foam part. Detailed information on mechanical properties of this new hybrid material is given. Results of uniaxial and hydrostatic compression tests are summarized and evaluated to show how typical parameters characterizing material and process such as spatial arrangement, size and density of the foam elements influence the global properties. Two levels of the hierarchical architecture of the material are evaluated—namely the individual foam spheres and the hybrid structure. Variation of adhesives and adhesive coating thickness used in bonding the spheres in conjunction with study of unbonded specimens provides additional insight in the influence of this bond. First estimates on density dependence of mechanical properties are derived from the experimental data. Distinctive differences between APM and conventional aluminum foams are qualitatively explained. Throughout the study, AlSi7 aluminum foam produced from chemically identical precursor material according to the powder metallurgical FOAMINAL^® process is included as reference material.     

Particle Flow Code Method-Based Meso-scale Identification for Seepage Failure of Soil Levee

The development and validation of a grid-based pore-scale numerical modelling methodology applied to five different commercial metal foam samples is described. The 3-D digital representation of the foam geometry was obtained by the use of X-ray microcomputer tomography scans, and macroscopic properties such as porosity, specific surface and pore size distribution are directly calculated from tomographic data. Pressure drop measurements were performed on all the samples under a wide range of flow velocities, with focus on the turbulent flow regime. Airflow pore-scale simulations were carried out solving the continuity and Navier–Stokes equations using a commercial finite volume code. The feasibility of using Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes models to account for the turbulence within the pore space was evaluated. Macroscopic transport quantities are calculated from the pore-scale simulations by averaging. Permeability and Forchheimer coefficient values are obtained from the pressure gradient data for both experiments and simulations and used for validation. Results have shown that viscous losses are practically negligible under the conditions investigated and pressure losses are dominated by inertial effects. Simulations performed on samples with varying thickness in the flow direction showed the pressure gradient to be affected by the sample thickness. However, as the thickness increased, the pressure gradient tended towards an asymptotic value.     

泡沫材料准静态力学性能实验研究

利用INSTRON-1185型万能材料试验机在准静态加载环境下对不同密度的聚氨酯泡沫的抗压、抗拉及抗弯性能进行了较系统的实验研究,分析了聚氨酯泡沫材料的力学性能及吸能特性随表观密度的变化规律.研究表明,聚氨醋泡沫材料的杭压性能优于其杭拉性能,该材料具有良好的吸能特性,且其吸能特性随密度的增大而提高.     

多胞材料的力学行为

多胞材料具有独特的力学性质,其工程应用日益增加.人造多胞材料可以分为蜂窝材料和泡沫材料两类.本文介绍了这两类材料在不同载荷条件下力学行为的研究概况.对于某些天然材料(木材和松质骨)的多胞结构及其模型也作了简要介绍.     

Effects of Seawater and Low Temperatures on Polymeric Foam Core Material

Polymeric composite sandwich structures, often manufactured using a thick foam core material and thin composite facings, are of significant interest in naval applications. This paper summarizes the coupled effect of sea water and low temperature on the mechanical properties of closed cell polymeric H100 foam core material. The study considers the effects of harsh sea environmental conditions on the fracture and deformation behavior of such a foam material under complex loading conditions that include tension, torsion, compression, and true-triaxial stress paths. Mechanical testing techniques are developed using coupon samples of suitable geometry that minimize grip effects on these low density complex foam materials, along with information associated with the observed cross-anisotropic behavior. Interfacial delamination fracture response for the sandwich structures due to the combined effects of sea water and low temperature are evaluated and the associated degradation in critical energy release rate for delamination is found to be substantial. Experimental data for H100 foam cores associated with moisture induced expansional strains are also included.     

X状Z向碳pin增强泡沫夹层结构剪切刚度预报

综合考虑了面板对横向增强Z-pin的不同约束情况,结合空间网架结构和等效夹杂方法,提出了X状Z-pins增强泡沫夹层结构剪切刚度的预报模型,经实际计算后与已有的实验值和有限元模拟值比较,证明该方法具有足够的工程精度.计算表明,X状Z-pins能大幅度地提高泡沫夹层结构的剪切刚度,并具有良好的可设计性,可以通过改变Z-pin材料,Z-pin的体积分数、角度、直径等参数改变其力学性能.其中,Z-pin体积分数越大、拉伸模量越高、直径越大,Z-pins增强泡沫夹层结构的剪切刚度越高.     

多胞材料的力学行为

多胞材料具有独特的力学性质,其工程应用日益增加.人造多胞材料可以分为蜂窝材料和泡沫材料两类.本文介绍了这两类材料在不同载荷条件下力学行为的研究概况.对于某些天然材料(木材和松质骨)的多胞结构及其模型也作了简要介绍.      

EFFECTIVE SPECIFIC HEATS OF SPHERICAL PARTICULATE COMPOSITES WITH INHOMOGENEOUS INTERPHASES

基于细观力学复合球模型研究了含非均匀界面相粒子填充复合材料的有效热弹性性质,重点讨论了界面相性质的径向分布对有效比热的影响. 首先,将非均匀界面相沿径向离散为多个同心球壳,每个球壳内的材料性质假设是均匀的. 基于上述离散模型,利用含界面相的复合球模型,推导了复合材料的有效体积模量、有效热膨胀系数及有效比热的数值求解表达式;进一步,假设界面相的性质沿径向连续变化,建立了一组微分方程,上述有效性质依赖于该微分方程组的解. 特别地,当界面相杨氏模量为幂次分布时,通过求解该微分方程组得到了有效比热等热弹性性质的解析解. 算例结果表明,应用此方法预测的有效热膨胀系数与实验结果吻合良好;界面相热膨胀系数的径向分布对有效比热和有效热膨胀系数均有显著的影响,而界面相弹性模量的径向分布对有效比热有显著的影响,对有效热膨胀系数的影响相对较小.     

Modeling and prediction of bulk properties of open-cell carbon foam

The emerging ultralightweight material, carbon foam, was modeled with three-dimensional microstructures to develop a basic understanding in correlating microstructural configuration with bulk performance of open-cell foam materials. Because of the randomness and complexity of the microstructure of the carbon foam, representative cell ligaments were first characterized in detail at the microstructural level. The salient microstructural characteristics (or properties) were then correlated with the bulk properties through the present model. In order to implement the varying anisotropic nature of material properties in the foam ligaments, we made an attempt to use a finite element method to implement such variation along the ligaments as well as at a nodal point where the ligaments meet. The model was expected to provide a basis for establishing a process-property relationship and optimizing foam properties.The present model yielded a fairly reasonable prediction of the effective bulk properties of the foams. We observed that the effective elastic properties of the foams were dominated by the bending mode associated with shear deformation. The effective Young's modulus of the foam was strongly influenced by the ligament moduli, but was not influenced by the ligament Poisson's ratio. The effective Poisson's ratio of the foam was practically independent of the ligament Young's modulus, but dependent on the ligament Poisson's ratio. The effective Young's modulus of the carbon foam was dependent more on the transverse Young's modulus and the shear moduli of the foam ligaments, but less significantly on the ligament longitudinal Young's modulus. A parametric study indicated that the effective Young's modulus was significantly improved by increasing the solid modulus in the middle of the foam ligaments, but nearly invariant with that at the nodal point where the ligaments meet. Therefore, appropriate processing schemes toward improving the transverse and shear properties of the foam ligaments in the middle section of the ligaments rather than at the nodal points are highly desirable for enhancing the bulk moduli of the carbon foam.