An analysis of the shear failure of rigid-linear hardening beams under impulsive loading

A theoretical rigid-plastic analysis for the dynamic shear failure of beams under impulsive loading is presented when using a travelling plastic shear hinge model which takes into account material strain hardening. The maximum dynamic shear strain and shear strain-rate can be predicted in addition to the permanent transverse deflections and other parameters. The conditions for the three modes of shear failure, i.e., excess deflection failure, excess shear strain failure and adiabatic shear failure are analyzed. The special case of an infinitesimally small plastic zone is discussed and compared with Nonaka's solution for a rigid, perfectly plastic material. The results can also be generalized to examine the dynamic response of fibre-reinforced beams.     

Analytical modeling and finite element simulation of the plastic collapse of sandwich beams with pin-reinforced foam cores

Analytical predictions are presented for the plastic collapse strength of lightweight sandwich beams having pin-reinforced foam cores that are loaded in 3-point bending. Both polymer and aluminum foam cores are considered, whilst the facesheet and the pins are made of either composite or metal. Four different failure modes are account for: metal facesheet yield or composite facesheet microbuckling, facesheet wrinkling, plastic shear of the core, and facesheet indentation beneath the loading rollers. A micromechanics-based model is developed and combined with the homogenization approach to calculate the effective properties of pin-reinforced foam cores. To calculate the elastic buckling strength of pin reinforcements, the pin-reinforced foam core is treated as assemblies of simply supported columns resting upon an elastic foundation. Minimum mass design of the sandwich is then obtained as a function of the prescribed structural load index, subjected to the constraint that none of the above failure modes occurs. Collapse mechanism maps are constructed and compared with the failure maps of foam-cored sandwich beams without pin reinforcements. Finite element simulations are carried out to verify the analytical model and to study the performance and failure mechanisms of the sandwich subject to loading types other than 3-point bending. The results demonstrate that the weaker the foam is, the more optimal the pin-reinforced foam core becomes, and that sandwich beams with pin-reinforced polymer foam cores are structurally more efficient than foam- or truss-cored sandwich beams.     

DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF A RIGID,PERFECTLY PLASTIC FREE-FREE BEAM STRUCK BY A PROJECTILE ATANY CROSS-SECTION ALONG ITS SPAN

I. INTRODUCTION The dynamic plastic response of free-free beams subjected to intense dynamic loading is a subject ofinterest for aerospace engineering applications. For example, when a rocket is attacked by a missile, itslarge plastic deformation behav…     

冲击载荷下软钢梁早期响应的数值模拟和简化模型

冲击载荷作用下，梁的早期响应既有弹性变形也有塑性变形，两者相互耦合．有限元数值模拟的结果表明，弹性弯曲波的传播是梁早期变形的主要机制，刚塑性简化理论预言的初始阶段中梁的“移行塑性铰”实际上是不存在的．本文提出的弹性 理想塑性简化模型可以很好地模拟固支软钢梁的早期响应     

端部受斜冲击的刚塑性悬臂梁的双铰模型

斜冲击载荷作用在刚塑性悬臂梁的端部,引起作用在梁横截面处的弯矩以及轴力;在发生塑性变形截面处,弯矩及轴力满足交互作用屈服条件。广义应力在移行铰的邻域不违背屈服条件,屈服函数可在移行铰的背面取极大值,移行铰处的剪切力不必为零。如果悬臂梁足够长,在响应的初始阶段移行铰处非零的剪力会在梁上引起多铰变形。通过对双铰模型与单铰模型的比较发现,双铰模型计算的结果与单铰模型计算的结果很接近,单铰模型作为一个近似模型具有一定的合理性。     

The dynamic plastic response characteristics of circular beam

In this paper the problem of a circular beam subjected to radial impact by a rigid mass at its tip in its own plane is investigated on the basis of rigid-perfectly plastic assumption. The analytical solution of the particle velocities is obtained as the function of travelling plastic hinge location. By analysing the solution, some special properties of circular beam problem are found.     

Wavy-edged fractures in axially split aluminium tubes

This paper is motivated by the somewhat unusual need to gain insight into the phenomenology of the mechanism by which a wavy edge is formed on the wreckage of some aircraft fuselage skins associated with aircraft destroyed in flight by on-board explosion.In order to explore the role of the plastic zone adjacent to the crack tip whilst avoiding the practical complications of generating the fractures explosively, simple quasi-static experiments have been carried out on aluminium tubes. Oversized rigid dies were pushed inside the tubes along their axes to generate fractures in Mode I and Mode III. It is conjectured that wavy edges are associated with fractures resulting from internal expansion of the tube by a travelling, internal, radial ring pressure region. The pressurised region behind the crack tip would be produced by explosively generated internal pressure being vented at the crack and, for the purpose of this study, is considered to be equivalent to that generated by the die. The production of such cracks is clearly demonstrated experimentally and contrasted with the plain-edge fractures produces during Mode III tearing fracture.A damage-model-based finite element analysis has been conducted to simulate the propagation of the crack and provide further insight into the strain and stress fields along the fractured edges. Both the experimental and numerical results show that this particular type of ring loading has to be applied to the tube to produce the wavy edge. Such a load expands the fractured flaps in the radial direction, stretching the material in the circumferential direction and, crucially, in the axial direction. The latter generates a relatively wide plastic wake close to and parallel to the fracture edge as the tube fails within which axial plastic strain predominates. Constrained by the remaining part of the tube that has not undergone plastic deformation, sufficient axial residual compressive stress can be produced in the plastic wake to produce a wavy edge which results from local buckling in the plastic wake. This mechanism suggests that ripples observed on the edges of fuselage skin wreckage are possible signatures of an internal explosion. The work described herein is also relevant to the deformation in a failed high-pressure gas pipe following the propagation of a ductile crack as noted previously in the literature.     

A study of different modes of collapse in metallic hemispherical shells resting on flat platen and compressed with hemispherical nosed indenter

The paper presents experimental and analytical studies on axial compression of aluminium spherical shells having Radius/wall thickness (R/t) ratios between 23 and 135. Quasi-static compressive load was applied centrally and with offset through a indenter having diameter of 22 mm. Testing was carried out on an INSTRON machine having 250 T capacity. Shells having different radius and wall thickness were tested, to classify their modes of collapse and their corresponding energy absorption mechanism. In experiments shells of lower R/t values were found to collapse due to formation of an inward dimple associated with a rolling plastic hinge in central as well as in offset loading. On the other hand, shells of higher R/t values were collapsed initially with formation of an axisymmetric inward dimple, but in later stage of compression showed buckling of non-symmetric shape consisting of integral number of lobes and stationary plastic hinges. The stationary hinges were formed between consecutive lobes. Experimental observations are used to propose an analytical model for prediction of load–compression and energy–compression curves. The results obtained from analytical model compared with the experimental results and found match fairly well.     

冷却塔爆破拆除倾倒解体及振动研究

针对采用复式切口的冷却塔爆破拆除，利用塑性铰理论对冷却塔整个倒塌过程中的运动状态进行深入分析。通过建立塔体触地瞬间的数学模型，以最大线应变理论作为塔壁破碎的力学依据，利用MATLAB数值软件进行分析，得到在塔体触地瞬间，除切口处塔壁发生破碎外，塔壁上部也将发生破碎解体，这与冷却塔实际倒塌过程中的破碎现象相吻合。当被爆物确定后，破碎截面坐标值随塑性铰转动极值的增大而减小。另外，对冷却塔爆破过程中对周围建筑危害最严重的塔体连续塌落进行分析，得出塔体连续塌落诱发的振速峰值随保留区截面塑性铰转动极值的增大而增大。鉴于此，提出对于今后冷却塔爆破应避免整体延期时间过大的建议，从而控制塔体转动角度，降低冷却塔爆破对周围建筑的危害。     

Non-shakedown collapse of a doubly-reinforced rectangular plate under cyclic loads

A typical doubly-reinforced concrete rectangular plate is subjected to quasi-static (and more general quasiperiodic dynamic) transverse loads. The amount of reinforcements can be different in the upper and lower layers, in the central and rear parts of the plate, and in different directions, as usually designed in practice. An upper bound kinematic approach, which involves construction of potential collapse kinematic fields with plastic hinge lines, is developed to evaluate the non-shakedown loads corresponding to the respective collapse modes. The relations between the non-shakedown load parameters (frequency, amplitude limits) and the reinforcement parameters are derived for practical use. The kinematic assumptions with plastic hinge lines reduce the set of admissible kinematic fields for our upper bound approach, however the procedure appears relatively simple, visual, and can be developed to investigate the behaviour of other plates in various loading and reinforcement schemes, like the respective approach of plastic limit analysis, which was restricted to static loading.     

Computational and experimental studies of crushing of metallic hemispherical shells

Axial compression of aluminium spherical shells of R/t values ranging from 25 to 43 was performed under central loading. Quasi-static tests were conducted on an INSTRON machine (model 1197) of 50 T capacity. Spherical shells were tested to identify their modes of collapse and to study the associated energy absorption capacity. In experiments all the spherical shells were found to collapse due to formation of an axisymmetric inward dimple associated with a rolling plastic hinge. A Finite Element computational model of development of the axisymmetric mode of collapse is also presented. Experimental and computed results of the deformed shapes and their corresponding load–compression and energy–compression curves were presented and compared to validate the computational model. The computed variations of the different strains and stresses were also studied. On the basis of the computational results mechanics of the development of the axisymmetric inward dimple mode of collapse has been presented, analysed and discussed.     

Simplified prediction of creep buckling of cylinders under external pressure. Part 1: finite element validation

In this paper, a simplified method is proposed for the prediction of creep buckling. This simplified approach relies upon a model which yields an analytical evaluation of creep buckling times for cylinders under external pressure. This model is fully developed herein, and a ‘closed-form’ solution is given for the evaluation of the critical creep collapse time. The collapse mechanism is assumed to be due to the formation of a plastic hinge which induces an unstable post-buckling of the ring. The analytical ‘closed-form’ creep collapse time is then compared to finite element buckling predictions using the quasi-axisymmetric COMU shell element in the INCA code of the CASTEM system. The model is then applied to four different cylinders under external pressure and compared to finite element predictions; the cylinders' radius-to-thickness ratio varies between 50 and 550. It is shown that the proposed model performs well for this type of prediction: in all cases, the times to failure predicted by the model are lower than the finite element predictions. These predictions prove to be rather conservative for thicker cylinders. It is shown that creep buckling is a very dangerous failure mode. If the shape of the structure is observed as a function of time, nothing seems to happen during a very long ‘incubation’ period; when the initial imperfection reaches some critical value, buckling then suddenly occurs. This phenomenon is shown by the two methods of evaluation presented herein.     

A bipotential approach for plastic limit loads of strip footings with non-associated materials

This paper is concerned with a bipotential approach for estimating the plastic collapse loads of a half-space made with a non-associated Mohr–Coulomb material and indented by a rigid punch. In geotechnics, this problem is called the bearing capacity of shallow strip footing for which the analytical solution is derived by Prandtl (1920) [46] and Hill (1950) [35] in the context of associated plasticity. However, when the plastic model is not associated, no analytical methods have yet been developed. Here we explore this issue in a rigorous mathematical framework coupling the bipotential concept and limit analysis. First, the method proposed makes use of the method of characteristics to build a statically and plastically admissible stress field that enables a lower estimate of the plastic limit loads. Next, the extended kinematic theorem of limit analysis to non-standard plasticity is applied to derive an upper quasi-bound of the collapse loads. For this aim, the internal rate of plastic dissipation is obtained thanks to the bipotential functional depending on both a trial stress field and a Prandtl-like collapse mechanism. The analytic estimates are compared to the formulae and numerical results provided in literature.     

端部受斜撞击作用悬臂梁的弹塑性动力响应模式

基于大变形动力控制方程并利用有限差分离散分析,研究了斜撞击作用下弹塑性悬臂梁的动力响应．通过对屈服函数以及弯矩、轴力在动力响应过程中分布规律的分析,阐明了斜撞击下恳臂梁的弹塑性动力响应模式和斜撞击的轴向分量对变形机制的影响．研究表明,弹塑性响应过程可划分为四个阶段,对应的变形模式为：“压缩塑性区扩展”模式,“广义移行塑性铰”和“压缩塑性区收缩”混合模式,“驻定塑性铰”模式,“弹性自由振动”模式．与刚塑性分析所假定的两相变形模式比较,弹塑性应响分析证实了响应早期的瞬态轴向压缩模式和梁根部“驻定塑性铰”模式的存在性,肯定了刚塑性分析所假定变形模式的主要特征．斜撞击的轴向分量在撞击发生的瞬时主导了梁的变形,使梁呈现同承受横向冲击明显小同的变形规律．随着响应的深入,轴向分量迅速衰减,其对截面屈服的贡献非常微弱,由横向分量引起的弯曲挠动在大部分时间内主导和控制梁的变形．数值计算结果表明,斜撞击载荷的质量、撞击速度和角度是影响梁动力响应的重要因素．     

Size effects on the plastic collapse limit load of thin foils in bending and thin wires in torsion

Following a previous paper by the author [Strain gradient plasticity, strengthening effects and plastic limit analysis, Int. J. Solids Struct. 47 (2010) 100–112], a nonconventional plastic limit analysis for a particular class of micron scale structures as, typically, thin foils in bending and thin wires in torsion, is here addressed. An idealized rigid-perfectly plastic material is considered, which is featured by a strengthening potential degree-one homogeneous function of the effective plastic strain and its spatial gradient. The nonlocal (gradient) nature of the material resides in the inherent strengthening law, whereby the yield strength is related to the effective plastic strain through a second order PDE with associated higher order boundary conditions. The peculiarity of the considered structures stems from their geometry and loading conditions, which dictate the shape of the collapse mechanism and make the higher order boundary conditions on the (microscopically) free boundary be accommodated by means of a boundary singularity mechanism. This consists in the formation of thin boundary layers with unbounded stresses, but bounded stress resultants which —together with the regular bulk stresses— contribute to the value of the collapse load. Closed-form solutions are provided for thin foils in pure bending and thin wires in pure torsion, and in particular the limit bending and torque moments are given as functions of an adimensionalized internal length parameter.     

Authors'' closure

The moving hinge method is very effective in dealing with large displacement problems. However, it appears that this method has been mainly applied for a rigid-perfectly plastic material, despite some earlier attempts to consider a strain hardening material. The purpose of this paper is to expound on the effect of strain hardening, and, to incorporate it into the moving hinge equation. In order to do so, the energy dissipation during the curvature jump at the moving hinge is treated as a loading/reverse loading process over an infinitesimal duration of load application. The proposed method accounts for both isotropically and kinematically hardening materials. Experiments on aluminum rings compressed between two wedges are performed to validate the adequacy of the analysis. The results indicate a favourable agreement between the analysis and experiments. It should be noted that the present analysis gives an upper bound solution. Caution should be exercised since the accuracy depends on the chosen deformation mode.     

Structural shakedown for elastic–plastic materials with hardening saturation surface

An elastic–plastic material model with internal variables and thermodynamic potential, not admitting hardening states out of a saturation surface, is assumed as a basis to formulate a statical Melan-type shakedown theorem. Grounding on the optimality conditions relative to the shakedown load multiplier problem for a structure subjected to cyclic loads, the impending inadaptation collapse mechanism at the shakedown limit state is analyzed and discussed. It is shown that the adopted model is able to catch ratchetting collapse mode at a structural level. Numerical results for a simple structure are finally reported.     

泡沫铝在SHPB高温动态下的变形过程研究

利用分离式Hopkinson压杆(SHPB)实验装置研究轻质泡沫铝在动态压缩下的温度相关性,重点设计了一种基于SHPB的可视化高温炉,在此基础上通过高速摄影观测泡沫铝试件在高低温且动态压缩下的变形过程。动态加载下的实验结果表明：常温下,胞壁在变形过程中易于观察到屈曲失稳、撕裂、弯曲等现象,且在压缩的过程中碎片飞溅;高温下材料软化较明显,呈现出更多的塑性弯曲现象,但是屈曲失稳与撕裂的现象并不显著,变形过程中并无碎片产生。     

Elastic–plastic behavior of a semicircular frame being pressed against a rigid plane

As a simplified structural model, a semicircular frame is used to study the crashworthiness behavior of an aircraft fuselage. The quasi-static large elastic-plastic deformation of a semicircular frame in the process of its being pressed against a rigid ground is analyzed. First, based on the linear elastic assumption, the quasi-static large deformation contact process of the frame can be divided into three phases, i.e., point contact, line contact and post-buckling. By means of a shooting method, the relations between the displacement and contact force as well as the distribution of bending moment in the three phases are obtained. Then, by assuming an elastic, perfectly-plastic moment-curvature relationship for the semi-circular frame, the contact process is analyzed in detail to reveal the plastic collapse mechanism, the traveling of plastic hinge and the force-displacement relationship. In order to verify the analysis, a preliminary experiment was conducted, in which two types of half rings with clamped ends were pressed by a rigid plate. In addition, a numerical simulation is also conducted by employing ABAQUS to analyze both rectangular cross-sectional beam and I-beam. Finally, the theoretical predictions are compared with the experimental results and numerical solutions, showing that the elastic-plastic analysis can predict the contact process very well.     

Thermodynamics of plastic hinges with damage

Elastic structural members are considered with plastic hinges at which damage may occur. Equations of balance of linear momentum, angular momentum and energy are obtained expressing the fact that energy may be absorbed by damage at a plastic hinge. It is shown that all the work done by the moments in bending of a plastic hinge that does not appear as heat must be absorbed by damage. The fraction of the bending work which is transformed into damage is thecoefficient of damage. In general, this coefficient is smaller than unity, which implies that the plastic hinge is a heat source. The heat source manifests itself by producing a jump discontinuity in axial heat flux and thus, in virtue of Fourier's law, a jump discontinuity in temperature gradient ensues. The general thermodynamics of the system is formulated: It is shown that agreement with the second law of thermodynamics prevails if the coefficient of damage does not exceed unity. Using the condition that a plastic hinge must break after absorbing a critical amount of damage energy, we show that a structure composed of such structural members with a finite number of plastic hinges must fail before it absorbs an infinite amount of energy through a cyclic loading and unloading program. Although the failure criterion for a single plastic hinge may be simple, the complex distribution of damage among the plastic hinges of an entire structure can make the failure criteria for a structure defy simple rules. It is also argued that the introduction of a distributed damage energy rate does not seem feasible in view of the second law of thermodynamics. This suggests that damage in a microstructure is localized rather than uniformly distributed.