仪器柔度标定误差对两种压入测试方法的精度影响

针对目前最具代表性的两种压入测试方法:Oliver-Pharr方法和Ma方法,通过有限元数值模拟分析了仪器柔度标定误差对测试精度的影响.结果表明仪器柔度的标定精度直接影响压入测试结果的准确度,尤其是当材料较软且压入深度较大时更为显著;对同一材料,压入载荷越大,由仪器柔度标定误差引入的压入测试结果误差越大;在同一压入深度下,针对不同材料,由仪器柔度标定误差引入的压入测试结果误差差别不大;就测试方法而言,Ma方法具有比Oliver-Pharr方法更高的精度和更低的仪器柔度敏感性.     

界面压入法测定涂层结合强度的实验研究与理论分析

采用具有新颖性的涂层压入仪，在涂层与基体之间的界面压入，可测得压入过程中载荷与压入深度的关系曲线和界面开裂的临界载荷Ｐｗ，此值可反映涂层结合强度。界面压入法适合于评价高结合强度的涂层。根据能量守恒和转化原理，并结合Ｇｒｉｆｉｔｈ处理裂纹问题的思路，可得到结合应力表达式。在具体处理上采用数值计算与实验相结合的方法来近似处理，由此可得到结合应力值。     

基于微纳米压入法的高熵合金柏氏矢量研究

采用微纳米压入法对CoCrFeNiMn高熵合金进行多种应变率下的压入测试研究,实验获得了材料硬度与压深之间的关系并通过计算分析得到了其不同工况下的柏氏矢量值,探究了压入深度和应变率对柏氏矢量的影响．实验结果表明,所测材料柏氏矢量值在一定范围内呈现出一定的波动性,随着压深的增大,柏氏矢量表现出尺寸效应,即柏氏矢量随压深呈增加趋势;并且在同等压深下,柏氏矢量存在率效应,随着应变率的增加,柏氏矢量值先减小后增加,柏氏矢量从滑移主导向原子失配主导的转变是其率效应转变的主要原因．     

不锈钢表面等离子合金化渗铜层的纳米力学性能研究

为了研究不锈钢渗铜层的纳米力学性能,本文采用等离子表面合金化技术在304不锈钢表面制备了渗铜层。利用纳米压入硬度仪,采用连续刚度测试法,对渗铜层以及不锈钢基体的表面和横截面的纳米力学性能进行了测试,得到了纳米压入过程的载荷-压入深度曲线,发现渗铜层抵抗外载荷的能力低于不锈钢基体。并得到了渗铜层和不锈钢基体的表面、横截面方向的硬度以及杨氏模量,经对比得到渗铜层的杨氏模量和硬度都要比不锈钢基体的低,并且渗铜层的力学性能表现出各向异性。对纳米压入的数据进行分析,发现渗铜层在小尺度压入时硬度和杨氏模量表现出明显的"尺度效应"。     

金属材料的强度与应力-应变关系的球压入测试方法

压入法获取材料单轴应力-应变关系和抗拉强度对服役结构完整性评价有重要的基础意义.假定材料均匀连续、各向同性、应力应变关系符合Hollomon律,基于能量等效假定,即代表性体积单元(representativevolume element, RVE)的vonMises等效和有效变形域内能量中值等效假定,本文提出了关联材料载荷、深度、球压头直径和Hollomon律的四参数半解析球压入(semi-analyticalspherical indentation,SSI)模型.通过球压入载荷-深度试验关系获得材料的应力-应变关系和抗拉强度.考虑压入过程中的损伤效应,针对金属材料提出了用于球压入测试的材料弹性模量修正模型.对11种延性金属材料完成了球压入试验,采用本文提出的球压入试验方法测到的弹性模量、应力-应变关系和抗拉强度与单轴拉伸试验结果吻合良好.      

影响纳米压入测试结果的因素

纳米硬度计 ,又称深度测量压入仪。该仪器在刚性压针上施加特定载荷 ,同时记录压入试样深度。此技术广泛应用于微纳米尺度力学性能的研究。以MTSNanoIndenter○RXP为测试手段 ,参考试样熔融硅为研究对象 ,进行了不同压入深度的测试。结果显示 ,硬度和模量有随压入深度减小而增大的趋势。分析了接触零点的确定、压针尖端缺陷、试样表面的吸湿和粗糙度、弹塑性转变等因素对测试结果的影响。在压入深度为微米和亚微米量级时 ,上述因素对测试结果无显著影响 ;而在纳米量级时 ,有显著影响。所以 ,当压入深度为几十纳米时 ,纳米压入测试结果的可靠性值得注意     

基于微纳米压入法提取无铅焊料合金弹塑性力学参数的研究

本文通过微纳米压入法结合数值模拟研究了无铅焊料合金SnAg3.5 的弹塑性力学性能，分别采用圆柱形压头及两种不同锥角压头对无铅焊料合金进行压入测试：基于圆柱形压头测试过程中接触面积恒定的特点得到了无铅焊料的弹性模量，进一步采用塑性应变梯度理论对两种锥角压头的测试结果予以修正并通过数值模拟反分析得到相应的特征应力值，同时基于压入特征塑性应变与压头锥角的关系式得到两种不同锥角压头下的特征应变值，在此基础上经求解方程组得到焊料合金的初始屈服应力与应变强化因子，进而得到了焊料合金的幂强化弹塑性本构关系．该方法剔除了压入尺度效应的影响并保证了所得本构关系的唯一性，给出了一种通过原位压入测试表征金属材料弹塑性力学性能的有效方法．     

单晶硅的纳米力学响应及其相变机制

硅在大规模集成电路、MEMS/NEMS、半导体工业中具有不可替代作用,但是目前对硅的塑性变形及其相变机制的理解远未成熟.采用大规模分子动力学模拟研究(100)面的单晶硅在球形金刚石压头纳米压入过程中的纳米力学响应、相变过程和相分布规律.结果表明:在弹性变形阶段载荷-压深曲线与Hertz接触理论预测结果相吻合.两者的分离点准确地预示了塑性变形的发生.金刚石结构的Si-I相向体心结构的BCT5相转变导致了单晶硅初始的塑性变形.初始形成的BCT5相在次表面形成了一个倒置的金字塔形结构.Si-II相的形成则稍微滞后一些.在较大的载荷下BCT5在压入面上形成一个四重对称的图案分布.相对于小压头条件下大的BCT5相区,大压头更有利于SiII相的发展.卸载后生成的高压Si-II相和BCT5相全部转变为非晶硅.研究结果确认了单晶硅纳米压入中BCT5相的存在;揭示了单晶硅塑性变形的相变机理,即Si-I转变为BCT5和Si-II相;并强调了Si-I相向BCT5相转变对于单晶硅塑性变形的重要作用.     

考虑围压效应的冻结砂土动态本构模型研究

为描述主动围压作用下冻结砂土的动态力学特性，通过在朱-王-唐模型的非线性体上串联塑性体，建立了能够考虑围压效应的冻结砂土动态损伤本构模型；分析了损伤参数对应力-应变曲线特征、屈服点、峰值应力和峰值应变的影响规律，基于冻结砂土动力学试验数据确定了模型参数；通过将模型和试验数据进行对比，并对不同试验条件下模型的预测误差进行分析，验证了模型的适用性和准确性。结果表明，损伤参数对应力-应变曲线弹性阶段和屈服点无明显影响，而对塑性阶段和破坏阶段的影响较为显著，本构模型预测的应力-应变曲线与试验结果具有较好的一致性。模型能够预测围压引起冻结砂土塑性阶段占比大和屈服点明显的特征，且能够描述围压对冻结砂土动态强度的增强效应；不同负温和主动围压条件下，模型对峰值应力和屈服强度的预测效果优于峰值应变和屈服应变。     

一种面向激波噪声计算的加权优化紧致格式及非线性效应分析

在超声速流动中, 激波与湍流结构的相互作用会产生高强度的激波噪声. 激波噪声的高保真计算要求激波捕捉格式具有高阶精度、低耗散和低色散特性, 同时还要尽可能地减弱格式的非线性效应. 现有的六阶精度迎风/对称混合型加权非线性紧致格式CCSSR-HW-6在基于对称模板构造网格中心处的数值通量时引入了两级加权, 且两级加权都需要构造非线性的权系数, 因而非线性效应较强. 本文以修正波数的误差积分函数为优化目标函数, 优化了CCSSR-HW-6格式的非线性特性, 建立了加权优化紧致格式WOCS. 精度验证表明WOCS格式的精度高于5阶. 谱特性分析表明, 与原方法相比, WOCS格式的耗散误差和非线性效应显著降低. 典型激波噪声问题数值实验表明: WOCS格式不仅提高了对高频波的分辨能力, 而且显著地消除了数值解中因格式的非线性效应所导致的非物理振荡.      

考虑压头曲率半径和应变梯度的微压痕分析

在压头尖端曲率半径取100nm的前提下，采用Chen和Wang的应变梯度理论，对微压痕实验进行了系统的数值分析. 首先通过拟合载荷-位移实验曲线的后半段来确定材料的屈服应力和幂硬化指数值,然后用有限元方法数值模拟压痕实验，并将计算得到的整段载荷-位移曲线及硬度-位移曲线和实验结果进行了比较. 结果表明应变梯度理论所预测的计算结果和实验结果很好地符合,包括压痕深度在亚微米和微米范围内的整段曲线.     

蠕变压痕实验的计算机模拟

采用有限元的方法对双相材料的蠕变压痕实验进行了数值模拟，在有限元数值解的基础上，定义了相应于传统单轴蠕变实验的“等效应力”和“等效应变”，建立了蠕变压痕实验同传统单轴蠕变实验之间的关系，给出了确定薄膜蠕变应力指数和蠕变常数的方法；同时数值解的结果表明，实验中通过控制压痕深度不超过薄膜厚度的 ５％～１０％，忽略基体的硬化指数对确定薄膜性能的影响存在一定的误差，但基体的弹性模量对确定薄膜的蠕变性能影响不大。     

The Modified Rockwell Test: A New Probe for Mechanical Properties of Metals

In the present work a novel methodology is proposed, based on the combination of the Rockwell and the Vickers tests, to provide estimates of the mechanical properties of metal substrates. The analysis is based on some novel invariants obtained from the finite element solution of the Vickers indentation (the imprint diagonal relates to the maximum indentation depth and the residual indentation depth with the average pressure and the elastic modulus). Several other useful results are discussed and experiments are performed with a modified Rockwell apparatus on steel and aluminium alloys. The results are important for the interpretation of micro indentation tests. Inverting the indentation data, reasonably accurate results can be obtained for strain hardening properties for “power law” behaviour, whereas more complex strain hardening would require further investigation.     

Size-dependent sharp indentation—I: a closed-form expression of the indentation loading curve

In this paper, a closed-form expression of the size-dependent sharp indentation loading curve has been proposed based on dimensional analysis and the finite deformation Taylor-based nonlocal theory (TNT) of plasticity (Int. J. Plasticity 20 (2004) 831). The key issue is to link the results of FEM based on TNT plasticity with those obtained using conventional FEM by taking as the effective strain gradient, η, that presented in the work of Nix and Gao (J. Mech. Phys. Solids 46 (1998) 411), thus avoiding large-scale finite element computations using strain gradient plasticity theories. Two experiments carried out on 316 stainless-steel and pure titanium have been used to verify the effectiveness of the present analytical model; the results demonstrate that the present analytical expression of the size-dependent indentation loading curve corresponds very well to the experimental indentation loading curve. The empirical constant, α, in the Taylor model estimated from the experimental data has the correct order of magnitude. Also, the results presented in this part can be further applied to establish an analytical framework to extract the plastic properties of metallic materials with sharp indentation on a small scale where the size effect caused by geometrically necessary dislocations is significant. This will be discussed in detail in the second part of the paper.     

The effect of large deformation and material nonlinearity on gel indentation

A gel, an aggregate of polymers with solvents, has dual attributes of solid and liquid as solvent migrates in and out of the polymer network. Indentation has recently been used to characterize the mechanical properties of gels. This paper evaluates the effects of large deformation and material nonlinearity on gel indentation through theoretical modeling and finite element analysis. It is found that large deformation significantly affects the interpretation of the experimental observations and the classical relation between indentation force and depth has limitations for large deformation. The material nonlinearity does not play a very important role on indentation experiment so that the poroelasticity is a good approximation. Based on these observations, this paper proposes an alternative approach to measure the mechanical properties of gels, namely, uniaxial compression experiment.     

Stress measurement of SS400 steel beam using the continuous indentation technique

An analytical model is presented for determining surface residual stress using continuous indentation. The elastic residual stress is assumed to have no influence on contact area or hardness and to be uniform over a volume that is several times larger than the indentation mark. A step-by-step analysis for the residual-stress-induced load difference at a given depth is outlined here and such concepts as stress interaction, stress-sensitive contact morphology, and reversible contact recoveries during a stress relaxation are described. Finally, the proposed method is applied to the interpretation of the continuous indentation results obtained from an SS400 steel beam in which controlled bending stresses are generated. The stress estimated, however, showed a high scatter due to plastic pile-up deformation. When the optically measured contact area is used as an alternative of the contact area calculated from the unloading curve, the re-evaluated stress agrees well with the already known applied stress.     

基于SHPB的球形压痕实验方法

提出一种基于霍普金森压杆装置的动态球形压痕实验方法,通过将硬质合金小球置于2个试件中间,实现加载过程中2个试件的同时压入,以得到准确的压痕力与位移的关系。利用有限元软件ABAQUS/Explicit对该实验方法进行了数值模拟,从实验结果的可行性、准确性等方面,对新实验方法与传统的动态压痕实验方法进行了比较;采用新方法对铝合金材料进行了实验,并得到了压入力-位移曲线等关系。研究结果表明:采用新实验方法能得到较准确的结果,能较真实地描述压痕过程。     

A study on robust indentation techniques to evaluate elastic–plastic properties of metals

Spherical indentation is studied based on numerical analysis and experiment, to develop robust testing techniques to evaluate isotropic elastic–plastic material properties of metals. The representative stress and plastic strain concept is critically investigated via finite element analysis, and some conditions for the representative values are suggested. The representative values should also be a function of material properties, not only indenter angle for sharp indenter and indentation depth for spherical indenter. The pros and cons of shallow and deep spherical indentation techniques are also discussed. For an indentation depth of 20% of an indenter diameter, the relationships between normalized indentation parameters and load–depth data are characterized, and then numerical algorithm to estimate material elastic–plastic curve is presented. From the indentation load–depth curve, the new approach provides stress–strain curve and the values of elastic modulus, yield strength, and strain-hardening exponent with an average error of less than 5%. The method is confirmed to be valid for various elastic properties of indenter. Experimental validation of the approach then is performed by using developed micro-indentation system. For the material severely disobeying power law hardening, a modified method to reduce errors of predicted material properties is contrived. It is found that our method is robust enough to get ideal power law properties, and applicable to input of more complex physics.     

基于能量密度等效的超弹性压入模型与双压试验方法

针对超弹性材料压入问题, 本文基于能量密度中值等效原理, 提出了描述球、平面、锥3类压头独立压入下载荷、深度、压头几何尺寸和Mooney-Rivlin本构关系参数之间关系的半解析超弹性压入模型(semi-theoretical hyperelastic-material indentation model, SHIM), 进而提出了球、平面、锥压入组合的双压试验方法(indentation method due to dual indenters, IMDI). 正向验证表明, 基于系列超弹性材料的本构关系参数, 由SHIM分别预测的球、平面、锥3类压入下的载荷-位移曲线与有限元分析(finite element analysis, FEA)结果之间密切吻合; 反向验证表明, 基于系列超弹性材料的FEA条件本构关系下3类压入的载荷-位移曲线, 由双压试验方法预测的Mooney-Rivlin本构关系与FEA条件本构关系密切吻合. 针对3种超弹性橡胶, 完成了球、平面、锥压入试验, 应用双压试验方法获得的3组Mooney-Rivlin本构关系均与单轴拉伸试验结果吻合良好.