预制裂缝宽度对HCFBD试件确定岩石断裂韧度的影响

为了考察人工预制裂缝宽度对确定岩石断裂韧度的影响,采用大理岩制作了含有不同预制裂缝宽度的中心圆孔裂缝平台巴西圆盘试件(hole-cracked flattened Brazilian disc, HCFBD),在RMT150B试验机上进行试验,对不同预制裂缝宽度圆盘的应力强度因子进行有限元计算,并对测试方法进行了研究。结果表明,采用将预制裂缝宽度视作零宽度裂缝方法确定的断裂韧度值偏低,给出了一种采用最小载荷和最大无量纲应力强度因子确定岩石断裂韧度的新方法,该方法能够消除预制裂缝宽度对圆盘试件测定岩石断裂韧度的影响。     

SHPB冲击加载下四种岩石的复合型动态断裂实验研究

分别用绿砂岩、黄砂岩、灰砂岩、大理岩制作了三种几何相似的(φ80mm、φ122mm、φ155mm)中心直裂纹平台巴西圆盘(CSTFBD)试样;利用分离式霍普金森压杆加载,进行了I型和I-II型复合动态断裂实验,并由实验结合有限元分析得到了四种岩石材料的I、II型动态断裂韧度KId、KIId。研究表明:动态断裂韧度均存在尺寸效应,试样尺寸对I-II型复合比和纯II型加载角均会产生影响,复合比随尺寸的增大而减小,大尺寸试样II型加载的加载角比小尺寸试样的小。同时,由于负值的T应力显著减小了裂纹的起裂角,用广义最大拉应力准则预测的起裂角更符合实验结果。     

大理岩动态拉伸强度及弹性模量的SHPB实验研究

提出了获取脆性材料动态拉伸强度及弹性模量的实验步骤及相关记录数据的分析方法。利用直径为100mm的分离式Hopkinson压杆径向冲击巴西圆盘和平台巴西圆盘试样,测试了大理岩在高应变率加载下的动态力学性能。应力波加载下动态劈裂拉伸圆盘在试样中心产生了约45/s的拉伸应变率。分析了实验的有效性并考虑了试样两个端面应力波波形差异的影响以提高实验结果的精度。结果表明准静态下的公式可适用于动态劈裂拉伸实验;大理岩的动态拉伸强度及弹性模量比静态时有明显的增加。     

不同加载边界下混凝土巴西劈裂过程及强度的DIC实验分析

平板、垫条、圆弧压模及平台试样等不同加载方式下,脆性材料巴西劈裂实验结果的差异一直是人们所讨论的问题.本文设计了混凝土平板直接加载与采用垫条加载实验,采用理论、高速相机与数字图像相关法(digital image correlation, DIC)相结合的方法,对试样表面应变场演化、起裂位置及裂纹扩展过程进行分析,探讨了不同的加载边界对试样应变集中演化及劈裂拉伸强度结果的影响.结果显示:(1)混凝土拉伸非线性特性导致的应变集中演化对不同加载条件非常敏感,平板加载时应变集中较早在加载端起始并向中心演化,即使满足巴西实验"中心起裂"条件,其强度仍低于垫条加载情况,两者差别达17.9%;(2)如果软垫条加载接触角合理设计,与平板直接加载相比,其应力场更稳定,有利于保证圆盘试样的应变集中及断裂均从中心起始,更好满足巴西劈裂实验条件;(3)仅校验巴西实验"中心起裂"有效性条件是不充分的,设计时必须谨慎考虑.研究结果对脆性材料巴西劈裂实验设计、测试分析具有重要参考意义.     

不同加载边界下混凝土巴西劈裂过程及强度的DIC实验分析

平板、垫条、圆弧压模及平台试样等不同加载方式下, 脆性材料巴西劈裂实验结果的差异一直是人们所讨论的问题. 本文设计了混凝土平板直接加载与采用垫条加载实验, 采用理论、高速相机与数字图像相关法(digital image correlation, DIC)相结合的方法, 对试样表面应变场演化、起裂位置及裂纹扩展过程进行分析, 探讨了不同的加载边界对试样应变集中演化及劈裂拉伸强度结果的影响. 结果显示: (1)混凝土拉伸非线性特性导致的应变集中演化对不同加载条件非常敏感, 平板加载时应变集中较早在加载端起始并向中心演化, 即使满足巴西实验"中心起裂"条件, 其强度仍低于垫条加载情况, 两者差别达17.9%; (2)如果软垫条加载接触角合理设计, 与平板直接加载相比, 其应力场更稳定, 有利于保证圆盘试样的应变集中及断裂均从中心起始, 更好满足巴西劈裂实验条件; (3)仅校验巴西实验 "中心起裂"有效性条件是不充分的, 设计时必须谨慎考虑. 研究结果对脆性材料巴西劈裂实验设计、测试分析具有重要参考意义.      

对圆盘、圆环和圆孔研究与应用的感悟

Hertze, Michell 和Timoshenko 等力学大师得到圆盘和圆环的弹性力学解; 巴西、日本、英国和美国的先驱学者先后提出基于圆盘和圆环这两种构形的试样测试岩石、混凝土等脆性材料的拉伸强度的方法. 作者在这些大师和先驱者工作的基础上, 提出平台巴西圆盘(flattened Brazilliandisc, FBD), 中心圆孔平台巴西圆盘(holed cracked flattened Brazilian disc, HCFBD) 和压缩单裂纹圆孔板(singlecrack drilled compression, SCDC) 等试样和相应的测试方法, 对国际岩石力学学会(International Society for RockMechanics, ISRM) 建议的测试拉伸强度和断裂韧度的方法做出了改进, 尤其重要的是扩展到动态力学性能的测试, 包括动态起裂, 动态裂纹扩展和止裂. 这些研究工作得益于作者讲授《弹性力学》和《断裂力学》两门基础课以及指导研究生, 说明教学与科研是相辅相成的.     

围压对巴西圆盘应力强度因子影响的数值分析

为了验证巴西圆盘在围压作用下应力强度因子公式的正确性,论文使用有限元分析方法计算了不同相对裂纹长度下围压单独作用以及围压与集中力共同作用时巴西圆盘的应力强度因子,并与解析解进行了对比分析.计算结果表明:纯围压作用下巴西圆盘的应力强度因子的解析解与数值解结果非常接近,两者的相对误差最大仅为0.535%;围压与集中力共同作用时的I型应力强度因子解析解与数值解也非常吻合,两者计算误差很小,仅在纯II型裂纹临界加载角附近有较大误差,但最大相对误差仅为2%,从而证明了巴西圆盘在围压作用下应力强度因子公式的有效性和可靠性.计算结果亦表明:直接将试件放在液体中加压去研究围压对断裂韧度的影响,在实验方法上缺乏理论依据.     

大理岩的高应变率动态劈裂实验

首次把平台巴西圆盘试样引入动态劈裂试验。利用直径100mm的分离式Hopkinson杆对大理岩巴西圆盘和平台巴西圆盘试样进行了动态劈裂实验。结合有限元分析,得到了大理岩的动态劈裂破坏的拉伸强度。分析了巴西圆盘和平台巴西圆盘的典型破坏方式。结果表明,大理岩的动态拉伸强度随着应变率的提高而增加。利用圆盘中心粘贴的应变片来测大理岩等脆性材料的动态拉伸强度,是一种简便高效的试验方法。和巴西圆盘相比,平台巴西圆盘具有更大的优越性和更好的测量效果。     

大理岩动态劈裂拉伸断裂的实验研究

利用直径为100mm的Hopkinson压杆和薄圆形铝片作为波形整形器,用不同弹速径向冲击大理岩平台巴西圆盘来研究其动态拉伸强度.考虑了试样的尺寸大小及两个平台附近应力的时间不均匀性与空间不均匀性对实验结果的影响.分析了试样的最大应变率、破坏时间、破坏模式以及破坏过程中的载荷应变关系,得到了关于大理岩在高应变率下拉伸强度及弹性模量的一些结论.进一步又利用该装置径向冲击人字形切槽巴西圆盘试样,对试样的起裂时间进行了初步的研究,以便今后测试动态断裂韧度.     

中心直裂纹平台巴西圆盘复合型动态断裂实验研究

制作了中心直裂纹平台巴西圆盘（cracked straight through flattened Brazilian disc-CSTFBD）试样,利用分离式霍普金森压杆（split Hopkinson pressure bar-SHPB）加载,进行了岩石纯Ⅰ型和复合型（Ⅰ＋Ⅱ型）动态断裂实验。由于加载角（载荷方向与裂纹线的夹角）在制作试样时已经通过裂纹线与试样平台的位置关系确定,因此在实验中可以方便而准确地实施加栽。比较了纯Ⅰ型加载和复合型加载下压杆上记录的入射波、反射波和透射波的波形。采用实验与数值相结合的方法,将实验得到的动态载荷输入有限元程序,得到了纯Ⅰ型试样的动态断裂韧度和复合型试样的两种动态应力强度因子的时间历程。计算了加载角为15°的试样应力强度因子的复合比（KI（t）／KⅡ（t））,此计算值与文献结果吻合较好,验证了实验方法的有效性。     

混凝土黏聚开裂模型若干进展

黏聚模型是用来描述混凝土断裂行为的基本模型, 首先介绍了混凝土的黏聚开裂模型的基本概念,总结了确定黏聚区的本构方程的各种方法,即直接单轴拉伸测试、J积分方法、R曲线法、柔度法和逆推法.然后介绍了黏聚模型在I型和复合型裂纹问题、疲劳断裂问题中的应用以及黏聚模型与混凝土尺寸效应的关系.最后对黏聚开裂模型与桥联模型、带状裂缝模型进行了比较和总结, 指出了该模型存在的问题, 并对其以后的发展方向提出了建议.      

混凝土拉伸软化曲线折线近似的逆解方法

研究基于Hillerborg的虚拟裂纹模型，利用有限元分析方法，求得折线近似的拉伸软化曲线的逆解方法。对弹性模量，初始开裂应力的决定方法进行了研究。以双直线模型的计算结果为算例进行了逆推分析，算例符合得很好。也较好地从实验得到的荷载位移曲线再现了拉伸软化曲线。这对于研究混凝土的断裂能，尺寸效应等问题很具意义。     

聚氨酯泡沫塑料的强度与断裂韧性

针对3种密度的聚氨酯泡沫塑料进行了拉伸实验。通过无缺口试件确定了3种密度泡沫塑料的拉伸断裂强度,而利用有缺口试件确定了这些材料的拉伸断裂韧性。为了研究高密度泡沫塑料的拉伸断裂机制,还对破坏后试件进行了扫描电镜分析。此外,还简要讨论了泡沫塑料拉伸断裂力学性能的理论预测问题。     

Particle flow study on strength and meso-mechanism of Brazilian splitting test for jointed rock mass

A discrete element method （DEM） called particle flow code （PFC2D） was used to construct a model for Brazilian disc splitting test in the present study. Based on the experimental results of intact Brazilian disc of rock-like material, a set of micro-parameters in PFC2D that reflected the macro-mechanical behavior of rock-like materials were obtained. And then PFC2D was used to simulate Brazilian splitting test for jointed rock mass specimens and specimen containing a central straight notch. The effect of joint angle and notch angle on the tensile strength and failure mode of jointed rock specimens was detailed analyzed. In order to reveal the meso-mechanical mechanism of crack coalescence, displacement trend lines were applied to analyze the displacement evolution during the crack initiation and propagation. The investigated conclusions can be described as follows. （1） The tensile strength of jointed rock mass disc specimen is dependent to the joint angle. As the joint angle increases, the tensile strength of jointed rock specimen takes on a nonlinear variance. （2） The tensile strength of jointed rock mass disc specimen containing a central straight notch distributes as a function of both joint angle and notch angle. （3） Three major failure modes, i.e., pure tensile failure, shear failure and mixed tension and shear failure mode are observed in jointed rock mass disc specimens under Brazilian test. （4） The notch angle roles on crack initiation and and joint angle play important propagation characteristics of jointed rock mass disc specimen containing a central straight notch under Brazilian test.     

Fracture strength for a high strength steel bridge cable wire with a surface crack

In this paper, the fracture strength of a cracked suspension bridge wire is determined based on linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM). The wire is 5 mm in diameter, with an original ultimate strength of 1725 MPa and ultimate elongation that ranges between 5.5% and 6%. The average value of for the wire fracture toughness, K_C, was recently evaluated by the author. The state of practice is to use the ultimate strength of the cracked wire as obtained from tensile tests. This approach may overestimate the strength of the wire due to possible delamination and crack tip plasticity. A case study for a group of in situ wire breaks retrieved from a suspension bridge cable is presented. The failure analysis is performed based on both the fracture toughness criterion and the net section theory. The fracture toughness criterion produced more realistic results for the fracture strength of the wire. The decline in the fracture toughness and the corresponding reduction in the fracture strength of cracked degraded wire are predicted making use of the strain energy density criterion.     

Softening behaviour and correction of the fracture energy

The area under the load–displacement softening curve gives the total external work on the test specimen and not the fracture energy. The fracture energy follows from half this area that is equal to the critical strain energy release rate at the first crack increment. For wood this is correctly applied for mode II. For mode I however, as for other materials, the total area is wrongly regarded, a factor 2 is too high. In some applications, based on crack increment cycles, the error is even a multiple of this factor 2. On the other hand, the measurements at softening may show an apparent decrease of the specific fracture energy that can be explained by a small crack joining mechanism when the ultimate state of the ligament of the test specimen is reached. Post fracture behaviour is thus not comparable with the behaviour of macro crack initiation.It is further shown, by the kinetics of the process, that the irreversible work of an ultimate loading cycle is proportional to the activation energy of the fracture process and not to the driving force of the process. This explains why the crack velocity decreases with the increase of this irreversible work and increases with the stress intensity increase.The fracture energy is a function of the Griffith strength and is thus related to the effective width of the test specimen and not to the ligament length. This also has to be corrected. Based on the derivation of the softening curve, the reported fracture toughness of 720 kN m^−1.5 of double-edge notched tests is corrected to 330 kN m^−1.5 and the value of 467 kN m^−1.5, based on the fracture energy, of the compact tension tests, is also corrected to the right value of 330 kN m^−1.5. A revision of published mode I data, based on the fracture energy obtained by the area of the softening curve, is thus necessary.     

Elastic Constants Determination and Deformation Observation Using Brazilian Disk Geometry

Brazilian disk compression has been proposed as an alternative for measuring elastic constants of brittle solids with very low tensile strength (Hondros, Aust J Appl Sci 10:243–268, 1959). Subsequently however, the Brazilian disk geometry was mainly used for measuring fracture toughness and tensile strength of brittle materials, like rocks and concretes. In this study, we revisit the Brazilian disk specimen as a tool for determining elastic constants and for observing the deformation process up to failure. We used the optical digital image correlation (DIC) technique to obtain the displacement field on the specimen surface and proposed a scheme for determining the elastic constants from the measured displacement field and the applied load. Details of the elastic constant determination of a homogeneous material, epoxy resin, were presented. Comparison of the elastic constant measured using Brazilian disk with those obtained through more conventional means was carried out. We also present observations of the deformation evolution of the epoxy resin disk subjected to large nonlinear deformation up to failure and subjected to compressive loading and unloading.     

Fracture toughness of open-cell Kelvin foam

Brittle fracture behavior of a perfect open-cell Kelvin foam is considered. The foam is modeled as a spatial lattice consisting of brittle elastic struts rigidly connected to each other at the nodal points. The fracture toughness is determined from the analysis of a quasi-plane problem for a slice of the foam with an embedded finite length crack generated by broken struts. The crack plane is chosen on the basis of a previous study of crack nucleation phenomenon, and the crack length, which assures the self-similar K-field in the tip vicinity, is established by numerical experiments. For the considered densities range the crack includes several hundreds of broken struts and, consequently, the portion of the foam to be considered in the analysis has a very large number of nodal degrees of freedom. The computational cost is reduced significantly by using for the analysis the representative cell method based on the discrete Fourier transform. As a result, the initial problem for the foam slice is reduced to the problem for the repetitive cell which includes 12 struts.