开孔和闭孔泡沫铝的力学与吸能特性研究

研究泡沫铝的力学与缓冲吸能特性有助于其在武器、航天与航空等领域的广泛应用。通过对开孔和闭孔泡沫铝的实验研究发现:开孔和闭孔泡沫铝的应力-应变曲线都明显呈现出线弹性变形、塑性屈服(平台段)和致密化3个阶段;闭孔泡沫铝较开孔泡沫铝的平台段更加明显;闭孔泡沫铝的吸能效率较开孔泡沫铝的高,比开孔泡沫铝更适合作缓冲元件。     

闭孔泡沫铝材料十四面体模型的改进

基于对闭孔泡沫铝发泡过程更为合理的假设,提出了描述胞体结构的改进的十四面体模型,使之可以反映密度增大时质量集中于支柱和顶点的情况。采用有限元方法及耦合边界条件,研究了闭孔泡沫铝的相对弹性模量、泊松比等弹性特征与胞体参数的关系,给出了拟合的弹性模量的计算公式,并对模型在弹性压缩变形下应力分布进行了分析。通过与已有模型的比较表明,改进模型可以较好地模拟闭孔泡沫铝材料的弹性性能。     

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.     

闭孔泡沫铝的塑性泊松比

在表征闭孔泡沫铝的力学性能中,塑性泊松比是较为重要的参数之一。本文应用Kelvin十四面体模型构建出不同相对密度的闭孔泡沫铝三维细观模型并采用LS-DYNA对所得细观模型进行单轴准静态压缩计算。数值模拟分析发现,随着轴向应变的增加,泡沫铝泊松比-轴向应变曲线呈倒S形,存在峰值和极小值,曲线变化规律与泡沫铝胞孔的变形有密切关系。根据泊松比-轴向应变曲线与胞孔变形之间的关系,给出了平均塑性泊松比的定义。计算结果显示,随着相对密度的提高,闭孔泡沫铝的平均塑性泊松比增大。当闭孔泡沫铝的相对密度低于0.1时,其平均塑性泊松比接近于零,计算中可以忽略;当闭孔泡沫铝相对密 度大于0.1时,其平均塑性泊松比随相对密度的增加而呈线性从0.17增加到0.5     

聚氨酯泡沫铝动力学性能实验及本构模型研究

为了改进泡沫铝的动态吸能性能,将聚氨酯填充到开孔泡沫铝中制备成复合材料。通过霍普金森杆(SHPB)冲击实验,研究包含相对密度、应变、应变率和聚氨酯含量等影响因素的聚氨酯泡沫铝材料的动力学性能,并建立了动态本构模型。实验结果表明,聚氨酯泡沫铝的动态弹性模量与相对密度无关,屈服强度和流变应力与应变率和泡沫铝的相对密度成正比;聚氨酯泡沫铝的屈服强度与泡沫聚氨酯质量增加近似呈线性关系。所建立的动态本构模型在相对密度和应变率在一定的变化范围内与实验数据吻合较好。     

自相似多孔材料的力学性能与吸能特性

通过对自相似多孔材料的研究,给出了该结构的代表体积单元和相对密度。采用有限元方法对多孔材料面外的准静态压缩以及动态压缩进行数值模拟,分析了其变形模式,提取了应力-应变响应曲线,讨论了相对密度对多孔材料的弹性模量、平台应力、密实应变以及单位质量吸能的影响。研究发现:多孔材料在面外准静态压缩时,弹性模量、平台应力随相对密度的增大而增大,密实应变随相对密度的增大而减小;相对密度主要影响多孔材料的平台应力和弹性模量。多孔材料在面外动态压缩时,在相同的冲击速度下,多孔材料相对密度越大,其单位质量吸收的能量越多。     

泡沫铝填充金属薄壁圆管侧向压缩的实验和理论

利用实验研究与理论分析相结合方法研究了泡沫铝填充金属薄壁圆管在准静态侧向压缩下的力学响应。基于能量法,建立了泡沫铝填充圆管和金属薄壁圆管在侧向均匀压缩时的瞬时侧向力、平均侧向力和总吸能的理论公式。对泡沫铝填充管与金属薄壁圆管进行了准静态侧向压缩实验,并且将实验结果与理论公式进行了对比,结果表明理论预测值与实验结果吻合较好。基于建立的理论分析模型,研究了管的几何尺寸以及泡沫铝材料的密度对结构的瞬时侧向力、平均侧向力、总吸能和比吸能的影响。结果表明,在准静态侧向压缩下,泡沫铝填充管的总吸能大于对应的金属薄壁圆管;泡沫铝填充管的侧向压缩力和总吸能随管长度、壁厚和直径的增加而增大;当填充材料泡沫铝密度增大时,填充管的总吸能与侧向压缩力均增加。     

泡沫铝填充金属薄壁圆管的实验和理论研究

利用实验研究与理论分析相结合的方法研究了泡沫铝填充金属薄壁圆管在准静态侧向压缩下的力学响应.基于能量法,建立了泡沫铝填充圆管和金属薄壁圆管在侧向均匀压缩时的瞬时侧向力、平均侧向力和总吸能的理论公式.对泡沫铝填充管与金属薄壁圆管进行了准静态侧向压缩实验,并且将实验结果与理论公式进行了对比,结果表明理论预测值与实验结果吻合较好.基于建立的理论分析模型,研究了管的几何尺寸以及泡沫铝材料的密度对结构的瞬时侧向力、平均侧向力、总吸能和比吸能的影响.结果表明,在准静态侧向压缩下,泡沫铝填充管的总吸能大于对应的金属薄壁圆管;泡沫铝填充管的侧向压缩力和总吸能随管长度、壁厚和直径的增加而增大;当填充材料泡沫铝密度增大时,填充管的总吸能与侧向压缩力均增加.     

基于相对即时密度的泡沫铝材料力学性能研究

通过对圆柱形泡沫铝试件进行静态压缩和冲击实验，考察了泡沫铝的初始密度、孔径和尺寸等因素对材料应力应变关系的影响，研究了基于相对即时密度的泡沫铝材料的塑性行为。实验所用泡沫铝试件包含四种尺寸，三种孔径及多种初始密度。实验结果表明，初始密度对泡沫铝的应力应变关系有着显著的影响，而其他因素，如孔径、试件尺寸等的影响较小。基于实验结果，提出了一种新的泡沫铝材料力学性能的描述方法，即用材料的相对即时密度与应力的关系来描述泡沫铝材料的塑性行为。该关系适用于静态和动态加载情况，只是两种情况下的参数不同。基于该方法，发现泡沫铝的塑性行为可以用单一的应力一相对即时密度关系描述，这一关系甚至不依赖于材料的初始密度，这将使泡沫铝材料塑性行为的描述大大简化。     

泡沫铝缓冲吸能评估及其特性

对泡沫铝缓冲吸能特性的评估方法进行了比较分析 ,明确了吸能效率曲线与理想吸能效率曲线的应用范围 ,为缓冲器的选材与设计提供了依据。同时还对四种密度的泡沫铝在动静态下的缓冲吸能特性进行了评估 ,研究表明 ,泡沫铝是一种优良的吸能材料。     

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.     

An indentation technique for estimating the energy density as fracture toughness with Berkovich indenter for ductile bulk materials

A technique is proposed to estimate the energy density as fracture toughness for ductile bulk materials with an indentation system equipped with a Berkovich indenter based on the theory of plastic deformation energy transforming into the indentation energy of fracture. With progressive increase of penetration loads, the material damage is exhibited on the effective elastic modulus. A quadratic polynomial relationship between the plastic penetration depth and penetration load, and an approximate linear relationship between logarithmic plastic penetration depth and logarithmic effective elastic modulus are exhibited by indentation investigation with Berkovich indenter. The parameter of damage variable is proposed to determine the critical effective elastic modulus at the fracture point. And the strain energy density factor is calculated according to the equations of penetration load, plastic penetration depth and effective elastic modulus. The fracture toughness of aluminum alloy and stainless steel are evaluated by both indentation tests and K_IC fracture toughness tests. The predicted S_cr values of indentation tests are in good agreement with experimental results of CT tests.     

Lower Bound for the Energy of Bloch Walls in Micromagnetics

We study a two-dimensional nonconvex and nonlocal energy in micromagnetics defined over S ²-valued vector fields. This energy depends on two small parameters, β and e{\varepsilon} , penalizing the divergence of the vector field and its vertical component, respectively. Our objective is to analyze the asymptotic regime b << e << 1{\beta \ll \varepsilon \ll 1} through the method of Γ-convergence. Finite energy configurations tend to become divergence-free and in-plane in the magnetic sample except in some small regions of typical width e{\varepsilon} (called Bloch walls) where the magnetization connects two directions on S ². We are interested in quantifying the limit energy of the transition layers in terms of the jump size between these directions. For one-dimensional transition layers, we show by Γ-convergence analysis that the exact line density of the energy is quadratic in the jump size. We expect the same behaviour for the two-dimensional model. In order to prove that, we investigate the concept of entropies. In the prototype case of a periodic strip, we establish a quadratic lower bound for the energy with a non-optimal constant. Then we introduce and study a special class of Lipschitz entropies and obtain lower bounds coinciding with the one-dimensional Γ-limit in some particular cases. Finally, we show that entropies are not appropriate in general for proving the expected sharp lower bound.     

Tungsten L transition line shapes and energy shifts resulting from ionization in warm dense matter

Spectra of the W L transitions in the energy range 8–12 keV from warm dense plasmas generated by the Naval Research Laboratory's Gamble II pulsed power machine were recorded by a newly developed high-resolution transmission-crystal X-ray spectrometer with ±2 eV accuracy. The discharges have up to 2 MV voltage, 0.5 MA current, and produce up to 2.4 MJ/cm^?3 energy density. The plasma-filled rod pinch (PFRP) diode produces a plasma with N_e ≈ 10²² cm^?3 and T_e ≈ 50 eV during the time of maximum X-ray emission. By analyzing the line shapes, it was determined that the Lβ₂ inner-shell transition from the 4d_5/2 level was shifted to higher energy by up to 23 eV relative to nearby Lβ transitions from n = 3 levels. In addition, the Lβ₂ transition was significantly broader and asymmetric compared to the n = 3 transitions. The energy shift of the Lβ₂ transition results from the ionization of electrons outside the 4d shell that perturbs the transition energies in the ions to higher values. The increased line width and asymmetry result from unresolved transitions from a range of ionization states up to +28. The ionization distribution was determined by comparison of the measured energy shifts and widths to calculated transition energies in W ions, and the ionization was correlated with Gamble discharge parameters such as the anode type and the high voltage delay time. This work demonstrates a new hard X-ray spectroscopic diagnostic technique for the direct measurement of the ionization distribution in warm dense plasmas of the heavy elements W through U that is independent of the other plasma parameters and does not require interpretation by hydrodynamic, atomic kinetics, and radiative simulation codes.     

Mixed mode fatigue crack growth and the strain energy density factor

The strain energy density factor S was first proposed by Sih for the prediction of the critical of the load and failure direction under monotonic, mixed mode loading condition. It seems a natural extension to apply the same concept to fatigue crack propagation. However, a close examination of the existing theory indicates that the Strain Energy Density Factor cannot logically account for the phenomena of the R-ratio effect and crack arrest. Thus, modification is necessary before the concept can be applied successfully for the prediction of mixed mode fatigue crack propagation.Based on the concept of hysteresis energy dissipation, an effective strain energy density factor range, ΔS_p,eff, is proposed for the correlation of fatigue crack growth data. ΔS_p,eff is consistent with the concept of crack closure. Experimental investigation indicates that it could predict the crack growth rates and trajectories.     

Measuring Fracture Energy in a Brittle Polymeric Material: Application of a High-Speed Optical Extensometer

The brittle fracture of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) was studied using a high-speed extensometer, which consisted of an optical fiber and a position-sensing detector (PSD). Single-edge-cracked tensile specimens were pin-loaded with a special jig so that they could split and fly in the loading direction after fracture. The flying height and residual deformation of the split specimen were measured to estimate the elastic energy E _e and non-elastic energy E _n, respectively. By subtracting E _e and E _n from the external work U _ex applied to the specimen, the fracture energy E _f for creating a new fracture surface was evaluated. The results showed that E _e, E _n, and E _f increased with U _ex, and the ratio E _f/U _ex was about 45% over a wide range of U _ex. Energy release rate was also estimated using U _ex or E _f, and the results suggested that it was overestimated if E _e and E _n were included.     

Heat transfer by laminar flow of an elastico-viscous fluid in posttreatment analysis of wire coating with linearly varying temperature along the coated wire

The present study focuses on the heat transfer by the laminar flow of an elastico-viscous fluid in posttreatment of wire coating analysis with linearly varying temperature on the surface of coated wire. The surface of wire (uncoated) and the surface of coated wire were subjected to two thermal boundary conditions. The constitutive equation of motion and equation of energy have been solved by using perturbation theory for velocity, pressure distribution along the radial direction and temperature distribution. The theoretical analysis of flow rate, average velocity, shear stress, thickness of coated wire, and force on the total wire were also derived. Moreover, the flow phenomenon has been studied under the influence of elastic number R _e velocity ratio U and the dimensionless number S in the ranges 0?≤?R _e ?≤?20, 0.2?≤?U?≤?1.4 and 0?≤?S?≤?20. We noticed that with the increase in elastic number R _e velocity decreases whereas thickness of the coated wire and force on the total wire increases. Also temperature profile decreases with the increase of non-dimensional parameter S.     

A pseudo-elastic material damage model,part I: Strain energy density criterion

A failure criterion is presented which relates the strain energy density of the material to both yielding and fracture. Cumulative material damage throughout a structural component may be monitored and the relative influence of yielding and stable crack growth assessed. The criterion is demonstrated, using finite element analysis, for center cracked panel specimens differing by material toughness values. From crack growth increment predictions using the uniaxial stress-strain behavior of the material, the criterion predicts the critical value of the strain energy density factor S_c governing crack instability.     

A pseudo-elastic material damage model, part II: Application to the scaling of specimen size, material behavior and loading rate

A failure criterion is presented which relates the strain energy density of the material to both yielding and fracture. Cumulative material damage throughout a structural component may be monitored and the relative influence of yielding and stable crack growth assessed. The criterion is demonstrated, using finite element analysis, for center cracked panel specimens differing by material toughness values. From crack growth increment predictions using the uniaxial stress-strain behavior of the material, the criterion predicts the critical value of the strain energy density factor S_c governing crack instability.