从统计观点看有限单元法

比较几种有限单元法的优劣是个统计问题。所谓优劣只能是对大量算例平均含义下的优劣。在研究和编制有限单元法及其计算程序时,人们应该追求平均最优。平均最优的插入函数一般是单元内无载荷时(齐次方程)的精确解。     

用晶体弹塑性有限单元法研究双晶金属拉伸变形

本文从单晶体应力-应变关系的精确实验结果和多晶体滑移特性出发,建立相应的计算模型,并采用微观力学和晶体弹塑性有限单元法,研究双晶金属试样的拉伸变形,得到其应力-应变曲线,晶体内滑移变形和应力分布规律,以及晶界影响区对它们的影响。     

航空航天结构有限单元法教学探析

有限单元法在航空航天领域中应用极其广泛．航空航天专业有限单元法课程应针对其课程特点而开设,重构课程体系,注重理论联系实际,将教学重心从以往的理论教学转变为应用教学．文中还给出了在航空航天结构有限单元法教学中应涉及的几个实例．     

带双裂纹的椭圆孔口问题的应力分析

利用复变方法,通过构造新的保角映射,研究了带双裂纹椭圆孔口的平面弹性问 题,得到了I型与II型裂纹问题应力强度因子的解析解.在极限情形下, 不仅可以还原经典的Griffith裂纹的结果,而且可模拟出十字裂纹和带双裂纹的圆 形孔口问题.     

一维正方准晶椭圆孔口平面弹性问题的解析解

利用复变方法,引入广义保角映射,研究了一维正方准晶中具有椭圆孔口的平面弹性问题,给出了各应力分量的复变表示,并在特殊情况下转化为Griffith裂纹,得到该裂纹尖端处的应力强度因子的解析解.当准晶体的对称性增加时,正方准晶椭圆孔口平面弹性问题退化为一维四方准晶中具有椭圆孔口的平面弹性问题,同样在特殊情况下转化为Griffith裂纹,得到裂纹尖端处的应力强度因子的解析解.     

全应变梯度挠曲电纳米梁有限单元法研究

挠曲电效应是一种存在于所有电介质材料中的特殊的力电耦合效应,本质上是应变梯度与电极化之间的线性耦合。然而,应变梯度会引入位移的高阶偏量,常给挠曲电问题的理论求解带来困难。且已有研究表明应变梯度弹性项会影响纳米结构中的力电耦合响应,但是现有的挠曲电研究大多忽略了应变梯度弹性的影响。因此,本文提出了一种既考虑应变梯度弹性,又考虑挠曲电效应的有效数值方法。基于全应变梯度弹性理论,建立了包含3个独立材料尺度参数的纳米欧拉梁的理论模型和有限元模型,提出了满足C₂弱连续的两节点六自由度单元。基于本文的有限单元法,以简支欧拉梁为例,通过分析讨论挠度、电势和能量效率,得到了挠曲电效应和应变梯度弹性项对梁的力电响应的影响。结果表明,挠曲电效应存在尺寸依赖性,且应变梯度弹性项在纳米电介质结构的挠曲电研究中的影响不可忽略。     

基于有限单元柔度法的材料与几何双重非线性空间梁柱单元

从有限单元柔度法的基本思想出发,基于完全拉格朗日格式(TL格式),建立了能考虑材料与几何双重非线性的一般化空间梁柱单元,适用于满足Euler-Bernoulli梁柱二阶分析理论假定的空间杆系结构非线性分析。另外,在梁柱单元截面分析中引入纤维模型,使其适用于解决钢筋混凝土这类复合材料结构的非线性分析问题。对钢筋混凝土双向偏心受压柱试验结果的模拟分析表明,本文所提方法是正确、可靠的,能有效地分析钢筋混凝土框架柱的材料与几何双重非线性问题。     

基于mbS模式的有限单元法

mbS模式及其有限元法是在固体和结构分析模型中引入薄膜、弯曲和剪切理论,且采用纯拉压、纯弯和纯剪单元进行分析的数值方法。在时空系中剖分物质单元和时间单元上构造以指数函数和贝塞尔函数为插入函数且按Lagrange插值条件的薄膜、弯曲和剪切等基本位移函数,由此得到更加完备和耦合的固体和结构实体单元的变形模式,根据能量泛函变分原理得到静动力有限元基本方程的一致格式。研究表明,mbS模式及其有限元法可用于梁柱和板壳等结构的静动力分析及屈曲分析。     

层合板的非线性有限单元分析

对层合板引入小应变中转动几何非线性假设，位移模式考虑了横向剪切应力及其连续性，有采用罚单元的方式构造了简单，协调的八节点等参单元，并应用于层合板的应力分析，取得了很好的数值结果。     

椭圆孔口端点和裂纹端点处的变动态应力分析

分析了椭圆孔口端点和裂纹端点处的变动态应力.在分析中,设带椭圆孔口的无限平板受远处应力作用.变动态应力分析指的是,令动点趋近于椭圆孔端点和椭圆孔变成裂纹这二个过程在各种相对关系下进行.在不同相对关系下,求出椭圆孔口或裂纹端点应力的极限值.分析表明,随着不同的变动状态,对于端点处的某些应力会得到不同的极限值.     

功能材料双轴拉伸十字板试件的优化设计

在对Demmerle和Boehler提出的一个基于试件实验区应力标准差的数学判据进行修正的基础上,将这一判据应用于有限元方法中,通过 ABAQUS有限元软件计算出试件实验区的应力分布,结合Powell优化设计方法,实现了对各向同性形状记忆合金材料双轴拉伸十字板试件的最优化设计.优化设计所得试件的应力位移分布图与原有的Kelly试件迸行了比较,结果表明经过优化的试件在满足双轴试验要求方面有了明显的改进.同时验证了在各向同性材料下优化所得的试件同样适用于各向异性材料.最后,对形状记忆合金相变过程在试验区中引起的应力应变变化进行了数值模拟,其结果表明优化试件完全能够满足记忆合金材料双轴实验的要求.     

A constitutive relation for pseudo-elastic behaviour in shape memory alloys

A constitutive relation to describe pseudo-elastic deformation in shape memory alloys is presented in this paper. It is capable of describing deformation behaviour of polycrystalline materials under triaxial stress state as well as of monocrystalline materials under one-dimensional condition. Total strain rate is supposed to be composed of elastic strain rate and transformation strain rate. Deformation behaviour of Cu−Zn−Sn alloy and Ti−ni alloy is simulated by use of the proposed constitutive relation. it is shown that simulated results are in a good agreement with experimental data. The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

形状记忆合金的本构模型及其有限元实施

基于塑性力学中屈服面的概率以及Liang和Brinson提出的马氏体体积百分量和应力,温度间的关系,提出了适用于描述多信形状记忆合金的形状记忆效应和伪弹性效应的本构模型,并用T．T．法对该本构模型进行了非线性有限元实施,算例表明该本构模型与实验结果比较吻合,且只需对现有非线性有限元程度稍做修改就可得到实施,简单易行,有一定的实用价值。     

SMA纤维复合材料梁振动半主动控制

分析了一类形状记忆合金(SMA)纤维混杂层合粱用于振动控制的动力学模型和作用机理．采用多胞模型、形状记忆合金一维本构关系分析方法,同时考虑横向剪切的影响,建立了层合梁的数学模型．半主动控制是通过改变受控结构的参数来减小结构振动的响应．根据开关控制原理确定可变刚度系统的控制律,进行SMA纤维混杂层合粱的半主动控制的数值仿真．结果表明,将半主动控制应用于梁的振动控制是一种有效的方法．     

Constitutive model for uniaxial transformation ratchetting of super-elastic NiTi shape memory alloy at room temperature

The transformation ratchetting of super-elastic NiTi shape memory alloy was observed by the uniaxial stress-controlled cyclic tests [Kang, G.Z., Kan, Q.H., Qian, L.M., Liu, Y.J, 2009a. Ratchetting deformation of super-elastic and shape memory NiTi Alloys. Mech. Mater. 41, 139–153]. It is concluded that the NiTi alloy presents apparent ratchetting behaviour, and the ratchetting is collectively caused by the cyclic accumulation of residual induced-martensite and the transformation-induced plastic deformation (i.e., namely transformation ratchetting). Based on the experimental results, a cyclic constitutive model was constructed in the framework of generalized plasticity [Lubliner, J., Auricchio, F., 1996. Generalized plasticity and shape memory alloys. Int. J. Solids Struct. 33, 991–1003] to describe the transformation ratchetting of super-elastic NiTi alloy. The proposed model simultaneously accounts for the evolutions of residual induced-martensite and transformation-induced plastic strain during the stress-controlled cyclic loading by introducing an internal variable z_c, i.e., cumulated induced-martensite volume fraction. The dependence of transformation ratchetting on the applied stress levels and the phase transformation hardening behaviour of the NiTi alloy are also considered in the developed model. The anisotropic phase transformation behaviours of the alloy presented in the tension and compression cases are described by employing a Drucker–Prager-typed transformation surface. It is shown that the simulated results of transformation ratchetting obtained by the proposed model are in good agreement with the corresponding experiments, since the typical features of transformation ratchetting are reasonably captured by the proposed model.     

Three-dimensional modeling and numerical analysis of rate-dependent irrecoverable deformation in shape memory alloys

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) provide an attractive solid-state actuation alternative to engineers in various fields due to their ability to exhibit recoverable deformations while under substantial loads. Many constitutive models describing this repeatable phenomenon have been proposed, where some models also capture the effects of rate-independent irrecoverable deformations (i.e., plasticity) in SMAs. In this work, we consider a topic not addressed to date: the generation and evolution of irrecoverable viscoplastic strains in an SMA material. Such strains appear in metals subjected to sufficiently high temperatures. The need to account for these effects in SMAs arises when considering one of two situations: the exposure of a conventional SMA material (e.g., NiTi) to high temperatures for a non-negligible amount of time, as occurs during shape-setting, or the utilization of new high temperature shape memory alloys (HTSMAs), where the elevated transformation temperatures induce transformation and viscoplastic behaviors simultaneously. A new three-dimensional constitutive model based on established SMA and viscoplastic modeling techniques is derived that accounts for these behaviors. The numerical implementation of the model is described in detail. Several finite element analysis (FEA) examples are provided, demonstrating the utility of the new model and its implementation in assessing the effects of viscoplastic behaviors in shape memory alloys.     

Phase transitions in the shape memory alloy CuAlNi

Shape memory alloys exhibit a complex load-deformation temperature behaviour. In CuAlNi different maximal recoverable deformations may be observed in tensile experiments. We have found five phases and their corresponding phase transitions, two of them are reversible and the others exhibit hysteresis. We use a thermodynamic theory to calculate the energy landscape that describes the behaviour of the CuAlNi specimen.Received: 8 March 2004, Accepted: 9 March 2004, Published online: 12 May 2004 Correspondence to: A. Musolff     

Finite cell method compared to h-version finite element method for elasto-plastic problems

The finite cell method （FCM） combines the high-order finite element method （FEM） with the fictitious domain approach for the purpose of simple meshing. In the present study, the FCM is used to the Prandtl-Reuss flow theory of plasticity, and the results are compared with the h-version finite element method （h-FEM）. The numerical results show that the FCM is more efficient compared to the h-FEM for elasto-plastic problems, although the mesh does not conform to the boundary. It is also demonstrated that the FCM performs well for elasto-plastic loading and unloading.     

Two-scale finite element method for piezoelectric problem in periodicstructure

The prediction of the mechanical and electric properties of piezoelectric fibre composites has become an active research area in recent years. By means of introducing a boundary layer problem, some new kinds of two-scale finite element methods for solutions to the electric potential and the displacement for composite material in periodic struc- ture under the coupled piezoelectricity are derived. The coupled two-scale relation of the electric potential and the displacement is set up, and some finite element...     

Shakedown analysis of shape memory alloy structures

Phase transformational shakedown of a structure refers to a status that plastic strains cease developing after a finite number of loading cycles, and subsequently the structure undergoes only elastic deformation and alternating phase transformations with limited magnitudes. Due to the intrinsic complexity in the constitutive relations of shape memory alloys (SMA), there is as yet a lack of effective methods for modeling the mechanical responses of SMA structures, especially when they develop both phase transformation and plastic deformation. This paper is devoted to present an algorithm for analyzing shakedown of SMA structures subjected to cyclic or varying loads within specified domains. Based on the phase transformation and plastic yield criteria of von Mises-type and their associated flow rules, a simplified three-dimensional phenomenological constitutive model is first formulated accounting for different regimes of elastic–plastic deformation and phase transformation. Different responses possible for SMA bodies exposed to varying loads are discussed. The classical Melan shakedown theorem is extended to determine a lower bound of loads for transformational shakedown of SMA bodies without necessity of a step-by-step analysis along the loading history. Finally, a simple example is given to illustrate the application of the present theory as well as some basic features of shakedown of SMA structures. It is interesting to find that phase transformation may either increase or decrease the load-bearing capacity of a structure, depending upon its constitutive relations, geometries and the loading mode.