Measurement of elastic-plastic stresses by scattered-light photomechanics

Several birefringent materials were studied for their suitability for use in three-dimensional photoplasticity. This study resulted in the selection of cellulose propionate as model material. Its close match in index of refraction with ordinary mineral oil makes cellulose propionate suitable for scattered-light photomechanics. Viscoelastic behavior of the material is used to simulate elastic-plastic behavior of metals. The stress, strain and optical behavior of the material has been studied under slow loading in finite steps. A successful solution of an elastic-plastic torsion problem was obtained, demonstrating the applicability of the techniques of scattered-light photoplasticity to three-dimensional problems. This experimental method does not require the unloading and slicing of the model, avoiding any errors that might be introduced by residual stresses due to unloading. A major advantage of the method is the use of live loading, which allows the investigation of several load levels with the same model. Stress- and strain-concentration factors for the grooved shaft in torsion showed excellent agreement with Neuber's analytical results. Distributions of shear stress and shear strain across the minimum section of the model were compared to elastic theory. Integration of the shear-stress distributions showed good agreement with the measured values of applied torque.     

Photomechanical behavior of cellulose acetate under viscoelastoplastic deformation

To confirm the possibilities of cellulose acetate as a material for a model analysis during viscoelastoplastic deformation, the time-dependent photomechanical properties of the material were examined by means of creep tests under constant stress and recovery tests after removal of stress. Consequently, though the strain and the fringe order of cellulose acetate during creep and recovery are greatly influenced by stress and room temperature, both of them can be described simply by a power function of time, and the coefficient of each of these formulas can be represented by a function of the ratio of active stress to yield stress only. The effect of temperature is included in the formulation of the yield stress. In addition, the strain and the fringe order can be represented by the viscous-viscoelastic model proposed by Findleyet al.,^1,2 in which both of them are divided into four components: elastic, plastic, time-dependent irrecoverable viscous and time-dependent recoverable viscoelastic. The relation between viscoelastic strain and viscoelastic fringe order, and the relation between viscous strain and viscous fringe order were verified to be equivalent to that between plastic strain and plastic fringe order, all of which do not depend on stress, temperature or time. Therefore, the strain distribution of cellulose acetate under viscoelastoplastic deformation can be determined directly from the value of the fringe order measured.     

Mechanical and optical characterization of cellulose acetate

To obtain the basic relations for photo-viscoelastoplastic stress analysis using cellulose acetate, the effect of strain rate as well as room temperature on mechanical and optical properties was precisely investigated by the uniaxial tension test. As a result, the nonlinear stress-strain, the non-linear-stress-fringe order and the nonlinear-fringe-order strain relations were uniquely reoresented in their nondimensional forms regardless of strain rate and room temperature. Young's modulus, yield stress and the yield fringe order were linearly related both to room temperature and to logarithm of strain rate. The effect of strain rate on these relations has caused great difficulties in experimental stress analysis with respect to photoplasticity. However, it was found in this work that the value of the strain rate at any points in the model can be determined by the fringe-order rate measured. Therefore, it is possible to estimate not only the distribution of strain rate but that of stress or strain in the photo-viscoelastoplastic model with cellulose acetate.     

实心圆试件扭转试验确定大应变本构关系

提出并完成了通过实心圆轴扭转试验建立大应变本构关系的方法。它比单向拉伸试验所得到的本构关系更为精确。因拉伸实验变形较大时试件伸长和变细对测量结果有影响；尤其在“颈缩”后，很难对有关力学量作有效测量和分析。即扭转本构关系的描绘更为完整。以低碳钢为例，扭转本构关系所描述的有效区间比拉伸本构关系大十余倍。该方法将有利于探讨研究更大应变下的材料力学行为。     

Photoelastic model measurement with rotated principal axes by scattered-light photoelasticity

The method of measurement of a three-dimensional photoelastic model with rotated principal axes has not yet been fully experimentally established. It is known that a three-dimensional photoelastic model can be reduced to an optically equivalent model. In this paper, the optically equivalent model is realized from a stratified model consisting of two layers of the frozen stress model. The secondary principal stress direction and the relative phase retardation of the frozen disk model in the stratified frozen stress model are determined for the entire field from Stokes parameters obtained by scattered-light photoelasticity using unpolarized light. The accuracy of these values is confirmed by a comparison with results only from the frozen stress disk model.     

On finite plastic deformation of anisotropic metallic materials

The classical flow theory of plasticity has been extended to the large strain range for anisotropic metallic materials. The following concepts have been incorporated into the constitutive framework: (1) the convected coordinates and the contravariant true stress, (2) an observer independent yield function, (3) the convected rate for general kinematics of deformation, and (4) the rotation of material texture expressed by a constitutive spin. The theory has been applied to the problem of free-end torsion of a thin-walled tube. The predicted results of shear stress-strain curve, axial strain versus shear strain curve, back stress versus shear strain curve, and initial and subsequent yield surfaces compare favorably with experimental data obtained by the author and his co-workers. It has been shown that the yield function defined by the contravariant true stress can account for the distortion of the yield loci.     

激光刻痕聚丙烯塑料失效破坏的参数识别

采用等效截面积法建立了激光加工微孔的有限元模型及带激光刻痕聚丙烯塑料板的冲击模型,并 通过参数识别方法确定了材料的失效应变。通过极差分析得出该塑料材料的冲击断裂强度随撕裂线直径的 增大而增大,随冲击速度的增大而减小。这与实验结果一致。     

Lüders bands propagation of 1045 steel under multiaxial stress state

Inhomogeneous plastic deformation of 1045 steel under monotonic loading was experimentally studied. Thin-walled tubular specimens were used in the experiments and custom-made small strain gages were bonded on the specimen surface to characterize the local deformation. Experiments were conducted under tension, torsion, and combined tension–torsion. During the propagation of Lüders bands, the local deformation experienced two-stage deformation: an abrupt plastic deformation stage followed by a slower deformation process. In some area of the gage section of the specimen, a small amount of initial plastic deformation occurred before the Lüders front reached. During the propagation of Lüders bands, multiple Lüders fronts can be formed. Under tension, torsion, and combined tension–torsion with a constant axial load, the Lüders front was approximately parallel to the material plane of maximum shear stress. When the combined axial-torsion followed a proportional fashion, the stress–extensometer strain responses were dependent on the axial/torsional loading ratio, and the Lüders fronts were oriented differently and propagated along the specimen axis at a different velocity. The local strain was inhomogeneous even at the work-hardening stage. The relationships between the equivalent stress and the equivalent plastic strain were found to be practically identical for all the loading cases studied.     

NEPE推进剂低高应变率下改进的黏-超弹本构模型

为研究低高应变率条件下NEPE推进剂的力学特性,通过电子万能试验机和分离式霍普金森杆装置,对NEPE推进剂进行了准静态和冲击实验,得到了不同应变率下（1.667×10?4～4 500 s?1）的应力-应变曲线。实验结果表明NEPE推进剂具有明显的非线性弹性和应变率敏感性,随着应变率的增加,材料的强度、屈服应力和弹性模量显著增加,与低应变率相比,高应变率条件下材料的应变率敏感性更高。在高速冲击下材料内部瞬间产生大量热量无法及时散发出去,使得材料内部温度升高,导致材料出现软化效应,力学性能降低。本文建立了一个非线性黏超弹本构模型,其中采用Rivlin应变能函数来描述稳态超弹响应部分,采用积分型本构模型来描述材料的动态黏弹性响应部分,考虑到松弛时间具有应变率相关性,本文采用了一个率相关松弛函数来替代传统的Prony级数形式。使用极慢速压缩实验数据对本构模型中的超弹部分进行拟合获得超弹参数,然后用准静态和动态实验数据对本构模型进行拟合得出其他参数。不同应变率下的预测曲线与实验曲线具有较好的重合度,证明了该模型可以很好地描述低高应变率下NEPE推进剂的力学特性。     

Mechanical behavior of metals under tension- compression loading at high strain rate

By using a new technique based on a split Hopkinson pressure bar method, a sequenced reverse test (quasi-static tensile prestress, followed by dynamic compression and then followed by dynamic tension) at high strain rate was performed and tension-compression stress-strain relations were derived by using one-dimensional stress wave analysis. Three materials, 2017 aluminium alloy, 0.45% carbon steel, and pure aluminium, were investigated at low and high strain rates, and the strain rate effect on the reverse loading stress-strain curves was compared to that on the loading stress-strain curves. It was found that reduction of yield stress is always associated with load reversals, and the strain rate effect on the reverse loading (tension) is almost the same as that during loading (compression) at higher values of reverse deformation.     

一种碳纤维织物增强复合材料应变率相关的各向异性强度准则

为了获得一种碳纤维二维正交平纹机织布增强树脂基复合材料在一维应变状态下的强度准则,在已完成的准静态和动态压缩实验的基础上,拟合出了单轴压缩下三个主方向上的计及应变率的应力-应变关系式,进而得到初始屈服应力和压缩破坏强度与应变率相关性表达式。依据该表达式,得到了该复合材料在一维应变下考虑应变率效应的Tsai-Hill屈服强度和破坏强度准则方程。通过计算,考察了Tsai-Hill屈服强度和破坏强度准则随应变率的变化规律。结果表明,本文中研究的复合材料的强度性能,不但存在应变率效应,而且这种效应是各向异性的。     

聚碳酸酯的高应变率拉伸实验

为了解应变率对聚碳酸酯拉伸力学行为的影响,在旋转盘式间接杆杆型冲击拉伸试验机和MTS809材料试验机上,对聚碳酸酯棒材进行了高应变率和准静态加载下的单向拉伸试验,应变率分别为380 s-1、800 s-1、1750 s-1和0.001 s-1、0.05 s-1,得到了聚碳酸酯的拉伸应力应变曲线.试验结果表明:聚碳酸酯的拉伸力学性能具有明显的应变率相关性,其屈服应力和失稳应变随应变率的增加而增大.依据试验结果,采用朱王唐粘弹性本构模型来描述聚碳酸酯的非线性粘弹性拉伸力学行为.模型结果显示,在本文实施的应变率范围内,朱王唐模型可以较好地表征聚碳酸酯的拉伸应力应变响应.     

Effect of rate and rate history on plastic deformation: Experiments and constitutive modelling

A series of uniaxial and biaxial cyclic tests with proportional or nonproportional loading path and with different strain-rate histories are conducted on thin-walled circular cylindrical specimens of type 304 stainless steel. The results of these tests show that once a material is stabilized under a lower strain rate, the stress-strain response is not appreciably affected by a jump to a higher strain rate. A rate-dependent constitutive model recently proposed by and [1991] has been extended to predict the above-mentioned strain-rate history effect. A comparison between the predictions of the extended model and the test results shows that most of the rate-dependent features of the material can be simulated by the model.     

Measurement of mode I stress-intensity factors by scattered-light photoelasticity

The feasibility of using the scattered-light technique to determine Mode I stress-intensity factors is demonstrated for the case of an edge-cracked beam subjected to pure bending. Photoelastic-fringe data were utilized to obtain an expression for the fringe gradient in the singular region surrounding the crack tip. Mode I stress-intensity factors were then determined by relating the fringe gradient to the local stresses in the singular region and extrapolating these results to the crack tip. Experimental and analytical results showed good agreement and the technique is suggested for application to three-dimensional fracture-mechanics problems.     

A non-linear uniaxial integral constitutive equation incorporating rate effects,creep and relaxation

A previously proposed first order non-linear differential equation for uniaxial viscoplasticity, which is non-linear in stress and strain but linear in stress and strain rates, is transformed into an equivalent integral equation. The proposed equation employs total strain only and is symmetric with respect to the origin and applies for tension and compression. The limiting behavior for large strains and large times for monotonic, creep and relaxation loading is investigated and appropriate limits are obtained. When the equation is specialized to an overstress model it is qualitatively shown to reproduce key features of viscoplastic behavior. These include: initial linear elastic or linear viscoelastic response: immediate elastic slope for a large instantaneous change in strain rate normal strain rate sensitivity and non-linear spacing of the stress-strain curves obtained at various strain rates; and primary and secondary creep and relaxation such that the creep (relaxation) curves do not cross. Isochronous creep curves are also considered. Other specializations yield wavy stress-strain curves and inverse strain rate sensitivity. For cyclic loading the model must be modified to account for history dependence in the sense of plasticity.     

Analysis of behavior near a cylindrical glass inclusion by scattered-light photoelasticity

Application of scattered-light photoelastic techniques to the determination of the normal-stress differences and shearing stresses in the matrix near an Eglass rod embedded in a polyester-resin matrix under tension is discussed. The rod is semi-infinite, that is, it extends from the center of the test section through one of the grip ends. Specific methods for making the three-dimensional scattered-light observations on the composite specimen under load are described in detail. Some typical fringe patterns are presented. Results will be useful in predicting the behavior of fibrous-glass-reinforced plastic composites since both matrix and inclusion are made of prototype materials. The system is modeled in geometric scale only.     

An experimental study of cyclic deformation of extruded AZ61A magnesium alloy

Thin-walled tubular specimens were employed to study the cyclic deformation of extruded AZ61A magnesium alloy. Experiments were conducted under fully reversed strain-controlled tension-compression, torsion, and combined axial-torsion in ambient air. Mechanical twinning was found to significantly influence the inelastic deformation of the material. Cyclic hardening was observed at all the strain amplitudes under investigation. For tension-compression at strain amplitudes higher than 0.5%, the stress-strain hysteresis loop was asymmetric with a positive mean stress. This was associated with mechanical twinning in the compression phase and detwinning in the subsequent tension phase. Under cyclic torsion, the stress-strain hysteresis loops were symmetric although mechanical twinning was observed at high shear strain amplitudes. When the material was subjected to combined axial-torsion loading, the alternative occurrence of twinning and detwinning processes under axial stress resulted in asymmetric shear stress-shear strain hysteresis loops. Nonproportional hardening was not observed due to limited number of slip systems and the formation of mechanical twins. Microstructures after the stabilization of cyclic deformation were observed and the dominant mechanisms governing cyclic deformation were discussed. Existing cyclic plasticity models were discussed in light of their capabilities for modeling the observed cyclic deformation of the magnesium alloy.     

相干梯度敏感(CGS)干涉测量技术及其应用研究

首先介绍了相干梯度敏感(CGS:Coherent Gradient Sensing)光学干涉测量技术的最新研究进展;其次,详细介绍了透射CGS方法和反射CGS方法的基本原理及实验技术;最后给出了CGS技术在各种断裂力学研究中的应用,不仅给出了各向同性均匀聚合物材料I型、混合型、V型裂纹及梯度材料I型裂纹尖端奇异场的控制方程,而且给出了对应各自情况下的CGS光学条纹模拟与实验图像。研究结果将为实验断裂力学研究提供基础性理论和实验应力分析手段。     

A multiple-pulse ruby-laser system for dynamic photomechanics: Applications to transmitted- and scattered-light photoelasticity

An ultrahigh-speed multiple-frame recording system for two- and three-dimensional dynamic photomechanics has been developed and is described here. The output from a ruby laser is modulated with a Pockels cell to produce a train of short, intense, monochromatic and polarized light pulses. Pulse widths of 50 nsec and repetition rates of up to 170,000 pulses/sec are obtained. These light pulses are synchronized with a “smear camera” and the event to produce a multiple-frame record of the phenomenon. The simplified camera requirements necessary for this purpose are indicated. The system is demonstrated by recording two-dimensional dynamic and scattered-light isochromatic fringe patterns. The capability of multiple recording of scattered-light fringe patterns, achieved here for the first time, has a tremendous potential for three-dimensional dynamic stress analysis. The developed system is also well suited for dynamic moiré, interferometry and holography.     

软质聚氨酯泡沫的动态压缩力学性能和本构模型

采用Instron 9350落锤试验机研究了中低应变率下软质聚氨酯泡沫的动态压缩力学性能,分析了其应力-应变响应特征和应变率敏感性,讨论了应变率对材料应变率敏感性指数和能量吸收特性的影响,并基于实验结果建立了可准确描述其压缩力学响应的率相关本构模型。结果表明,软质聚氨酯泡沫的静动态压缩应力-应变响应具有典型的三阶段特征,且呈现出明显的应变率强化效应。准静态加载下,材料具有较高的吸能效率但能量吸收值较小,应变率对最大吸能效率和比吸能的影响较小;动态加载下,随着应变率的增加,最大吸能效率显著减小而比吸能明显增大。考虑应变率影响的修正Sherwood-Frost模型和修正Avalle模型都能够很好地表征软质聚氨酯泡沫的静动态压缩应力-应变响应,但修正Avalle模型的参数较少,更便于工程应用。研究结果可为软质聚氨酯泡沫抗冲击结构的设计和优化提供指导。