A centrally cracked thin circular disk, Part I: 3D Elastic–plastic finite element analysis

A full field solution, based on small deformation, three-dimensional elastic–plastic finite element analysis of the centrally cracked thin disk under mode I loading has been performed. The solution for the stresses under small-scale yielding and lo!cally fully plastic state has been compared with the HRR plane stress solution. At the outside of the 3D zone, within a distance of rσ_o/J=18, HRR dominance is maintained in the presence of a significant amount of compressive stress along the crack flanks. Ahead of this region, the HRR field overestimate the stresses. These results demonstrate a completely reversed state of stress in the near crack front compared to that in the plane strain case. The combined effect of geometry and finite thickness of the specimen on elastic–plastic crack tip stress field has been explored. To the best of our knowledge, such an attempt in the published literature has not been made yet. For the qualitative assessment of the results some of the field parameters have been compared to the available experimental results of K, gives a fair estimate of the crack opening stress near the crack front at a distance of order 10⁻² in. On the basis of this analysis, the Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics approach has been adopted in analyzing the fatigue crack extension experiments performed in the disk (Part II).     

一种新的弹塑性杂交应力元法

本文基于一个改进的弹塑性的Hellinger/Reis■ner 混合变分原理构造了一种用于解弹塑性问题的四节点等参杂交应力元.新的模型中,在单元内增加了等效应力增量、塑性等效应变增量及不协调位移变量,从而使单元内的屈服准则及流动法则平均得到满足,不协调位移改进了单元应力精度.计算表明,新的模型可以提高弹塑性杂交法的精度和计算效率.     

广义Stokes方程的完全边界积分表示式及其在求解N-S方程中的应用

为了分解N-S方程组各变量相互偶合,本文采用Peaceman-Rachford算子分裂法,将时间相依的N-S方程组分解成不存在上述偶合特性的线性和非线性的子问题。线性子问题具有广义Stokes方程类型。本文采用多重互易法,即采用多阶拉普拉斯算子基本解逐步变换,将其解表示成完全边界积分形式,从而使问题的计算维数降低一维。广义Stokes方程的算例以及二维圆柱在剪切流中的Stokes绕流解,都表明多重互易算法具有高效特点,而且后者与文[3]解析解吻合得非常好。     

A new two-point deformation tensor and its relation to the classical kinematical framework and the stress concept

Starting from the issue of what is the correct form for a Legendre transformation of the strain energy in terms of Eulerian and two-point tensor variables we introduce a new two-point deformation tensor, namely H=(F−F^−T)/2, as a possible deformation measure involving points in two distinct configurations. The Lie derivative of H is work conjugate to the first Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensor P. The deformation measure H leads to straightforward manipulations within a two-point setting such as the derivation of the virtual work equation and its linearization required for finite element implementation. The manipulations are analogous to those used for the Lagrangian and Eulerian frameworks. It is also shown that the Legendre transformation in terms of two-point tensors and spatial tensors require Lie derivatives. As an illustrative example we propose a simple Saint Venant–Kirchhoff type of a strain-energy function in terms of H. The constitutive model leads to physically meaningful results also for the large compressive strain domain, which is not the case for the classical Saint Venant–Kirchhoff material.     

HOMOGENIZATION—BASED TOPOLOGY DESIGN FOR PURE TORSION OF COMPOSITE SHAFTS

In conjunction with the homogenization theory and the finite element method, the mathematical models for designing the corss-section of composite shafts by maximizing the torsion rigidity are developed in this paper. To obtain the extremal torsion rigidity, both the cross-section of the macro scale shaft and the representative microstructure of the composite material are optimized using the new models. The micro scale computational model addresses the problem of finding the periodic microstructures with extreme shear moduli. The optimal microstructure obtained with the new model and the homogenization method can be used to improve and optimize natural or artificial materials. In order to be more practical for engineering applications, cellular materials rather than ranked materials are used in the optimal process in the existence of optimal bounds for the elastic properties. Moreover, the macro scale model is proposed to optimize the cross-section of the torsional shaft based on the tailared composites. The validating optimal results show that the models are very effective in obtaining composites with extreme elastic properties, and the cross-section of the composite shaft with the extremal torsion rigidity. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10172078 and 10102018)     

A finite element analysis of the flange earrings of strong anisotropic sheet metals in deep-drawing processes

Flange earrings of strong anisotropic sheet metals in deep-drawing process are numerically analyzed by the elastic-plastic large deformation finite element formulation based on a discrete Kirchhoff triangle plate shell element model. A Barlat-Lian anisotropic yield function and a quasi-flow corner theory are used in the present formulation. The numerical results are compared with the experimental ones of cylindrical cup drawing process. The focus of the present researches is on the numerical analysis and the constraining scheme of the flange earring of circular sheets with strong anisotropy in square cup drawing process. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (19832020) and Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Jilin, China (200000519)     

非稳态载荷下轮轨滚动接触及其钢轨波磨研究

利用有限元法,考虑材料反复滚压条件下棘轮效应和局部滑动的影响,研究了非稳态机车和车辆车轮载荷作用下轮轨滚动接触的弹塑性应力、应变和变形,进而分析了塑性流动型钢轨波浪形磨损的形成和发展过程以及波谷和波峰处材料的力学行为.结果表明:在非稳态载荷作用下,钢轨接触表面产生不均匀塑性变形引起的波磨,波磨发展速率呈衰减趋势,最终趋于稳定状态;在相同载荷下,与车辆车轮相比,机车车轮对钢轨波磨影响较大;波谷处的残余应力、应变和变形大于波峰处.     

基于CUDA的有限元矩阵并行装配算法研究

构建航天飞行器的结构有限元模型是准确模拟飞行仿真、完成飞行器在轨飞行阶段结构故障监测和诊断的基础。采用细长体飞行器简化梁模型，提出新的基于CUDA（Compute Unified Device Architecture）的有限元单元刚度矩阵生成和总刚度矩阵组装算法。依据梁单元矩阵的对称性，结合GPU硬件架构提出并行生成算法并进行改进。为有效减少装配时间，在装配过程中采用着色算法，提出了基于GPU（Graphics Processing Unit）共享内存的非零项组装策略，通过在不同计算平台下算例对比，验证了新算法的快速性。数值算例表明，本文算法的求解效率较高，针对一定计算规模内的模型可满足快速计算与诊断的实时性要求。     

Modeling and prediction of bulk properties of open-cell carbon foam

The emerging ultralightweight material, carbon foam, was modeled with three-dimensional microstructures to develop a basic understanding in correlating microstructural configuration with bulk performance of open-cell foam materials. Because of the randomness and complexity of the microstructure of the carbon foam, representative cell ligaments were first characterized in detail at the microstructural level. The salient microstructural characteristics (or properties) were then correlated with the bulk properties through the present model. In order to implement the varying anisotropic nature of material properties in the foam ligaments, we made an attempt to use a finite element method to implement such variation along the ligaments as well as at a nodal point where the ligaments meet. The model was expected to provide a basis for establishing a process-property relationship and optimizing foam properties.The present model yielded a fairly reasonable prediction of the effective bulk properties of the foams. We observed that the effective elastic properties of the foams were dominated by the bending mode associated with shear deformation. The effective Young's modulus of the foam was strongly influenced by the ligament moduli, but was not influenced by the ligament Poisson's ratio. The effective Poisson's ratio of the foam was practically independent of the ligament Young's modulus, but dependent on the ligament Poisson's ratio. The effective Young's modulus of the carbon foam was dependent more on the transverse Young's modulus and the shear moduli of the foam ligaments, but less significantly on the ligament longitudinal Young's modulus. A parametric study indicated that the effective Young's modulus was significantly improved by increasing the solid modulus in the middle of the foam ligaments, but nearly invariant with that at the nodal point where the ligaments meet. Therefore, appropriate processing schemes toward improving the transverse and shear properties of the foam ligaments in the middle section of the ligaments rather than at the nodal points are highly desirable for enhancing the bulk moduli of the carbon foam.     

Finite element modeling of contact conditions in multibody system dynamics

In this paper a new method is developed for the dynamic analysis of contact conditions in flexible multibody systems undergoing a rolling type of motion. The relative motion between the two contacting bodies is treated as a constraint condition describing their kinematic and geometric relations. Equations of motion of the system are presented in a matrix form making use of Kane's equations and finite element method. The method developed has been implemented in a general purpose program called DARS and applied to the simulation and analysis of a rotating wheel on a track. Both the bodies are assumed flexible and discretized using a three dimensional 8-noded isoparametric elements. The time variant constraint conditions are imposed on the nodal points located at the peripheral surfaces of the bodies under consideration. The simulation is carried out under two different boundary conditions describing the support of the track. The subsequent constraint forces associated with the generalized coordinates of the system are computed and plotted. The effects of friction are also discussed.