Study on Deformation of Polycrystalline Aluminum Alloy Using Moiré Interferometry

Polycrystalline aluminum alloy is manufactured by annealing, compared to the width of the specimen, the size of the grains can not be omitted, which makes the specimen anisotropic. Under uniaxial tension, the deformation field is inhomogeneous. In this study, moiré interferometry is successfully applied to measure the deformation of the polycrystalline specimen. The experimental results presented the stress versus strain responses of the marked grains in different orientations and different shapes. By using fringe centering method, the strain distributions under certain load in the centers and on the boundaries of the grains are analyzed.     

Radiative heat transfer augmentation of natural gas flames in radiant tube burners with porous ceramic inserts

Experiments were conducted using porous ceramic inserts to enhance the radiative heat transfer from natural gas flames in a straight-through radiant tube burner. The performance of the radiant tube burner with partially stabilized zirconia and silicon carbide inserts is compared to a baseline case of no inserts at three levels of combustion air preheat. Spectral intensities, temperatures within the radiant tube burner, tube wall temperatures, and exhaust temperatures were measured to determine the effectiveness of the enhanced heat transfer due to the inserts. Exhaust emission constituents were also measured to determine the effect that the inserts have on exhaust products. NO_x emissions are reduced by up to 30% with the inserts. The silicon carbide inserts have higher spectral intensities and total radiative energy transfer than partially stabilized zirconia inserts. Both inserts have enhanced radiant heat transfer compared to the no-insert configuration, with the radiative enhancement due to inserts as great as five times that of the no-insert configuration. The net result is increased tube wall temperatures and decreased exhaust temperatures with the ceramic inserts.     

Experimental investigation of creep-crack-tip deformation using moiré interferometry

High-temperature moiré interferometry was applied to obtain full-field creep-crack-tip displacements of a three-point bend Al 2024-T4 specimen uner constant temperature of 200°C up to 720 hr.C ^* was evaluated by the moiré data obtained at discrete time intervals. Test results indicate that under steady-state creep condition, the creepcrack-tipv-displacement rate agrees with the asymptotic solution based on theC ^* integral. However, no creeping behavior was observed for the crack-tipu-displacement field aftert=276 hr. This discrepancy may be due to the initial large creep-crack-tip blunting and cavitation damage which alter the creep-crack-tip singular field such that theC ^* integral is no longer applicable to characterize the steady-state creep-crack-tip field. Postmortem studies of the tested specimen also revealed transgranular fracture path with the ordered grain boundaries perpendicular to the crack line, which may relate to the existence of the substantial crack-tip blunting and noncreeping behavior of theu-displacement field, i.e., the size and shape of material grain boundaries play an important role in the crack-tip-creeping behavior of the material.Paper was preseted at the 1991 SEM Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics held in Milwaukee, WI on June 9–13.     

Influence of damage on properties of strain localization in geomaterials at plane stress and plane strain

Summary By regarding geomaterials under loading as a mixture of intact and damaged parts, we investigate the influence of damage on the properties of strain localization in elastoplastic geomaterials at plane stress and plane strain. Conditions for the onset of strain localization including the effects of damage are derived for the cases of plane strain and plane stress. Discussed are the inclination of the localized band and the hardening modulus corresponding to the onset of strain localization. It is shown that the properties of the strain localization are dependent on the damage and the capacity of bearing hydrostatic pressure by the damaged part, and that damage may induce an earlier onset of strain localization and lead to instability of a geomaterial.accepted for publication 11 March 2004     

Evaluation of creep damage behavior of nickel-base directionally solidified superalloys with different crystallographic orientations

A crystallographic creep damage constitutive model is developed for nickel-base directionally solidified superalloys. The rates of material degradation and grain boundary void growth are considered. The governing parameters are determined from the creep test data of single crystals and directionally solidified superalloys with a crystallographic orientation. A finite element program is used to analyze the creep damage behavior of nickel-base directionally solidified superalloys for different crystallographic orientations. The results depend on the number of grains modelled and compare well with the experimental data.     

水坝在水流作用下动力响应的一种分析方法

以广东某水坝为研究对象,给出一种基于Fluent平台和Ansys平台进行结构动力响应分析的方法。首先采用基于YOUNGS界面重构技术的VOF模型,对流动进行数值模拟,成功捕捉了闸门开启过程中自由面的变化,比较了在三种落差情况下水坝的受力差异。计算表明,即使在上游平稳的入流条件下,水坝所受到的湍流水压力也会出现波动现象,水压力对坝体的冲击为低频作用,下游水位的升高会减缓水压力的波动,这些特点都与现场观察的相符。然后将水动力作为激励条件导入结构动力分析平台Ansys后,进一步对坝体结构进行动力分析。结构的模态分析结果与实测结果一致。因此,方法可以应用于实际。     

Jacobi's multiplier for Poincaré's equations

In this paper we use Poincaré's equations in group variables to describe the motion of a holonomic mechanical system and to determine Jacobi's multiplier for the equations of motion.     

Late-Stage Transitional Boundary-Layer Structures. Direct Numerical Simulation and Experiment

This paper is devoted to direct comparisons of related, detailed experimental and numerical studies of the non-linear, late stages of laminar-turbulenttransition in a boundary layer including flow breakdown and the beginning offlow randomization. Preceding non-linear stages of the transition process arealso well documented and compared with previous studies. The experiments wereconducted with the help of a hot-wire anemometer. The numerical study wascarried out by direct numerical simulation (DNS) of the flow employing theso-called spatial approach. Both the experiments and the DNS were performed atcontrolled disturbance conditions with an excitation of instability waves inthe flat-plate boundary layer. In the two cases, the primary disturbanceconsists of a time-harmonic, two-dimensional Tollmien--Schlichting wave thathas a very weak initial spanwise modulation. Despite somewhat differentinitial disturbance conditions used in the experiment and simulation, thesubsequent flow evolution at late non-linear stages is found to be practicallythe same. Detailed qualitative and quantitative comparisons of theinstantaneous velocity and vorticity fields are performed for twocharacteristic stages of the non-linear flow breakdown: (i) “one-spike stage” and (ii) “three-spike stage.” The twoapproaches clearly show in detail the process of development of the Γ-structure, a periodical formation of ring-like vortices, the evolution of the surrounding flow field, and the beginning of flowrandomization. In particular, it is found experimentally and numerically thatthe ring-like vortices (associated with the well-known spikes) induce somerather intensive positive velocity fluctuations (positive spikes) in thenear-wall region which have the same scales as the ring-like vortices and propagate downstream with the same high (almost free-stream) speed. The positive spikes form a new high-shear layer in the near-wall region. In the experiment the induced near-wall perturbationshave a significant irregular low-frequency component. These non-periodicalmotions play an important role in the process of flow randomization and finaltransition to turbulence that starts under the ring-like vortices in thevicinity of the peak position. Received 13 December 2000 and accepted 30 October 2001     

First-Passage Time of Duffing Oscillator under Combined Harmonic and White-Noise Excitations

The first-passage time of Duffing oscillator under combined harmonic andwhite-noise excitations is studied. The equation of motion of the system is firstreduced to a set of averaged Itô stochastic differential equations by using thestochastic averaging method. Then, a backward Kolmogorov equation governing theconditional reliability function and a set of generalized Pontryagin equationsgoverning the conditional moments of first-passage time are established. Finally, theconditional reliability function, and the conditional probability density and momentsof first-passage time are obtained by solving the backward Kolmogorov equation andgeneralized Pontryagin equations with suitable initial and boundary conditions.Numerical results for two resonant cases with several sets of parameter values areobtained and the analytical results are verified by using those from digital simulation.