Constitutive framework optimized for myocardium and other high-strain, laminar materials with one fiber family

Central to this analysis is the identification of six rotation invariant scalars α_1-6 that succinctly define the strain in materials that have one family of parallel fibers arranged in laminae. These scalars were chosen so as to minimize covariance amongst the response terms in the hyperelastic limit, and they are termed strain attributes because it is necessary to distinguish them from strain invariants. The Cauchy stress t is expressed as the sum of six response terms, almost all of which are mutually orthogonal for finite strain (i.e. 14 of the 15 inner products vanish). For small deformations, the response terms are entirely orthogonal (i.e. all 15 inner products vanish). A response term is the product of a response function with its associated kinematic tensor. Each response function is a scalar partial derivative of the strain energy W with respect to a strain attribute. Applications for this theory presently include myocardium (heart muscle) which is often modeled as having muscle fibers arranged in sheets. Utility for experimental identification of strain energy functions is demonstrated by showing that common tests on incompressible materials can directly determine terms in W. Since the described set of strain attributes reduces the covariance amongst response terms, this approach may enhance the speed and precision of inverse finite element methods.     

TiB2增强Al2O3陶瓷刀具高速干切削摩擦磨损性能

采用TiB2增强Al2O3陶瓷刀具对淬硬钢进行高速干切削试验,利用切削高温作用下的摩擦化学反应,在刀具表面原位生成具有润滑作用的反应膜,从而实现Al2O3/TiB2陶瓷刀具的自润滑.结果表明:低速干切削时,Al2O3/TiB2陶瓷刀具的磨损机制主要表现为粘着磨损和磨料磨损;而在高速干切削时,刀具的磨损机制主要表现为氧化磨损,刀具表面经由氧化反应生成具有润滑作用的反应膜而起到固体润滑作用,从而使刀具的耐磨性能提高,随着TiB2含量和切削速度的增加,反应膜的减摩抗磨作用增强;而在切削区通入氮气时,由于刀具表面氧化膜形成受阻,刀具的抗磨能力有所降低.     

口腔环境因素对树脂牙摩擦学特性的影响

采用往复滑动摩擦磨损试验台，通过体外模拟口腔环境，考察了树脂牙同TA2钛球对摩时的摩擦磨损性能，探讨了几种口腔环境因素对树脂牙摩擦学性能的影响．结果表明：树脂牙在人工唾液介质中同钛球对摩时表现出较好的摩擦磨损性能；随着法向咬合力增加，树脂牙的主要磨损机制由轻微磨粒磨损转变为严重粘着磨损，耐磨性能变差；人工唾液和碳酸饮料长期浸泡处理对树脂牙摩擦磨损性能影响很小；而在温度0～60℃范围内经热循环老化预处理后树脂牙的耐磨性显著降低．     

Coupled thermo-mechanical modelling of bulk-metallic glasses: Theory, finite-element simulations and experimental verification

A three-dimensional, finite-deformation-based constitutive model to describe the behavior of metallic glasses in the supercooled liquid region has been developed. By formulating the theory using the principles of thermodynamics and the concept of micro-force balance [Gurtin, M., 2000. On the plasticity of single crystals: free energy, microforces, plastic-strain gradients. J. Mech. Phys. Solids 48, 989-1036], a kinetic equation for the free volume concentration is derived by augmenting the Helmholtz free energy used for a conventional metallic alloy with a flow-defect free energy which depends on the free volume concentration and its spatial gradient. The developed constitutive model has also been implemented in the commercially available finite-element program ABAQUS/Explicit (2005) by writing a user-material subroutine. The constitutive parameters/functions in the model were calibrated by fitting the constitutive model to the experimental simple compression stress-strain curves conducted under a variety of strain-rates at a temperature in the supercooled liquid region [Lu, J., Ravichandran, G., Johnson, W., 2003. Deformation behavior of the Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Be bulk metallic glass over a wide range of strain-rates and temperatures. Acta Mater. 51, 3429-3443].With the model calibrated, the constitutive model was able to reproduce the simple compression stress-strain curves for jump-in-strain-rate experiments to good accuracy. Furthermore stress-strain responses for simple compression experiments conducted at different ambient temperatures within the supercooled liquid region were also accurately reproduced by the constitutive model. Finally, shear localization studies also show that the constitutive model can reasonably well predict the orientation of shear bands for compression experiments conducted at temperatures within the supercooled liquid region [Wang, G., Shen, J., Sun, J., Lu, Z., Stachurski, Z., Zhou, B., 2005. Compressive fracture characteristics of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass at high test temperatures. Mater. Sci. Eng. A 398, 82-87].     

DNA molecular configurations in flows near adsorbing and nonadsorbing surfaces

We investigate experimentally -phage and T2-coliphage DNA molecules near both non-adsorbing glass and adsorbing 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES)-coated glass surfaces in a simple steady shearing flow generated by a torsional flow cell. The DNA molecular deformations near the surface are found to be considerably weaker than in bulk flow at the same shear rate. This affects the DNA molecules deposition and stretching on the adsorbing surface. Surprisingly, for a simple shearing flow in the torsional shearing device, the observed stretch, for molecules both near (<10 µm) the surface and adsorbed to it, is much less than predicted by simulations.     

Micromechanics, macromechanics and constitutive modeling of the elasto-viscoplastic deformation of rubber-toughened glassy polymers

Under certain conditions, such as sufficiently low temperatures, high loading rates and/or highly triaxial stress states, glassy polymers display an unfavorable characteristic—brittleness. A technique used for reducing the brittleness (increasing the fracture toughness) of these materials is rubber toughening. While there is significant qualitative understanding of the mechanical behavior of rubber-toughened polymers, quantitative modeling tools for the large-strain deformation of rubber-toughened glassy polymers are largely lacking.In this paper, we develop a suite of numerical tools to investigate the mechanical behavior of rubber-toughened glassy polymers, with emphasis on rubber-toughened polycarbonate. The rubber particles are modeled as voids in view of their deformation-induced cavitation early during deformation. A three-dimensional micromechanical model of the heterogeneous microstructure is developed to study the effects of initial rubber particle (void) volume fraction on the underlying elasto-viscoplastic deformation mechanisms in the material, and how these mechanisms influence the macroscopic response of the material. A continuum-level constitutive model is developed for the large-strain elasto-viscoplastic deformation of porous glassy polymers, and it is calibrated against micromechanical modeling results for porous polycarbonate. The constitutive model can be used to study various boundary value problems involving rubber-toughened (porous) glassy polymers. As an example, the case of an axisymmetric notched bar is simulated for the case of polycarbonate with varying levels of initial porosity. The quality of the constitutive model calibration is assessed using a multi-scale modeling approach.     

Model identification and FE simulations: Effect of different yield loci and hardening laws in sheet forming

The bi-axial experimental equipment [Flores, P., Rondia, E., Habraken, A.M., 2005a. Development of an experimental equipment for the identification of constitutive laws (Special Issue). International Journal of Forming Processes] developed by Flores enables to perform Bauschinger shear tests and successive or simultaneous simple shear tests and plane strain tests. Flores investigates the material behavior with the help of classical tensile tests and the ones performed in his bi-axial machine in order to identify the yield locus and the hardening model. With tests performed on one steel grade, the methods applied to identify classical yield surfaces such as [Hill, R., 1948. A theory of the yielding and plastic flow of anisotropic materials. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 193, 281–297; Hosford, W.F., 1979. On yield loci of anisotropic cubic metals. In: Proceedings of the 7th North American Metalworking Conf. (NMRC), SME, Dearborn, MI, pp. 191–197] ones as well as isotropic Swift type hardening, kinematic Armstrong–Frederick or Teodosiu and Hu hardening models are explained. Comparison with the Taylor–Bishop–Hill yield locus is also provided. The effect of both yield locus and hardening model choices is presented for two applications: plane strain tensile test and Single Point Incremental Forming (SPIF).     

碳钢表面碳—氮共渗层在高速干摩擦条件下的摩擦学性能研究

对 2 0 # 钢试样进行碳 -氮共渗热处理 ,考察了共渗层在高速干摩擦条件下的摩擦学性能 ,并用扫描电子显微镜和X射线光电子能谱仪对其磨损表面形貌和元素化学状态进行了分析 .结果表明 :随着滑动速度的增加 ,2 0 # 钢表面碳 -氮共渗层的磨损率逐渐降低 ,当滑动速度达到 35m/s左右时 ,磨损率显著增大 .扫描电子显微镜和X射线光电子能谱分析结果表明 ,高速轻载干摩擦条件下 2 0 # 钢表面碳 -氮共渗层的摩擦学性能同磨损表面氧化物的形成和剥落密切相关 ,而磨损率的显著增加是由于磨损表面氧化物类型发生从Fe2 O3 到FeO的转变所致 .     

纳米碳管/铝基复合材料的制备及摩擦磨损性能研究

利用粉末冶金法制备纳米碳管/铝基复合材料,研究不同纳米碳管含量对复合材料硬度和稳态摩擦磨损行为的影响,采用扫描电子显微镜观察复合材料的磨损表面形貌,并对其磨损机制进行探讨.结果表明:随着纳米碳管质量分数的增加,复合材料的硬度呈现先增大而后减小的趋势,含质量分数为2%的纳米碳管复合材料硬度比铝增加约80%;复合材料的摩擦系数逐渐降低,磨损率先减小而后增大;含质量分数为1%的纳米碳管复合材料磨损机制为磨粒磨损和粘着磨损,而含质量分数为2%的纳米碳管复合材料以剥层磨损和疲劳磨损为主.