Residual stress prediction and determination in 7010 aluminum alloy forgings

Precipitation-hardened aluminum alloys gain their high strength through heat treatment involving a severe quenching operation, which can have the adverse effect of introducing residual stresses. The finite element code ABAQUS is used to simulate the quenching of aluminum alloy 7010 in an attempt to predict the residual stress distribution that develops in simple shapes. The rate of heat transfer from the material is determined using the finite element method to predict the heat transfer coefficient from surface cooling curves achieved experimentally. The flow stress of the material is assumed to be strain rate dependent and to behave in a perfectly plastic manner. The predicted residual stress magnitudes and directions are compared to values determined using the holedrilling strain gage method and the X-ray diffraction technique.     

不同冲击速度下泡沫铝变形和应力的不均匀性

利用常规Hopkinson杆实验装置和改进的Hopkinson杆实验装置对泡沫铝试件进行冲击压缩实验,同时用高速摄影装置对实验过程进行全程跟踪拍摄。通过改变冲击速度,观测到了3种不同的变形模式。将得到的高速摄影图像用数字图像相关方法进行分析,讨论了3种模式下全场应变不同的发展过程,并依此讨论应力的不均匀性,为研究不同冲击速度下变形不均匀对泡沫铝动态力学行为的影响提供了新的方法。     

泡沫铝合金动态力学性能实验研究

利用分离式霍布金森压杆(SHPB)实验技术和MTS材料实验机对两组不同孔径、不同密度的开孔泡沫铝合金进行了准静态和动态压缩实验研究。实验结果表明：泡沫铝合金的静态和动态变形过程均具有泡沫材料变形的三个阶段特征。开孔泡沫铝合金的变形是均匀变化过程,并不出现局部的变形带。与相对密度对力学性能的影响相比,孔径大小的影响可以忽略不计。在考察的应变率范围内,屈服应力对应变率并不很敏感。     

Surface hardness increase of 2024 aluminum alloy subjected to cyclic loading

Constant amplitude fatigue tests at R = 0.1, conducted on the aircraft aluminum alloy 2024 T3, have revealed an appreciable surface hardness increase of the alloy at the nano- and meso-scale during fatigue. The observed surface hardness changes could be monitored with confidence by means of nanoindentations. The degree of hardening increases with increasing number of fatigue cycles following exponential relations. With increasing fatigue stress level degree of hardening increases as well. The observed results provide a basis for developing concepts to early detect and also monitor fatigue damage accumulation in aluminum aircraft structures based on measurements of the material’s hardness changes by means of nanoindentations.     

Artificial neural network prediction to the hot compressive deformation behavior of Al–Cu–Mg–Ag heat-resistant aluminum alloy

The behavior of the flow stress of Al-Cu-Mg-Ag heat-resistant aluminum alloys during hot compression deformation was studied by thermal simulation test. The temperature and the strain rate during hot compression were 340-500 °C, 0.001 s⁻¹ to 10 s⁻¹, respectively. Constitutive equations and an artificial neural network (ANN) model were developed for the analysis and simulation of the flow behavior of the Al-Cu-Mg-Ag alloys. The inputs of the model are temperature, strain rate and strain. The output of the model is the flow stress. Comparison between constitutive equations and ANN results shows that ANN model has a better prediction power than the constitutive equations.     

铝质舰体轻型复合装甲试验研究

以纤维增强复合材料（FRP）层合板前置铝板模拟铝质舰体轻型复合装甲结构,对采用不同增强纤维FRP层合板有间隙复合装甲结构进行7.62 mm制式尖头弹打靶试验。基于FRP抗弹机理的分析,着重讨论了入射角度和增强纤维种类对组合装甲结构抗弹性能的影响,对铝质舰体设置轻型复合装甲以抵御小口径武器攻击的可行性进行评估。     

Prediction of flow stress at hot working condition

A mathematical model has been developed to determine flow stress at hot deformation condition. The proposed model is capable of including work softening due to dynamic phase transformations as well as the effect of temperature and strain rate variation on flow stress utilizing the additivity rule for strain. To verify the model, hot compression tests for two grades of steels has been carried out. The comparison between the experimental and theoretical results confirms the validity of the model.     

7A04铝合金的本构关系和失效模型

使用万能材料试验机、扭转试验机和Taylor撞击实验研究了高强铝合金7A04在常温至250 ℃的 准静态、动态本构关系和失效模型。基于实验结果,修改了Johnson-Cook强度模型中的应变强化项以及 Johnson-Cook失效模型中的温度软化项,并结合数值模拟标定了模型参数。实验结果表明,7A04铝合金的 应变和应变率强化效应不显著,失效应变随温度的增加、应力三轴度的减小和应变率的减小而增加。     

Sn和Si含量对Al—Sn—Si合金室温压缩变形流变应力的影响

采用Gleeble-1500试验机，在室温和恒应变速率下，测定了Al-Sn-Si系合金压缩变形的流变应力曲线。结果表明，在Sn、Si含量分别为0－20和0－8wt．％的范围内，当Sn含量恒定时，流变应力随Si含量的增加而增加，而当Si含量恒定时，流变应力则随Sn含量的增加而略有降低；从Al-Sn-Si，Al-Si及Al-Sn 合金流变应力曲线的差异，分析了Sn和Si对合金塑性变形过程的影响机制。     

内爆炸载荷作用下7A55铝合金的动态性能及断裂行为

采用圆筒爆炸实验研究了内爆炸载荷作用下7A55铝合金的动态性能,用扫描电镜和光学显微镜 对破裂样品的断口形貌、金相组织等进行了微观分析。结果表明:在本文实验条件下,7A55铝合金能够承受 360MPa的内部爆炸加载;合金的断裂方式为剪切断裂,裂缝与筒壁的径向近似成45角;靠近圆筒内侧组织 中存在剪切变形带、绝热剪切带和裂纹,沿最大剪切应力面向外扩展。     

Characterization of mechanical properties of aluminum cast alloy at elevated temperature

The tensile response, the low cycle fatigue(LCF) resistance, and the creep behavior of an aluminum(Al) cast alloy are studied at ambient and elevated temperatures.A non-contact real-time optical extensometer based on the digital image correlation(DIC)is developed to achieve strain measurements without damage to the specimen. The optical extensometer is validated and used to monitor dynamic strains during the mechanical experiments. Results show that Young's modulus of the cast alloy decreases with the increasing temperature, and the percentage elongation to fracture at 100℃ is the lowest over the temperature range evaluated from 25℃ to 300℃. In the LCF test, the fatigue strength coefficient decreases, whereas the fatigue strength exponent increases with the rising temperature. The fatigue ductility coefficient and exponent reach maximum values at 100℃. As expected, the resistance to creep decreases with the increasing temperature and changes from 200℃ to 300℃.     

宽应变率范围下2A16-T4铝合金动态力学性能

为了研究2A16-T4铝合金的动态力学性能,利用电子万能试验机、高速液压伺服试验机及霍普金森压杆(SHPB)装置进行常温下准静态、中应变率和高应变率的动态力学性能实验,得到不同应变率下的应力应变曲线,基于修正的Johnson-Cook本构模型对它进行拟合,并分析材料中应变率力学特性对模型应变率敏感参量的影响。结果表明:2A16-T4铝合金在应变率10-4~102 s-1范围内应变率敏感性较弱,而在102~103 s-1范围内应变率敏感性较强,且应变率强化效应随塑性应变的增大而减小;同时,在10-4~103 s-1范围内具有较强的应变硬化效应,且应变硬化效应随应变率的增大而减小;此外,修正Johnson-Cook本构模型的拟合结果与实验结果吻合很好,能够很好表征材料的动态力学行为,且考虑材料中应变率力学特性可提高本构模型参量的准确性。     

新型铝锡硅合金高温塑性变形流变应力的研究

采用高温等温压缩变形方法,在温度为373-673K范围和应变速率为0.001-1.0s^-1范围内,测定了新型Al-10Sn-4Si合金的流变应力曲线,结果表明,该合金为正应变速率敏感材料并且具有稳态流变特征;稳态流变应力随变形速率的增加而增大,随变形温度的升高而降低,通过回归分析,建立了该合金高温塑性变形时稳态流变应力的半经验方程,这种稳态流变特征与动态回复、动态再结晶及局部晶界粘滞性流动行为有关,受热激活过程控制。     

Effects of the stress state on plasticity and ductile failure of an aluminum 5083 alloy

The experimental and numerical work presented in this paper reveals that stress state has strong effects on both the plastic response and the ductile fracture behavior of an aluminum 5083 alloy. As a result, the hydrostatic stress and the third invariant of the stress deviator (which is related to the Lode angle) need to be incorporated in the material modeling. These findings challenge the classical J₂ plasticity theory and provide a blueprint for the establishment of the stress state dependent plasticity and ductile fracture models for aluminum structural reliability assessments. Further investigations are planned to advance, calibrate and validate the new plasticity and ductile fracture models.     

基于J-C模型的镁合金MB2动静态拉伸破坏行为

为了研究不同应力状态和应变率条件下镁合金MB2的拉伸破坏行为,利用材料试验机和分离式Hopkinson拉杆(SHTB),对镁合金MB2的光滑及缺口圆柱试件进行了动静态拉伸加载;拟合得到了镁合金MB2的动静态拉伸本构关系,建立了其修正的Johnson-Cook失效破坏准则,并对不同试件的拉伸破坏行为进行了数值模拟;利用SEM对宏观破坏模式对应的微观损伤机理进行了分析。结果表明,随着应力三轴度的增加,镁合金MB2的等效破坏应变先增大后减小,宏观破坏模式由剪切转为正拉断,微观损伤机制由混合断裂转变为韧窝断裂;而随着应变率的增加,等效破坏应变不断减小,破坏模式不发生改变。Johnson-Cook本构关系和修正后的Johnson-Cook失效破坏准则能较好地拟合动态静态拉伸实验结果并预测不同试件的杯锥形破坏特征。

     

A new crystal plasticity scheme for explicit time integration codes to simulate deformation in 3D microstructures: Effects of strain path,strain rate and thermal softening on localized deformation in the aluminum alloy 5754 during simple shear

The predominant deformation mode during material failure is shear. In this paper, a crystal plasticity scheme for explicit time integration codes is developed based on a forward Euler algorithm. The numerical model is incorporated in the UMAT subroutine for implementing rate-dependent crystal plasticity model in LS-DYNA/Explicit. The sheet is modeled as a face centered cubic (FCC) polycrystalline aggregate, and a finite element analysis based on rate-dependent crystal plasticity is implemented to analyze the effects of three different strain paths consisting predominantly of shear. Finite element meshes containing texture data are created with solid elements. The material model can incorporate information obtained from electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and apply crystal orientation to each element as well as account for texture evolution. Single elements or multiple elements are used to represent each grain within a microstructure. The three dimensional (3D) polycrystalline microstructure of the aluminum alloy AA5754 is modeled and subjected to three different strain rates for each strain path. The effects of strain paths, strain rates and thermal softening on the formation of localized deformation are investigated. Simulations show that strain path is the most dominant factor in localized deformation and texture evolution.