脆性材料裂纹扩展的分形运动学

大量实验结果表明脆性材料裂纹扩展路径是弯弯曲曲的，不规则的，断裂表面粗糙不平，表现出分形特征。本文应用分形几何推导出脆性材料裂纹扩展的分形运动学公式，得到了动、静态断裂韧性与分形裂纹扩展速度、裂纹长度、微结构特征量δ＿ｃ以及分形维数之间的关系；推导出了裂纹扩展速度的计算公式，得出宏观量测的裂纹扩展速度Ｖ＿０应小于分形裂纹扩展速度Ｖ；并推导出直接根据材料动、静态断裂韧性和裂纹扩展速度Ｖ＿０估算材料裂纹扩展路径的分维计算公式．本文理论分析结果与实验值在定性定量上达到了较好的一致。     

试样尺寸对核电厂主蒸汽管道断裂韧性的影响研究

以某核电厂SA335 材料主蒸汽管道为研究对象,首先结合SA335 的断裂阻力曲线（J-R 曲线）试验测量结果,提出了一种方法确定韧性金属材料裂纹扩展模型（G-T 模型）中的主要微观参数：初始孔隙率0 f 和初始孔隙间距D;随后,在有限元计算中引入G-T 模型模拟了SA335 紧凑拉伸试样的断裂过程,讨论了试样尺寸对于J-R 曲线的影响．结果表明：试样厚度一致时,初始裂纹长度大的试样对应偏低的断裂韧性;当试样尺寸整体缩放时,较大尺寸的试样对应偏低的断裂韧性．最后,结合实例说明了试样整体尺寸对于主蒸汽管道临界裂纹长度的影响．     

高韧性合金钢断裂韧性及疲劳裂纹扩展门槛值的联合试验方法

在柴油机曲轴、连杆等关键零部件的可靠性设计和失效评估中,断裂韧性及疲劳裂纹扩展门槛值分别是衡量材料抵抗裂纹失稳扩展和裂纹开始扩展的重要指标．但是,对于高韧性合金材料,难以通过常规试验所推荐的厚度确定平面应变断裂韧性,而门槛值的测定通常不但非常耗时,且难以直接应用于不同循环特性的实际结构．本文针对高韧性合金钢34CrNi3MoA,提出一种将断裂韧性和疲劳裂纹扩展门槛值试验合二为一的试验方法,即用同一个试件可以同时测定门槛值和断裂韧性．利用断裂韧性关于试件厚度的渐近特性,以几种较薄试件的试验,确定平面应变状态下的断裂韧性．试验结果还表明,裂纹扩展门槛值的试件厚度依存性可以忽略,并给出了任意循环特性（应力比）下的门槛值计算公式．     

聚氯乙烯复合断裂性能研究

从弹塑性断裂力学理论出发,进行了硬质聚氯乙烯材料多角度下的Ⅰ/Ⅱ复合断裂试验,研究硬质聚氯乙烯材料复合断裂性能.利用数字图像相关技术,计算复合裂纹稳定扩展的临界裂纹尖端张开角值(ΨC1),尝试用该值作为一种断裂参数来描述硬质聚氯乙烯材料的断裂韧性.结果表明:(1)此材料与常见的金属材料不同,Ⅱ型加载模式下承载能力最大,纯Ⅰ型时承载能力最小;(2)当裂纹稳定扩展时,ΨC1值趋于稳定.故临界裂纹尖端张开角可作为硬质聚氯乙烯材料裂纹稳定扩展的断裂韧性.     

基于GMTS准则的岩石复合型断裂机理研究

使用国际岩石力学协会规定的半圆盘岩石试件,加工不同倾角的直裂纹试样,通过三点弯曲加载试验得到不同I-II复合比断裂的断裂韧性和初始断裂角．传统裂纹扩展准则忽视了常数项即T应力及更高阶项的影响,导致该扩展准则的理论预测结果存在较大缺陷,本文通过考虑常数项,建立广义最大周向应力准则(GMTS)．在此基础上,分别采用传统的裂纹扩展准则和考虑T应力的裂纹扩展准则预测不同复合比裂纹的断裂韧性和初始扩展角,然后对比理论预测结果和实验结果．分析可得：常数项即T应力对断裂的临界应力强度因子和初始断裂角的影响是不可忽略的,且II型断裂占比较大时影响更大,广义最大周向应力准则预测值与实验测试结果之间的误差最小．     

含中心裂纹铝合金薄板裂纹稳态扩展的实验研究

一、引言对于韧性材料的含裂纹构件,通常是在大范围屈服情况下断裂的,所以必须建立弹塑性断裂理论来进行研究。用J积分判据J_(1c)或临界裂纹顶端张开位移δ_(cr)来衡量韧性材料的断裂韧性,在工程上具有实用意义。但是J_(1c)和δ_(cr)都是用来确定裂纹的初始起裂,而起裂后的裂纹稳态扩展现象很重要,特别对于硬化材料的金属薄壁构件更为明显,在裂纹缓慢稳态扩展的过程中,必须继续增加载荷,直到裂纹失稳扩展,因此要合理地确定含裂纹薄壁结构的承载能力,就需要研究裂纹稳态扩展过程。Feddersen在研究平面应力断裂问题中,用铝合金中心裂纹板试件做了大量实验,对工程设计提供了有用的分析方法,但是对于裂纹的稳态扩展过程只做了定性描述,没     

旋转防喷器壳体疲劳裂纹扩展研究

受井内高压和岩屑颗粒反复碰撞,旋转防喷器壳体会出现裂纹,裂纹的进一步扩展会导致壳体发生破裂。本研究基于Paris公式研究旋转防喷器壳体的疲劳裂纹扩展寿命,通过疲劳裂纹扩展试验确定Paris公式的材料常数,通过有限元模拟对CT试样进行疲劳裂纹扩展研究,分析初始裂纹尺寸、载荷大小的影响。结果显示：实验结果与有限元仿真结果能较好吻合;随着初始裂纹尺寸的增加,裂纹前缘应力强度因子逐渐增大,初始裂纹开始扩展,深度亦会随应力幅和应力比的增大而增大,而裂纹扩展寿命随着裂纹长度和载荷增大而减小,随着应力比的增大而增大。该研究为旋转防喷器安全使用提供一定的理论依据和研究方法。     

带微裂纹物体的有效断裂韧性

按照等效介质的思想，引进有效表面能密度的概念，建立了带微裂纹物体有效断裂韧性的公式．具体计算了微裂纹群分别平行和垂直于宏观裂纹两种情况的减韧比．表明微裂纹群在产生应力屏蔽（或反屏蔽）效应的同时，也降低了材料的有效断裂韧性，减小了对宏观裂纹的扩展阻力．     

基于内聚力模型的白点萌生机理研究

基于内聚力理论、氢压理论和应力作用下氢富集理论,在以往孔洞锻合研究的基础上,建立了白点萌生扩展的有限元分析模型。研究了初始氢浓度、裂纹长度以及多裂纹耦合作用等多种因素对白点萌生的影响,确定了不同条件下白点萌生的临界氢浓度及其变化趋势。结果表明,氢对白点萌生具有重要的影响,在白点萌生过程中,高浓度的氢聚集在裂纹端部,极大地降低了钢的内聚力强度;对于单裂纹,随着裂纹长度的增加,白点萌生的临界氢浓度逐渐减小并趋于稳定值;当多个密集小裂纹同时存在时,裂纹间的耦合效应会导致小裂纹有贯穿形成大裂纹的趋势,而远端裂纹的耦合效应则相对较小;对于多裂纹,白点萌生临界氢浓度具有随裂纹个数的增加而线性递减的趋势。     

随机超载对疲劳裂纹扩展迟滞效应的模拟

考虑超载的迟滞效应,对随机超载作用下的疲劳裂纹扩展进行了模拟计算．载荷谱为在基本恒幅循环载荷基础上加入一以泊松流发生的随机超载序列,超载的大小为均匀分布．采用裂纹闭合模型考虑超载的迟滞效应,认为裂纹张开应力在超载引起的塑性区内按线性规律衰减．循环续循环模拟计算出裂纹从初始长度一直到疲劳破坏的扩展曲线．据此,计算了各种超载发生强度和大小下的疲劳裂纹扩展寿命的平均值与标准差。     

Fracture toughness from the standpoint of softening hyperelasticity

Fracture toughness of brittle materials is calibrated in experiments where a sample with a preexisting crack/notch is loaded up to a critical point of the onset of static instability. Experiments with ceramics, for example, exhibit a pronounced dependence of the toughness on the sharpness of the crack/notch: the sharper is the crack the lower is the toughness. These experimental results are not entirely compatible with the original Griffith theory of brittle fracture where the crack sharpness is of minor importance.¹To explain the experimental observations qualitatively we simulate tension of a thin plate with a small crack of a finite and varying sharpness. In simulations, we introduce the average bond energy as a limiter for the stored energy of the Hookean solid. The energy limiter induces softening, indicating material failure. Thus, elasticity with softening allows capturing the critical point of the onset of static instability of the cracked plate, which corresponds to the onset of the failure propagation at the tip of the crack. In numerical simulations we find, in agreement with experiments, that the magnitude of the fracture toughness cannot be determined uniquely because it depends on the sharpness of the crack: the sharper is the crack, the lower is the toughness.Based on the obtained results, we argue that a stable magnitude of the toughness of brittle materials can only be reached when a characteristic size of the crack tip is comparable with a characteristic length of the material microstructure, e.g. grain size, atomic distance, etc. In other words, the toughness can be calibrated only under conditions where the hypothesis of continuum fails.     

Nonlinear interface shear fracture of end notched flexure specimens

The nonlinear analytical solutions of an end notched flexure adhesive joint or fracture test specimen with identical or dissimilar adherends are investigated. In the current study, a cohesive zone model (with arbitrary nonlinear cohesive laws) based analytical solution is obtained for the interface shear fracture of an end notched flexure (ENF) specimen with sufficiently long bond length. It is found that the scatter and inconsistency in calculating Mode II toughness may be significantly reduced by this model. The present work indicates that the Mode II toughness G_IIc under pure shear cracking condition is indeed very weakly dependent on the initial crack length. And this conclusion is well supported by the experimental results found in the literature. The parametric studies show that the interface shear strength is the most dominant parameter on the critical load. It is also interesting to note that with very short initial crack length and identical interface shear strength, higher Mode II toughness indeed cannot increase the critical load. Unlike the high insensitivity of critical load to the detailed shape of the cohesive law for Mode I peel fracture, the shape of the cohesive law becomes relatively important for the critical load of joints under pure Mode II fracture conditions, especially for joints with short initial crack length. The current study may help researchers deepen the understanding of interface shear fracture and clarify some previous concepts on this fracture mode.     

Crack buckling in soft gels under compression

Recent interest in designing soft gels with high fracture toughness has called for simple and robust methods to test fracture behavior. The conventional method of applying tension to a gel sample suffers from a difficulty of sample gripping. In this paper, we study a possible fracture mechanism of soft gels under uni-axial compression. We show that the surfaces of a pre-existing crack, oriented parallel to the loading axis, can buckle at a critical compressive stress. This buckling instability can open the crack surfaces and create highly concentrated stress fields near the crack tip, which can lead to crack growth. We show that the onset of crack buckling can be deduced by a dimensional argument com- bined with an analysis to determine the critical compression needed to induce surface instabilities of an elastic half space. The critical compression for buckling was verified for a neo-Hookean material model using finite element simulations.     

On ductile fracture initiation toughness: Effects of void volume fraction,void shape and void distribution

This paper studies the effects of the initial relative void spacing, void pattern, void shape and void volume fraction on ductile fracture toughness using three-dimensional, small scale yielding models, where voids are assumed to pre-exist in the material and are explicitly modeled using refined finite elements. Results of this study can be used to explain the observed fracture toughness anisotropy in industrial alloys. Our analyses suggest that simplified models containing a single row of voids ahead of the crack tip is sufficient when the initial void volume fraction remains small. When the initial void volume fraction becomes large, these simplified models can predict the fracture initiation toughness (J_Ic) with adequate accuracy but cannot predict the correct J–R curve because they over-predict the interaction among growing voids on the plane of crack propagation. Consequently, finite element models containing multiple rows of voids should be used when the material has large initial void volume fraction.     

含中心裂纹梯度纳晶金属的数值模拟

梯度纳晶金属由于其微观组织的梯度分布,力学属性也呈现梯度变化,这使得其表现出不同于传统均匀材料的断裂行为．利用材料力学参数的梯度分布来表征梯度纳晶金属中晶粒尺寸的梯度变化,并编写ABAQUS和MATLAB脚本程序建立分层有限元模型．通过数值模拟计算了含有初始中心裂纹的梯度纳晶金属在受远端均匀拉应力作用下的裂尖J积分,分别研究了屈服应力梯度、裂纹角度和裂纹长度对金属材料断裂韧性的影响,并与传统粗晶进行了对比．结果表明梯度纳米结构的存在导致梯度纳晶金属内部的中心裂纹两端表现出不同的断裂韧性,小晶粒一侧裂尖的抗裂韧性优于大晶粒一侧裂尖,且屈服应力梯度绝对值越大,两者差距越大．梯度纳晶金属的断裂韧性受中心裂纹角度和长度变化的影响与传统粗晶金属基本一致,同时在晶粒尺寸梯度的作用下梯度纳晶的裂尖J积分略低于粗晶,即整体上拥有更好的抗裂韧性．     

Modeling of crack growth in ductile solids: a three-dimensional analysis

A population of several spherical voids is included in a three-dimensional, small scale yielding model. Two distinct void growth mechanisms, put forth by [Int. J. Solids Struct. 39 (2002) 3581] for the case of a two-dimensional model containing cylindrical voids, are well contained in the model developed in this study for spherical voids. A material failure criterion, based on the occurrence of void coalescence in the unit cell model, is established. The critical ligament reduction ratio, which varies with stress triaxiality and initial porosity, is used to determine ligament failure between the crack tip and the nearest void. A comparison of crack initiation toughness of the model containing cylindrical voids with the model containing spherical voids reveals that the material having a sizeable fraction of spherical voids is tougher than the material having cylindrical voids. The proposed material failure determination method is then used to establish the fracture resistance curve (J–R curve) of the material. For a ductile material containing a small volume fraction of microscopic voids initially, the void by void growth mechanism prevails, which results in a J–R curve having steep slope. On the other hand, for a ductile material containing a large volume fraction of initial voids, the multiple voids interaction mechanism prevails, which results in a flat J–R curve. Next, the effect of T-stress on fracture resistance is examined. Finally, nucleation and growth of secondary microvoids and their effects on void coalescence are briefly discussed.     

Dynamic fracture instabilities in brittle crystals generated by thermal phonon emission: Experiments and atomistic calculations

Dynamic cleavage fracture experiments of brittle single crystal silicon revealed several length scales of surface and path instabilities: macroscale path selection, mesoscale crack deflection, and nanoscale surface ridges. These phenomena cannot be predicted or explained by any of the continuum mechanics based equations of motion of dynamic cracks, as presumably critical energy dissipation mechanisms are not fully accounted for in the theories. Experimentally measured maximum crack speed, always lower than the theoretical limit, is another phenomenon that is as yet not well understood.We suggest that these phenomena depend on velocity dependent and anisotropic material property that resists crack propagation. The basic approach is that the bond breaking mechanisms during dynamic crack propagation vibrate the atoms at the crack front to generate thermal phonon emission, or heat, which provides additional energy dissipation mechanisms. This energy dissipation mechanism is a material property that resists crack propagation. To evaluate this property, we combined the continuum based elastodynamic Freund equation of motion with molecular dynamics atomistic computer “experiments”.We analyzed the above experimental dynamic fracture instabilities in silicon with the obtained velocity dependent and anisotropic material property and show its importance in cleavage of brittle crystals.     

白桦材断裂韧度的各向异性性质

木材可视为正交各向异性材料，表征木材抵抗裂纹扩展能力的断裂韧度硒。是木材的基本力学性质之一，它具有明显的各向异性．对白桦材试样断裂韧度硒。测试结果表明，LT试样的断裂韧度明显高于TL，TR试样的断裂韧度，TL和TR试样的断裂韧度相接近．无论哪种试样类型，起裂均发生在裂纹尖端．TL，TR试样裂纹扩展方向与原裂纹初始方向一致，LT试样与前两不同，裂纹沿着几乎平行于纤维的方向扩展．并且含水率对各个方向木材断裂韧度的影响趋势是一致的．     

基于XFEM的混凝土纯弯曲梁的裂缝扩展模拟研究

选取纯弯曲梁进行裂缝扩展研究,在理论上符合Ⅰ型断裂模式．因此,本文利用扩展有限元法(XFEM)模拟了混凝土纯弯曲梁裂缝发展的全过程,结合线性叠加渐进假定,得到了不同初始缝高比的P-δ曲线、P-CMOD曲线以及临界有效裂缝扩展长度(a_c-a₀)/h与裂缝发展路经．对比试验数据和模拟结果表明：随着初始缝高比的增大,起裂荷载P_ini、最大荷载P_max、离散弗雷歇距离δ_dF与δ_{d F}^′,以及临界有效裂缝长度(a_c-a₀)/h均逐渐减小;试验与模拟的裂纹发展路径存在一定偏差,可知试验数据与模拟结果存在规律性差异．