Dynamic photoelastic study of wave fields in elastic plates with stress concentrators

The method of dynamic photoelasticity is used to study the dynamic failure of structural members in the form of plates with a curvilinear (circular or elliptic) hole and an isolated crack under impulsive loading. The time-dependences of the stress intensity factors and the crack tip velocity are investigated for two types of models __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 12, pp. 84–92, December 2005.     

An experimental study of thermal stress in porous materials by methods of holography and photoelasticity

In heat-loaded structures of energy equipment at the moment of crisis of heat exchange in working elements, the ultimate state of the material occurs. Thermal stresses were studied experimentally in a bulk porous material with a groove on the surface with a view to finding out the distribution of deformations and thermal stresses due to the location of the heat source. It appeared efficient to apply optical methods. Using holographic interferometry, a pattern of distribution of thermal deformations over the surface of the specimens was obtained. Using the photoelastic method to investigate a grooved porous structure, a physical pattern of the distribution of thermal stresses inside the block and in the groove was obtained. Ways are outlined for designing and reducing the probability of occurrence of destructive cracks. A similarity is observed in the distribution of strains and stresses that indicates the interrelatedness of surface and internal processes. The application of optical methods made it possible to discover a physical pattern of destruction. The results are expected to be used in the future to investigate other porous materials.     

Dynamic stress of a circular cavity buried in a semi-infinite functionally graded piezoelectric material subjected to shear waves

The paper presents a theoretical method to investigate the multiple scattering of shear waves and dynamic stress around a circular cavity in a semi-infinite functionally graded piezoelectric material. The analytical solutions of wave fields are expressed by employing wave function expansion method and the expanded mode coefficients are determined by satisfying the boundary conditions of the cavity. Image method is used to satisfy the free boundary condition of the semi-infinite structure. According to the analytical expression of this problem, the numerical solutions of the dynamic stress concentration factor around the cavity are presented. The effects of the piezoelectric property, the buried depth of the cavity, the incident wave number and the nonhomogeneous parameter of materials on the dynamic stress around the cavity are analyzed. Analyses show that the piezoelectric property has great effect on the dynamic stress in the region of intermediate frequency and the effect increases with increasing wave number. When the nonhomogeneous parameter of materials is less than zero, it has less influence on the maximum dynamic stress around the cavity; however, it has greater influence on the distribution of the dynamic stress around the cavity. When the nonhomogeneous parameter of materials is greater than zero, it has greater influence on both the maximum dynamic stress and the distribution of dynamic stress around the cavity, especially in the case that the buried depth is comparatively small.     

DEM simulation of particle percolation in a packed bed

The phenomenon of spontaneous particle percolation under gravity is investigated by means of the discrete element method. Percolation behaviors such as percolation velocity,residence time distribution and radial dispersion are examined under various conditions. It is shown that the vertical velocity of a percolating particle moving down through a packing of larger particles decreases with increasing the restitution coefficient between particles and diameter ratio of the percolating to packing particles. With the increase of the restitution coefficient,the residence time and radial dispersion of the percolating particles increase. The packing height affects the residence time and radial dispersion. But,the effect can be eliminated in the analysis of the residence time and radial dispersion when they are normalized by the average residence time and the product of the packing height and packing particle diameter,respectively.In addition,the percolation velocity is shown to be related to the vertical acceleration of the percolating particle when an extra constant vertical force is applied. Increasing the feeding rate of percolating particles decreases the dispersion coefficient.     

DEM simulation of particle percolation in a packed bed

The phenomenon of spontaneous particle percolation under gravity is investigated by means of the discrete element method. Percolation behaviors such as percolation velocity, residence time distribution and radial dispersion are examined under various conditions. It is shown that the vertical velocity of a percolating particle moving down through a packing of larger particles decreases with increasing the restitution coefficient between particles and diameter ratio of the percolating to packing particles. With the increase of the restitution coefficient, the residence time and radial dispersion of the percolating particles increase. The packing height affects the residence time and radial dispersion. But, the effect can be eliminated in the analysis of the residence time and radial dispersion when they are normalized by the average residence time and the product of the packing height and packing particle diameter, respectively. In addition, the percolation velocity is shown to be related to the vertical acceleration of the percolating particle when an extra constant vertical force is applied. Increasing the feeding rate of percolating particles decreases the dispersion coefficient.     

Stress Concentration in an Orthotropic Plate with a Circular Hole under Dynamic Loading

The paper sets forth a photoelastic method for the determination of the dynamic stress concentration factor near a hole in an orthotropic plate. The stress distribution at the periphery of a circular hole is analyzed. The stress concentration factors for orthotropic and isotropic plates under dynamic and statical loading are compared     

Dynamic stress intensity factors of multiple cracks in a functionally graded orthotropic half-plane

In the present paper dynamic stress intensity factor and strain energy density factor of multiple cracks in the functionally graded orthotropic half-plane under time-harmonic loading are investigated. By utilizing the Fourier transformation technique the stress fields are obtained for a functionally graded orthotropic half-plane containing a Volterra screw dislocation. The variations of the material properties are assumed to be exponential forms which the equilibrium has an analytical solution. The dislocation solution is utilized to formulate integral equation for the half-plane weakened by multiple smooth cracks under anti-plane deformation. The integral equations are of Cauchy singular type at the location of dislocation which are solved numerically to obtain the dislocation density on the faces of the cracks. The dislocation densities are employed to determined stress intensity factor and strain energy density factors (SEDFs) for multiple smooth cracks under anti-plane deformation. Numerical examples are provided to show the effects of material properties and the crack configuration on the dynamic stress intensity factors and SEDFs of the functionally graded orthotropic half-plane with multiple curved cracks.     

Dynamic stress intensity factors of two 3D rectangular cracks in a transversely isotropic elastic material under a time-harmonic elastic P-wave

The dynamic stress intensity factors (DSIFs) of two 3D rectangular cracks in a transversely isotropic elastic material under an incident harmonic stress wave are investigated by generalized Almansi’s theorem and the Schmidt method in the present paper. Using 2D Fourier transform and defining the jumps of displacement components across the crack surface as the unknown functions, three pairs of dual integral equations are derived. To solve the dual integral equations, the jumps of the displacement components across the crack surfaces are expanded in a series of Jacobi polynomials. Numerical examples are provided to show the effects of the geometric shape of the rectangular crack, the characteristics of the harmonic wave and the distance between two rectangular cracks on the DSIFs of the transversely isotropic elastic material.     

Photoelastic simulation of the stress wave field around a tunnel in an anisotropic rock mass subject to shock load

The stress wave field around a tunnel in an anisotropic medium subject to shock load is analyzed using the dynamic photoelastic method. The influence of various factors on the distribution and magnitude of boundary stresses around the tunnel are studied by simulating the deformation process. The time dependence of the dynamic stress concentration factor on the tunnel walls is established __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 8, pp. 122–125, August 2006.     

Anti-plane stress intensity, energy release and energy density at crack tips in a functionally graded strip with linearly varying properties

The fracture problem of a crack in a functionally graded strip with its properties varying in a linear form along the strip thickness under an anti-plane load is considered. The embedded anti-plane crack is located in the middle of strip half way through the thickness. The third mode stress intensity factor is derived using two different methods. In the first method, by employing Fourier integral transforms, the governing equation is converted to a singular integral equation, which is subsequently solved numerically by the collocation method based on Chebyshev polynomials. Then, the problem is solved by means of finite element method in which quadrilateral 8-node singular elements around each crack tip are used. After inspecting the validity of the solution technique, effects of crack geometry and non-homogeneous material parameter on the stress intensity, energy release and energy density are studied and the results of analytical and FEM solutions are compared.     

Diffraction of stress waves by a free or reinforced hole in an orthotropic plate

Photoelastic plates made of an orthotropic material are used to model the dynamic stress state near free and reinforced circular holes under blast loading. The diffraction of stress waves by holes in a thin-walled plate is studied. Experimental data are used to analyze the dynamic stress concentration in a plate with a hole in which quasilongitudinal and quasitransverse waves propagate __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 7, pp. 73–78, July 2007.     

On the definition of the stress tensor in granular media

This paper investigates the definition of the stress tensor within a granular assembly, when inertial effects are likely to occur. It is shown that the stress tensor can be expressed as a sum of two terms. A first term corresponds to the standard definition of the stress, according to the Love–Weber formula; this term is related to the contact forces existing within adjoining particles. A second term accounts for dynamic effects related to rotation velocities and accelerations of the particles. These results are checked from discrete numerical simulations in order to examine in which context the contribution of inertial effects should not be omitted. With this aim, the simulation of a granular specimen collapse and then a silo discharge is considered.     

Nonlinear deformation of a particulate material in complex stress state

An algorithm is proposed to determine the effective deformation properties and stress-strain state of particulate composite materials with physically nonlinear components and complex stress state. The laws that govern the deformation of particulate composites are studied. A particulate composite is considered a two-component material of random structure. Its effective properties are determined by conditional averaging. The nonlinear equations that incorporate the physical nonlinearity of the components are solved by the method of successive approximations. The relationship between macrostresses and macrostrains is established. The effective deformation properties of a particulate composite as a function of the volume fractions of the components and stress state are studied __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 50–60, March 2006.     

Dynamic response of a crack in a functionally graded interface of two dissimilar piezoelectric half-planes

Summary  In this paper, the dynamic anti-plane crack problem of two dissimilar homogeneous piezoelectric materials bonded through a functionally graded interfacial region is considered. Integral transforms are employed to reduce the problem to Cauchy singular integral equations. Numerical results illustrate the effect of the loading combination parameter λ, material property distribution and crack configuration on the dynamic stress and electric displacement intensity factors. It is found that the presence of the dynamic electric field could impede of enhance the crack propagation depending on the time elapsed and the direction of applied electric impact. Received 4 December 2001; accepted for publication 9 July 2002 This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China through Grant No. 10132010.     

Unsteady Dynamic Crack Propagation in a Brittle Polymer

Dynamic crack propagation in a brittle polymer, poly(methyl-methacrylate) (PMMA), was studied using the method of caustics in combination with a Cranz–Schardin high-speed camera. Four different types of specimen geometry and loading method were employed to achieve the crack acceleration, deceleration, and/or reacceleration processes in one fracture event. The dynamic stress intensity factor K _ID and crack velocity were obtained in the course of the crack propagation and the corresponding relationship was determined. The effect of the crack acceleration and deceleration on the K _ID-velocity relationships was as follows: (1) the variations of K _ID and the velocity were strongly influenced by the specimen geometry and loading method; (2) the velocity change was qualitatively in accord with K _ID; (3) K _ID for a constant crack velocity was larger when the crack decelerated than it was when the crack accelerated or reaccelerated; (4) K _ID for an acceleration-free crack was uniquely related to the velocity; and (5) K _ID could be expressed as two parametric functions of the velocity and acceleration.     

Dynamic stress concentration around a circular hole due to SH-wave in anisotropic media

A new approach based on complex function to solve the SH-wave scattering problem around a circular hole in anisotropic media is introduced in this paper. It is found that the dynamic stress concentration factor is dependent on the incident wave number and the hole radius. Finally, some numerical results of dynamic stress concentration factor of a circular hole in anisotropic media are given. The Project Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China     

Dynamics stress concentrations in Ambartsumian's plate with a cutout

Based on the motion equations of flexural wave in Ambartsumian's plates including the effects of transverse shear deformations, by using perturbation method of small parameter, the scattering of flexural waves and dynamic stress concentrations in the plate with a cutout have been studied. The asymptotic solution of the dynamic stress problem is obtained. Numerical results for the dynamic stress concentration factor in Ambartsumian's plates with a circular cutour are graphically presented and discussed. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

Dynamic stress intensity factors around two rectangular cracks in an infinite elastic plate under impact load

A dynamic problem for two equal rectangular cracks in an infinite elastic plate is considered. The two cracks are placed perpendicular to the plane surfaces of the plate. An incoming shock tensile stress is returned by the cracks. In the Laplace transform domain, the boundary conditions at the two sides of the plate are satisfied using the Fourier transform technique. The mixed boundary conditions are reduced to dual integral equations. Crack displacement is expanded in a series of functions which are zero outside of the cracks. The unknown coefficients in the series are determined by the Schmidt method. The stress intensity factors are defined in the Laplace transform domain and these are inverted using a numerical method.     

The effect of initial stress and inhomogeneity on the thermoelastic stresses in a rotating anisotropic solid

The present paper presents a general treatment of the transient thermoelastic stresses in a rotating nonhomogeneous anisotropic solid under compressive initial stress. The system of fundamental equations is solved by means of a boundary element method (BEM) and the numerical calculations are carried out for the temperature, displacement components and stress components. The results indicate that the effects of inhomogeneity and initial stress are very pronounced.     

Microdamage of a nonlinear elastic material in combined stress state

The structural theory of short-term damage is used to study the coupled processes of deformation and microdamage of a physically nonlinear material in a combined stress state. The basis for the analysis is the stochastic elasticity equations for a physically nonlinear porous medium. Damage in a microvolume of the material is assumed to occur in accordance with the Huber-Mises failure criterion. The balance equation for damaged microvolumes is derived and added to the macrostress-macrostrain relations to produce a closed-form system of equations. It describes the coupled processes of nonlinear deformation and microdamage of the porous material. Algorithms are developed for calculating the dependence of microdamage on macrostresses and macrostrains and plotting stress-strain curves for a homogeneous material under either biaxial normal loading or combined normal and tangential loading. The plots are analyzed depending on the type of stress state __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 11, pp. 30–39, November 2006.