New model materials for photoelasticity and photoplasticity

Two new materials are proposed as models for photoelasticity and photoplasticity. One is cast resin fully cured epoxy-phenol alloy which is made by the mutual cross linking of pre-condensed resins of epoxy and phenol. While epoxy-phenol alloy resin is available only for photoelasticity, the other, polycarbonate resin, is useful not only for photoelasticity, but also for photoplasticity. Polycarbonate is very tough and has large values of both photoelastic stress sensitivity and modulus of elasticity. The excellent cold workability of polycarbonate is proved by a deep-drawing test. Hence the photoplastic results obtained from a polycarbonate model can be applied by analogy to the plastic stress analysis in other ductile materials. Both resins are very transparent even in the plastic state.     

光弹法实测正交异性双材料界面裂纹断裂参数

采用光弹贴片法实测正交异性双材料界面裂纹尖端区域的应力应变场, 进而求出界面裂纹的断裂力学参量. 将正交异性双材料板加工成拉伸试件,在聚碳酸酯贴片 的单侧表面镀金属铝膜,以提高贴片的反射效率. 沿贴片后的双材料界面预制裂缝,逐渐加 大载荷,得到一系列清晰的等差线条纹图. 利用正交异性双材料界面裂纹尖端应力分量表达 式计算出应力强度因子. 实验表明,光弹贴片法可有效地分析正交异性双材料界面裂纹问题.     

Advancements in holographic photoelasticity

The success of double-exposure holography as an interferometric technique for experimental stress analysis has lead to several recent publications dealing with the theoretical expression which describes the resulting photoelastic patterns. This paper describes the extension of current theory to include the effect of an intensity difference between the light used during the first exposure and that used during the second exposure. It is shown that as the ratio of these two intensities is changed both the position and the intensity of the photoelastic-fringe pattern is altered. An interpretation of the photoelastic pattern as a simple combination of isochromatic and isopachic-fringe patterns is shown to be possible only under certain conditions. Using a pulsed ruby laser, single- and double-exposure photoelastic holograms of stress waves were obtained, and reconstructions of these holograms are presented. The clarity of the reconstructed images is comparable with photographs taken with a standard polariscope. In addition, the capability of magnifying any particular portion of the image by known holographic reconstruction techniques is illustrated.     

A new photoelastic model for studying fatigue crack closure

The photoelastic analysis of crack tip stress intensity factors has been historically developed for use on sharp notches in brittle materials that idealize the cracked structure. This approach, while useful, is not applicable to cases where residual effects of fatigue crack development (e.g., plasticity, surface roughness) affect the applied stress intensity range. A photoelastic model of these fatigue processes has been developed using polycarbonate, which is sufficiently ductile to allow the growth of a fatigue crack. The resultant stress field has been modeled mathematically using the stress potential function approach of Muskhelishvili to predict the stresses near a loaded but closed crack in an elastic body. The model was fitted to full-field photoelastic data using a combination of a generic algorithm and the downhill simplex method. The technique offers a significant advance in the ability to characterize the behavior of fatigue cracks with plasticity-induced closure, and hence to gain new insights into the associated mechanisms.     

Ductile and brittle fracture analysis of surface flaws using CTOD

A reference stress method is used to analyze both brittle and ductile fracture in structures containing surface flaws. Crack-tip opening displacement (CTOD) is used as the fracture-toughness input, althoughJ-based reference stress analyses are also possible. Both detailed and simplified analyses for brittle and ductile fracture are described. A brittle fracture analysis which takes account of stress concentrations, secondary stresses and stress gradients is presented, together with a complete ductile tearing analysis which utilizes a single CTOD value measured at maximum load. In addition, two simplified approaches are proposed: a yield-before-break criterion for brittle fracture and a critical learing modulus for ductile fracture.     

Free Surface Fracture in Three Upsetting Tests

The results of three different upsetting tests on steel C1530 are presented. The die design is shown to have a marked effect on free surface fracture. A popular empirical ductile fracture criterion (Oyane's criterion) is assessed by means of the experimental data obtained and by a theoretical approach for determining the workability diagram from free surface fracture data. It is shown that the criterion is not appropriate for the material investigated. The range of free surface conditions where experimental fracture data are required for formulating an accurate fracture criterion is specified and a number of tests to create such conditions is proposed.     

聚碳酸酯板裂纹顶端的弹塑性研究

本文研究了聚碳酸酯板的延性断裂特征;提出了修正的强化Dugdale条带屈服模型,并用实验-数值计算混合法确定了强化弹塑性材料裂纹顶端附近的应力场参数.实验测定结果与理论等色线,计算的裂纹前沿塑性区长度相符合.由此,验证了所提出的修正强化Dugdale条带屈服模型的合理性.     

Physical aging and time–temperature behavior concerning fracture performance of polycarbonate

The effects of physical aging on fracture and yielding behavior are polycarbonate are considered. Two groups of Bisphenol A-based polycarbonate, consisted of extruded PC sheets (thickness of 0.25 mm) and injection molded PC bars (thickness of 3.18 mm) are used. These samples were annealed at various temperatures ranging from 60 to 120 °C, for different times varying up to 240 h. For PC sheets the essential work of fracture (EWF) method was used to analyze fracture behavior. The results are compared to the strain energy density with aging time and aging temperature in the ranges investigated. This effect is confirmed by the change in fracture toughness, as measured by three-point bending tests. The concept of fictive temperature (T_f) was used to characterize the degree of aging in the sample. T_f of a glass in an aged state at a time t is defined as the temperature at which the volume would be equal to the equilibrium volume at T_f if the sample were instantaneously removed to that temperature. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to determine T_f. The variations of T_f with aging time and aging temperature are in agreement with both the strain energy density measurement and the three-point bending tests. These results contradict the effects of aging on fracture toughness observed by the essential work of fracture approach. The latter showed anomalous regions of increasing fracture toughness with aging, leading to spurious conclusions. The brittle–ductile transition in fracture behavior is analyzed by an activation energy approach. Aging increases the brittle–ductile transition temperature and the effect is more pronounced for the lower molecular-weight sample. Fracture tests also showed a decrease in the entropy with aging, confirming the results observed previously from tension and compression tests.     

Numerical investigation of ductile tearing in surface cracked pipes using line-springs

Accurate prediction of crack-driving force equations is important in any pipeline fracture assessment program. In highly ductile materials, such as pipeline steel, a considerable amount of stable crack growth can be tolerated before the failure of the structure. The existing methods use simplified analytical procedures to account for ductile tearing, and they often result in conservative critical crack sizes. Further, none of the published numerical tools for modelling crack growth is suitable for engineering applications. This work describes a simple method for simulating through-thickness ductile tearing in surface cracked pipes, using line-spring finite elements. The crack growth resistance curve is used to advance the crack front. The line-spring results are verified using crack growth simulations employing the Gurson damage model. Finally, a detailed parametric study is carried out to examine the effect of ductile tearing on crack driving force relationships in circumferentially surface cracked pipes. The results demonstrate that considering ductile tearing is important in fracture assessment procedures for pipelines.     

Random-fuzzy model for the ductile/brittle transition

IntroductionTheductile brittletransition (DBT )ofsteelalloysisinfluencedbythematerialmicrostructureandtestingtemperature[1].Availablereferencesrangingfromanalyticalapproachtoempiricaltestsaretoonumeroustolist.Mostofthesemodesaredeterministic ,whichdidnottaketherandomnessoftheparametersandman_madeerrorintoconsideration .Thebasicproposesofthispaperistounderstandthetransitionbyanewrandom_fuzzymodel.Theductile brittletransitioninvolvestheductilefracture ,brittlefractureandthetransition .Inacerta…     

On the studies of residual stresses in glass plates

The theoretical foundation of the photoelastic methods being presently used for measuring and analyzing residual stresses in glass is insufficient for studying development of transient viscoelastic stress states in glass plates during tempering process and for an explanation of the actual material behavior. It is shown that the basic knowledge of photoviscoelastic effect in glass over a wide range of electromagnetic radiation and temperature is necessary for such on analysis. Some photoelastic properties of plate glass are presented.     

准静态条件下金属材料的临界断裂准则研究

本文针对9种金属材料完成了具有不同约束程度的10类试样的延性断裂试验, 获得了发生拉、压、扭和裂尖断裂等破坏形式构型试样的载荷-位移试验关系; 基于圆棒漏斗试样拉伸试验所得直至破坏的载荷-位移曲线, 采用有限元辅助试验(finite-element-analysis aided testing, FAT)方法得到了9种材料直至破坏的全程等效应力-应变曲线, 以此作为材料本构关系通过有限元分析获得了各类试样直至临界破坏的载荷-位移关系模拟. 载荷-位移关系模拟结果与试验结果有较好的一致性, 表明用于解决试样颈缩问题的FAT方法所获得的全程材料本构关系针对各向同性材料具有真实性和普适性. 对应9种材料、10类试样的36 个载荷-位移临界断裂点, 通过有限元分析获得了对应的材料临界断裂应力、应变与临界应力三轴度, 研究表明, 第一主应力在延性变形过程中为主控断裂的主导参量; 通过研究光滑、缺口、裂纹等构型试样的断裂状态, 提出了$-1$至3范围的应力三轴度下由第一主应力主控的统一塑性临界断裂准则.      

The effect of crack orientation on fracture behavior of tantalum by multiscale simulation

The quasicontinuum (QC) multiscale method is used to investigate anisotropic fracture behaviors of body-centered cubic (BCC) rare metal tantalum (Ta) loaded in Mode I and different fracture mechanisms are discussed from nanoscopic to continuum perspectives to have a deep understanding of brittle and ductile fracture. Initial crack deflection, brittle fracture by cleaving along low surface energy plane, ductile fracture as a result of dislocation emission and fracture accompanied by deformation twinning are all observed near crack tips of different crystal orientations. Particularly, some of these fracture mechanisms are found to be consistent with the latest experimental results. By examining different fracture behaviors, we find the surface energy and the available slip planes play a combined role in determining the fracture mechanisms near a crack tip. Both isotropic and anisotropic critical stress intensity factors are derived and compared for different crack orientations. A straightforward criterion that is proved to be applicable is used to distinguish brittle fracture from ductile fracture.     

Effects of stress invariants and reverse loading on ductile fracture initiation

Recent research studies on ductile fracture of metals have shown that the ductile fracture initiation is significantly affected by the stress state. In this study, the effects of the stress invariants as well as the effect of the reverse loading on ductile fracture are considered. To estimate the reduction of load carrying capacity and ductile fracture initiation, a scalar damage expression is proposed. This scalar damage is a function of the accumulated plastic strain, the first stress invariant and the Lode angle. To incorporate the effect of the reverse loading, the accumulated plastic strain is divided into the tension and compression components and each component has a different weight coefficient. For evaluating the plastic deformation until fracture initiation, the proposed damage function is coupled with the cyclic plasticity model which is affected by all of the stress invariants and pervious plastic deformation history.For verification and evaluation of this damage-plasticity constitutive equation a series of experimental tests are conducted on high-strength steel, DIN 1.6959. In addition finite element simulations are carried out including the integration of the constitutive equations using the modified return mapping algorithm. The modeling results show good agreement with experimental results.     

Fracture prediction in stretch forming using finite element simulation combined with ductile fracture criterion

Summary  A criterion for ductile fracture is introduced in the finite element simulation of sheet metal forming. From the calculated histories of stress and strain in each element, the fracture initiation site and the critical stroke are predicted by means of the ductile fracture criterion. The calculations are carried out for axisymmetric stretch forming of various aluminium alloy sheets and their laminates clad by mild steel sheets. The predictions so obtained are compared with experimental observations. The results show that the combination of the finite element simulation and the ductile fracture criterion enables the prediction of forming limit in a wide range of sheet metals. Accepted for publication 11 August 1996     

Obtaining stress maps from photoelastic data using a digital computer

A general procedure for the analysis of photoelastic isochromatic and isoclinic photographs by digital computer to produce plots of coordinate normal and shear stresses is presented. The solution for normal stresses, involving a finite-difference iterative harmonization of the Laplace equation, is discussed, including treatment of the boundaries and selection of an appropriate network grid. The results of a classical problem, solved by this technique, are included.     

Numerical prediction of fracture in the Taylor test

A flat-nosed cylinder moving at a sufficiently high impact velocity in the classical Taylor test will always fracture. In this paper, fracture phenomena and fracture mechanisms in the Taylor test are investigated numerically based on a recently developed ductile fracture locus with the cut-off value for the negative stress triaxiality at −1/3. The impact velocity of the projectile ranges from 240 m/s to 600 m/s. The lower velocity is applied to a less ductile 2024-T351 aluminum alloy cylinder while the higher velocity is introduced for more ductile Weldox 460 E steel. Three distinct fracture modes are recreated numerically: the confined fracture inside the cylinder, the shear cracking on the lateral surface, and the petalling, all of which are consistent with experimental results presented in the open literature. It is found that a more ductile cylinder tends to fail by petalling while a less ductile one by shear cracking. Confined fracture is a common failure mode for both materials, which occurs in a wide range of the impact velocity. The ductile fracture criterion with the cut-off value predicts realistic fracture patterns for short cylinders deforming predominantly under compression.     

Estimation of Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials Using Instrumented Indentation: Critical Indentation Stress and Strain Model

We propose a generalized approach based on fracture mechanics and contact mechanics to estimate the fracture toughness in metallic materials from instrumented indentation testing. Models were developed for brittle and ductile fracture. Different criteria were applied to each model to determine the critical fracture point during indentation. For brittle fracture, the critical fracture point was defined in terms of the critical mean pressure; for ductile fracture, the critical fracture point was derived from fracture strain and critical plastic zone size. Each fracture criterion was used to determine the indentation fracture energy corresponding to the fracture energy required for crack extension. The fracture toughness was estimated for various metallic materials using each model and compared with standard fracture toughness tests.     

A new ductile fracture theory and its applications

This investigation discusses further the extent to which a new damage theory recently proposed by the author can serve as a unified theory to characterize various ductile failure problems. A general damage integral and corresponding criterion for ductile fracture are presented. A new parameter for ductile fracture is emphasized, which is experimentally verified as a material constant independent of stress state, has clear physical meaning, and can easily be determined. The applicability of this theory to evaluation of the ductility of welds and engineering materials under various conditions is examined. Also, it is used to predict the effect of residual stress on failure of welds, to predict sheetforming limits, and to correlate the variability of elasto-plastic fracture toughness valuesJ _1c and δ _c with different specimen geometries. A new constraint correction method is proposed, and constraint corrected new toughness parameterJ _dc and δ _dc are recommended. Experiments have shown that the toughness variation with different specimen geometries can effectively be removed by use of the method. The general applicability of the theory to characterization of various ductile failures provides a new design tool for engineering components or structures.     

Effect of triaxial stress constraint on the deformation and fracture of polymers

One purpose of this paper is to give a brief overview on the research status of deformation, fracture and toughening mechanisms of polymers, including experimental, theoretical and numerical studies. Emphasis is on the more recent progresses of micromechanics of rubber particle cavitation and crazing, and the development of fracture criteria for ductile polymers. The other purpose is to study the effect of triaxial stress constraint on the deformation and fracture behavior of polymers. Polycarbonate (PC), acrylonitrile-butadienestyrene (ABS) and PC/ABS alloy are considered in this investigation. A series of circumferentially blunt-notched bars are used to experimentally generate different triaxial stress fields. The fracture surfaces of specimens with different notch radius are examined by scanning electron microscope (SEM) to study the fracture and toughening mechanisms of polymer alloy. It is shown that the triaxial stress constraint has a significant effect on the deformation, fracture and toughening of PC, ABS and PC/ABS alloy. We will also discuss the extent to which a micromechanics criterion proposed by the first author can serve as a fracture criterion for ductile polymers. A new ductile fracture parameter is emphasized, which can be employed to evaluate the fracture ductility of polymers. Stress state independence of the parameter for the PC, ABS and PC/ABS alloy has been experimentally verified. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10125212), the Trans-Century Training Program Foundation and the Key Research Fund of the Education Ministry of China (01159)