A simplified over-stress analytical model of the dynamic buckling of a perfectly plastic column under axial impact

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Dynamic fracture of concrete – compact tension specimen

The behavior of concrete structures is strongly influenced by the loading rate. Compared to quasi-static loading concrete loaded by impact loading acts in a different way. First, there is a strain-rate influence on strength, stiffness, and ductility, and, second, there are inertia forces activated. Both influences are clearly demonstrated in experiments. Moreover, for concrete structures, which exhibit damage and fracture phenomena, the failure mode and cracking pattern depend on loading rate. In general, there is a tendency that with the increase of loading rate the failure mode changes from mode-I to mixed mode. Furthermore, theoretical and experimental investigations indicate that after the crack reaches critical speed of propagation there is crack branching. The present paper focuses on 3D finite-element study of the crack propagation of the concrete compact tension specimen. The rate sensitive microplane model is used as a constitutive law for concrete. The strain-rate influence is captured by the activation energy theory. Inertia forces are implicitly accounted for through dynamic finite element analysis. The results of the study show that the fracture of the specimen strongly depends on the loading rate. For relatively low loading rates there is a single crack due to the mode-I fracture. However, with the increase of loading rate crack branching is observed. Up to certain threshold (critical) loading rate the maximal crack velocity increases with increase of loading rate, however, for higher loading rates maximal velocity of the crack propagation becomes independent of the loading rate. The critical crack velocity at the onset of crack branching is found to be approximately 500 m/s.     

Kinematics and dynamics of small-scale vorticity and strain-rate structures in the transition from isotropic to shear turbulence

We applied a technique that defines and extracts “structures” from a DNS dataset of a turbulence variable in a way that allows concurrent quantitative and visual analysis. Local topological and statistical measures of enstrophy and strain-rate structures were compared with global statistics to determine the role of mean shear in the dynamical interactions between fluctuating vorticity and strain-rate during transition from isotropic to shear-dominated turbulence. We find that mean shear adjusts the alignment of fluctuating vorticity, fluctuating strain-rate in principal axes, and mean strain-rate in a way that (1) enhances both global and local alignments between vorticity and the second eigenvector of fluctuating strain-rate, (2) two-dimensionalizes fluctuating strain-rate, and (3) aligns the compressional components of fluctuating and mean strain-rate. Shear causes amalgamation of enstrophy and strain-rate structures, and suppresses the existence of strain-rate structures in low-vorticity regions between enstrophy structures. A primary effect of shear is to enhance “passive” strain-rate fluctuations, strain-rate kinematically induced by local vorticity concentrations with negligible enstrophy production, relative to “active,” or vorticity-generating strain-rate fluctuations. Enstrophy structures separate into “active” and “passive” based on the level of the second eigenvalue of fluctuating strain-rate. We embedded the structure-extraction algorithm into an interactive visualization-based analysis system from which the time evolution of a shear-induced hairpin enstrophy structure was visually and quantitatively analyzed. The structure originated in the initial isotropic state as a vortex sheet, evolved into a vortex tube during a transitional period, and developed into a well-defined horseshoe vortex in the shear-dominated asymptotic state.     

A non-local two-dimensional foundation model

Classical foundation models such as the Pasternak and the Reissner models have been recently reformulated within the framework of non-local mechanics, by using the gradient theory of elasticity. To contribute to the research effort in this field, this paper presents a two-dimensional foundation model built by using a mechanically based non-local elasticity theory, recently proposed by the authors. The foundation is thought of as an ensemble of soil column elements resting on an elastic base. It is assumed that each column element is acted upon by a local Winkler-like reaction force exerted by the elastic base, by contact shear forces and volume forces due, respectively, to adjacent and non-adjacent column elements. As in the Pasternak model, the contact shear forces involve the second-order derivative of the column element displacement. The volume forces are non-local forces assumed to depend (1) on the relative displacement between the interacting column elements through power-law distance-decaying attenuation functions and (2) on the product between the volumes of the interacting column elements. As a result, the equilibrium equations are fractional differential equations, for which a numerical solution can be readily found based on the finite difference method. Solutions are built for different foundation shapes and loading conditions.     

Dynamic strain aging and related instabilities: experimental,theoretical and numerical aspects

Experimental data from uniaxial tensile tests on smooth and notched specimens of aluminium alloy 5083-H116 show that the material exhibits negative strain-rate sensitivity for strain rates within a certain range. The negative strain-rate dependence, which is attributed to dynamic strain aging, leads to serrated stress–strain curves, discontinuous plastic flow and propagating deformation bands during plastic straining (also denoted as the Portevin–Le Chatelier effect). Band analysis and linear perturbation analysis are performed using simple elastic-viscoplastic constitutive equations that include negative strain-rate sensitivity in a simplified manner. The negative strain-rate sensitivity allows for jumps in the plastic strain rate, which in turn permits the existence of localisation bands for the elastic-viscoplastic model. The simple elastic-viscoplastic constitutive model has been implemented in LS-DYNA, and non-linear finite element simulations of smooth and notched tensile test specimens are performed, allowing more detailed investigations into the effects of the negative strain-rate sensitivity on the material's behaviour.     

Elastic–plastic ductile damage model based on strain-rate plastic potential

Modeling of ductile damage is generally done using analytical potentials, which are expressed in the stress space. In this paper, for the first time it is shown that strain-rate potentials which are exact conjugate of the stress-based potentials can be instead used to model the dilatational response of porous polycrystals. A new integration algorithm is also developed. It is to be noted that a strain-rate based formulation is most appropriate when the plastic flow of the matrix is described by a criterion that involves dependence on all stress invariants. In such cases, although a strain-rate potential is known, the stress-based potential cannot be obtained explicitly. While the proposed framework based on strain-rate potentials is general, for comparison purposes in this work we present an illustration of the approach for the case of a porous solid with von Mises matrix containing randomly distributed spherical cavities. Comparison between simulations using the strain-rate based approach and the classical stress-based Gurson's criterion in uniaxial tension is presented. These results show that the model based on a strain-rate potential predicts the dilatational response with the same level of accuracy.     

Strain-rate effects in rheological models of inelastic response

Stress–strain response under constant and variable strain-rate is studied for selected models of inelastic behavior. The derived closed-form solutions for uniaxial loading enable simple evaluation of the strain-rate effects on the material response. The effect of an abrupt change of strain-rate is also examined. Non-Newtonian viscosity which decreases with an increasing strain-rate is incorporated in the analysis. Parabolic and hyperbolic hardening are used to describe the plastic response in monotonic loading. A three-dimensional generalization of an elastic–viscoplastic model is employed to study the stress relaxation in simple shear. A combined isotropic–kinematic hardening and the concept of overstress are used in the analysis. The unloading nonlinearity of the stress–strain curve is then discussed.     

Dynamic pre-strain and inertia effects on the fracture of metals

A combined experimental and theoretical study is described which examines the influence of strain-rate and dynamic pre-strain on the ductile fracture of thin cylinders. The thin-cylinder configuration is particularly important in this case because it allows inertia terms to be directly incorporated into the theory of plastic instability. A series of quasi-static and dynamic tests is conducted on three materials with differing degrees of strain-rate sensitivity and strain-hardening. The experimental observation that fracture is inhibited at high strain-rates is in accord with the theory when inertia can no longer be considered insignificant. It is also shown that dynamic pre-strain has little or no effect on the flow stress or the strain at fracture in materials which-are essentially strain-rate insensitive, but does reduce the fracture strain in the strain-rate sensitive materials.     

5083H111铝合金宽应变率拉伸动态本构模型

结合5083H111铝合金较宽应变率范围2×10-4 ~ 4×102s-1内的拉伸实验数据,揭示该铝合金的拉伸“V”型率效应特征,分析对数应变率敏感系数λ和切线模量Et的应变率和应变相关性,进而通过对Johnson-Cook模型的修正来建立合理描述5083H111铝合金较宽应变率范围内的动态拉伸本构模型。建立的动态本构模型中,流动应力包括应变率相关和应变相关两部分。该模型合理描述了5083H111铝合金的拉伸“V”型率效应特征,预测结果与实验结果较为一致。另外,结合破坏应变的对数应变率敏感系数β,得到了拉伸破坏应变预测方程,其预测结果也与实验结果基本一致。     

Role of strain-rate sensitivity in the crystal plasticity of hexagonal structures

In the first part of this paper the stress and strain-rate response of hexagonal crystal structures are examined when slip is viscoplastic according to a power law. The stress and strain-rate equi-potential surfaces are constructed and discussed as a function of the strain-rate sensitivity index m. The second part of this paper deals with the case of linear viscous slip; i.e., for the case when m is equal to one. A simple analytic solution is presented to obtain the deviatoric stress state for a given strain-rate. It is shown that the plastic spin is not zero for m = 1 in hexagonal crystal structures, contrary to the cubic case where the plastic spin vanishes. In addition, the rate of texture evolution in simple shear of a magnesium polycrystal is examined as a function of m.     

45钢柱壳膨胀断裂的应变率效应

采用前照明高速分幅照相技术拍摄到在爆轰加载下45钢柱壳表面裂纹生成、扩展及产物泄漏过程的清晰图像,较准确地测量了膨胀断裂的时间与应变。 45钢柱壳在炸药爆轰加载下,断裂应变随应变率的增加而增加,当应变率达到一定值,断裂应变随应变率的增加而降低,出现了动态断裂中的塑性峰现象。     

Deformation behavior of tantalum and a tantalum tungsten alloy

A comparative study of the deformation behavior of tantalum and a tantalum 2.5 wt.% tungsten alloy is carried out. High strain-rate experimental data are used to develop phenomenological constitutive relations. The temperature and the strain-rate sensitivity of the flow stresses are compared. It is observed that although the flow stress for the Ta–2.5%W alloy is greater than that of Ta, the corresponding temperature and strain-rate sensitivity is less pronounced. Ta–2.5%W experiences a solid-solution softening, wherein the athermal stress component has increased, while the thermal component has decreased by the alloying.     

Effect of material parameters on shear band spacing in work-hardening gradient dependent thermoviscoplastic materials

We study thermomechanical deformations of a viscoplastic body deformed in simple shear. The effect of material elasticity is neglected but that of work hardening, strain-rate hardening, thermal softening, and strain-rate gradients is considered. The consideration of strain-rate gradients introduces a material characteristic length into the problem. A homogeneous solution of the governing equations is perturbed at different values t₀ of time t, and the growth rate at time t₀ of perturbations of different wavelengths is computed. Following Wright and Ockendon's postulate that the wavelength of the dominant instability mode with the maximum growth rate at time t₀ determines the minimum spacing between shear bands, the shear band spacing is computed. It is found that for the shear band spacing to be positive, either the thermal conductivity or the material characteristic length must be positive. Approximate analytical expressions for locally adiabatic deformations of dipolar (strain-rate gradient-dependent) materials indicate that the shear band spacing is proportional to the square-root of the material charateristic length, and the fourth root of the strain-rate hardening exponent. The shear band spacing increases with an increase in the strain hardening exponent and the thermal conductivity of the material.     

Strain-rate history and temperature effects on the torsional-shear behavior of a mild steel

Previous investigations on the effects of strain-rate and temperature histories on the mechanical behavior of steel are briefly reviewed. A study is presented on the influence of strain rate and strain-rate history on the shear behavior of a mild steel, over a wide range of temperature Experiments were performed on thin-walled tubular specimens of short gage length, using a torsional split-Hopkinson-bar apparatus adapted to permit quasi-static as well as dynamic straining at different temperatures. The constant-rate behavior was first measured at nominal strain rates of 10^?3 and 10³ s^?1 for ?150, ?100, ?50, 20, 200 and 400°C. Tests were then carried out, at the same temperatures, in which the strain rate was suddenly increased during deformation from the lower to the higher rate at various large values of plastic strain. The increase in rate occurred in a time of the order of 20 μs so that relatively little change of strain took place during the jump. The low strain-rate results show a well-defined elastic limit but no yield drop, a small yield plateau is found at room temperature. The subsequent strain hardening shows a maximum at 200°C, when serrated flow occurs and the ductility is reduced. The high strain-rate results show a considerable drop of stress at yield. The post-yield flow stress decreases steadily with increasing temperature, throughout the temperature range investigated. At room temperature and below, the strain-hardening rate becomes negative at large strains. The adiabatic temperature rise in the dynamic tests was computed on the assumption that the plastic work is entirely converted to heat. This enabled the isothermal dynamic stress-strain curves to be calculated, and showed that considerable thermal softening took place. The initial response to a strain-rate jump is approximately elastic, and has a magnitude which increases with decrease of testing temperature; it is little affected by the amount of prestrain. At 200 and 400° C, a yield drop occurs after the initial stress increment. The post-jump flow stress is always greater than that for the same strain in a constant-rate dynamic test, the strain-hardening rate becoming negative at large strains or low testing temperature. This observed effect of strain-rate history cannot be explained by the thermal softening accompanying dynamic deformation. These and other results concerning total ductility under various strain-rate and temperature conditions show that strain-rate history strongly affects the mechanical behavior of the mild steel tested and, hence, should be taken into account in the formulation of constitutive equations for that material.     

The computer simulation of drill column dragging in inclined bore-holes with geometrical imperfections

The problem about identification of resistance forces acting on a drill column moving in an inclined bore-hole is stated. It is supposed that the well trajectories can have geometrical imperfections in the shape of cylindrical spiral or plane cosinusoidal curves. The system of ordinary differential equations is derived on the basis of the theory of curvilinear flexible elastic rods. It permits one to describe static effects of the drill column bending accompanying the processes of its raising, lowering and rotating inside the bore-hole. Through the use of this system the direct and inverse problems of the drill column deforming are formulated for calculation of internal and external resistance forces acting on the drill column tube. The methods for numerical solution of the constructed equations are elaborated. With their use the phenomena of the drill columns motion and their frictional seizure inside the bore-holes are simulated for different geometrical imperfections and relations between the velocities and directions of their rotation and axial motion.     

混凝土类材料动态压缩强度在多维应力状态下的应变率效应

对混凝土类材料动态压缩应变率效应研究的发展及问题进行了概述,对比不同应力状态下混凝土类材料动态压缩应变率效应的表现特征,揭示了不同加载路径下实测动态强度提高系数的显著差异。研究表明,在高应变率下,基于初始一维应力加载路径的试件将因横向惯性效应导致的侧向围压而演化至多维应力状态,传统霍普金森杆技术无法获得高应变率下基于真实一维应力路径的动态强度提高系数,在强度模型中直接应用实测数据将过高估计材料的动态强度。鉴于应变率效应的加载路径依赖性,将仅包含应变率的强度提高系数模型扩展至同时计及应变率和应力状态的多维应力状态模型,并结合Drucker-Prager准则在强度模型中给予了实现。针对具有自由和约束边界试件开展的数值霍普金森杆实验表明,多维应力状态下的应变率效应模型可以考虑应变率效应随应力状态改变的特点,从而准确预测该类材料的动态压缩强度。研究结果可为正确应用霍普金森杆技术确定脆性材料的动态压缩强度提供参考。     

损伤引起的反向应变率效应及其对本构关系和热粘塑性失稳的影响

对于材料在高应变率下的应变率无关和应变率负敏感现象,本文根据铸镁合金的宏观与微观相结合的试验结果,提出了一个基于损伤弱化的反向应变率效应机制,并建议了一个计及这一反向效应的热粘塑性本构方程。由此可以解释材料的表观应变率强化、表观应变率无关和表观应变率弱化三类基本情况。相应地,随损伤引起的反向应变率效应的增强,热粘塑性失稳也有三种基本情况:或在更高应变率或更大应变下发生绝热剪切,或由临界准则转化为临界应变准则,以及或在高应变率下不会发生绝热剪切。     

动载下复合材料基体裂纹与夹杂相互作用的数值模拟

采用ABAQUS软件及粘聚裂纹模型对动态拉伸载荷下复合材料中垂直于基体-夹杂界面的基体裂纹与夹杂的相互作用进行了数值模拟.结果表明:在给定的界面强度下,当加载率(或应变率)低于某一临界值(临界应变率)时裂纹将沿基体-夹杂界面扩展,当高于该临界值时裂纹可以穿过界面在夹杂中扩展.此外,随着界面强度的提高,临界应变率降低;当界面强度超过一定值后,裂纹扩展方向将不受外部载荷影响,裂纹将沿自相似方向扩展;当界面强度低于该临界值时,裂纹将沿界面扩展;并且临界应变率随夹杂尺寸的增大而降低,即小夹杂更难于破坏.上述结果可为前人的混凝土动态实验数据提供合理的细观理论解释.     

An anisotropic elastic–viscoplastic model for soft clays

Experimental evidences have shown deficiencies of the existing overstress and creep models for viscous behaviour of natural soft clay. The purpose of this paper is to develop a modelling method for viscous behaviour of soft clays without these deficiencies. A new anisotropic elastic–viscoplastic model is extended from overstress theory of Perzyna. A scaling function based on the experimental results of constant strain-rate oedometer tests is adopted, which allows viscoplastic strain-rate occurring whether the stress state is inside or outside of the yielding surface. The inherent and induced anisotropy is modelled using the formulations of yield surface with kinematic hardening and rotation (S-CLAY1). The parameter determination is straightforward and no additional experimental test is needed, compared to the Modified Cam Clay model. Parameters determined from two types of tests (i.e., the constant strain-rate oedometer test and the 24 h standard oedometer test) are examined. Experimental verifications are carried out using the constant strain-rate and creep tests on St. Herblain clay. All comparisons between predicted and measured results demonstrate that the proposed model can successfully reproduce the anisotropic and viscous behaviours of natural soft clays under different loading conditions.     

Chain scission in transient extensional flow kinetics and molecular weight dependence

Recent experimental investigations have shown that large macromolecules can be fully stretched and fractured in an extensional flow. In this situation, the critical strain-rate for bond scission was found to depend on molecular weight as (M_W)⁻², in agreement with the theoretical predictions of the bead---rod model. One of the conditions prerequisite to full chain extension is that the residence time at the appropriate strain-rate must be much larger than the terminal relaxation time of the macromolecule. If this requirement is not fulfilled, chain fracture could still occur at sufficiently high strain-rate, but in a partially uncoiled state. In the present studies we have measured the critical strain-rate for chain scission in transient extensional flow of extremely sharp PS fractions dissolved in dekalin at the θ-temperature. The molecular weight range investigated varied from 2.86 × 10⁶ to 426,000. The critical strain-rate for chain scission was found experimentally to scale as (M_W)^−0.95 instead of (M_W)⁻² as predicted for stagnant extensional flow. Our results are in good accord with a recent theory for rupture of partly extended coils. Even in the partially uncoiled state, the degraded macromolecules showed a remarkable propensity for chain halving, indicating that midchain scission in flow is a general property that is not uniquely reserved to the fully extended chain.