An experimental study of dynamic delamination of thick fiber reinforced polymeric matrix composites

Dynamic delamination of thick fiber reinforced polymeric matrix composite laminates is investigated using optical techniques and high-speed photography. The laminates used in this work are graphite/epoxy fiber reinforced, 65 percent fiber volume fraction, composite plates consisting of 48 plies (6 mm plate thickness). Two different laminate layups are tested: a quasi-isotropic arrangement and a unidirectional arrangement. The experimental setup consists of 152 mm×152 mm square plates impact loaded in an outof-plane configuration using a high-speed gas gun. Impact speeds range from 1 m/s to 30 m/s. Real-time imaging of the laminate out-of-pane displacement is performed using the lateral shearing interferometer of coherent gradient sensing (CGS) in conjunction with high-speed photography. Onset of dynamic delamination can be observed, and quantities such as delamination speeds (in some cases up to 1800 m/s) are measured and reported. A brief comparison is made with dynamic fracture experiments of the same material conducted in a separate study.     

A delamination gage for carbon fiber composites

A graphite crack gage familiar to fracture testing of nonconductive polymeric materials has been adapted to measure delamination growth in carbon fiber composites. The gage consists of a continuous graphite film whose conductance changes linearly with respect to crack length. The development of an insulation technique so that the electrical film may be applied to carbon fiber composites is described. Further constraints on the gage design occur due to the narrow profiles of conventional delamination specimens. These limitations are reviewed in detail along with appropriate methods for manufacturing and calibration of the gage for delamination experiments. A simple shunt voltage measurement circuit is described along with a derivation of the relationship of crack length to voltage. Two example applications are provided: stable delamination growth in a conventional double cantilever beam (DCB) specimen and dynamic delamination growth in a single-edge-notched (SEN) strip. The electrical delamination length measurements from the DCB tests were found to compare well with the location of the delamination front determined by microscopy and radiography. These results give confidence in dynamic delamination results where growth rates exceeding 1000 m/s were measured. Sample evaluations of delamination toughness are made using the experimental data; compliance methods are used in the case of the DCB analysis, and dynamic finite element methods are used in the case of the SEN strip analysis.     

Influence of localised double suction on a turbulent boundary layer

The effects of localised suction applied through a pair of porous wall strips on a turbulent boundary layer have been quantified through the measurements of mean velocity and Reynolds stresses. The results indicate that the use of second strip extends the pseudo-relaminarisation zone but also reduces the overshoot in the longitudinal and normal r.m.s. velocities. While the minimum r.m.s. occurs at x/δ_o=3.0 (one strip) and x/δ_o=12 (two strips), the reduction observed for the latter case is larger. Relative to no suction, the turbulence level is modified by suction and the effect is enhanced with double suction. This increased effectiveness reflects the fact that the second strip acts on a boundary layer whose near-wall active motion has been seriously weakened by the first strip.     

弹体高速侵彻效率的实验和量纲分析

为了研究高速侵彻时弹体撞击速度、材料强度等对质量侵蚀特性和侵彻效率的影响规律,开展了不同材料强度和长径比的弹体高速侵彻半无限厚素混凝土靶实验,弹体撞击速度为880~1 900 m/s,弹头形状为尖卵型(半径口径比为3),口径为30 mm。由实验发现:弹体撞击速度对侵彻效率的影响呈抛物线分布,最大侵彻效率时的弹体特征撞击速度约1 400 m/s;高速侵彻时弹体的质量侵蚀主要发生在卵形头部,弹身及尾部损伤极少;速度超过特征撞击速度时,弹体侵蚀严重,甚至弯曲变形或解体;弹体强度提高至约2倍时,质量侵蚀率降低约80%。基于实验,利用量纲分析原则建立了量纲一侵彻效率和量纲一弹体撞击速度的函数关系式,可估算出最大侵彻效率对应的弹体撞靶速度,为高速侵彻效应模拟实验提供理论指导。     

EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE VELOCITY OSCILLATIONS OF DYNAMIC CRACK PROPAGATING IN BRITTLE MATERIAL TENSION

设计了一种精确测量裂纹在预拉伸带板中的传播速度的实验装置, 系统研究了裂纹在受不同预加载荷作用的不同尺寸的有机玻璃 板中的传播行为.实验结果表明:在一个细长、上下表面固定的带板中, 裂纹速度分为加速和稳定2个阶段.在稳定速度阶段, 裂纹平均速度v₀ 是预加载荷在板中储存的弹性能Wh的增函数.由于此时裂纹处于自相似传播阶段, 可以认为材料的动态断裂能G_c是裂纹传播速度v₀的增函数, 即材料存在"速度增韧性".当裂纹传播速度达到一定阈值, 裂纹的传播速度出现明显的振荡现象, 裂纹的振荡周期与断裂面出现的周期性沟槽的尺度一致.在更高的预加能量下, 裂纹传播路径出现弯曲、微分岔以及宏观分岔现象.建立了一个描述裂纹在带板中的直线传播行为的动力学模型, 并用这个模型模拟裂纹在传播过程中的速度振荡现象.     

A novel technique for time-resolved detection and tracking of interfacial and matrix fracture in layered materials

A novel experimental technique is developed for time-resolved detection and tracking of damage in the forms of delamination and matrix cracking in layered materials such as composite laminates. The technique is non-contact in nature and uses dual or quadruple laser interferometers for high temporal resolution. Simultaneous measurements of differential displacement and velocity at individual locations are obtained to analyze the initiation and progression of interfacial fracture and/or matrix cracking/delamination in a polymer matrix composite laminate system reinforced by graphite fibers. The measurements at multiple locations allow the speeds at which interfacial crack front (mode-I) or matrix cracking/delamination front (mode-II dominated) propagates to be determined. Experiments carried out use three-point bend configurations. Impact loading is achieved using a modified Kolsky bar apparatus with a complete set of diagnostics for load, deformation, deformation rate, and input energy measurement. This technique is used to characterize the full process of damage initiation and growth. The experiments also focused on the quantification of the speed at which delamination or damage propagates under primarily mode-I and mode-II conditions. The results show that the speed of delamination (mode-I) or the speed of matrix cracking/delamination (primarily mode-II) increases linearly with impact velocity. Furthermore, speeds of matrix failure/delamination under primarily mode-II conditions are much higher than the speeds of mode-I crack induced delamination under mode-I conditions.     

刚性钝头弹体正冲击GH4169间隔靶的消耗功分析

在380～680 m/s的弹体初速范围内,开展了直径8 mm钨球正冲击GH4169间隔靶实验,测得弹体初速、余速及靶板形貌,明显看出第1层板挠度较小,主要表现为剪切破坏,并产生了杯状挤凿块,第3层板挠度较大,主要表现为拉伸破坏。提出了间隔靶消耗功计算公式,结合剪切冲塞模型和建立的挤凿块速度模型计算了刚性钝头弹体冲击间隔靶中各层板的消耗功。结果表明,第2～3层板的单位面密度消耗功远高于相同面密度的第1层板,这与各层板的变形和失效形式密切相关。消耗功分析可用于定量描述间隔靶中各层板的抗侵彻性能。     

Delamination of laminated composite plates by p-convergent partial discrete-layer elements with VCCT

The simulation of the delamination process in laminated composite plates is quite complex and requires advanced finite element modeling techniques. Failure analysis tools must be able to predict initiation, size and propagation of delamination process. This paper presents the p-convergent partial discrete-layer elements with the virtual crack closure technique (VCCT) for the delamination analysis of laminated composite plates. The proposed element can be formulated by the suitable dimensional reduction from three-dimensional solid to two-dimensional plate. It is assumed that the piecewise linear variation of in-plane displacements and the constant value of out-of-plane displacements across the thickness. The higher-order approximation based on integrals of Legendre polynomials is used to define displacement fields. The three-dimensional VCCT is also slightly modified to incorporate with the proposed elements to estimate the energy release rate. The initiation of delamination occurs when the energy release rate for a displacement increment is same as the critical energy release rate corresponding to fracture toughness. The approach is to use a fracture mechanics criterion, but to avoid the complex moving mesh technique. At first, the validation and characteristic of the proposed elements are investigated on isotropic plates and orthotropic laminated plates, compared with referenced values. Then for fracture analysis, the efficiency of proposed approach is demonstrated with the help of additionally two problems such as the double-cantilever-beam test and the orthotropic laminated square plate with interior delamination.     

含分层损伤的变角度纤维层合板后屈曲力学行为研究

变角度（Variable angle tow,简称VAT）纤维复合材料层合板的纤维方向能够连续变化．相较于传统的直线纤维层合板,此类层合板通过刚度变化,整体的屈曲性能可以得到很大的提升．本文利用ABAQUS 自带的粘结单元(Cohesive Element)对预制圆形分层的变角度纤维复合材料层合板进行了后屈曲力学行为研究,得出载荷位移曲线,以及分层裂纹萌生和扩展的情况．然后本文分析了预制分层尺寸对板的刚度、前后屈曲阶段和裂纹萌生及扩展的影响．最后通过变角度纤维层合板和直线纤维层合板的后屈曲力学行为进行对比,深入探索了变角度复合材料层合板在抵抗分层裂纹萌生和扩展方面的优势．     

Mode mixity and nonlinear viscous effects on toughness of interfaces

This paper examines steady-state crack growth at interfaces between polymeric materials and hard substrates under quasi-static conditions. The polymeric material is taken to be an elastic nonlinear viscous solid while the substrate is treated as a rigid material. Void growth and coalescence in the rate-dependent fracture process zone is modeled by a nonlinear viscous porous strip of cell elements. In the first part of this paper, the polymeric background material surrounding the process zone is assumed to be purely elastic. Under fixed mode mixity, the computed interface toughness is found to be a monotonically increasing function of crack velocity; toughness also increases rapidly with higher rate sensitivity. This behavior can be explained in terms of voids growing in a strain-rate strengthened process zone. In the second part of the paper, the background material is also treated as an elastic nonlinear viscous solid. The competition between work of separation in the process zone and energy dissipation in the background material leads to a U-shaped toughness–crack velocity curve. Effects of mode mixity, initial porosity, rate sensitivity, as well as the initial yield strain on toughness are studied. The simulations produce trends that agree with interface toughness vs. crack velocity data reported in experimental studies for rubber toughened epoxy-paste adhesive and urethane acrylate adhesive.     

功能梯度压电板条中电绝缘型运动裂纹的电弹性场

基于三维弹性理论和压电理论，对材料系数按指数函数规律分布的功能梯度压电板条中的反平面运动裂纹问题进行了求解。利用Fourier积分变换方法将电绝缘型运动裂纹问题化为对偶积分方程，并进一步归结为易于求解的第二类Fredholm积分方程。通过渐近分析，获得了裂纹尖端应力、应变、电位移和电场的解析解，给出了裂纹尖端场各个变量的角分布函数，并求得了裂纹尖端场的强度因子，分析了压电材料物性梯度参数、几何尺寸及裂纹运动速度对它们的影响。结果表明，对于电绝缘型裂纹，功能梯度压电板条中运动裂纹尖端附近的各个场变量都具有-1／2阶的奇异性；当裂纹运动速度增大时，裂纹扩展的方向会偏离裂纹面。     

爆炸聚能作用下混凝土试件劈裂的高速3D DIC实验

为探寻非钻孔条件下露天爆破大块二次破碎形态的控制方法, 应用线性聚能射流对圆柱混凝土模型试件进行侵彻实验, 使用High-speed 3D DIC(高速三维数字图像相关方法)方法分析试件劈裂发展过程的全场三维形变特征。研究结果表明, 数据分析区内劈裂裂纹扩展速度在4个区间内呈阶梯式变化趋势, 峰值速度为235.52 m/s, 平均速度为140.89 m/s;线性聚能射流侵彻对劈裂裂纹扩展有明显导向作用, 应力集中作用使得劈裂裂纹围绕线性射流侵彻对称轴扩展, 扩展方向变化幅度较小;在劈裂裂纹扩展速度突变的3个时刻, 劈裂裂纹路径产生了3处明显拐点, 在拐点处伴随有支裂纹的产生, 支裂纹的扩展距离均未超过5 cm;主应变集中带形状及分布位置决定了裂纹扩展路径及趋势, 拉应变集中先于裂纹出现, 试件呈现准静态劈裂形态, 劈裂面平整度较高。     

Evaluation Using Digital Image Correlation of Stress Intensity Factors in an Aerospace Panel

The fracture behavior of a crack propagating in a large (4.8 m × 1.4 m) aircraft panel was investigated quantitatively by experiment for the first time using digital image correlation. Mixed mode (I+II) stress intensity factors were evaluated using a methodology, which combined digital image correlation with the multi-point over-deterministic method to fit displacement field equations to the experimental data from around a crack tip. More than 800 images were taken during a 10-minute time period as the fracture of the panel occurred under monotonic loading. It was observed that the crack propagated through the skin of the panel at a relatively low speed, with an average crack tip velocity of 0.014 mm/s, and changed its propagation direction at particular points due to the reinforcement of the structure. In the later stages of the test, substantial shear lips were observed indicating a state of plane stress as would be expected in a thin, wide panel and the size of the plastic zone increased substantially. The value of the mode I stress intensity factor obtained from the measured displacement fields initially increased linearly to around 50 MPa√m (K_Ic = 37 MPa√m) and afterwards non-linearly reaching 300 to 400 MPa√m for crack extensions of the order of 100 mm. It is proposed that these high values of stress intensity factor do not represent an unrealistically high material fracture toughness but rather are indicative of the high resistance to crack growth of the structural assemblage of ribs, stringers and hole reinforcements in the panel which allow the skin to sustain a strain level that would otherwise cause unstable crack growth. Digital image correlation is demonstrated to be particularly powerful in elucidating this structural behavior.     

On the dynamics of crack growth in glass

An experimental investigation of crack growth has been performed using plates of glass subjected to impulsive loading by means of small explosive charges. For comparison, some experiments were also performed with two “glass-like” polymers. The formation of the resultant crack patterns in glass was observed by the use of high-speed photography during the period following the detonation. Information has been obtained about the physical features of crack growth with regard to crack velocity, bifurcation, and the interaction between growing cracks and propagating stress waves. The existence of a terminal velocity of crack propagation is considered and, in particular, the degree to which crack bifurcation provides an explanation for this phenomenon is discussed.     

Rate effects on toughness in elastic nonlinear viscous solids

A micromechanics-based constitutive relation for void growth in a nonlinear viscous solid is proposed to study rate effects on fracture toughness. This relation is incorporated into a microporous strip of cell elements embedded in a computational model for crack growth. The microporous strip is surrounded by an elastic nonlinear viscous solid referred to as the background material. Under steady-state crack growth, two dissipative processes contribute to the macroscopic fracture toughness—the work of separation in the strip of cell elements and energy dissipation by inelastic deformation in the background material. As the crack velocity increases, voids grow in the strain-rate strengthened microporous strip, thereby elevating the work of separation. In contrast, the energy dissipation in the background material decreases as the crack velocity increases. In the regime where the work of separation dominates energy dissipation, toughness increases with crack velocity. In the regime where energy dissipation is dominant, toughness decreases with crack velocity. Computational simulations show that the two regimes can exist in certain range of crack velocities for a given material. The existence of these regimes is greatly influenced by the rate dependence of the void growth mechanism (and the initial void size) as well as that of the bulk material. This competition between the two dissipative processes produces a U-shaped toughness-crack velocity curve. Our computational simulations predict trends that agree with fracture toughness vs. crack velocity data reported in several experimental studies for glassy polymers and rubber-modified epoxies.     

含装甲钢和陶瓷板的钢纤维砼复合靶的抗侵彻实验研究

为考察装甲钢板和陶瓷板的抗侵彻特性,在钢纤维混凝土靶中分别加入两种不同厚度的装甲钢板和陶瓷板振动成型。在57mm轻气炮上进行了小尺寸射弹侵彻钢纤维砼复合靶试验,测量了不同速度的射弹在不同靶中的侵彻深度。研究表明,当装甲钢板的厚度在5mm范围内,射弹速度超过400m/s时,装甲钢板的厚度对侵彻深度的影响不明显。对含陶瓷板的钢纤维砼,当射弹超过一定速度时,射弹弯曲断裂。通过分析给出了射弹残余弹长与射弹的密度、射弹的动态屈服强度和垂直撞击陶瓷板的速度的函数关系,理论结果与实验数据基本一致。     

边缘冲击（EOI）作用下透明陶瓷破坏特性研究

相较于传统透明材料,相同面密度下透明陶瓷具有更优异的抗冲击性能,使其成为极具应用前景的透明装甲防护材料。研究透明陶瓷在冲击下的破坏响应及损伤演化规律,对透明陶瓷装甲的结构设计及防护能力的提高起到至关重要的作用。为了比较传统透明材料与典型透明陶瓷材料在冲击过程中的破坏特性差异,利用9 mm弹道枪发射平台进行了浮法玻璃、YAG透明陶瓷及镁铝尖晶石透明陶瓷3种透明材料的边缘冲击试验,破片发射速度为200~300 m/s。通过高速摄影捕捉破片的撞击过程,分析了粉碎区及主裂纹扩展距离随时间的变化规律。结果表明,3种材料在不同速度破片的冲击作用下,粉碎区面积与材料强度呈负相关性。对同种材料,在200~300 m/s速度范围内,破片撞击速度对主裂纹的扩展速度没有影响。同时比较了玻璃与透明陶瓷在宏观尺度上的损伤演化特征差异:玻璃在粉碎区两侧产生三角形的次裂纹区域,陶瓷材料则会产生细长的次裂纹簇,并会产生较明显的裂纹“分叉”现象。利用扫描电子显微镜对回收到的陶瓷碎片进行观测,并分析了2种透明陶瓷材料在细观尺度破坏特征的异同。2种透明陶瓷的径向裂纹断面上会出现从沿晶断裂到穿晶断裂的过渡变化,而环向断裂面上几乎都是沿晶和穿晶混合断裂。2种透明陶瓷中,仅YAG透明陶瓷在沿晶断裂时会出现晶体“剥落”现象。     

复合材料层合板低速冲击损伤分析的连续介质损伤力学模型

针对复合材料层合板低速冲击损伤问题,提出了一种各向异性材料连续介质损伤力学模型,模型涵盖损伤表征、损伤起始判定和损伤演化法则3 个方面. 通过材料断裂面坐标下的损伤状态变量矩阵完成损伤表征,并考虑断裂面角度的影响,建立了主轴坐标系下的材料损伤本构关系. 损伤起始由卜克(Puck) 失效准则预测,损伤演化由断裂面上的等效应变控制,服从基于材料应变能释放的线性软化行为. 模型区分了纤维损伤和基体损伤,并根据冲击载荷下层内产生多条基体裂纹继而扩展至界面形成层间裂纹(分层) 的试验观察,引入基体裂纹饱和密度参数表征层间分层. 以[0₃/45/-45]_S 和[45/0/-45/90]_4S 两种铺层的复合材料层合板为例,预测了不同冲击能量下复合材料层合板的低速冲击损伤响应参数,试验结果证明了连续介质损伤力学模型的有效性.模型在不同网格密度下的计算结果表明单元特征长度的引入可以在一定程度上降低损伤演化阶段对网格密度的依赖性.      

巴西圆盘泥岩试件裂纹扩展及应变演化实验研究

为了研究准静态加载条件下岩石试件巴西劈裂裂纹扩展规律,采用MTS试验机进行准静态加载,同时用高速摄像机记录裂纹扩展过程。采用白光数字散斑处理软件对摄像机记录的照片进行处理,得到试件裂纹扩展过程中应变场的演化情况。通过实验和分析可以看出,由于端部效应及加载方式的原因,因此裂纹起裂点在底部加载部位;泥岩试件表面裂纹的平均扩展速度为252m/s;岩石的非均质性即内部微缺陷、微裂纹使得泥岩试样的开裂并不是沿着中心直径方向,而是偏离一定的角度,初始偏离角度约为17°。裂纹扩展过程可以划分为三个阶段:泥岩试件宏观变形阶段(宏观无裂纹)、宏观裂纹稳定扩展阶段、宏观裂纹动态张裂阶段。同时,在裂纹扩展过程中,表面第一主应变场、水平位移场等变化明显,在开裂部位第一主应变最大。通过对圆盘泥岩试件裂纹扩展实验研究,可为研究岩石破裂及其演化规律提供依据。     

A dynamic photoelastic analysis of dynamic-tear-test specimen

Dynamic photoelasticity was used to analyze the transient response of dynamic-tear-test (DTT) specimens, .0889×.400m (3.5×15 in.) in size, machined from .0095m (3/8 in.)-thick Homalite-100 plates. Dynamic-stress-intensity factors, dynamic-energy release rates, and crack velocities in ten specimens were determined. Dynamic tear energies were obtained by integrating the area under the dynamic-energy release-rate curves. The average dynamic-energy release rates which were obtained by dividing the dynamic tear energies by the total length of the crack paths, were found to be approximately equal to the critical strain-energy release rate of Homalite-100. Results of the drop-weight-hammer impact vs. crack-initiation experiments showed that the crack initiated after the first buildup of impact forces in the hammer, thus indicating possible ambiguity in using a specified location on the hammer-force curve to derive a comparable static-fracture load for the DTT specimen.