Full-Field Strain Measurement and Identification of Composites Moduli at High Strain Rate with the Virtual Fields Method

The present paper deals with full-field strain measurement on glass/epoxy composite tensile specimens submitted to high strain rate loading through a split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) device and with the identification of their mechanical properties. First, the adopted methodology is presented: the device, including an Ultra-High Speed camera, and the experimental procedure to obtain relevant displacement maps are described. The different full-field results including displacement, strain and acceleration maps for two mechanical tests are then addressed. The last part of the paper deals with an original procedure to identify stiffnesses on this dynamic case only using the actual strain and acceleration maps (without the applied force) by using the Virtual Fields Method. The results provide very promising values of Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio on a quasi-isotropic glass-epoxy laminate. The load reconstructed from the moduli and strains compares favourably with that from the readings.     

A Procedure for Accurate One-Dimensional Strain Measurement Using the Grid Method

This paper deals with the accurate calculation of strain using the grid method. The strain field is first directly deduced from the fringe pattern without calculating the displacement field. This procedure is validated with two numerical examples. Two types of experiment are then carried out: a translation and a tensile test. It is observed that some additional fictitious strains appear in both cases. They are due to two main reasons which interact with each other: the grid defects and the displacement of the grid lines during testing. A suitable procedure is proposed to cancel out these fictitious strains. This procedure is successfully applied in two cases of fringe patterns.     

Quantitative Stereovision in a Scanning Electron Microscope

Accurate, 3D full-field measurements at the micron-level are of interest in a wide range of applications, including both facilitation of mechanical experiments at reduced length scales and accurate profiling of specimen surfaces. Scanning electron microscope systems (SEMs) are a natural platform for acquiring high magnification images for stereo-reconstruction. In this work, an integrated methodology for accurate three-dimensional metric reconstruction and deformation measurements using single column SEM imaging systems is described. In these studies, the specimen stage is rotated in order to obtain stereo views of the specimen as it undergoes mechanical or thermal loading. Simulations and preliminary experimental studies at 300× demonstrate that (a) spatially-varying image distortions can be removed from images using a non-parametric distortion model, (b) the system can be reliably calibrated using distortion-corrected images of a planar object and grid at various orientations and (c) specimen rotation variability during the measurement phase can be controlled so that baseline strain errors are within the range of ±150 με. Benchmark rigid body motion experiments using calibrated SEM views demonstrate that all components of strain in the reconstructed object have a mean value around O(10⁻⁴) and a random spatial distribution with standard deviation ≈ 300 micro-strain.     

Synchronous Full-Field Strain and Temperature Measurement in Tensile Tests at Low,Intermediate and High Strain Rates

Tensile tests with simultaneous full-field strain and temperature measurements at the nominal strain rates of 0.01, 0.1, 1, 200 and 3000 s^?1 are presented. Three different testing methods with specimens of the same thin and flat gage-section geometry are utilized. The full-field deformation is measured on one side of the specimen, using the DIC technique with low and high speed visible cameras, and the full-field temperature is measured on the opposite side using an IR camera. Austenitic stainless steel is used as the test material. The results show that a similar deformation pattern evolves at all strain rates with an initial uniform deformation up to the strain of 0.25–0.35, followed by necking with localized deformation with a maximum strain of 0.7–0.95. The strain rate in the necking regions can exceed three times the nominal strain rate. The duration of the tests vary from 57 s at the lowest strain rate to 197 μs at the highest strain rate. The results show temperature rise at all strain rates. The temperature rise increases with strain rate as the test duration shortens and there is less time for the heat to dissipate. At a strain rate of 0.01 s^?1 the temperature rise is small (up to 48 °C) but noticeable. At a strain rate of 0.1 the temperature rises up to 140 °C and at a strain rate of 1 s^?1 up to 260 °C. The temperature increase in the tests at strain rates of 200 s^?1 and 3000 s^?1 is nearly the same with the maximum temperature reaching 375 °C.     

Tracking Microstructure Evolution in Complex Biaxial Strain Paths: A Bulge Test Methodology for the Scanning Electron Microscope

Experimental Mechanics - In this work, a novel method is presented to track site-specific microstructure evolution in metallic materials deformed biaxially along proportional and complex strain...     

显微干涉网格法测量曲面物体表面应变

提出采用显微干涉光路,使被测曲面上光栅的±１ 级衍射光相互干涉,用显微ＣＣＤ图象采集系统采集干涉后形成的倍增光栅,利用微网格法原理和信息转换技术提取每一幅图的几何特征,确定被测物体表面的应变． 并利用这种方法确定了记忆合金管接头表面的应变     

Full-Field Surface Pressure Reconstruction Using the Virtual Fields Method

Experimental Mechanics - This work presents a methodology for reconstructing full-field surface pressure information from deflectometry measurements on a thin plate using the Virtual Fields Method...     

Hole-Drilling Residual Stress Measurement with Artifact Correction Using Full-Field DIC

A full-field, multi-axial computation technique is described for determining residual stresses using the hole-drilling method with DIC. The computational method takes advantage of the large quantity of data available from full-field images to ameliorate the effect of modest deformation sensitivity of DIC measurements. It also provides uniform residual stress sensitivity in all in-plane directions and accounts for artifacts that commonly occur within experimental measurements. These artifacts include image shift, stretch and shear. The calculation method uses a large fraction of the pixels available within the measured images and requires minimal human guidance in its operation. The method is demonstrated using measurements where residual stresses are made on a microscopic scale with hole drilling done using a Focused Ion Beam – Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB-SEM). This is a very challenging application because SEM images are subject to fluctuations that can introduce large artifacts when using DIC. Several series of measurements are described to illustrate the operation and effectiveness of the proposed residual stress computation technique.     

An Innovative Method for 3-D Shape,Strain and Temperature Full-Field Measurement Using a Single Type of Camera: Principle and Preliminary Results

An innovative technique for measuring both the shape, the displacement, the strain and the temperature fields at the surface of an object using a single stereovision sensor is proposed. The sensor is based on two off-the-shelf low-cost high-resolution uncooled CCD cameras. To allow both dimensional and thermal measurements, the sensor operates in the visible and near infrared (NIR) spectral band (0.7–1.1 μm), and a radiometric and geometric calibration of the sensor is required. This technique leads to a low-cost camera-based simplified instrumentation that gives simultaneously dimensional/kinematical and thermal field measurements.     

Time-Resolved Digital Image Correlation in the Scanning Electron Microscope for Analysis of Time-Dependent Mechanisms

Experimental Mechanics - Background: Advancements in the Digitial Image Correlation (DIC) technique over the past decade have greatly improved spatial resolution. However, many processes, such as...     

Self-Assembled Nanoparticle Surface Patterning for Improved Digital Image Correlation in a Scanning Electron Microscope

A self-assembled gold nanoparticle surface patterning technique is presented that enables nanometer spatial resolution for digital image correlation (DIC) experiments in a scanning electron microscope. This technique, originally developed for surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates, results in the assembly of individual 15–136 nm diameter gold nanoparticles over the surface of the test sample. The resulting dense, randomly isotropic, and high contrast pattern enables DIC down to an unprecedented image resolution of approximately 4 nm/pixel. The technique is inexpensive, fast, results in even coverage over the entire surface of the test sample, and can be applied to metallic and non-metallic substrates as well as curved or delicate specimens. In addition, the pattern is appropriate for multi-scale experimental investigations through the utilization of nanoparticle aggregates that collect on the surface in combination with the pattern formed by individual nanoparticles.     

Strain Measurement Within a Single-lap Joint Using Embedded Strain Gages

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Use of Scanning Electron Microscope and the Non-local Isotropic Damage Model to Investigate Fracture Process Zone in Notched Concrete Beams

In this study, a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) is used to understand the micro level aspect of the Fracture Process Zone (FPZ) in a concrete beam. It is mainly based on the preparation and analyzing samples which are considered as being a very important part of SEM (poor preparation techniques can lead to erroneous diagnosis of the concrete study). Numerically, the fracture of concrete requires the consideration of progressive damage, which is usually modeled by a constitutive law. This latest relies on numerical methods to obtain adequate solutions. It is shown herein that by using the Object Oriented Finite Element Method (OOFEM), obtained results agreed more or less with those of others researchers. On the other side, experimental results compromise those obtained by the use of the non-local isotropic damage model. It is finally proven throughout this study that the FPZ is defined by two parameters: the length and the width.     

Simulation of Gas Dipole Tests in Fractures at the Intermediate Scale Using a New Upscaling Method

A high-level radioactive waste disposal site may lead to gas generation by different physical mechanisms. As these sites are to be located in areas with low water flow, any small amount of gas can lead to relative high gas pressures, so that multiphase flow analysis becomes relevant. The movement of gas and water through the system has two important implications. Firstly, water flow takes place in unsaturated conditions, and thus travel times of the radioactive particles transported are affected; and secondly, gas can also carry radioactive particles. Therefore, one of the key points in such studies is the time when gas would break through the biosphere under a number of different flow conditions. In fractured zones, gas would flow preferentially through the most conductive features. We consider a two-dimensional system representing an isolated fracture. In each point we assign a local porosity and permeability and a local pressure-saturation relationship. A dipole (injector-producer) gas flow system is generated and the variation in water saturation is studied. A simple method is proposed for obtaining upscaled values for several parameters involved in two-phase flow. It is based on numerical simulation on a block scale assuming steady-state conditions and absence of capillary pressure gradients. The proposed method of upscaling is applied to simulate a dipole test using a coarser grid than that of the reference field. The comparison between the results in both scales shows an encouraging agreement.     

混凝土动态力学量的应变计直接测量法

本文介绍了用应变计直接测量混凝土动态应力一应变曲线的试验研究。讨论了分离式Hopkinson压杆装置间接测量混凝土材料动态应力一应变曲线存在的问题。试验分析了材料不均匀性和撞击端面接触不均匀对应变计记录信号的影响。在此基础上，用应变计直接测量应变法得到了无骨料钢纤维增强混凝土的两个应变率下的应力一应变曲线，并与传统方法的结果进行了分析比较。新方法适用于损伤演化较小的初始阶段，可以获得更可靠的加载应力一应变曲线。随着损伤的加剧，产生较大的随机应变，导致新方法的失效。     

一种新的全场应变光学测量方法

采用光栅衍射、光学全息、显微图像分析等技术，本文提出了一种用于固体表面应变直接测量的新的光学方法，并把这一方法应用于铝合金试件的单轴拉伸试验。实验结果表明：该方法的应变测量灵敏度为８×１０－５。     

应用自动网格法测量带孔洞大样品的变形

为了能在现场检测带孔洞大样品的变形,本文提出了运用环形编码法的改进自动网格法。文中还研究了适用于大样品测量的网格制作技术,编制了网格自动处理及分析软件,进行了计算机模拟和实验标定,并分析了测试精度。     

用数字散斑相关法研究聚氨酯泡沫塑料的压缩力学性能

提出了一种改进的数字散班相关计算方法，使其能直接进行应变迭代，灵敏度可达１０００με，并对它进行了验证试验。对于两种不同密度的聚氨酯泡沫塑料，采用改进的数字散斑相关法对其压缩力学性能进行了测试，得到了其应力——应变关系及弹性模量等力学参数。     

水泥混凝土常温电测温度补偿研究

本文提出了计算外补偿线路的串并联电阻的公式。用该公式确定的外补偿线路和组合式温度自补偿应变计结合起来能构成一种可调整的应变计。这种应变计很容易消除水泥混凝土由于线膨胀系数分散而引起的热输出,外补偿线路引起应变计灵敏系数的下降,可以通过修正来解决。本文亦展示了验证试验结果,还探讨了上述公式在焊接式半桥自补偿应变计中的应用。