INSTANTANEOUS THERMAL EXPANSION BEHAVIOR OF HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS WITH A WORK-HARDENING ELASTOPLASTIC MATRIX AND ELASTIC SPHEROIDAL INHOMOGENEITIES

The instantaneous thermal expansion behavior of two-phase hetero-geneous materials subjected to a uniform temperature change is explored in the presentstudy.The matrix phase is assumed to be a work-hardening ductile metal and thedispersive phase is assumed to consist of either aligned or randomly-oriented,elastic,spheroidal inhomogeneities.The plastic flow and decreasing stiffness of the matrixduring Eshelby's transformation strain of the equivalent inclusions are accounted for byusing the deformation theory of plasticity.The explicit results of the instantaneousoverall thermal expansion coefficients and the critical inelastic temperature changes arepresented for aligned disc-and fiber-inclusions.For the spherical and randomly-oriented spheroidal inclusion,the present study demonstrates that when the yielding ofthe composites is governed by the average matrix stress,the overall response is alwayselastic in spite of the temperature change.     

Self-consistent modeling of large plastic deformation, texture and morphology evolution in semi-crystalline polymers

A self-consistent model for semi-crystalline polymers is proposed to study their constitutive behavior, texture and morphology evolution during large plastic deformation. The material is considered as an aggregate of composite inclusions, each representing a stack of crystalline lamellae with their adjacent amorphous layers. The deformation within the inclusions is volume-averaged over the phases. The interlamellar shear is modeled as an additional slip system with a slip direction depending on the inclusion's stress. Hardening of the amorphous phase due to molecular orientation and, eventually, coarse slip, is introduced via Arruda-Boyce hardening law for the corresponding plastic resistance. The morphology evolution is accounted for through the change of shape of the inclusions under the applied deformation gradient. The overall behavior is obtained via a viscoplastic tangent self-consistent scheme. The model is applied to high density polyethylene (HDPE). The stress-strain response, texture and morphology changes are simulated under different modes of straining and compared to experimental data as well as to the predictions of other models.     

Constitutive modelling of cyclic plasticity of metal particulate-reinforced brittle matrix composites under compression-compression loading

The Mori-Tanaka approach is used to modelling metal particulate-reinforced brittle matrix composites under cyclic compressive loading. The J₂-flow theory is considered as the relevant physical law of plastic flow in inclusions. Ratchetting of the composite is prevented by the strong constraint exerted by the matrix on the inclusions, even under the assumption of evanescent kinematic hardening. However, the weakening constraint power of the matrix caused by microfracture damage around inclusions is closely coupled with the plasticity of inclusion and leads to ratchetting even when the plastic deformation of inclusions is described by an isotropic hardening rule. A detailed parametric study has revealed that ratchetting is followed by either plastic or elastic shakedown, depending on the load amplitude, composite parameters and the mean length of microcracks.     

非稳态载荷下轮轨滚动接触及其钢轨波磨研究

利用有限元法,考虑材料反复滚压条件下棘轮效应和局部滑动的影响,研究了非稳态机车和车辆车轮载荷作用下轮轨滚动接触的弹塑性应力、应变和变形,进而分析了塑性流动型钢轨波浪形磨损的形成和发展过程以及波谷和波峰处材料的力学行为.结果表明:在非稳态载荷作用下,钢轨接触表面产生不均匀塑性变形引起的波磨,波磨发展速率呈衰减趋势,最终趋于稳定状态;在相同载荷下,与车辆车轮相比,机车车轮对钢轨波磨影响较大;波谷处的残余应力、应变和变形大于波峰处.     

Micromechanical modeling of the elasto-viscoplastic behavior of semi-crystalline polymers

A micromechanically based constitutive model for the elasto-viscoplastic deformation and texture evolution of semi-crystalline polymers is developed. The model idealizes the microstructure to consist of an aggregate of two-phase layered composite inclusions. A new framework for the composite inclusion model is formulated to facilitate the use of finite deformation elasto-viscoplastic constitutive models for each constituent phase. The crystalline lamellae are modeled as anisotropic elastic with plastic flow occurring via crystallographic slip. The amorphous phase is modeled as isotropic elastic with plastic flow being a rate-dependent process with strain hardening resulting from molecular orientation. The volume-averaged deformation and stress within the inclusions are related to the macroscopic fields by a hybrid interaction model. The uniaxial compression of initially isotropic high density polyethylene (HDPE) is taken as a case study. The ability of the model to capture the elasto-plastic stress-strain behavior of HDPE during monotonic and cyclic loading, the evolution of anisotropy, and the effect of crystallinity on initial modulus, yield stress, post-yield behavior and unloading-reloading cycles are presented.     

基于中间构形的大变形弹塑性模型

在大变形弹塑性本构理论中,一个基本的问题是弹性变形和塑性变形的分解.通常采用两种分解方式,一是将变形率(或应变率)加法分解为弹性和塑性两部分,其中,弹性变形率与Kirchhoff应力的客观率通过弹性张量联系起来构成所谓的次弹性模型,而塑性变形率与Kirchhoff应力使用流动法则建立联系;另一种是基于中间构形将变形梯度进行乘法分解,它假定通过虚拟的卸载过程得到一个无应力的中间构形,建立所谓超弹性-塑性模型.研究了基于变形梯度乘法分解并且基于中间构形的大变形弹塑性模型所具有的若干性质,包括:在不同的构形上,塑性旋率的存在性、背应力的对称性、塑性变形率与屈服面的正交性以及它们之间的关系.首先,使用张量函数表示理论,建立了各向同性函数的若干特殊性质,并导出了张量的张量值函数在中间构形到当前构形之间进行前推后拉的简单关系式.然后,基于这些特殊性质和关系式,从热力学定律出发,建立模型在不同构形上的数学表达,包括客观率表示的率形式和连续切向刚度等,从而获得模型所具有的若干性质.最后,将模型与4种其他模型进行了比较分析.      

Analysis of diffusion induced elastoplastic bending of bilayer lithium-ion battery electrodes

Bilayer electrode, composed of a current collector layer and an active material layer, has great potential in applications of in-situ electrochemical experiments due to the bending upon lithiation. This paper establishes an elastoplastic theory for the lithiation induced deformation of bilayer electrode with consideration of the plastic yield of current collector. It is found that the plastic yield of current collector reduces the restriction of current collector to an active layer, and therefore, enhances in-plane stretching while lowers down the rate of electrode bending. Key parameters that influence the elastoplastic deformation are identified. It is found that the smaller thickness ratio and lower elastic modulus ratio of current collector to an active layer would lead to an earlier plastic yield of the current collector, the larger in-plane strain, and the smaller bending curvature, due to balance between the current collector and the active layer. The smaller yield stress and plastic modulus of current collector have similar impacts on the electrode deformation.     

A crystal plasticity model that incorporates stresses and strains due to slip gradients

This work is concerned with incorporating the kinematic and stress effects of excess dislocations in a constitutive model for the elastoplastic behavior of crystalline materials. The foundation of the model is a three term multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient in which the two classical terms of plastic and elastic deformation are included along with an additional term for long range strain due to the collective effects of excess dislocations. The long range strain is obtained from an assumed density of Volterra edge dislocations and is directly related to gradients in slip. A new material parameter emerges which is the size the region about a continuum point that contributes to long range strains.Using Hookean elasticity, the stress at a point is linearly related to the sum of the elastic plus the long range strain fields. However, the driving force for slip is postulated to be due only to the elastic stress so that the long range stress is a back stress in the constitutive relationship for plastic deformation. A consistent balance of the total deformation rate with the three proposed mechanisms of deformation leads to a set of differential equations that can be solved for the elastic stress, rotation and pressure which then implicitly defines the material state and equilibrium stress. Results from the simulation of a tapered tensile specimen demonstrate that the constitutive model exhibits isotropic and kinematic type hardening effects as well as changes in the pattern of plastic deformation and necking when compared to a material without slip gradient effects.     

Analysis of size effects associated to the transformation strain in TRIP steels with strain gradient plasticity

The size dependent strengthening resulting from the transformation strain in Transformation Induced Plasticity (TRIP) steels is investigated using a two-dimensional embedded cell model of a simplified microstructure composed of small cylindrical metastable austenitic inclusions within a ferritic matrix. Earlier studies have shown that within the framework of classical plasticity or of the single length parameter Fleck–Hutchinson strain gradient plasticity theory, the transformation strain has no significant impact on the overall strengthening. The strengthening is essentially coming from the composite effect with a marked inclusion size effect resulting from the appearance during deformation of new boundaries constraining the plastic flow. The three parameters version of the Fleck–Hutchinson strain gradient plasticity theory is used here in order to better capture the effect of the plastic strain gradients resulting from the transformation strain. The three parameters theory incorporates separately the rotational and extensional gradients in the formulation, which leads to a significant influence of the shear component of the transformation strain, not captured by the single-parameter theory. When the size of the austenitic inclusions decreases, the overall strengthening increases due to a combined size dependent effect of the transformation strain and of the evolving composite structure. A parametric study is proposed and discussed in the light of experimental evidences giving indications on the optimization of the microstructure of TRIP-assisted multi-phase steels.     

Elastic-plastic behavior of elastically homogeneous materials with a random field of inclusions

A multiphase material is considered, which consists of a homogeneous elastic-plastic matrix containing a homogeneous statistically uniform random set of ellipsoidal elastic-plastic inclusions. The elastic properties of the matrix and the inclusions are the same, but the so-called “stress-free strains”, i.e. the strain contributions due to temperature loading, phase transformations, and the plastic strains, fluctuate. A general theory of the yielding for arbitrary loading (by the stress and by the temperature) is employed. The realization of an incremental plasticity scheme is based on averaging over each component of the nonlinear yield criterion. Usually, averaged stresses are used inside each component for this purpose. In distinction from this usual practice physically consistent assumptions about the dependence of these functions on the component's values of the second stress moments are applied. The application of the proposed theory to the prediction of the thermomechanical deformation behavior of a model material is shown.     

裂纹面摩擦接触引起的断裂韧性增长的研究

采用弹黏塑性的材料本构关系, 建立了压、剪混合型裂纹常速准静 态扩展的力学模型, 求得了裂纹面摩擦接触条件下裂纹尖端场的数值解, 并基于数 值结果讨论了扩展裂纹的摩擦效应. 计算和分析表明, 裂纹面的摩擦效应主要表现 在两个方面. 第一方面是摩擦会导致裂纹尖端区材料的断裂韧性增高, 并且裂纹面间的摩擦作用越强, 增韧效果越显著. 摩擦增韧的机制可以解释为裂纹 面间的摩擦作用导致裂纹尖端塑性区尺寸变大, 使裂纹尖端场的塑性变形能增加, 从而使得裂纹尖端区材料增韧. 摩擦生热并不是导致材料断裂韧性增长的根本机制. 第二方面是摩擦会导致``断裂延缓'. 利用裂纹面的摩擦来提高构件的承载能力和延长构件的服役寿命具有较大的工程实用价值.     

有限塑性应变与应变率及其在晶体塑性中的表示

首先对变形梯度的塑性乘积分解的唯一性问题进行了分析,结果表明在放松了的或中间构形上所定义的应变对应着唯一的乘积分解,即Ｌｅｅ分解,尔后分析研究了该类型的应变及应变率,建立了客观塑性变率与变形率之间的关系,最后在不同构形中给出了塑性应变在晶体塑性中的表示,建立了塑性滑移率与应变及应变率之间的关系。     

金属热黏塑性本构关系的研究进展

金属材料的塑性流动行为依赖于温度和应变率,温度和应变率敏感性是金属材料塑性流动的最重要的本质特性之一,建立合适的热黏塑性本构关系来准确描述金属塑性流动行为的温度和应变率依赖性,是金属材料能被广泛应用的必要前提。为此,对金属热黏塑性本构关系的最新研究进展进行了综述,介绍了常见的几种金属热黏塑性本构关系并进行了详细讨论,给出了各本构关系的优势与不足,最后系统介绍了包含金属塑性流动行为中出现的第三型应变时效、或K-W锁位错结构引起的流动应力随温度变化出现的反常应力峰以及拉压不对称等行为的金属热黏塑性本构关系的研究进展。     

Effect of a scratch on curved rail on initiation and evolution of plastic deformation induced rail corrugation

A calculation model is put forward to analyze the effect of a scratch on the running surface of a curved rail on initiation and growth of plastic deformation induced rail corrugation when a wheelset is steadily and repeatedly curving. The numerical method considers a combination of Carter’s two-dimensional contact theory, a two-dimensional elastic–plastic finite element model and a vertical dynamics model of railway vehicle coupled with a curved track. A concept of feedback between the corrugation development and the vertical coupling dynamics of the wheelset and track is involved. The cyclic ratchetting effect of the rail material under repeated contact loadings is taken into account. The numerical results indicate that when a vehicle runs on rails with a scratch the contact vibration between the wheel and rail occurs at large amplitude, and rail corrugation due to plastic deformation initiates and develops. The corrugation has a tendency to move along the running direction and its evolution rate decays as wheelset passages increase. The passing frequencies of the plastic deformation induced corrugation depend on the natural frequencies of the track. The residual stresses stabilize after a limited number of wheelset passages. The residual strains increase at a reduced rate with increasing wheelset passages.     

Detection of plastic deformation patterns in a binary aluminum alloy

A whole-field, in-plane strain-mapping technique is evaluated for in situ monitoring of plastic deformation patterns in aluminum sheet metals. This technique is built on the recent developments in digital image correlation and improved data reduction procedures. The sensitivity and accuracy of the measured local strain variations are critically examined in terms of random and systematic experimental errors, free-surface roughening due to large plastic deformation and microscopic surface grain deformation. Tensile specimens made from an annealed Al−Mg alloy sheet metal are subjected to a large plastic and macroscopically uniform deformation, and no visible deformation patterns can be identified by direct surface observation. Using an incremental strain-mapping approach, the existence of nonstationary deformation bands in the annealed Al−Mg alloy is uncovered. The developed technique can be used to study the formation and evolution of plastic deformation patterns and their effect on tensile ductility, formability and surface finish of sheet metals.     

Dynamic shear-strain localization and inclusion effects in lath martensitic steels subjected to high pressure loads

A three-dimensional multiple-slip dislocation-density based crystalline formulation, specialized finite-element formulations, and specialized Voronoi tessellations adapted to martensitic orientations, were used to investigate shear-strain localization, and dislocation-density evolution in martensitic microstructures under dynamic compressive loading conditions. The formulation is based on accounting for variant morphologies and orientations, secondary-phase structures, and initial dislocations-densities that are uniquely inherent to martensitic microstructures. The effects of strain rate and inclusions on the evolution of shear-strain localization were investigated. The analysis indicates that variant morphology and orientations have a direct consequence on dislocation-density accumulation and inelastic localization in martensitic microstructures, and that lath directions, orientations, and arrangements are critical characteristics of high-strength martensitic dynamic behavior. It is shown that tensile hydrostatic pressure due to the unloading of the plastic waves at the free boundary and extensive shear-strain accumulation occurs at certain triple junctions. Furthermore, plastic shear-slip accumulation between inclusions and the surrounding martensitic matrix results in shear-strain localization and increases in the tensile hydrostatic pressure at critical locations, such as trip junctions.     

Precise measurement of plastic behaviour of mild steel tubular specimens subjected to combined torsion and axial force

In the present paper, as an investigation for obtaining detailed information about the plastic behaviour of real materials, precise measurement of plastic deformation of thin-walled tubular specimens of initially-isotropic mild steel was performed under combined loading of torsion and axial force having trajectories consisting of two straight lines at a constant rate of the effective strain.From the experimental results, it is found that the effect of the third invariant of the strain tensor appeared even for proportional deformation consisting of torsion and axial force. Moreover, it may be seen that the effective stress drops suddenly with increasing effective strain, and coaxiality between the stress deviator and the plastic strain increment tensor is seriously disturbed just after the corner of the strain trajectory. However, these local disturbances are recovered along the second branch of the trajectory.The effect of the third invariant of the strain tensor was eliminated from the experimental results by the introduction of the modified local stress space for isolating the influence of anisotropy due to the deformation history. This permits a systematic evaluation of the influence of anisotropy for various types of combined loading.