Correlation of modified crack tip opening distance with heat input to the heat affected zone of high-strength low-alloy steels

Investigated is the dependency of the crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) on the local microstructure of the heat affected zone in high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) microalloyed steel. Since the initiation of the crack tip location could not be controlled in fatigue, any possible correlation between heat iput in welding and fracture toughness could be smeared. Modified CTOD data are defined; they show that the fracture resistance of the weld joint decreased as the heat input increased.     

两种热处理钢轨焊接接头冲击磨损与损伤性能研究

研究了过共析钢轨焊接接头淬火和正火后不同区域的硬度与微观组织,利用冲击磨损试验机对不同区域进行冲击试验,分析了各区域冲击磨损与损伤特性. 结果表明:钢轨焊接接头分为母材区、焊缝区和热影响区. 母材区微观组织为片层状珠光体,焊缝区为珠光体与先共析铁素体且正火后铁素体含量较多,热影响区淬火后为粒状珠光体而正火后存在少量片层状珠光体. 焊接接头不同区域硬度大小为母材区>淬火焊缝区>正火焊缝区>正火热影响区>淬火热影响区. 硬度越低的区域,冲击深度和磨损体积越大. 母材区冲击损伤轻微,表面呈轻微剥落;焊缝区损伤较严重,出现明显裂纹且正火后损伤较淬火后严重;热影响区损伤最为严重且正火后损伤较淬火后略轻微.      

Damage analysis of low alloy steel (15MnMoVNRe) and its simulated course-grained heat affected zone

A damage analysis is performed for a low alloy 15MnMoVNRe steel and its corresponding simulated coarse-grain heat affected zone. Simulation is verified by observing the material microstructure with different martensite/austenite contents and shapes. The potential difference monitored by alternating current before and after damage is used for quantifying a damage parameter.While the damage increased linearly with strain for the base steel, the behavior for the coarse-grain heat affected zone is non-linear. The critical values of damage and fracture strain of the heat affected zone exhibiting strain softening are lower than those for the base steel. In general, the analytical results agreed well with those found by experiments.     

Numerical study of the plastic behaviour in tension of welds in high strength steels

The influence of the mismatch between material properties and constraint on the plastic deformation behaviour of the heat affected zone of welds in high strength steels is investigated in this study, using finite element simulations. An elastoplastic implicit three-dimensional finite element code (EPIM3D) was used in the analysis. The paper presents the mechanical model of the code and the methodology used for the numerical simulation of the tensile test of welded joints. Numerical results of the tensile test of welded samples with different hypothetical widths for the Heat Affected Zone and various material mismatch levels are shown. The analysis concerns the overall strength and ductility of the joint and in relation to the plastic behaviour of the heat affected zone. The influence of the yield stress, tensile strength and constraint on the stress and plastic strain distribution in the soft heat affected zone is also discussed.     

焊接接头局部塑性行为的循环压痕实验研究

基于纳米压痕技术,对转子钢焊接接头不同区域（母材、焊缝和热影响区）开展了压入位移控制的单向压痕实验和压入载荷控制的循环压痕实验研究．首先,通过压入位移控制的单向压痕实验,采用多次测试取平均值的方式获得了焊接接头各个区域的弹性模量和硬度分布特征,同时对各区域弹性模量中值点的载荷-压入深度曲线进行了分析;其次,对各个区域进行压入载荷控制的循环压痕实验,比较其压入深度随循环周次的演化特征．结果表明,焊接接头不同区域力学性能差异较大,热影响区的弹性模量、硬度、抗拉强度和抗循环变形能力最高,焊缝次之,母材最弱;三个区域在循环压痕载荷下的接触载荷-压入深度滞回环曲线均表现出类似棘轮变形的演化特征,且母材演化速度高于焊缝,高于热影响区．研究结果对汽轮机焊接转子的焊接工艺的优化、寿命预测和可靠性设计具有重要的借鉴意义．     

Fracture process zone concept and delamination of composite laminates

Delaminations occur at the free edges of composite laminates because of high interlaminar stresses, which develop due to a mismatch in elastic properties between adjacent plies and the limited toughness of the matrix. The process of delamination is modelled using the concept of a fracture process zone. A finite element analysis that can be used with a constant or linear stress-displacement relationship within the fracture process zone is presented. It is found that the simple constant stress model gives an accurate prediction of the delamination on the free edge of a tensile specimen.     

LOCAL CREEP EVALUATION OF P92 STEEL WELDMENT BY SMALL PUNCH CREEP TEST

The aim of this research is to evaluate the local creep damage of various microstructures such as coarse grained heat affected zone （CGHAZ）, fine grained heat affected zone （FG- HAZ）, intercritical heat affected zone （ICHAZ） known as Type IV region, weld metal, and base metal of P92（9Cr-2W） steel weldment by small punch （SP） creep test at 600~ C. Also, to determine the weakest local part of the weldment, the effect of microstructures on creep rupture behavior in the weldment of P92 steel was studied. From the experimental results, the FGHAZ and Type IV region turned out to be very weak local parts of P92 weldment. Especially, the TYPE IV region showed the greatest displacement rate and had the shortest rupture life with many creep cavities widely spreaded in most of the region.     

A new nonlinear elastic time reversal acoustic method for the identification and localisation of stress corrosion cracking in welded plate-like structures – A simulation study

In order to reduce the costs related to corrosion damage in aircraft structures, it is vital to develop new robust, accurate and reliable damage detection methods. A possible answer to this problem is offered by newly developed nonlinear ultrasonic techniques, which monitors the nonlinear elastic wave propagation behaviour introduced by damage, to detect its presence and location.In this paper, a new nonlinear time reversal technique is presented for the detection and localization of a scattered zone (damage) in a multi-material medium. In particular, numerical findings on a friction stir-welded aluminium plate-like structure are reported. Damage was introduced in the heat affected zone and modelled using a multi-scale material constitutive model (Preisach–Mayergoyz space).Studies were conducted for two different transducer configurations. Particular attention was devoted to find the optimum time-reversed window to be re-emitted in the structures. The methodology was compared with traditional time-reversal acoustics (TRA), showing significant improvements. While the traditional TRA was not able to clearly localise the damage, the developed technique identified in a clear manner the faulted zone, showing its robustness to locate and characterize nonlinear sources, in presence of a multi-material medium.     

High-temperature metal matrix composites

This paper presents an overview of studies of creep-one of the most important characteristics of high-temperature materials. A structural model of creep and methods of accelerated creep tests are considered, and the effect of structural parameters on the creep resistance is studied. The problem of fracture toughness of metal matrix composites is analyzed. The possibility of designing composites with the necessary balance of high-temperature strength, fracture toughness, and oxidation resistance (heat resistance), in particular, composites operated at temperatures of 1400–1600°C is demonstrated by the example of a molybdenum oxide composite.     

On the toughening of brittle materials by grain bridging: Promoting intergranular fracture through grain angle, strength, and toughness

The structural reliability of many brittle materials such as structural ceramics relies on the occurrence of intergranular, as opposed to transgranular, fracture in order to induce toughening by grain bridging. For a constant grain boundary strength and grain boundary toughness, the current work examines the role of grain strength, grain toughness, and grain angle in promoting intergranular fracture in order to maintain such toughening. Previous studies have illustrated that an intergranular path and the consequent grain bridging process can be partitioned into five distinct regimes, namely: propagate, kink, arrest, stall, and bridge. To determine the validity of the assumed intergranular path, the classical penetration/deflection problem of a crack impinging on an interface is re-examined within a cohesive zone framework for intergranular and transgranular fracture. Results considering both modes of propagation, i.e., a transgranular and intergranular path, reveal that crack-tip shielding is a natural outcome of the cohesive zone approach to fracture. Cohesive zone growth in one mode shields the opposing mode from the stresses required for cohesive zone initiation. Although stable propagation occurs when the required driving force is equivalent to the toughness for either transgranular or intergranular fracture, the mode of propagation depends on the normalized grain strength, normalized grain toughness, and grain angle. For each grain angle, the intersection of single path and multiple path solutions demarcates “strong” grains that increase the macroscopic toughness and “weak” grains that decrease it. The unstable transition to intergranular fracture reveals that an increasing grain toughness requires a growing region of the transgranular cohesive zone be near the cohesive strength. The inability of the body to provide the requisite stress field yields an overdriven and unstable configuration. The current results provide restrictions for the achievement of substantial toughening through intergranular fracture.     

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.     

应用内聚力模型研究人牙本质裂纹扩展的升阻能力

论文采用断裂力学中的内聚力模型,结合有限元法研究裂纹沿牙本质小管和垂直于牙本质小管扩展的断裂韧度.数值模拟结果表明牙本质的断裂韧度随着裂纹扩展而增大,表现出上升的阻力曲线(R-curve)特性,但裂纹沿牙本质小管扩展的断裂韧度要大于裂纹垂直于牙本质小管扩展的断裂韧度,表现出各向异性的裂纹扩展阻力曲线性质.同时论文的研究...     

金属材料三维断裂韧度厚度效应的有限元模拟

随着金属材料大壁厚结构件在工程中的广泛应用,对其断裂韧度的厚度效应研究具有重要的科学意义和工程价值。本研究基于有限元和实验相结合的方法,对金属材料断裂韧度的厚度效应进行预测。首先,通过一组薄壁厚金属材料标准三点弯曲试验得到试样失效时的临界载荷值,并利用内聚力模型与基于虚拟裂纹闭合技术的裂纹扩展模拟方法得到裂纹扩展时的单元临界能量释放率。随后,以此临界能量释放率作为裂纹扩展的启裂准则门槛值,通过有限元计算得到不同试样厚度下裂纹启裂时的裂尖断裂参数随着厚度的变化规律。最后,为了验证有限元模拟结果的准确性,本研究进行了另外两组不同厚度下三点弯曲试样的断裂韧度试验,并将试验结果与有限元结果进行了对比,验证了有限元所模拟的断裂韧度厚度效应的准确性。本研究旨在,通过薄壁厚三点弯曲试样的实验结果结合有限元模拟工作,即可实现金属材料断裂韧度的整个厚度效应曲线,为任意厚度下金属材料断裂韧度预测提供一种可靠的研究方法,有益于缩减试验成本,为大壁厚工程结构件的失效预测提供依据。     

HEAT-PIPE-COOLED THERMAL PROTECTION FOR THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING

针对高超声速飞行器飞行时翼前缘存在着严重的气动加热问题,为了保证翼前缘的尖锐外形,提出疏导式热防护结构,利用内置高温热管结构为翼前缘提供热防护。采用数值模拟和电弧风洞试验的方法对翼前缘疏导式结构进行了分析,得到翼前缘内置高温热管具有的防热效果。数值模拟结果表明在一定热环境条件下,翼前缘驻点温度下降了304K,尾部最低温度升高了130K,实现了热流从高温区到低温区的疏导,减弱了翼前缘的热载荷,强化了翼前缘的热防护能力。通过电弧风洞试验可以获得相同的热防护结果,并且在一定飞行条件下高温热管可以自适应启动,验证了数值模拟方法的准确性以及翼前缘内置高温热管疏导式热防护结构的可行性。     

Multi-scale experimental analysis of rate dependent metal–elastomer interface mechanics

A remarkable high fracture toughness is sometimes observed for interfaces between materials with a large elastic mismatch, which is reported to be caused by the fibrillar microstructure appearing in the fracture process zone. In this work, this fibrillation mechanism is investigated further to investigate how this mechanism is dissipating energy. For that purpose, thermoplastic urethane (TPU)-copper interfaces are delaminated at various rates in a peel test experimental setup. The fracture process zone is visualized in situ at the meso-scale using optical microscopy and at the micro-scale using Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM). It is shown that the geometry of the fracture process zone is insensitive to the delamination rate, while the interface traction scales logarithmically with the rate. This research has revealed that, the interface roughness is shown to be pivotal in initiating the fibrillation delamination process, which facilitates the high fracture toughness. The multi-scale experimental approach identified two mechanisms responsible for this high fracture toughness. Namely, the viscous dissipation of the TPU at the high strain levels occurring in the fibrils and the loss of stored elastic energy which is disjointed from the propagation due to the size of the process zone.     

基于CTOD/CTOA管道钢断裂韧性测试方法研究进展

高级别管线钢的一大特点是韧度高,导致管材裂纹尖端周围经常处于大范围屈服状态,现有基于高约束试件的断裂韧性测试方法,很难满足新型管材的断裂韧性测试要求. 本文回顾了基于CTOD 和CTOA的断裂韧度参数,详细介绍了管道钢断裂韧性测试方法的研究现状和发展趋势,分析了影响管道钢断裂韧性测试准确性的各种因素,为管道钢断裂韧性的测试提供帮助.     

基于临界距离点法的混凝土Ⅰ型断裂韧度的预测

混凝土的断裂韧度是极为重要的断裂力学材料参数,本文利用临界距离理论(TCD)中的点法和混凝土标准断裂梁试样裂缝尖端应力场的近似解,提出了一种对混凝土断裂问题按临界距离的点法进行分析的方法．基于已有文献的试验材料及其实验结果,分析了这种断裂研究分析方法的可行性．将临界距离点法与双K断裂准则应用于几何相似的混凝土梁的断裂韧性和断裂过程区分析,验证了TCD点法的可靠性．实验表明：临界距离理论的点法能够获得比双K断裂准则相对安全的失稳断裂韧度,利用临界距离法还可得到相应断裂过程区长度的极限估算值．     

不同工艺Q235钢板电渣焊接头的断裂力学实验研究

本文对退火及正火（亚临界正火）两种工艺下的Q235钢板电渣焊接头进行断裂力学实验研究，分别对焊接接头的三个区域（焊缝，熔合区，热影响区）及母材的疲劳裂纹扩展速率，冲击韧性，断裂韧性进行测试。在此基础上，本文给出了钢板电渣焊接工艺中取消正火的力学依据－－退火工艺下的电渣焊接头的断裂力学性能优于正火工艺下的接头。用退火代替正火后的电渣焊工艺可大大提高生产效率。     

Chevron notched short bar testing of high toughness steels

Chevron notched short bar tests offer a simple, inexpensive method of fracture toughness measurement for both quality control and analytical purposes. They also provide data for thinner specimens than current techniques allow.This report describes an investigation into the applicability of this technique to medium strength, high toughness steel, which cannot easily be tested using plane strain fracture toughness methods. The results show that while the test procedure provides an accurate ranking of these steels in order of toughness, it systematically overestimates the values obtained from alternative test methods. In addition, current plasticity correction analyses are inadequate.     

Approximate creep rupture lifetimes for butt welded ferritic steel pressurised pipes

The creep rupture of butt welded ferritic steel pipes composed of a range of weld and heat affected zone materials has been previously analysed in detail (Leckie and Hayhurst, 1994). These analyses required substantial computational resources which cannot be justified during the preliminary phases of the design process. To reduce cost and improve speed an approximate method for the analysis of kinematically determinate structures, known as the modal method (Leckie and Hayhurst, 1974), has been developed to compute creep rupture lifetimes. This paper reports an extension of the method for the analysis of multi-material structures, such as weldments, and its implementation as a post processor to a stationary state finite element creep analysis. Histories of stress and damage have been determined using the modal method for weldments with a range of heat affected zone and weld material combinations. The lifetimes determined in this way are compared with those determined using complete continuum damage mechanics analyses, and are shown to be conservative; in addition the regions of intense damage have been shown to be accurately predicted. The modal method is also shown to be superior to more approximate reference stress methods.