Thermomechanical behavior of pseudoelastic NiTi shape memory alloys

The thermomechanical behavior of polycrystalline Ni-rich pseudoelastic NiTi shape memory alloys is analyzed. Special focus is on regions within the stress strain diagram which are regarded as linear elastic in common phenomenological material models, i.e. the region between zero stress and the beginning of the pseudoelastic plateau as well as the region within the hysteresis. In both cases, severe temperature changes can be observed. A possible explanation for this effect is twofold: On the one hand, it might be explained by the presence of an R-phase transformation. On the other hand, unstructured martensite of the B19' phase may form. However, the assumption of a purely thermo-elastic material behavior in those regions does not seem to hold true in general. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Thermomechanical behavior of nonmetallic electrical conductors during high-temperature treatment

We give a mathematical statement and initial relations for the problem of determining the temperature fields and stresses in nonmetallic electrical conductors under induction heating to high temperatures. We study the influence of the temperature dependence of the characteristics of the material and the radiant heat transfer with the surrounding medium on the thermomechanical behavior of a cylinder. Translated fromMatematichni Metodi ta Fiziko-mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 39, No. 1, 1996, pp. 74–79.     

Thermomechanical coupling of geometrically non-coherent interfaces

An evacuated tube collector is composed of a vacuum glass tube forged to a metal tube creating an interface which undergoes thermomechanical cyclic loading. To numerically model such a thermomechanical and geometrically non-coherent interface, a decohesion element with mixed-mode capability, based on a normal-shear decomposition of the displacement discontinuity vector is used, exploiting exponential traction-separation laws. In addition to the classical strategies, interfacial elements are allowed to have an in-plane stretch resistance by assuming a thermohyperelastic interface Helmholtz energy, a function of the rank-deficient interface deformation gradient and temperature , as an extension of the surface/interface elasticity theory. The nonlinear governing equations are given and solved using the finite element method. The results are illustrated through a series of numerical examples for different material parameters. (© 2014 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Thermomechanical and optical properties of Makrolon

The thermomechanical and optical properties, short-time creep, recovery, vibrocreep, and the relaxation behavior of Makrolon have been experimentally investigated.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 46–53, 1967     

Thermomechanical properties of polyvinyl chloride macromolecules

The coefficient of thermoelasticity d ln h ² /dT, characterizing the mechanical properties of the investigated polymer, is computed. This coefficient is found to have a negative value, which indicates that the absolute value of the minimum of the potential energy U() corresponds to the trans isomer. The difference U of the minima of the potential energy for two rotational isomers is also calculated starting from the ratiof _e/f.Lodz Polytechnic Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 5, pp. 784–789, September–October, 1971.     

扁球壳在热-机械荷载作用下的稳定性分析

基于扁壳几何非线性理论,应用虚功原理和变分法推导了均匀变温场中圆底扁薄球壳在均布外侧压力作用下的位移型几何非线性控制方程.考虑周边不可移简支边界条件,运用打靶法计算获得了不同几何参数的扁球壳轴对称弯曲变形的数值结果.定义了壳体临界几何参数.考察了壳体几何参数对平衡路径和临界荷载的影响.当壳体几何参数大于壳体临界几何参数时,上临界荷载随几何参数的增加单调增加,下临界荷载在很小范围内随几何参数的增加而增加,之后随几何参数的增加而减小.给定几何参数时,考察了不同均匀温度变化对壳体临界几何参数、临界荷载和平衡构型的影响.均匀升温使上临界荷载显著增加,使下临界荷载和临界几何参数显著减小.     

Thermomechanical properties of spot-bonded nonwoven synthetic-fiber materials

The thermomechanical properties of spot-bonded nonwoven synthetic-fiber materials with a polymer binder have been investigated. The materials are composed of heterogeneous fibers, with low-melting polymers (binder) forming the surface layer. The change of deformation in uniaxial tension was studied from 20 to 150° C (rate of temperature increase 1.5° C/min) as a function of the nature of the fibers and the binder, their relative proportions, and the density and weight of the material. A theoretical explanation of the observed effects is offered.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 300–303, 1968     

Thermomechanical analysis of a toughened thermosetting system

The experimental results of viscoelastic mechanical tests, at five different levels of conversion, are reported for a thermoset composite matrix system toughened with an appropriate percentage of a thermoplastic polymer. The results from static tests are used to construct the master curves at a specific degree of cure, while the shift factors are compared with the corresponding values from dynamic experiments in order to assess the validity of the time-temperature superposition for each conversion. Neat resin plates were cured accurately, according to the full kinetics model for a dynamic and isothermal temperature regime; the conversion gradient in the plane and across the thickness of the plates was assessed by a thermal analysis of samples taken from different locations before extracting the samples from them. The viscoelastic behaviour of the resin matrix showed a sensible difference in the relaxation time spectrum upon conversion according to the provisional trend of mobility theory; a higher conversion induced a horizontal shift of the principal relaxation time for each level of conversion, which could be related very well to the glass transition at the same conversion. Good results were also obtained for the ultimate modulus of the resin at a temperature just before the onset of the co-curing phase for partially cured samples. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 265–278, March–April, 2008.     

Self-reinforcement of liquid-crystal polymers at static and dynamic loading

The self-reinforcement effect of a solid uniaxially oriented SVM-K liquid-crystal polyamide and a copolyester of hydroxybenzoic and hydroxynaphthoic acids has been investigated by tensile-strength, stress-relaxation, and dynamic methods. The samples were prepared by spinning from lyotropic solution (SVM-K) and from a thermotropic melt (polyester). The tensile-strength and stress-relaxation tests were performed on complex fibers and the dynamic test on single fibers. The set of stress-strain curves, changing from a convex shape with two linear sections (at room temperature) to a concave shape (at high temperatures) is shown for both materials in Fig. 1. There is a pronounced difference between the deformation mechanisms at low and high strains in the stability of rigidity. At high temperatures the rigidity becomes less than the initial one during deformation and the current modulus at high strains has the same value within large ranges of temperatures and strains (Fig. 2). A low-deformation transition of another physical parameter than the yield-stress has been found. The stress-strain diagram for both investigated polymers has been generalized by using the constant value of the current modulus for the normalization of the stress value (Fig. 3). The stress-relaxation phenomena are shown to be anomalous. At high temperatures the stress-relaxation intensity decreases with increasing deformation, i.e., after deformation the polymer is characterized by a stability of rigidity which is higher than the initial value (Fig. 4). The dynamic modulus appears to increase with increasing deformation rate (Fig. 5). Due to these peculiarities the liquid-crystal polymers must be considered not only as normal high-modulus reinforcements for composite materials but also as materials, self-reinforcing under loading.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 435–441, July–August, 1994.     

Studying liquid-crystal systems with impurities using matrix-formalism methods

We use the matrix formalism to investigate a liquid-crystal system containing impurities. As an example, we calculate correlation functions for fluctuations of the director orientation and of the order parameter, which characterizes an isotropic subsystem. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 147, No. 2, pp. 323–327, May, 2006.     

热力耦合问题数学均匀化方法的计算精度

针对复合材料周期结构热力耦合问题,推导了数学均匀化方法(MHM)各阶摄动位移的全解耦格式和各阶影响函数控制方程,并使用加权残量方法将其转化为易于编程计算的有限元列式.在解耦格式中,各阶摄动位移是相应阶次的影响函数和宏观场导数的乘积,即影响函数和宏观场导数的计算精度共同决定摄动项的精度,其中影响函数的计算精度取决于单胞边界条件选取的适用性.针对2D复合材料周期结构静力学问题,使用超单胞边界条件和微分求积有限单元法,分别提高了影响函数和宏观场导数的求解精度.在此基础上,研究了高阶展开项对MHM真实位移精度的影响,确定了二阶摄动项的必要性.最后应用最小势能原理评估了各阶摄动MHM的计算精度,数值比较结果验证了结论的正确性.     

功能梯度梁在热-机械荷载作用下的几何非线性分析

基于经典梁理论，运用虚功原理和变分法推导了均匀变温场与横向均布荷载联合作用的功能梯度梁的几何非线性控制方程.考虑端部不可移夹紧边界条件，运用打靶法求解了该两点边值问题.当横向均布荷载为0时，考察了功能梯度梁的热屈曲临界升温和屈曲平衡路径.当均匀变温与横向均布荷载都不为0时，考察了功能梯度梁的荷载 挠度曲线.数值结果表明:随材料体积分数指数增加，梁的有量纲热屈曲临界升温显著减小，后屈曲变形显著增加；变温对功能梯度梁的荷载 挠度曲线影响非常显著.发现了功能梯度梁的双稳态构形及其转换现象，梁的最终平衡位形不但与变温及荷载参数有关，还与加载历程有关.     

Thermomechanical modeling and simulation of aluminum alloys during extrusion process

The purpose of this work is to simulate the microstructure development of aluminum alloys during hot metal forming processes such as extrusion with the help of the Finite Element Method (FEM). To model the thermomechanical coupled behavior of the material during the extrusion process an appropriate material model is required. In the current work a Johnson–Cook like thermoelastic viscoplastic material model is used. To overcome the numerical difficulties during simulation of extrusion such as contact problem and element distortion an adaptive meshing system is developed and applied. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Thermomechanical and adhesive properties of radiation-modified polymer composites for thermosetting products

Gamma-irradiated blends of polyethylene (PE) with ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer (EPDM) and a thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymer (LCP) are investigated at absorbed radiation doses not exceeding 150 kGy (10 kGy=1 Mrad). The temperature dependences of elastic moduli, tension diagrams at a temperature above the melting point of the crystalline phase of PE, and long-term strain recovery curves for oriented test specimens are presented. The kinetics of thermal relaxation and shrinkage stresses in previously oriented composite specimens upon their heating and cooling is investigated. Data on the influence of LCP additions on the adhesive interaction of the compositions with steel are obtained. The peculiarities of thermomechanical and adhesion properties of these composites are discussed taking into account the morphologic and calorimetric data obtained. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 379–394, May–June, 2000.