近场动力学研究进展

近场动力学(Peridynamics或PD)理论基于非局部作用思想,采用空间积分描述物质内部作用,对于从连续到非连续、微观到宏观的力学行为具有统一的表述,数值上天然具有无网格属性和不连续求解功能,在分析不连续,多尺度等问题时展现出了具有优势的适用性和可靠性.本文介绍了近场动力学的发展背景;概述了其理论基础、数值实现过程和计算体系,并在此基础上探讨了近场动力学理论和数值模型的适定性,以及与传统连续介质模型和分子动力学模型进行耦合的可行性;系统分析了近场动力学方法在各个领域上的应用发展现状和趋势,包括静态、动态破坏问题,基于近场动力学的材料模型,以及新兴的疲劳问题研究和多尺度、多物理场的耦合问题;最后对近场动力学方法目前存在的局限性和将来的研究进行了探讨.     

近场动力学在断裂力学领域的研究进展

近场动力学采用非局部积分计算节点内力, 利用统一数学框架描述空间连续与非连续, 避免了非连续区局部空间导数引起的应力奇异, 数值上具有无网格属性, 可自然模拟材料结构的断裂问题. 本文概述了近场动力学的弹性本构力模型, 系统介绍了近场动力学临界伸长率、临界能量密度以及材料强度相关的键失效准则. 详细介绍了近场动力学在断裂力学领域的研究进展, 包括断裂参数能量释放率与应力强度因子的求解、J积分、混合型裂纹、弹塑性断裂、黏聚力模型、动态断裂、材料界面断裂以及疲劳裂纹扩展等. 最后讨论了断裂问题近场动力学研究的发展方向.      

近场动力学算子方法

提出一种基于非局部思想求解物理学问题的近场动力学算子方法 (peridynamic operator method, PDOM).运用PDOM可将任意阶局部微分及其乘积转化为相应的非局部积分形式,且无需额外地特殊处理间断点与奇异点等问题.近年来研究较多的两种非局部算子:近场动力学微分算子(peridynamic differential operator,PDDO)和非局部算子方法 (nonlocal operator method, NOM),均可视为PDOM的一种特例.以弹性力学问题为例,采用变分原理和拉格朗日方程,建立了适用于分析静/动态弹性力学问题的PDOM模型.理论分析表明,当分别限定相互作用域为与位置无关或位置相关的圆形域时,该PDOM弹性模型即可退化为近年来文献中常见的近场动力学(peridynamics, PD)模型或对偶域近场动力学(dual-horizon peridynamics, DH-PD)模型.通过3个典型实例:杆的拉伸与波动、亥姆霍兹方程和含孔板的拉伸,说明本方法的计算精度、收敛性与数值稳定性.PDOM方法适用于任意均匀或非均匀离散,且能有效避免零能模式以...     

基于显微CT图像的近场动力学建模与复合材料微结构破坏模拟

随着纤维增强复合材料应用领域的不断扩展且用量激增,亟需理清复合材料微观结构损伤对宏观力学性能影响的内在机制。因此,发展针对纤维增强复合材料微结构破坏过程的建模与高效模拟方法就显得十分重要。本文借助显微CT(Micro-computed Tomography)扫描技术,提出了一种基于显微CT图像中像素点离散的近场动力学建模与模拟方法。一方面,近场动力学作为一种由积分方程建模的非局部理论,便于采用基于空间点离散的数值计算方法,相比传统的连续介质力学能够更有效地模拟材料从连续变形到裂纹萌生与扩展(非连续变形)的全过程。另一方面,对显微CT图像使用像素点灰度阈值分割处理技术,能够快速建立含有复合材料原位微结构信息的空间点离散模型。该离散模型可以直接用于微结构破坏过程的近场动力学模拟,从而避免了传统的数值模拟技术需要依据像素点先建立光滑的几何模型、再划分成有限单元网格的复杂前处理过程,并且极大地保留了复合材料的原位组分分布信息。数值模拟结果表明,基于显微CT图像的近场动力学建模方法能够精确捕捉到复合材料微结构信息,并能准确模拟纤维增强复合材料的微结构破坏过程。     

功能梯度材料斜裂纹动态扩展的近场动力学模拟

近场动力学是一种考虑非局部力相互作用的连续体理论.采用有限范围内的直接求和积分来代替经典弹性力学的应力/应变关系,这样就避免了传统的局部微分方程在求解不连续问题时的奇异性和现有多尺度算法的复杂性,而且在处理多物理场问题时具有同样的优势.本文采用近场动力学理论,模拟功能梯度材料在受动态拉伸荷载作用下的裂纹扩展问题,给出了功能梯度材料的斜裂纹扩展路径及破坏形态,同时讨论材料梯度形式对裂纹扩展行为的影响.结果发现裂纹总是沿着水平方向扩展,且材料的梯度形式对裂纹的扩展行为影响较小.     

含初始裂纹巴西圆盘劈裂问题的非局部近 场动力学建模

巴西圆盘劈裂是弹性力学及岩石力学与工程中的经典问题。在非局部键型近场动力 学理论的基础上,引入物质点对的转动自由度构建双参数微观弹脆性近场动力学本构力模型 以突破常规模型的应用范围限制,并考虑岩石混凝土类材料的宏观拉压异性和断裂特征。引 入动态松弛、粒子系统力边界条件和系统平衡弛豫等算法,实现了含不同倾角中心裂纹巴西 圆盘受压劈裂破坏全过程的近场动力学数值模拟,裂纹扩展路径及破坏形式均与试验结果高 度吻合,为裂纹扩展和断裂破坏问题的数值模拟提供了新的选择。     

冲击载荷作用下颗粒材料动态力学响应的近场动力学模拟

颗粒材料在冲击载荷作用下的动态力学行为是学术界关注的热点问题. 新近问世的近场动力学(peridynamics)理论将材料视为由大量有限体积和有限质量的物质点组成,基于非连续性和非局部作用假定建模,建立空间积分形式的运动方程,自然适应于颗粒材料动态力学行为的描述与分析. 发展了描述颗粒间接触作用的物质点尺度的排斥力模型,考虑近场动力学方法中非局部长程力特征,改进了近场动力学中的初始微观弹脆性(prototype microelastic brittle, PMB) 模型的本构力函数,并消除了原PMB 模型中存在的“边界效应” 问题. 计算分析了冲击载荷作用下碳化钨陶瓷颗粒体系的动态力学响应,得到了不同冲击速度下颗粒体系的冲击波速,PD计算结果与试验结果高度一致;通过颗粒物质点尺度作用描述单颗粒尺度的接触作用,很好地再现了颗粒的转动与平动、颗粒挤压变形以及颗粒破碎等现象;刚性冲击板附近同时存在严重的颗粒破碎与轻微的颗粒损伤,远离冲击板的部分颗粒出现破损,且颗粒破碎主要是由颗粒间挤压、碰撞以及相对滑动剪切作用造成的. 研究结果表明,所发展的计算模型和分析方法能很好地反映颗粒材料动态力学行为,具有广泛的应用价值.      

近场动力学与有限元方法耦合求解热传导问题

求解含裂纹等不连续问题一直是计算力学的重点研究课题之一,以偏微分方程为基础的连续介质力学方法处理不连续问题时面临很大的困难. 近场动力学方法是一种基于积分方程的非局部理论,在处理不连续问题时有很大的优越性. 本文提出了求解含裂纹热传导问题的一种新的近场动力学与有限元法的耦合方法. 结合近场动力学方法处理不连续问题的优势以及有限元方法计算效率高的优势,将求解区域划分为两个区域,近场动力学区域和有限元区域. 包含裂纹的区域采用近场动力学方法建模,其他区域采用有限元方法建模. 本文提出的耦合方案实施简单方便,近场动力学区域与有限元区域之间不需要设置重叠区域. 耦合方法通过近场动力学粒子与其域内所有粒子(包括近场动力学粒子和有限元节点)以非局部方式连接,有限元节点与其周围的所有粒子以有限元方式相互作用. 将有限元热传导矩阵和近场动力学粒子相互作用矩阵写入同一整体热传导矩阵中,并采用Guyan缩聚法进一步减小计算量. 分别采用连续介质力学方法和近场动力学方法对一维以及二维温度场算例进行模拟,结果表明,本文的耦合方法具有较高的计算精度和计算效率. 该耦合方案可以进一步拓展到热力耦合条件下含裂纹材料和结构的裂纹扩展问题.      

基于近场动力学理论的层压板损伤分析方法

提出了一种基于近场动力学理论 的纤维增强复合材料层压板的渐进损伤分析方法.在弹性力学和复合材料力学的基础上, 推导了适用于近场动力学建模的微模量和临界伸长率等基本参量, 结合经典层压板理论中的偏轴模量, 构建了适用于各向异性材料的对点力函数, 可分析3种形式的损伤:纤维断裂, 基体开裂和分层破坏.分析了含圆孔层压板在拉伸载荷作用下的破坏过程, 预测结果与试验结果吻合良好.     

近场动力学与有限元方法耦合求解热传导问题

求解含裂纹等不连续问题一直是计算力学的重点研究课题之一,以偏微分方程为基础的连续介质力学方法处理不连续问题时面临很大的困难.近场动力学方法是一种基于积分方程的非局部理论,在处理不连续问题时有很大的优越性.本文提出了求解含裂纹热传导问题的一种新的近场动力学与有限元法的耦合方法.结合近场动力学方法处理不连续问题的优势以及有限元方法计算效率高的优势,将求解区域划分为两个区域,近场动力学区域和有限元区域.包含裂纹的区域采用近场动力学方法建模,其他区域采用有限元方法建模.本文提出的耦合方案实施简单方便,近场动力学区域与有限元区域之间不需要设置重叠区域.耦合方法通过近场动力学粒子与其域内所有粒子(包括近场动力学粒子和有限元节点)以非局部方式连接,有限元节点与其周围的所有粒子以有限元方式相互作用.将有限元热传导矩阵和近场动力学粒子相互作用矩阵写入同一整体热传导矩阵中,并采用Guyan缩聚法进一步减小计算量.分别采用连续介质力学方法和近场动力学方法对一维以及二维温度场算例进行模拟,结果表明,本文的耦合方法具有较高的计算精度和计算效率.该耦合方案可以进一步拓展到热力耦合条件下含裂纹材料和结构的裂纹扩展问题.     

A higher-order nonlocal elasticity and strain gradient theory and its applications in wave propagation

In recent years there have been many papers that considered the effects of material length scales in the study of mechanics of solids at micro- and/or nano-scales. There are a number of approaches and, among them, one set of papers deals with Eringen's differential nonlocal model and another deals with the strain gradient theories. The modified couple stress theory, which also accounts for a material length scale, is a form of a strain gradient theory. The large body of literature that has come into existence in the last several years has created significant confusion among researchers about the length scales that these various theories contain. The present paper has the objective of establishing the fact that the length scales present in nonlocal elasticity and strain gradient theory describe two entirely different physical characteristics of materials and structures at nanoscale. By using two principle kernel functions, the paper further presents a theory with application examples which relates the classical nonlocal elasticity and strain gradient theory and it results in a higher-order nonlocal strain gradient theory. In this theory, a higher-order nonlocal strain gradient elasticity system which considers higher-order stress gradients and strain gradient nonlocality is proposed. It is based on the nonlocal effects of the strain field and first gradient strain field. This theory intends to generalize the classical nonlocal elasticity theory by introducing a higher-order strain tensor with nonlocality into the stored energy function. The theory is distinctive because the classical nonlocal stress theory does not include nonlocality of higher-order stresses while the common strain gradient theory only considers local higher-order strain gradients without nonlocal effects in a global sense. By establishing the constitutive relation within the thermodynamic framework, the governing equations of equilibrium and all boundary conditions are derived via the variational approach. Two additional kinds of parameters, the higher-order nonlocal parameters and the nonlocal gradient length coefficients are introduced to account for the size-dependent characteristics of nonlocal gradient materials at nanoscale. To illustrate its application values, the theory is applied for wave propagation in a nonlocal strain gradient system and the new dispersion relations derived are presented through examples for wave propagating in Euler–Bernoulli and Timoshenko nanobeams. The numerical results based on the new nonlocal strain gradient theory reveal some new findings with respect to lattice dynamics and wave propagation experiment that could not be matched by both the classical nonlocal stress model and the contemporary strain gradient theory. Thus, this higher-order nonlocal strain gradient model provides an explanation to some observations in the classical and nonlocal stress theories as well as the strain gradient theory in these aspects.     

材料微结构演化的相场模拟

材料的各种宏观性能与其内部的微观结构密切相关,如何通过控制材料微结构的分布来提高其性能指标一直是工程界与学术界广泛关注的课题。由于场变量在界面的突变,传统的基于局部理论的突变界面模型在描述材料微结构演化方面存在一定的困难。基于非局部理论的相场法采用扩散界面的概念来描述界面,避开了理论上描述突变界面的困难,在模拟材料内部任意的组织形态和复杂的微结构演化方面具有独特的优点。本文首先介绍相场法的热力学理论基础,包括自由移动边界问题、扩散界面模型、非局部能量泛函、相场动力学方程及其常用求解方法。然后重点介绍铁电、铁磁和多铁性材料微结构演化的相场模拟,同时简要介绍相场法在软物质和锂离子电池材料微结构演化模拟中的应用,最后给出总结和展望。     

Theory of nonlocal asymmetric elastic solids

In this paper, a nonlinear theory of nonlocal asymmetric, elastic solids is developed on the basis of basic theories of nonlocal continuum fieM theory and nonlinear continuum mechanics. It perfects and expands the nonlocal elastic fiteld theory developed by Eringen and others. The linear theory of nonlocal asymmetric elasticity developed in [1] expands to the finite deformation, We show that there is the nonlocal body moment in the nonlocal elastic solids. The noniocal body moment causes the stress asymmetric and itself is caused by the covalent bond formed by the reaction between atoms. The theory developed in this paper is applied to explain reasonably that curves of dispersion relation of one-dimensional plane longitudinal waves are not similar with those of transverse waves.     

A nonlocal contact formulation for confined granular systems

We present a nonlocal formulation of contact mechanics that accounts for the interplay of deformations due to multiple contact forces acting on a single particle. The analytical formulation considers the effects of nonlocal mesoscopic deformations characteristic of confined granular systems and, therefore, removes the classical restriction of independent contacts. This is in sharp contrast to traditional contact mechanics theories, which are strictly local and assume that contacts are independent regardless the confinement of the particles. For definiteness, we restrict attention to elastic spheres in the absence of gravitational forces, adhesion or friction. Hence, a notable feature of the nonlocal formulation is that, when nonlocal effects are neglected, it reduces to Hertz theory. Furthermore, we show that, under the preceding assumptions and up to moderate macroscopic deformations, the predictions of the nonlocal contact formulation are in remarkable agreement with detailed finite-element simulations and experimental observations, and in large disagreement with Hertz theory predictions—supporting that the assumption of independent contacts only holds for small deformations. The discrepancy between the extended theory presented in this work and Hertz theory is borne out by studying periodic homogeneous systems and disordered heterogeneous systems.     

RESTUDY OF THEORIES FOR ELASTIC SOLIDS WITH MICROSTRUCTURE

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Nonlocal versus local elastoplastic behaviour of heterogeneous materials

The scale transition methods have been developed for many years in order to obtain the overall behavior of polycrystalline materials from their microscopic behavior and their microstructure. Nevertheless, some basic aspects are absent from such formalisms. The most significant one seems to be the heterogeneization by plastic straining which involves nonlocality of hardening. In this article, a nonlocal theory based upon crystalline plasticity is developed from which a nonlocal constitutive equation at the grain level is derived. With regard to the polycrystal, in order to deduce the behavior of a local equivalent homogeneous medium, an integral equation is proposed and solved for nonlocal inhomogeneous materials by the self-consistent approximation. This scheme is developed in case of a two-phase nonlocal material representing the dislocation cell structure induced during plastic straining. Numerical simulations based on a simplified model show significant effects on the intragranular heterogeneization.     

A nonlocal theory for brittle fracture

In this paper, a nonlocal theory of fracture for brittle materials has been systematically developed, which is composed of the nonlocal elastic stress fields of Griffith cracks of mode-I, II and III, the asymptotic forms of the stress fields at the neighborhood of the crack tips, and the maximum tensile stress criterion for brittle fracture. As an application of the theory, the fracture criteria of cracks of mode-I, II, III and mixed mode I–II, I–III are given in detail and compared with some experimental data and the theoretical results of minimum strain energy density factor.     

Analytical solutions of peristatic and peridynamic problems for a 1D infinite rod

Peridynamics is a nonlocal theory of continuum mechanics, which was developed by Silling (2000). Since then peridynamics has been applied to a variety of solid mechanics problems ranging from fracture, damage, failure to wave propagation, buckling, and detonation physics. Since the governing equation of peridynamics is an integro-differential equation, most of the treatment in the literature is often numerical. However, the analytical treatment is very important for the development of the peridynamic theory, which is continually developing at the present time. In this paper, peristatic and peridynamic problems for a 1D infinite rod are analytically investigated. We have developed a method to obtain a valid analytical solution starting from a formal analytical solution, which may be divergent. The primary contribution of the present paper is a systematic analytical treatment of peristatic and peridynamic problems for a 1D infinite rod. Additionally, dispersion curves and group velocities for the materials with three different micromoduli are also studied. It is found from the study that some peridynamic materials can have negative group velocities in certain regions of wavenumber. This indicates that peridynamics can be used for modeling certain types of dispersive media with anomalous dispersion such as the one discussed by Mobley (2007).     

Free vibration of thermo-elastic microplate based on spatiotemporal fractional-order derivatives with nonlocal characteristic length and time

A fractional-order thermo-elastic model taking into account the small-scale effects of the thermo-elastic coupled behavior is developed to study the free vibration of a higher-order shear microplate. The nonlocal strain gradient theory is modified with the introduction of the fractional-order derivatives and the nonlocal characteristic length. The Fourier heat conduction is replaced by the non-Fourier heat conduction with the introduction of the fractional order and the memory characteristic tim...     

Macroscopic response of particle-reinforced elastomers subjected to prescribed torques or rotations on the particles

Particle-reinforced rubbers are composite materials consisting of randomly distributed, stiff fibers/particles in a soft elastomeric material. Since the particles are stiff compared to the embedding rubber, their deformation can be ignored for all practical purposes. However, due to the softness of the rubber, they can undergo rigid body translations and rotations. Constitutive models accounting for the effect of such particle motions on the macroscopic response under prescribed deformations on the boundary have been developed recently. But, in some applications (e.g., magneto-active elastomers), the particles may experience additional torques as a consequence of an externally applied (magnetic) field, which, in turn, can affect the overall rotation of the particles in the rubber, and therefore also the macroscopic response of the composite. This paper is concerned with the development of constitutive models for particle-reinforced elastomers, which are designed to account for externally applied torques on the internally distributed particles, in addition to the externally applied deformation on the boundary of the composite. For this purpose, we propose a new variational framework involving suitably prescribed eigenstresses on the particles. For simplicity, the framework is applied to an elastomer reinforced by aligned, rigid, cylindrical fibers of elliptical cross section, which can undergo finite rotations in the context of a finite-deformation, plane strain problem for the composite. In particular, expressions are derived for the average in-plane rotation of the fibers as a function of the torques that are applied on them, both under vanishing and prescribed strain on the boundary. The results of this work will make possible the development of improved constitutive models for magneto-active elastomers, and other types of smart composite materials that are susceptible to externally applied torques.