Analysis of strain localization during tensile tests by digital image correlation

This paper presents an imaging technique developed to study the strain localization phenomena that occur during the tension of thin, flat steel samples. The data are processed using digital speckle image correlation to derive the two in-plane components of the displacement vectors. The authors observe that the calculation of the intercorrelation function reveals a systematic error and propose a numerical method to limit its influence. Plastic incompressibility and thin-sheet assumptions are used to derive the third displacement component and, hence, the various strain and strain rate components. Numerous checks are presented at each step in processing the data to determine the final accuracy of the strain measurements. It is estimated that this accuracy is quite sufficient to track the inception and the development of localization. Examples of possible application are presented for mild steels whose strain localization mechanisms appear to be precocious and gradual.     

Fatigue damage accumulation around a notch using a digital image measurement system

A digital image measurement (DIM) system is used to study the plastic damage accumulation around a notch under conditions of low-cycle fatigue. This system incorporates a contrast correlation method to evaluation the level of plastic damage at each point of the studied area from two images acquired before and after the introduction of fatigue deformation. A compact tension specimen of 304 stainless steel with a notch radius of 1 mm is analyzed during the stages of fatigue crack initiation and growth. The results obtained using this measurement system are compared with those attained by means of a recrytallization technique.     

Full-field strain measurements of the inside of an agricultural tyre using digital image correlation

This paper investigates strain measured on the inside of an agricultural tyre with large tread-blocks during a series of static tests using a novel measuring system. The full field strain measurements may be used in the development of a tyre which is capable of estimating tyre forces from strain measurements. The strain measurement system makes use of a calibrated stereo camera system on a mechanical stabilizing system that keeps the cameras pointed at the inside surface of the tyre in contact with the road while the wheel rotates. A static tyre test rig is used to displace the road surface relative to the tyre in the vertical and longitudinal direction. The large tread-blocks caused strain concentrations on the inner surface as the tyre deforms to comply with the road surface. Vertical and longitudinal tests each produce unique strain patterns in the contact patch region. Relationships between the applied forces and strain measurements were developed and showed that these relationships are near linear with R² values above 0.97. The strain measurements also show that the location where strain gauges, for single point strain measurements, are placed inside the tyre is very important on large lugged tyres.     

基于超高速相机的数字图像相关性全场应变分析在SHTB实验中的应用

基于超高速相机和数字图像相关性全场应变分析方法对传统的分离式Hopkinson拉杆(SHTB)实验系统进行改进,获得尼龙和铝合金材料的动态拉伸应力应变曲线,验证了数字图像相关性全场应变分析在SHTB实验中的有效性。实验结果显示:该方法测量的平均应变与应变片测量结果一致性很好, 而传统的SHTB实验原理计算的应变结果则明显偏大,需要对试件原始标距进行修正后才能获得有效的试件应变,并且在试件的材料和几何尺寸不变的条件下标距修正不依赖于应变率。基于数字图像相关性全场应变测量,讨论了应变均匀性问题:脆性的尼龙试件在标距范围内应变均匀性良好,而韧性的铝合金试件表现出比较严重的应变不均匀性,归因于颈缩变形的影响。     

Identification of adhesive properties in GLARE assemblies using digital image correlation

An experimental-numerical methodology is introduced to identify the parameters of a cohesive law of an adhesive layer within a joined assembly on the basis of kinematic data provided by digital image correlation. Non-conventional experiments on joined samples were designed to generate within the assembly and the adhesive film complex strain and stress states close to those expected in-service and up to complete debonding. The modeling is developed with reference to the observed sub-domain in which the experimental boundary conditions are prescribed. The nonlinear behavior of the adhesive layer is described as a finite-thickness interface endowed with a mixed-mode cohesive law whose parameters are identified so as to match at best the measured displacement field.     

Evaluating the mechanical behavior of arterial tissue using digital image correlation

In this study, digital image correlation (DIC) was adopted to examine the mechanical behavior of arterial tissue from bovine aorta. Rectangular sections comprised of the intimal and medial layers were excised from the descending aorta and loaded in displacement control uniaxial tension up to 40 percent elongation. Specimens of silicon rubber sheet were also prepared and served as a benchmark material in the application of DIC for the evaluation of large strains; the elastomer was loaded to 50 percent elongation. The arterial specimens exhibited a non-linear hyperelastic stress-strain response and the stiffness increased with percent elongation. Using a bilinear model to describe the uniaxial behavior, the average minor and major elastic modulii were 192±8 KPa and 912±40 KPa, respectively. Poisson's ratio of the arterial sections increased with the magnitude of axial strain; the average Poisson's ratio was 0.17±0.02. Although the correlation coefficient obtained from image correlation decreased with the percent elongation, a correlation coefficient greater than 0.8 was achieved for the tissue experiments and exceeded that obtained in the evaluation of the elastomer. Based on results from this study, DIC may serve as a valuable method for the determination of mechanical properties of arteries and other soft tissues.     

Application of three-dimensional digital image correlation to the core-drilling method

We present a non-destructive technique for the determination ofin situ stresses in concrete structures, reterred to as the core-drilling method. The method is similar to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) hole-drilling strain gage method, except that the core-drilling method is formulated in the current work are performed with traditional photogrammetry, and the more novel (and more accurate) three-dimensional digital image correlation. In this paper we review the background elasticity theory and we discuss the results of verification experiments on steel plates. Calculated normal stresses are within 17% of applied values for photogrammetry, and 7% for three-dimensional digital image correlation.