一种新型爆炸膨胀环实验装置

传统爆炸膨胀环实验装置采用两端点起爆,爆轰波对碰后加载驱动器的方式,出现试样环加载后侧向翻转、实验重复性差等问题.本文改进传统爆炸膨胀环实验装置中的起爆方式,研制了一种新型爆炸膨胀环实验装置.新起爆方式采用轴心爆炸丝同步线起爆,在驱动器内形成理想的柱面冲击波,有效避免了试样环受冲击后发生侧向翻转,实现了金属试样环的稳定拉伸加载,实验效率得到大幅提高.     

硬质聚氨酯泡沫力学特性的静水压力加载实验方法研究

泡沫材料在多轴载荷下的力学性能是工程中非常关心的问题。利用土壤的三轴压缩试验装置,通过试验方法的改进,提出了一种体应变测定和修正的方法,对硬质聚氨酯泡沫材料的静水压力特性进行了研究,得到了一些有价值的数据和结论。研究表明:在准静态静水压加载条件下,该材料的应力-应变曲线明显地分为弹性段、塑性段和压实段,且屈服强度比单向压缩时略大、压实应变略小。最后通过不同高度的试样对比试验,对聚氨酯泡沫材料的不均匀变形和弯曲的原因进行了分析和比较,指出了试验时应该注意的问题。     

岩体原位流变荷载试验的力学参数与模型反演

根据现场岩体原位测试的60m和70m处两试验点的流变变形曲线,首先通过曲线特征筛选出了能够描述其变形特性的流变模型(三参量固体模型,Burgers模型),基于粘弹性分析理论及两步反分析法思路,建立了荷载试验的三参量固体模型、Burgers模型的位移优化反演格式,利用分级加载所获得的瞬时弹性位移,反算出了两试验点处的岩体弹性体积模量K、剪切模量G0和变形模量E0,并由优化反演方法获得了两模型的所有流变参数G1,η1,η2和E1以及长期弹性模量E∞。利用所获得的粘弹性参数分别计算出了在不同载荷下两种模型的理论解析曲线,并与实测曲线进行了分析对比,最终获得了能够较真实地描述试验区域岩体流变变形特性的最佳模型,即三参量固体模型。通过对比分析验证了所用思路及方法的正确性和实用性,文中方法虽然应用于流变荷载实验情况,但其具有一定的普遍意义,可应用于不同状况的流变实验的参数确定和模型反演。     

A Novel Image-based Ultrasonic Test to Map Material Mechanical Properties at High Strain-rates

An innovative identification strategy based on high power ultrasonic loading together with both infrared thermography and ultra-high speed imaging is presented in this article. It was shown to be able to characterize the visco-elastic behaviour of a polymer specimen (PMMA) from a single sample over a range of temperatures and strain-rates. The paper focuses on moderate strain-rates, i.e. from 10 to 200 s^?1, and temperatures ranging from room to the material glass transition temperature, i.e. 110^°C. The main originality lies in the fact that contrary to conventional Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis (DMTA), no frequency or temperature sweep is required since the experiment is designed to simultaneously produce both a heterogeneous strain-rate state and a heterogeneous temperature state allowing a local and multi-parametric identification. This article is seminal in nature and the test presented here has good potential to tackle a range of other types of high strain-rate testing situations.     

Damage Quantification via Digital Volume Correlation with Heterogeneous Mechanical Regularization: Application to an In situ Meso-Flexural Test on Mortar

Experimental Mechanics - The mechanical response and damage mechanisms of heterogeneous cementitious materials result from the mechanical properties of their constituents at the mesoscale. In this...     

一种用于金属薄板轴向拉压疲劳试验的防弯夹具

在金属薄板的轴向疲劳S-N曲线测试中,研究将一种侧向防弯曲夹具应用于存在压向载荷的试验。通过粘贴应变片方法测量试样的表面应力,对试样的受力情况做了定量的分析。测量结果表明试样安装防弯曲夹具后,基本消除了由压缩失稳产生的弯曲应力。且通过对不同拧紧方式的测量,表明一定的夹紧力下不对试验力产生影响。试验夹具设计成对试样中心轴线的支撑而让边缘疲劳敏感部位处在非接触状态,试样断口表明疲劳起源在这些并没有与试样接解的部位。用钛和铝两种材料的薄板在不同试验机上进行了不同寿命和频率的试验,试验结果与正应力比试验同时给出以对比,各种研究表明本试验有效解决了薄板疲劳受压时的失稳问题。     

Experimental Investigation on Mechanical Behavior of Coarse Marble Under Six Different Loading Paths

A series of triaxial compression experiments were preformed for the coarse marble samples under different loading paths by the rock mechanics servo-controlled testing system. Based on the experimental results of complete stress-strain curves, the influence of loading path on the strength and deformation failure behavior of coarse marble is made a detailed analysis. Three loading paths (Paths I–III) are put forward to confirm the strength parameters (cohesion and internal friction angle) of coarse marble in accordance with linear Mohr-Coulomb criterion. Compared among the strength parameters, two loading paths (i.e. Path II by stepping up the confining pressure and Path III by reducing the confining pressure after peak strength) are suggested to confirm the triaxial strengths of rock under different confining pressures by only one sample, which is very applicable for a kind of rock that has obvious plastic and ductile deformation behavior (e.g. marble, chalk, mudstone, etc.). In order to investigate re-fracture mechanical behavior of rock material, three loading paths (Paths IV–VI) are also put forward for flawed coarse marble. The peak strength and deformation failure mode of flawed coarse marble are found depending on the loading paths (Paths IV–VI). Under lower confining pressures, the peak strength and Young’s modulus of damage sample (compressed until post-peak stress under higher confining pressure) are all lower compared with that of flawed sample; moreover mechanical parameter of damage sample is lower for the larger compressed post-peak plastic deformation of coarse marble. However under higher confining pressures (e.g. σ ₃?=?30 MPa), the axial supporting capacity and elastic modulus of damage coarse marble (compressed until post-peak stress under lower confining pressure) is not related to the loading path, while the deformation modulus and peak strain of damage sample depend on the difference of initial confining pressure and post-peak plastic deformation. The friction among crystal grains determines the strength behavior of flawed coarse marble under various loading paths. In the end, the effect of loading path on failure mode of intact and flawed coarse marble is also investigated. The present research provides increased understanding of the fundamental nature of rock failure under different loading paths.     

Experimental Study on the Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Concrete under Shock Loading

A simple experimental method was introduced to study the mechanical properties of reinforced concrete under shock loading. The one-stage light gas gun was used to test the mechanical properties of reinforced concrete with different reinforcement ratios under various impact velocities. Three Mn-Cu piezoresistive pressure gauges embedded in the target were used to record the voltage-time signals, from which the stress-strain curves of reinforced concrete were obtained using Lagrangian analysis. Experimental results indicated that the load-bearing capacities of reinforced concrete increased greatly with the impact velocity and the reinforcement ratio. The peak stress of the shock wave decreased exponentially with the propagation distance.     

材料力学性能显微测试系统

介绍了适用于毫、微米量级材料的力学性能测试系统,该系统包括微型加力装置、显微镜及数字图像处理系统。通过计算机控制,加力机构可以对微小试件按力或位移控制方式加载,载荷大小通过传感器直接由计算机数字化。试件的变形测量采用数字图像相关技术,通过序列图像分析方式,获得试件在不同外力作用下对应的变形,从而获得该材料的应力应变关系。在利用显微镜对微细观图像进行放大时,图像的畸变会影响相关计算的精度,本文采用了精度极高的正交栅板,对成像系统进行标定,有效地消除了高放大倍数下的图像畸变。图像相关技术对被测物体的表面处理非常敏感,本文也对这一问题进行了讨论,并给出两个不同的应用实例。第一个为材料性能试验,对厚度为0.1mm的铝材进行单向拉伸,给出了材料的应力应变关系;第二个为稳态裂纹扩展试验,对用人牙制作的紧凑拉伸试件进行测试,获得裂尖后的COD曲线。实验表明,该测试系统在微细观力学实验中具有广阔的应用前景。     

考虑毛细作用微梁剥离的实验和力学模型

毛细力诱发的粘附现象在自然界和工农业生产中广泛存在,例如微机电系统、微纳米自组装、油气驱替等.本文系统研究了两根微梁的毛细粘附行为,包括梁剥离过程中液桥的形貌以及剥离力-位移变化规律.试验发现,微梁在毛细力作用下的剥离部分经历了液膜粘附和液滴粘附两个阶段.考虑两个阶段的液桥形状特征,分别建立系统的能量泛函,采用变分原理推导了考虑毛细力的微梁剥离的非线性微分方程和边界条件.基于Matlab编程求解方程,得到了剥离力-位移曲线,理论计算与试验结果具有很好的一致性.另外,参数研究表明,接触角和表面张力系数对液膜粘附的微梁剥离影响显著,而对液滴粘附的剥离影响较小;微梁刚度对两个阶段的剥离都有明显影响.本文的试验结果和理论分析对于实际工程中微结构的定量设计具有一定参考价值.     

动态拉伸及动态循环加载实验技术

本文介绍了多种动态拉伸及动态拉-压循环加载实验技术,并对各自的优缺点及应用作了简要的评述.     

Experimental Investigation of the Inelastic Response of Pig and Rat Skin Under Uniaxial Cyclic Mechanical Loading

Experimental Mechanics - Skin is a highly non-linear, anisotropic, rate dependent inelastic, and nearly incompressible material which exhibits substantial hysteresis even under very slow...     

Erratum to: Experimental Investigation on Mechanical Behavior of Coarse Marble Under Six Different Loading Paths

A series of triaxial compression experiments were preformed for the coarse marble samples under different loading paths by the rock mechanics servo-controlled testing system. Based on the experimental results of complete stress-strain curves, the influence of loading path on the strength and deformation failure behavior of coarse marble is made a detailed analysis. Three loading paths (Paths I–III) are put forward to confirm the strength parameters (cohesion and internal friction angle) of coarse marble in accordance with linear Mohr-Coulomb criterion. Compared among the strength parameters, two loading paths (i.e. Path II by stepping up the confining pressure and Path III by reducing the confining pressure after peak strength) are suggested to confirm the triaxial strengths of rock under different confining pressures by only one sample, which is very applicable for a kind of rock that has obvious plastic and ductile deformation behavior (e.g. marble, chalk, mudstone, etc.). In order to investigate re-fracture mechanical behavior of rock material, three loading paths (Paths IV–VI) are also put forward for flawed coarse marble. The peak strength and deformation failure mode of flawed coarse marble are found depending on the loading paths (Paths IV–VI). Under lower confining pressures, the peak strength and Young’s modulus of damage sample (compressed until post-peak stress under higher confining pressure) are all lower compared with that of flawed sample; moreover mechanical parameter of damage sample is lower for the larger compressed post-peak plastic deformation of coarse marble. However under higher confining pressures (e.g. σ ₃ = 30 MPa), the axial supporting capacity and elastic modulus of damage coarse marble (compressed until post-peak stress under lower confining pressure) is not related to the loading path, while the deformation modulus and peak strain of damage sample depend on the difference of initial confining pressure and post-peak plastic deformation. The friction among crystal grains determines the strength behavior of flawed coarse marble under various loading paths. In the end, the effect of loading path on failure mode of intact and flawed coarse marble is also investigated. The present research provides increased understanding of the fundamental nature of rock failure under different loading paths.     

A Microscopic Experimental Method Transversely Loading on Single High-Performance Fibers

Experimental Mechanics - We developed a microscopic experimental method that transversely loads and images single high-performance fibers. The experimental set-up was inside the chamber of a...     

一种新的振动叠加气动耦合加载技术

飞机机动飞行时,机体结构受到随机振动叠加气动的耦合载荷作用,有可能迅速产生破坏。为了考核在这种振动环境下飞机的结构强度及使用寿命能否达到设计要求,需要提供有效的地面试验验证手段和可靠的试验数据。本文研究了一种振动叠加气动的耦合载荷加载技术,通过液压球头传递振动载荷,同时通过气囊施加气动载荷,并设计进行了原理性验证试验。试验结果表明,这种耦合载荷加载技术可以避免过多改变试件自身的振动特性,同时可精确实现振动叠加气动的耦合载荷加载,真实模拟试验件的振动工作环境。此项技术可应用于现代战机的地面结构强度研究。     

Experimental Method for Multistage Loading Tests with Various Prestrain Paths

Experimental Mechanics - Two-stage loading tests with various prestrain paths between simple shear and equibiaxial tension are essential for understanding multistage sheet metal forming processes....     

The Modified Rockwell Test: A New Probe for Mechanical Properties of Metals

In the present work a novel methodology is proposed, based on the combination of the Rockwell and the Vickers tests, to provide estimates of the mechanical properties of metal substrates. The analysis is based on some novel invariants obtained from the finite element solution of the Vickers indentation (the imprint diagonal relates to the maximum indentation depth and the residual indentation depth with the average pressure and the elastic modulus). Several other useful results are discussed and experiments are performed with a modified Rockwell apparatus on steel and aluminium alloys. The results are important for the interpretation of micro indentation tests. Inverting the indentation data, reasonably accurate results can be obtained for strain hardening properties for “power law” behaviour, whereas more complex strain hardening would require further investigation.     

A Novel Experimental Approach for Calculating Stress Intensity Factors from Isochromatic Data

In the current paper a new method for calculating the stress intensity factor from isochromatic data is proposed. The method is based on the calculation of a map of the retardation using only the light- and dark-field images of a crack from a circular polariscope. The experimental retardation is compared with the theoretical one predicted by Westergaard’s model using between 700 and 800 data points in an array around the crack tip region. In this way, the necessity of unwrapping and calibrating the isochromatic fringe order distribution is avoided and a large potential source of error is eliminated. Subsequently, K_I, K_II and σ_ox are inferred by minimizing an error function. To show the potential and efficacy of the method, K values have been obtained from photoelastic images captured during fatigue tests conducted in a polycarbonate Center-Cracked-Tension (CCT) specimen. Results show an excellent level of agreement with those predicted from theory, highlighting the potential of the proposed methodology.     

用于脆性材料的Hopkinson压杆动态实验新方法

岩石、陶瓷或混凝土等脆性材料,在用Hopkinson压杆对其实施高应变率加载实验时,由于其破坏应变很小,试件通常在加载入射波的波头部分（含初始上升沿和较大的弥散振荡部分）就已破坏失效,因此采用常规的实验或数据处理方法很难得到精确有效的实验结果,本文提出的Hopkinson压杆装置预留间隙实验法能使加载入射波波幅振荡明显减且初始上升时间为零,有效地减小了弹性波弥散带来的误差,使贴于压杆中部的应变片测得的信号经处理后很大程度上直接反映的是试件端面的实际受力状态,且由于避免了试件在加载波上升沿段的稳定受力而使应变率历史曲线更趋于恒定,这为提高Hopkinson压杆装置的实验精度,特别是为脆性材料提供了一种实施高应变率实验的实用可行的途径。     

A Novel Cutting Strategy for Measuring Two Components of Residual Stresses Using Slitting Method

An exact knowledge of residual stresses that exist within the engineering components is essential to maintain the structural integrity. All mechanical strain relief (MSR) techniques to measure residual stresses rely on removing a section of material that contains residual stresses. Therefore, these techniques are destructive as the integrity of the components is compromised. In slitting method, as a MSR technique, a slot with an increasing depth is introduced to the part incrementally that results in deformations. By measuring these deformations the residual stress component normal to the cut can be determined. Two orthogonal components of residual stresses were measured using the slitting method both experimentally and numerically. Different levels of residual stresses were induced into beam shaped specimens using quenching process at different temperatures. The experimental results were then compared with those numerically predicted. It was shown that while the first component of residual stress was being measured, its effect on the second direction that was normal to the first cut was inevitable. Finally, a new cutting configuration was proposed in which two components of residual stresses were measured simultaneously. The results of the proposed method indicated a good agreement with the conventional slitting.