裂纹尖端张开角准则的稳态裂纹扩展实验研究

ASTM和ISO已发布获得低约束条件下断裂性能和裂纹稳态扩展阻力曲线的标准,标准中采用多种试验方法确定临界裂纹张开角度来表征板材的裂纹稳态扩展。本文采用准静态裂纹扩展试验方法,通过摄像技术测定裂纹尖端张开角(CTOA),验证标准对1mm厚度2024-T3铝合金板稳态裂纹扩展行为的有效性。研究了试样构型、裂纹尺寸和是否疲劳预制裂纹对裂纹稳态扩展过程中CTOA的影响。试验结果表明:裂纹扩展2mm后,距离裂纹尖端1mm处的CTOA趋于一个恒定值6°,这个值与试样构型和裂纹长度无关;同时,不预制疲劳裂纹对CTOA值和试样的最大剩余强度影响较小。     

Strain and failure analysis of graphite/epoxy plates with cracks

The objective of this investigation was to study the deformation and failure of uniaxially loaded graphite/epoxy plates with cracks and to determine the influence of notch size on failure. The specimens were quasi-isotropic laminates with cracks of various lengths. They were instrumented with strain gages, photoelastic coatings and moiré grids. Strains near the crack tip show two distinct points of rate change at strain levels of 0.002 and 0.006, the latter corresponding to the ultimate strain of the 90-deg plies. Failure near the crack tip takes the form of a damage zone consisting of ply subcracking along fibers, local delamination and fiber breakage. Failure occurs when this damage zone reaches some critical value. Measured maximum strains at failure exceeded twice the ultimate strain of the unnotched laminate. The average stress over a characteristic distance (5 mm) from the crack tip was used as a criterion to describe the influence of crack length on failure. Comparison of results with those from similar specimens with circular holes showed that strength was nearly independent of notch geometry in this case, i.e., specimens with holes and cracks of the same size had nearly the same strength.     

CTOA and crack-tunneling measurements in thin sheet 2024-T3 aluminum alloy

The stable tearing behavior of 2.3-mm thick sheets of 2024-T3 aluminum alloy was experimentally investigated for middle crack tension specimens having initial flaws that were: (a) flat fatigue cracks (low fatigue stress) and (b) 45-deg through-thickness slant cracks (high fatigue stress). The critical CTOA values during stable tearing were measured by two independent methods, optical microscopy and digital-image correlation. Results from the two methods agree well.The CTOA measurements and observations of the fracture surfaces have shown that the initial stable tearing behavior of low and high fatigue stress tests is significantly different. The cracks in the low fatigue stress tests underwent a transition from flat-to-slant crack growth, during which the CTOA values were high and significant crack tunneling occurred. After crack growth equal to about the thickness (a>B), CTOA reached a constant value of 6 deg and after crack growth equal to about twice the thickness (a>2B), crack tunneling stabilized. The cracks in the high fatigue stress tests reach the same constant CTOA value after crack growth equal to about the thickness, but produced only slightly higher CTOA values during initial crack growth. The amount of tunneling in the high fatigue stress tests was about the same as that in the low fatigue stress tests after the flat-to-slant transition.This study indicates that stress history has an influence on the initial portion of the stable tearing behavior. The initial high CTOA values, in the low fatigue crack tests, coincided with large three-dimensional crack front shape changes due to a variation in the through-thickness crack-tip constraint. The measured CTOA reached a constant value of 6 deg for crack growth of about the specimen thickness. This coincided with the onset of 45-deg slant crack growth and a stabilized, slightly tunneled (about 20 percent of the thickness) crack-front shape. For crack growth on the 45-deg slant, the crack front and local field variables are still highly three dimensional.     

三点弯曲试样幂硬化材料裂纹撕裂扩展的实验研究

本文应用三点弯曲试样和撕裂模量理论对弹塑性裂纹撕裂扩展的稳定性进行了实验研究,得出了适用于三点弯曲试样的施加撕裂模量T_(app)的计算公式。结果说明了材料硬化和系统柔度等因素对裂纹扩展稳定性的影响。实验中采用多层高柔度组合梁系统,得到了随加载系统柔度增加,裂纹扩展从慢稳定到失稳发展的过程。证明了撕裂模量理论的有效性。实验结果与理论预测相符。     

含圆孔缺陷三点弯曲梁动态焦散实验

应用新型数字激光动态焦散线实验系统,采用含预制裂纹的有机玻璃板试件进行落锤冲击实验,研究了含圆孔缺陷三点弯曲梁的动态断裂行为。通过实验得到了含圆孔缺陷三点弯曲梁裂纹尖端动态应力强度因子的变化情况、裂纹扩展速度的变化情况以及裂纹贯穿空孔的扩展情况等。实验结果表明:三点弯曲梁中的空孔位置对裂纹的扩展轨迹具有明显的导向作用;空孔位置的改变会影响三点弯曲梁的断裂时间;空孔位置的变化对空孔下方裂纹的扩展时间、扩展轨迹影响较小;在空孔位置居中的情况下,空孔上方裂纹的最大扩展速度大于空孔位置偏移时的情况。     

基于数字图像处理的含缺陷混凝土破裂过程研究

混凝土破坏规律受其缺陷的影响,为了从细观尺度研究含缺陷混凝土破坏规律,基于数字图像处理技术表征混凝土骨料形状、大小及空间分布,运用RFPA2D-DIP软件构建混凝土真实细观模型并进行单轴压缩试验,研究了含不同缺陷混凝土的破坏规律。试验结果表明:相比完整试件,含缺陷试件强度更低,破坏过程应力跌落次数更多,其初始裂纹在预制裂隙及孔洞两端萌生,缺陷与新裂纹的贯通最终导致试件破坏;混凝土中同时存在孔洞和裂隙时,孔洞与裂隙相互影响并形成应力集中的岩桥区域,当孔洞直径不变时,随着裂隙长度增加,试件峰值强度下降,在同一裂隙长度下,随着孔洞直径增大,混凝土峰值强度降低。     

Photoelastic investigation on the crack-arrest capability of a hole

Dynamic photoelasticity employing a 16-spark gap Cranz-Schardin camera system was used to determine certain conditions leading to fracture arrest by a circular hole ahead of a propagating crack. Photoelastic models of 3/8×10×10-in. Homalite-100 plates with a 1/2-in. edge crack were loaded in a fixed-grip configuration and crack arrest was made possible by central holes of 1/2, 1/4, and 0.15-in. diameters. In one test of a uniformly loaded plate with a central hole of 0.15-in. diameter, the propagating crack continued through this hole. Changes in dynamic-stress-intensity factors, as the crack tip approaches the hole, as well as changes in the dynamic-stress-concentration factors at the far side of the hole were studied, and these results were compared with the corresponding static results determined by finite-element analysis. This comparison shows that the static analysis can be used to qualitatively assess the arrest capability of the hole using the maximum static-stress concept or the proposed concept of strain energy released as the crack penetrates the hole.     

Mixed mode fatigue crack growth in test coupons made from 2024-T3 aluminum

In this paper, two different fracture criteria are applied to determine the crack trajectory or angle of crack propagation in test specimens containing inclined cracks emanating from open holes. Also, different crack growth rate models are assumed for each criterion. The maximum principal stress criterion is used with a crack growth-rate equation based on an effective stress intensity factor. The strain energy density criterion is used with a crack growth-rate equation corresponding to an effective strain energy density factor. The crack growth-rate models for each criterion were constructed using unpublished fatigue crack growth data for 2024-T3 aluminum.     

皮质骨断裂力学行为的实验研究

采用稳态裂纹扩展和疲劳裂纹扩展的实验, 研究了牛皮质骨横向和纵向裂纹扩展的断裂力学行为. 沿着两个方向制备了紧凑拉伸(CT)试件. 由于试件尺寸的限制,采用数值计算方法确定了裂纹尖端应力强度因子与裂纹长度的关系. 在实验中, 采用数字图像相关法精确测定裂纹尖端的位置. 由于裂纹沿横向扩展时有较大的偏斜, 将采用$J$积分测量其断裂韧性. 实验结果表明, 在裂纹扩展的一定范围内, 皮质骨的断裂韧度随着裂纹不断扩展而增大, 即表现出上升的阻力曲线(R-curve)性质.而皮质骨的横向裂纹扩展的断裂韧度要远远大于纵向裂纹扩展的断裂韧度, 表现出各向异性的阻力曲线行为. 在疲劳裂纹扩展中, 纵向疲劳裂纹扩展率要大于横向疲劳裂纹扩展率, 这说明皮质骨具有各向异性的疲劳裂纹扩展性质.      

Stress-intensity factor for plain concrete in bending—Prenotched versus precracked beams

A series of experiments conducted to compare the behavior of beams with notches to those with natural cracks has recently been completed. A total of 42 beams with notches formed by casting teflon strips into the concrete were tested to failure. A companion series of 42 beams were statically precracked following the procedure described in Ref. 5. The ranges of crack depth to beam depth varied from 0.3 to 0.7 (nominally). Two strengths of concrete were used and the 3-in.×4-in.×15-in. (span) beams were tested on three-point or four-point bending. Comparisons are made on the basis of computed stress intensity using a finite-element program developed by the writers. Results of this study show the following: (1) in all cases the naturally cracked beams yielded higher failure loads and stress-intensity values than notched beams with the same crack length; (2) the averageK ₁ values for precracked beams were approximately 38 percent, 77 percent and 96 percent greater than for notched beams for crack-depth ratios of 0.3, 0.5 and 0.7 respectively.     

Numerical investigation of ductile tearing in surface cracked pipes using line-springs

Accurate prediction of crack-driving force equations is important in any pipeline fracture assessment program. In highly ductile materials, such as pipeline steel, a considerable amount of stable crack growth can be tolerated before the failure of the structure. The existing methods use simplified analytical procedures to account for ductile tearing, and they often result in conservative critical crack sizes. Further, none of the published numerical tools for modelling crack growth is suitable for engineering applications. This work describes a simple method for simulating through-thickness ductile tearing in surface cracked pipes, using line-spring finite elements. The crack growth resistance curve is used to advance the crack front. The line-spring results are verified using crack growth simulations employing the Gurson damage model. Finally, a detailed parametric study is carried out to examine the effect of ductile tearing on crack driving force relationships in circumferentially surface cracked pipes. The results demonstrate that considering ductile tearing is important in fracture assessment procedures for pipelines.     

初应力条件下超临界CO2气爆致裂规律研究

为研究地下爆破工程中初始地应力条件下超临界CO2气爆的致裂规律,利用自主研发的三轴加载式超临界CO2气爆实验系统,对不同应力组合工况下混凝土试件进行了超临界CO2气爆致裂实验,实验结果表明超临界CO2气爆爆破峰值压力低且高压持续时间长,致裂过程不同于传统炸药爆破,分为动态和准静态过程：应力波将气爆孔附近介质压碎形成粉碎区,在环向拉应力作用下粉碎区周围介质产生径向裂隙的动态过程,高压CO2气体进入裂隙形成气楔,促使裂隙继续扩展的准静态过程,得到了气爆后试件沿最大初始压应力方向开裂的规律。通过理论计算的方法分析了初应力作用下气爆过程中介质应力状态的变化规律,揭示了初应力影响裂纹起裂和扩展的机理：位于气爆孔最大初始压应力方向的介质产生初始环向压应力最小,在超临界CO2径向冲击产生的环向拉应力作用下首先发生开裂;位于气爆孔最小初始压应力方向介质中初始环向压应力最大,开裂所需的径向冲击压力增大,开裂滞后;垂直裂隙方向的应力抑制裂隙的张开而阻碍CO2气体的进入,同时增大了裂隙扩展所需的气楔压力,气楔作用效果大幅减弱,对裂隙扩展的阻碍作用显著。裂隙的扩展速度与扩展距离呈“S型”曲线关系,初始压应力越大,裂隙扩展相同距离降低的速度值越大,且压碎区和裂隙扩展范围逐渐减小。     

Further studies on the hrr field of a moving crack, an experimental analysis

An improved moire interferometry was used to record simultaneously both the vertical and horizontal displacements associated with stable crack growth in uniaxially loaded 5052H32 aluminum, single-edge-notched specimens. For stable crack growth up to 2 mm, the vertical displacement field showed the dominance of the HRR field. The HRR field was detected in the horizontal displacement only at the initial stage of loading. The far and near field J-integrals were path independent during this incremental crack extension period. These and previous results involving 2024-0 and 2024-T3 aluminum specimens indicate that J-characterization of a crack is not valid for these ductile materials in this specimen configuration.     

Stable growth of a crack interacting with a circular inclusion

The problem of failure of a plate containing a circular inclusion and a crack is studied. The crack is oriented along a diameter of the inclusion and the plate is subjected to a remote uniaxial stress perpendicular to the crack axis. The process of slow stable crack growth from initiation to termination is studied by the strain energy density theory. The crack growth is simulated by predicting finite increments of crack extension when material elements near the crack tip absorb a critical amount of strain energy density level, . Unstable crack growth occurs when the strain energy density factor S reaches a critical value where r_c is the critical size of the final crack increment prior to instability. The stress at crack initiation and the critical stress and crack length at failure are determined. The influence of the mechanical properties of the plate and the inclusion, the relative position of the inclusion and the crack and the crack length on the characteristic quantities of stable crack growth is analyzed. The dependence of the stable crack growth process on the loading rate is also investigated. Results are displayed in graphical form.     

Further studies on crack-tip plasticity of rapid tearing

A modified Dugdale model for rapid tearing is reviewed. Further justification of the model is provided by agreements between the measured crack-tip-opening displacement in rapidly tearing polycarbonate specimens and those computed by using the model. The model is then used to determine the residual stresses in an unloaded polycarbonate fracture specimen after crack arrest. The modified Dugdale model is also used to analyze the rapid tearing data of aluminum fracture specimens.     

Fatigue characterization of tire rubber

An investigation of the fatigue behavior of tire rubber was undertaken. The tire rubber used in this work is a blend of natural rubber and polybutadiene. It is vulcanized and filled with carbon black. Fatigue tests were conducted on edge-notched prismatic specimens subjected to tension–tension loading in a displacement-controlled machine. The maximum strain was 8% and the minimum strain was 0.8%. The waveform of the fatigue cycle was sinusoidal at a frequency of 10 Hz. Initial cracks of various lengths were cut into the edge of the rubber specimens with a sharp razor blade. The tearing energy was calculated during the test. A power law relation between the crack growth rate and tearing energy was obtained. The fatigue life of tire rubber was estimated based on the integration of the power law relations and the tearing energy versus fatigue cycles curves in conjunction with the value of the critical tearing energy at crack growth initiation.     

Reducing the effects of rivet holes on fatigue life by adhesive bonding

Rivet holes are potential sites for fatigue crack initiation in aircraft structures. Several methods for improving the life of such details were investigated including coating the surface of the hole with adhesive, cold-expansion of the holes, the insertion of close-fit rivets and the use of adhesively-bonded rivets. Of the various techniques examined, only that involving adhesively-bonded rivets provided any significant improvements in fatigue life. It resulted in a reduction in fatigue crack propagation rate of about 50% compared with that for specimens incorporating open holes.A finite element analysis indicated that adhesive bonding significantly reduces both the local stress concentration at the hole and the stress intensities at the crack tips, thus retarding crack initiation and reducing fatigue crack propagation rates. However, the effective reduction in stress intensity resulting from bonding (about 17%) is much less than the 50% predicted by the finite element analysis. This discrepancy is attributed mainly to shortcomings in the model for defining the characteristics and behaviour of the adhesive.     

Fatigue and fracture of bovine dentin

In this paper, the fatigue and fracture properties of bovine dentin are evaluated usingin vitro experimental analyses. Double cantilever beam (DCB) specimens were prepared from bovine maxillary molars and subjected to zeroto-tension cyclic loads. The fatigue crack growth rate was evaluated as a function of the dentin tubule orientation using the Paris law. Wedge-loaded DCB specimens were also prepared and subjected to monotonic opening loads. Moiré interferometry was used to acquire the in-plane displacement field during stable crack growth, and the instantaneous wedge load and crack length were acquired to evaluate the crack growth resistance and crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) with crack extension. The rate of fatigue crack growth was generally larger for crack propagation occurring perpendicular to the dentin tubules. The Moiré fringe fields documented during monotonic crack growth exhibited non-linear deformation occurring within a confined region adjacent to the crack tip. Both the wedge load and CTOD response provided evidence that a fracture process zone contributes to energy dissipation during crack extension and that dentin exhibits a risingR-curve behavior. Results from this preliminary investigation are being used as a guide for an evaluation of the fatigue and fracture properties of human dentin.     

A UNIVERSAL CRACK EXTENSION CRITERION BASED ON THE EQUIVALENT STRESS GRADIENT:I.THEORY AND NUMERICAL VERIFICATION

In this contribution,the microscopic fracture mechanism and extension criterion for mixed type crack in ductile material under plane mixed mode loading are investigated in details.A universal extension...     

93W杆式弹超高速撞击多层Q345钢靶毁伤及微观分析

为了解杆式弹超高速撞击多层薄钢靶的破坏过程及毁伤机理,开展了克级93W杆式弹正撞击多层Q345钢靶实验及数值模拟研究,通过扫描电子显微镜（scanning electron microscope,SEM）及金相显微镜,分析了超高速撞击实验后靶板材料的微观组织及成分。结果表明,超高速撞击作用下,靶板呈现出“翻唇”穿孔变形、花瓣状塑性变形、撕裂、撞击成坑及鼓包等破坏模式。靶板前3层毁伤以超高速穿孔为主,孔洞数目多但面积小,后几层靶板毁伤孔洞数目少且孔径呈先增大后减小趋势。微观分析表明靶材在强冲击压力下发生晶粒碎化、熔化及再结晶,撞击过程中会形成微孔聚集与微裂纹,可见靶板失效主要是熔融混合物冷却过程中产生的热应力与切应力下的剪切撕裂综合作用的结果。