海洋平台K型管节点的疲劳裂纹扩展分析Ⅰ:试验测试

对承受疲劳载荷的海洋平台K型管节点首先进行了静力测试,确定了沿着焊缝的热应力区的应力分布及热应力区最大应力点的位置,从而判断裂纹产生的位置;然后通过专用测试设备提供循环疲劳载荷,用ACPD(Alternating Current Potential Drop,即交流电流势能落差法)技术检测裂纹的产生和增长过程,得到裂纹最深点,用S-N曲线估算其疲劳寿命。对已有裂纹的K型管节点,用应力强度因子估计其剩余寿命。同时用测试的结果验证了S-N的准确性和可靠性。     

海洋平台K型管节点的疲劳裂纹扩展分析 II:数值分析

对于已含初始裂纹平台管节点的寿命预测很大程度上依靠应力强度因子的精确值,而复杂载荷条件下的节点应力强度因子的计算尚无参数方程直接确定。本文提出了一种含表面裂纹的K节点的有限元网格产生方法,即把整个K节点划分为几个子区域,每个子区域的网格具有不同类型的单元和不同的密度。这种方法在控制网格密度,尤其是控制沿着裂纹边缘单元的边长比方面有其独特的优越性,当所有子区域的网格自动产生后,容易得到整个结构的有限元模型。同时用J积分和位移外推插值法分别计算了一个K型节点沿着裂纹前缘的应力强度因子值,发现:试验得到的应力强度因子值和提出的模型计算结果非常吻合,证明了所提有限元模型的准确性。     

海洋平台K型管节点的疲劳裂纹扩展分析Ⅱ:数值分析

对于已含初始裂纹平台管节点的寿命预测很大程度上依靠应力强度因子的精确值,而复杂载荷条件下的节点应力强度因子的计算尚无参数方程直接确定.本文提出了一种含表面裂纹的K节点的有限元网格产生方法,即把整个K节点划分为几个子区域,每个子区域的网格具有不同类型的单元和不同的密度.这种方法在控制网格密度,尤其是控制沿着裂纹边缘单元的边长比方面有其独特的优越性,当所有子区域的网格自动产生后,容易得到整个结构的有限元模型.同时用J积分和位移外推插值法分别计算了一个K型节点沿着裂纹前缘的应力强度因子值,发现:试验得到的应力强度因子值和提出的模型计算结果非常吻合,证明了所提有限元模型的准确性.     

复合加载下疲劳裂纹扩展速率研究

本文提出了一种计算曲折裂纹尖端应力强度因子的简单方法。对一种油井钻杆材料在不同Ⅰ－Ⅱ复合比加载下的疲劳裂纹扩展行为的研究表明，Ⅱ型成分成对裂纹扩展速率有两种趋势相反的影响作用，并得到了一个计算复合型裂纹扩展速率的Ｐａｒｉｓ形式的公式。     

疲劳裂纹扩展过程中△K理论值的修正

通过聚碳酸酯紧凑拉伸试件的疲劳裂纹扩展速率试验和同时进行的光弹性实验,作者发现随着疲劳裂纹的扩展在裂纹尖端附近产生逐渐加强和扩大的残余应力场,揭示出了裂纹尖端附近的闭合效应的存在,它将使应力强度因子降低.因此,疲劳裂纹扩展过程中应力强度因子幅度△K 的理论值应该修正。本文提出了一种简便有效的修正方案.     

钢轨表面三维疲劳裂纹扩展数值分析

在车轮循环滚动接触载荷作用下,钢轨接触表面裂纹问题频发,严重威胁高速列车运行安全,开展钢轨表面三维滚动接触疲劳裂纹扩展分析意义重大.首先,考虑不同初始裂纹角度,建立钢轨轨头含初始裂纹的三维有限元模型,对钢轨表面施加循环滚动接触载荷,进行轮轨滚动接触计算;然后,基于相互作用积分法计算裂纹前缘的应力强度因子;最后,采用最大周向应力准则和Paris公式计算当前状态下裂纹扩展方向和扩展速率,进而更新下一时刻的裂纹形状和尺寸.通过对上述过程重复实现,从而预测钢轨表面三维裂纹的扩展路径.加载过程中裂纹前缘应力强度因子计算结果表明,随着初始裂纹角度增加,K_Ⅰ的峰值逐渐减小,K_Ⅱ的峰值逐渐增大,裂纹前缘各位置的等效应力强度因子逐渐减小;裂纹前缘节点的位置越靠近钢轨表面,等效应力强度因子越大.疲劳裂纹扩展计算结果表明,随着循环次数的增加,不同初始角度下的裂纹都发生了偏折,逐渐朝着钢轨深度方向扩展,且裂纹的初始角度越大,发生扩展时需要的循环次数越多.对比三种初始裂纹角度下裂纹长度随循环次数的演化曲线可以发现,初始裂纹角度越小,裂纹扩展速率越大.所开发的方法也适用...     

旋转防喷器壳体疲劳裂纹扩展研究

受井内高压和岩屑颗粒反复碰撞,旋转防喷器壳体会出现裂纹,裂纹的进一步扩展会导致壳体发生破裂。本研究基于Paris公式研究旋转防喷器壳体的疲劳裂纹扩展寿命,通过疲劳裂纹扩展试验确定Paris公式的材料常数,通过有限元模拟对CT试样进行疲劳裂纹扩展研究,分析初始裂纹尺寸、载荷大小的影响。结果显示：实验结果与有限元仿真结果能较好吻合;随着初始裂纹尺寸的增加,裂纹前缘应力强度因子逐渐增大,初始裂纹开始扩展,深度亦会随应力幅和应力比的增大而增大,而裂纹扩展寿命随着裂纹长度和载荷增大而减小,随着应力比的增大而增大。该研究为旋转防喷器安全使用提供一定的理论依据和研究方法。     

CTS试件中复合型疲劳裂纹扩展

针对复合型循环载荷作用下的金属构件中的裂纹扩展问题进行了实验分析和理论建模. 首先 采用紧凑拉剪试件(CTS)和 Richard研制的复合型载荷加载装置，对承受复合型循环载荷的裂纹进行了实验研究. 实验选择了两种金属材料试件，分别承受3种形式的复合型循环载荷的作用，在裂纹尖端具 有相同的初始应力场强度的条件下考察复合型循环载荷对裂纹扩展规律的影响. 实验结果表明，疲劳裂纹的扩展速率与加载角度有关. 对于同样金属材料的试件，当裂尖处 初始应力场强度相等时，载荷越接近于II型，裂纹增长速率越快. 采用等效应力强度 因子(I型和II型应力强度因子的组合)、裂纹扩展速率及复合强度等参数，以实验数据为 基础，建立了一个疲劳裂纹扩展模型，用来预测裂纹在不同模式疲劳载荷作用下的扩展速率. 为验证其有效性，该模型被应用于钢制试件的数值模拟计算中. 实验结果与模拟计算曲线保 持一致，表明该模型可以用来估算带裂纹金属构件的寿命.     

一种经验型疲劳小裂纹扩展模型

金属材料疲劳寿命由裂纹萌生和裂纹扩展寿命两部分组成,其中对于萌生寿命中的小裂纹分析是精确描述裂纹萌生寿命的关键．而小裂纹在扩展过程中由于尺寸相对较小,导致传统线弹性断裂力学预测方法失效,需要对其进行改进,考虑裂纹尖端塑性区引起的残余压应力对小裂纹扩展速度的影响．本文针对此问题进行了初步分析,通过对塑性区引起的残余应力的量化,结合小裂纹门槛值特性,提出了一种经验型修正的小裂纹扩展模型,用于定量预测裂纹的萌生寿命．使用铝合金6082-T6缺口试样进行了疲劳实验,并与理论结果进行了对比,验证了所提模型的有效性．     

表面裂纹疲劳扩展形状演化预测

应用新的应力强度因子经验公式预测了拉伸和纯弯曲载荷下疲劳扩展过程中表面裂纹形状的演化,并与Newman和Raju的经验公式以及实验结果进行了比较。结果表明:虽然对应力强度因子估算有一定差别,但两者对裂纹形状演化的预测有很好的一致性,预测结果与实验结果也比较吻合,从而表明所提出的经验公式能够用于预测疲劳扩展过程中表面裂纹形状演化。     

Fatigue crack propagation life analysis of solder joints under thermal cyclic loading

Fatigue crack propagation life analysis of solder joints under thermal cyclic loadings was investigated by the strain energy release rate method using finite element analysis. A relationship between the crack-growth rate and the strain energy release rate was derived. Finite element simulations were carried out to investigate the effect of crack growth along the interface of solder and lead in a solder joint assembly. The crack propagation life of the solder joint with an interface crack was predicted from the derived relationship between crack growth rate and values of the strain energy release rate. It was found that crack propagation life is much higher than the crack initiation life.     

Fatigue crack propagation in a quasi-one-dimensional elasto-plastic model

Fatigue crack advance induced by the application of cyclic quasistatic loads is investigated both numerically and analytically using a lattice spring model. The system has a quasi-one-dimensional geometry, and consists in two symmetrical chains that are pulled apart, thus breaking springs which connect them, and producing the advance of a crack. Quasistatic crack advance occurs as a consequence of the plasticity included in the springs which form the chains, and that implies a history dependent stress–strain curve for each spring. The continuous limit of the model allows a detailed analytical treatment that gives physical insight of the propagation mechanism. This simple model captures key features that cause well known phenomenology in fatigue crack propagation, in particular a Paris-like law of crack advance under cyclic loading, and the overload retardation effect.     

Fatigue crack initaition and propagation from hole defects

The aim of this study is to investigate the interaction of two hole defects affecting fatigue crack initiation life and propagation behavior. The location of two hole defects was characterized by an angle of alignment and the distance between the centers of two hole defects. The fatigue cracking behavior is studies under bending for AI 5086. When defects are located close to each other, the fatigue crack initiation lives are varied with their relative locations. In the experiments, the area of the local plastic stratin strongly played a role in the fatigue crack initiation lives. Therefore, the authors introduce a parameter which contains the plastic deformation are at stress concentrations and proposed a fatigue crack initiation life prediction curve. In addition, the directions and propagation rates of fatigue cracks initiated at two hole defects were studied experimentally.     

Intersonic crack propagation along interfaces: Experimental observations and analysis

The isochromatic fringe patterns surrounding an intersonically propagating interface crack are developed and characterized using the recently developed stress field equations. A parametric investigation is conducted to study the influence of various parameters such as the crack-tip velocity and the contact coefficient on the isochromatic fringe patterns. It has been observed that the crack-tip velocity has a significant effect on the size and shape of isochromatic fringe patterns. The contact coefficient, on the other hand, does not affect the fringe pattern significantly. The paper also presents a numerical scheme to extract various parameters of interest such as the series coefficients of the stress field, the contact coefficient and the dissipation energy. The results show that the crack growth is highly unstable in the intersonic regime, and the energy dissipation decreases monotonically with increasing crack-tip velocity. The experimental data fit well with the recently proposed fracture criterion for intersonic interfacial fracture.     

Shock unsteadiness creation and propagation: experimental analysis

The possibility of creating unsteady distortions of the tip shock by waves emitted from an aircraft is assessed experimentally. The model chosen is a cylindrical fore body equipped with a spike. This configuration is known for generating an important level of unsteadiness around the spike in supersonic regime. The wind tunnel Mach number is equal to 2. The experiments show that waves emitted from this source propagate along the tip shock and interact with it. It is then assessed that this interaction produces a periodic distortion of the shock that propagates to the external flow. Unsteady pressure sensors, high speed schlieren films, hot wire probing and laser Doppler velocimetry are used as complementary experimental means. The final result is a coherent representation of the complex mechanism of wave propagation that has been evidenced. The principle of creating unsteady shock deformation by onboard equipments could be examined as a possibly promising method of sonic boom control.     

Experimental analysis of propagation of fatigue crack on gears

Gears of different sizes and with different systems of loading are indispensable components of machines and devices. When optimizing such gear assemblies, on of the most important parameters is their required service life. To calculate the service life as precisely and reliably as possible, researchers need to use the required mathematical models for describing loading, the geometry, properties of materials and fracture mechanics parameters. The accuracy and reliability of the gear model assemblies can be compared only with appropriate experimental results. To this end, the authors have used and developed a series of methods and test pieces. A comparison of results has shown that the models and approaches are adequate.     

A photoelastic and FEM analysis of interfacial crack propagation

The linear elastic solution for the bimaterial interface crack is applied to determine the direction of crack propagation during surface-layer removal by scraping. The direction of the load which must be applied to the free end of the surface layer for continued interfacial crack propagation is determined using photoelasticity and finite elements, and results are found to be in good agreement.Paper was presented at the 1990 SEM Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics held in Albuquerque, NM on June 3–6.