Linear coupled bending and extension of an unbalanced bonded repair

An unbalanced repair is a composite patch bonded to one side of a cracked structure for the purpose of preventing or reducing damage growth in the substrate. A single-sided repair offsets the load path within the structure, inducing out-of-plane bending. This bending increases the stress intensity in the underlying crack and causes adhesive peel stresses and bending of the repair which can, relative to a repair that is restrained against bending, lead to early failure. In this article the authors correct the analysis of Wang and Rose [Wang, C.H., Rose, L.R.F., 1997. On the design of bonded patches for one-sided repair. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Composite materials, Gold Coast, Australia, vol. 5, pp. 347–356] developed by using an energy analysis of a single-sided or unbalanced repair applied to a very long-crack, to comply with Maxwell’s reciprocal theorem and to account for transverse normal and shear stresses at the crack tip and the accompanying shear deflections. The authors then develop closed-form equations useful for bonded composite repair design and damage tolerance assessment of cracks of arbitrary length by developing a new method for interpolation between this long-crack limit and a short-crack limit based on the stress intensity and crack face displacements for an unreinforced crack. The interpolation method is then tested against an advanced line-spring model that has been created by using a 6th order generalized plane strain plate formulation in extension and a new 8th order formulation in bending, thus allowing for the inclusion of transverse shear and normal stresses. The closed-form equations are found to be accurate when compared to the line-spring model, and to provide reasonable results when compared to a three-dimensional finite element model of a bonded repair. Inaccuracies are shown to exist principally in the determination of the nominal stresses in the vicinity of the crack.     

Preface

The BFRP crack-patching technique has been applied to the field repair of fatigue cracks in the aluminium alloy wing skins of Mirage III fighter aircraft. Finite-element procedures were used in patch design. The repair was qualified using fatigue-crack propagation studies on panels simulating the cracked and repaired area. A field support unit was designed to allow repairs to be carried out by air force personnel during routine maintenance of the aircraft. To date over 150 patches have been applied and nearly three years of operational history gained. While some crack growth was observed after repair of a few wings, the patch stopped further growth and no wing skin has required further repair.     

Composite patch reinforcement of cracked aircraft upper longeron: analysis and specimen simulation

The use of composite patches on cracked portions of metallic aircraft structures is an accepted means of improving fatigue life and attaining high structural efficiency. As more and more advanced composite materials are beng developed, the wider use of the repair technology is anticipated even for the reinforcement of primary aircraft structure. The objective of this work is to illustrate how the composite patch repair technology can be successfully applied to restore the structural integrity of cracked components.The Phosphoric Acid Anodize (PAA) surface treatment on aluminum when applied in conjunction with the AVI13/HV998 adhesive were essential for achieving the appropriate patch bonding strength. Such a process was done without immersing the component into the PAA tank; dismantling the component from the aircraft was not necessary. Boron/epoxy and carbon/epoxy patches were applied at room temperature to the 7075-T6511 cracked specimens and tested under fatigue simulating the load spectrum for the upper longeron attached to the access door of the electronic equipment bay. Considerable improvement in the fatigue life was observed after the repair. Equivalent flight test hours were increased from approximately two thousand hours at which the component fractured completely when not repired to twelve thousand hours when the repair was made with only a small amount of crack growth. A six times increase fatigue life is obtained. The laboratory developed technique has been applied to several in-service aircraft which have now been flown for more than 700 h without detection of crack growth.     

Edge-cracked stiffened panels analyzed by caustics

Externally bonded composite patches have been proven to be an effective method for repairing damaged aircraft structural components. They are ease in application and provide excellent in-service performance. The major function of a repair is to reduce the stress intensity factor at the crack tip. Calculation of stress intensity factor of a repaired crack has been performed by analytical and numerical methods. However, these methods are based on simplifying assumptions regarding material behavior and repair conditions. In the present paper an experimental determination of mode-I stress intensity factor (SIF), K_I, at the tip of an edge-crack or a V-notch reinforced with double bonded strips or with compression pre-stresses applied along the crack surfaces is undertaken by using the optical method of caustics. This method is simple in its application and has successfully been used for the solution of a host of crack problems of engineering importance.     

The stress intensity factors near the tips of two collinear cracks in composite under in-plane shear

In this paper, the stress-intensity factors for two collinear cracks in a composite bonded by an isotropic and an anisotropic half-plane were calculated. The cracks are paralell to the interface, and the crack surfaces are loaded by uniform shear stresses. By using Fourier transform, the mixed boundary value problem is reduced to a set of singular integral equations. For solving the integral equations, the crack surface displacements are expanded in triangular series and the unknown coefficients in the series are determined by the Schmidt method. The stress intensity factors for the cracks in the boron-fibre plastics and aluminium joined composite and in carbon-fibre reinforced plastics were calculated numerically.     

复合材料胶接修补问题的试验研究和分析

用带中心裂纹的Ｌｙ１２ＣＺ铝合金板模拟飞机的损伤结构,对于不同的修补方式（单边和双边修补）,不同的补片材料（铝合金和复合材料）和几何尺寸以及脱胶等因素,进行了静强度和疲劳裂纹扩展试验． 实验表明． 胶结修补能明显地提高损伤结构的强度和疲劳寿命,同时实验还为修补实践的选材和几何参数的设计等提供了大量数据． 文中最后给出了修补结构疲劳裂纹的有限元计算估计,并与试验结果进行了比较和分析．     

Fracture mechanics and crack contact analyses of the active repair of multi-layered piezoelectric patches bonded on cracked structures

In this paper, two-dimensional plane strain finite element analyses of the active repair for cracked structures by using multi-layered piezoelectric patches have been studied. The reductions of stress intensity factors and strain energy density factor at the crack tips are obtained. Also, the repair voltages for various conditions are obtained for estimating the repair performances. Lower repair voltage is a better choice because it is low-energy-consuming and safer for the operation. From the results of numerical fracture mechanics, it shows the crack contact conditions must be considered in the analysis. However, the friction on the crack has few effects on the repair performances for this mode-I dominated case. The better design choices for the piezoelectric patch are as follows: increasing the layer number, increasing the patch length, and reducing the patch thickness. In additions, it is not a good idea to use higher input voltage that is larger than the repair voltage because it will enlarge the crack open near the crack tip. Too long patch length has no advantage for the active repair.     

复合材料承受剪切时双裂纹周围的应力强度因子

本文研究了由各向同性和各向异性半无限接合而成的复合材料中的应力强度因子问题，在复合材料的接合面附近处具有与接合面平行且共线的两个Ｇｒｉｆｆｉｔｈ裂纹，裂纹面上作用有剪应力，本文利用付利叶变换将混合边值问题归毕为求解奇异积分方程问题，为求解这些方程，将裂纹面上，下的位移差展成级数，并满足理解纹面外侧边界条件，级数中的待定系数利用裂纹面内的边界条件和施密特方法求得，本文对硼纤维塑料和铝板接合的复合材料     

腐蚀环境下复合材料修补件力学特性研究

采用复合材料补片胶接修补含裂纹LY12CZ铝合金板,开展了试验室大气环境和加速预腐蚀环境下复合材料修补件静强度拉伸和疲劳裂纹扩展对比试验研究.结果表明,复合材料补片均能显著提高损伤结构的拉伸强度和疲劳寿命,且短周期的预腐蚀环境对修补件两种力学特性的影响可以忽略不计.同时,基于Paris公式和Rose分析模型,建立了常规环境和预腐蚀环境下疲劳裂纹扩展寿命预测模型,通过与试验结果的对比证明了该模型的工程有效性.     

Dynamic stress intensity factors for two parallel interface cracks between a nonhomogeneous bonding layer and two dissimilar elastic half-planes subject to an impact load

Some composite materials are constructed of two dissimilar half-planes bonded by a nonhomogeneous elastic layer. In the present study, a crack is situated at the interface between the upper half-plane and the bonding layer of such a material, and another crack is located at the interface between the lower half-plane and the bonding layer. The material properties of the bonding layer vary continuously from those of the lower half-plane to those of the upper half-plane. Incoming shock stress waves impinge upon the two interface cracks normal to their surfaces. Fourier transformations were used to reduce the boundary conditions for the cracks to two pairs of dual integral equations in the Laplace domain. To solve these equations, the differences in the crack surface displacements were expanded in a series of functions that are zero-valued outside the cracks. The unknown coefficients in the series were solved using the Schmidt method so as to satisfy the conditions inside the cracks. The stress intensity factors were defined in the Laplace domain and were inverted numerically to physical space. Dynamic stress intensity factors were calculated numerically for selected crack configurations.     

裂纹扩展独立于网格的一种有限元单元子划分方法

提出了一种有限元模拟裂纹扩展的单元子划分结合子结构的方法。本方法中,裂纹可以进入或穿过一个单元,或沿单元的边界扩展,因此裂纹可以沿任意路径扩展而不受初始网格的限制。对上述几类包含裂纹的单元按照裂纹的路径进行子划分,覆盖一条裂纹的所有子划分单元就组成了一个子结构,子结构规模随裂纹的扩展而增大。子结构中因单元子划分而新增的结点自由度,通过自由度的凝聚用初始网格结点的自由度表示,因此结构整体分析的总自由度不变。以上述方法为基础建立了裂纹萌生和扩展的准则。用本文的方法分析了单（双）材料无限大平面中心（界面）裂纹的裂尖场,验证了本文方法的精度,并模拟了颗粒复合材料中微裂纹在颗粒、基体和界面中逐步扩展的过程,考核了本文方法对复杂裂纹扩展问题模拟的适用性。     

颗粒缺陷相互作用下复合材料的细观损伤模型

含尖角的非椭球颗粒附近应力集中较大,诱导缺陷形成裂纹是材料损伤的重要来源.对于强界面颗粒,大刚度颗粒诱导裂纹向基体中扩展形成近似平面片状裂纹,认为诱导裂纹受颗粒应力附近应力场控制,基于有效自洽理论建立了材料细观损伤模型,得到了单向拉伸下的损伤演化,并分析了颗粒形状、尺寸、颗粒性能以及颗粒与初始缺陷相对位置等因素对材料损伤的影响.结果表明,非椭球颗粒更易诱发裂纹,同样外载应力下,损伤程度更大,含非椭球颗粒材料强度更低;含扁平型的颗粒材料裂纹损伤过程更加明显并且材料强度更大;提高颗粒刚度和含量能够增大材料强度.材料中存在尺寸过大或过小的初始裂纹时材料损伤过程不明显.     

节理充填物厚度对运动裂纹扩展的影响

为研究冲击载荷作用下节理充填物厚度对裂纹扩展行为的影响,以石膏为有机玻璃预制裂纹充填物,利用新型数字激光动态焦散线实验系统,对3种不同节理充填物厚度的有机玻璃进行三点弯冲击实验。实验结果表明,相同冲击载荷作用下,竖向预制裂纹均竖直向上扩展,是典型的Ⅰ型裂纹,充填物越厚,竖向裂纹越容易起裂。竖直裂纹扩展至水平预制裂纹后,充填物厚度为1、3、5 mm的试件的水平预制裂纹汇聚能量的时间分别为433、2 200、2 580 μs,起裂时的应力强度因子分别为635.2、742.4、906.8 kN/m3/2,表明充填物越厚,水平裂纹越难起裂。水平预制裂纹扩展过程中共发生2次曲裂,是典型的Ⅰ-Ⅱ复合型裂纹,节理充填物越厚,其扩展轨迹越弯曲;当裂纹扩展至距离试件上边界3 mm时,扩展方向偏离第1次裂纹曲裂切线而朝向试件上边界扩展,试件最终断裂,测量发现充填物厚度为1、3、5 mm的试件的断裂点与冲击载荷作用点的距离分别为16.5、11.0、6.0 mm。     

Bridging effects in cracked laminates under thermal gradients

An approach for the coupled thermomechanical analysis of composite structures with bridged cracks is described. A crack bridging law is presented that accounts for breakdown of load as well as of heat transfer across the crack with increasing crack opening. The crack bridging law is implemented into a finite element framework as a cohesive zone model and is used for the investigation of unidirectional laminates under prescribed temperature gradients. The effects of crack bridging parameters on energy release rates, mode mixity and crack heat flux is discussed for boundary conditions which lead to crack opening either through bending deformation or delamination buckling.     

Induced damage by ellipsoidal cracks in an anisotropic medium

This paper is concerned with an estimation of the effective elastic properties of an anisotropic body permeated by ellipsoidal cracks following the Eshelbys method. The classical integral expression of the P-tensor, the symmetrised derivative of the Greens tensor, is given for a 3D defined crack embedded in an anisotropic medium. The numerical evaluation of the P-tensor is validated with several limiting cases of simplified geometry cracks. The interest of a 3D representation of the cracks is shown with several applications: influence of the ellipticity and crack thickness aspect ratios, growing cracks. To conclude, a comparison between theoretical results and experimental data is done for the load-induced change of the compliance tensor for a damaged composite material.     

A thermomechanical cohesive zone model for bridged delamination cracks

The coupled thermomechanical numerical analysis of composite laminates with bridged delamination cracks loaded by a temperature gradient is described. The numerical approach presented is based on the framework of a cohesive zone model. A traction-separation law is presented which accounts for breakdown of the micromechanisms responsible for load transfer across bridged delamination cracks. The load transfer behavior is coupled to heat conduction across the bridged delamination crack. The coupled crack-bridging model is implemented into a finite element framework as a thermomechanical cohesive zone model (CZM). The fundamental response of the thermomechanical CZM is described. Subsequently, bridged delamination cracks of fixed lengths are studied. Values of the crack tip energy release rate and of the crack heat flux are computed to characterize the loading of the structure. Specimen geometries are considered that lead to crack opening through bending deformation and buckling delamination. The influence of critical mechanical and thermal parameters of the bridging zone on the thermomechanical delamination behavior is discussed. Bridging fibers not only contribute to crack conductance, but by keeping the crack opening small they allow heat flux across the delamination crack to be sustained longer, and thereby contribute to reduced levels of thermal stresses. The micro-mechanism based cohesive zone model allows the assessment of the effectiveness of the individual mechanisms contributing to the thermomechanical crack bridging embedded into the structural analysis.     

A Theoretical Model for the Simulation of Microdamage Accumulation and Repair in Compact Bone*

This paper describes a new theoretical approach to bone microdamage, in which a population of cracks is explicitly modelled. A given sample of bone is assumed to contain a certain number of cracks, whose growth characteristics are described with an equation containing stochastic variables to create statistical differences from one crack to another. This type of model allows us to predict a wide variety of data. The present paper illustrates the different types of prediction which can be made, including: (i) standard damage parameters such as the number and length of cracks and the reduction in stiffness; (ii) fatigue test data such as the number of cycles to failure as a function of stress level, including scatter; (iii) effects due to the living system, including repair, remodelling and adaptation. A useful feature of the model is our ability to examine the statistics of the crack population in detail to find, for example, the number of cracks which are potentially dangerous as opposed to those which are dormant, and to investigate the reasons for increased crack numbers in the bones of older people. The potential also exists to use the model to investigate different theories of bone remodelling and adaptation.     

多裂纹扩展的数值流形法

数值流形法的求解体系建立在两套覆盖(包括数学覆盖和物理覆盖) 和接触环路的基础之上,实现了对连续和非连续问题的统一求解. 在处理裂纹问题时,数学覆盖无需与裂纹重合,方便岩体破坏过程的模拟. 通过在裂纹尖端影响区域内的物理片上增加用于模拟应力奇异性的增强位移函数,发展了扩展的数值流形法. 在此基础上,提出一种多裂纹扩展的控制算法,并给出了裂纹扩展过程中材料体的整体响应. 针对典型的线弹性断裂力学问题, 给出的数值算例表明所建议的方法是正确有效的.      

Stress state around cracks on the boundary of a hole in a photoelastic orthotropic plate under creep

The stress–strain state near cracks on the boundary of a circular hole in a linear elastic orthotropic composite plate under tension is analyzed. The distribution of stress intensity factors (SIFs) at the crack tip is found from photoelectric measurements. The dependence of the SIFs on the ratio of crack length to hole radius and on the mechanical properties of the material is established     

孔边裂纹对SH波的散射及其动应力强度因子

采用Ｇｒｅｅｎ函数法研究任意有限长度的孔边裂纹对ＳＨ波的散射和裂纹尖端场动应力强度因子的求解．取含有半圆形缺口的弹性半空间水平表面上任意一点承受时间谐和的出平面线源荷载作用时位移函数的基本解作为Ｇｒｅｅｎ函数,采用裂纹“切割”方法并根据连接条件建立起问题的定解积分方程,得到动应力强度因子的封闭解答．最后给出了孔边裂纹动应力强度因子的算例和结果,并讨论了圆孔的存在对动应力强度因子的影响