伪弹性TiNi合金圆薄板的准静态力学行为实验研究

采用阴影云纹和应变片方法对伪弹性TiNi合金圆板在固支条件下的准静态力学行为进行了实验研究,得到了载荷位移曲线、全场离面位移和局部应变等数据.载荷位移曲线呈现非线性、滞回耗能和无残余变形的特性,表明试样已经发生马氏体相变.应变测量显示,相变局限于加载中心较小区域,相变区内,环向应变大于径向应变,且拉伸侧应变大于压缩侧的应变.有限元模拟揭示出相变区内两侧表层的相变范围、相变铰区和马氏体相含量的不对称分布规律.     

马氏体相变过程中形核、失稳及多界面微结构的动力学模拟

材料发生相变的过程中会出现失稳、滞后回线及多界面的微结构等复杂现象，而稳定性的丧失使其动力学方程的求解十分困难。对于形状记忆合金中的马氏体相变，相变过程中材料的等效杨氏模量变为负值，使得传统的动力学方程成为病态的，无法直接求解，必须要进行正则化。而相变的滞后回线与微结构的出现也说明经典的弹性理论不再适用，必须要引入新的能量项以能刻画这些现象。本文在非线性弹性理论的框架下，引入应变梯度界面能和位移非均匀能，利用变分原理建立了材料相变的一维动力学模型。高阶项的引入极大地改善了方程的性质，使数值求解成为可能。计算结果表明，该模型确能较有效地描述相变时的失稳与微结构。     

形状记忆合金单晶细观本构关系的一种相变动力学模型及算法

形状记忆合金是由马氏体相和奥氏体相组成的非均质材料,热力载荷及相变不可避免地在材料中引起残余微应力场,它与外界驱动力的叠加可能导致低应力水平下发生马氏体相变或逆相变.论文假设马氏体相变及逆相变的驱动力是马氏体体积分数的连续函数,发展了形状记忆合金伪弹性的本构描述及相应的数值分析方法.分析表明,所发展的方法与理想相变模型间的误差远小于已有工作中引入的容许误差.对形状记忆合金单晶伪弹性响应的计算结果与试验结果或已有模型计算结果的比较表明所发展的方法具有较高的精度.此外,所发展的方法具有明晰的物理背景,且无需对每个变体的相变发生与否及其方向进行判断,简化了计算过程,提高了计算效率和收敛性.     

马氏体相变微结构演化过程的模拟与分析

实验中观察到形状记忆合金在应力诱发马氏体相变过程中,出现多界面的微结构,马氏体相会逐渐长大变粗,同时会出现由马氏体形核造成的应力突然降低.用多阱的弹性能函数来刻画此相变与微结构演化过程,发现相变时会出现多界面的微结构且伴随着马氏体相的形核至奥氏体相的消失过程,出现了界面数先增后减的变化,同时应力会出现跳跃而不连续.相对应的动力学模型的有限差分的计算结果同样显示形核时出现了多界面的微结构并伴随着应力的大幅振荡,随着载荷的增加界面位置随之移动,使得马氏体相区域逐渐长大.理论分析与数值模拟的结果较好地刻画了实验中观察到的马氏体相变过程中的形核,产生多界面,再到马氏体逐渐长大这一微结构的演化过程.     

非线性流体弹性力学研究进展

流体弹性力学理论是用来描述液体、气体的运动与弹性结构相互作用的学科.由于其交叉性质, 涉及到人类日常生活中的方方面面,致使在许多学科和工程领域中都成了主要的研究内容,并得到了广泛地应用.本文在阐述研究流体与弹性体相互作用的非线性问题的重要意义及分类方法的基础上,介绍了非线性流体弹性力学的特征、研究现状和非线性问题的研究方法,如理论分析法、实验分析法、数值分析法和半解析法等的进展;介绍了描述介质相互作用的任意拉格朗日-欧拉(ALE)法、相容拉格朗日-欧拉(ULE)法、单一拉格朗日(SL)法和单一欧拉(SE)法之间的关系,并且对这些研究方法的优缺点进行了比较;介绍了非线性流体弹性力学研究的内容和在气动弹性力学、水弹性力学、环境流体弹性力学、微尺度流体弹性力学和涡激振动等领域中的应用;阐述了非线性流体弹性力学的发展前景和所面临的任务.      

TiNi合金圆柱薄壳静压屈曲失稳特性的实验研究

对马氏体相变支配的伪弹性TiNi合金圆柱薄壳进行了准静态屈曲实验研究和分析,结果表明,TiNi柱壳的屈曲模态以非轴对称钻石型为主,卸载时可恢复,与马氏体相变和相变铰的行为相关,明显不同于传统弹塑性柱壳。还讨论了长径比和边界条件对屈曲模态、比能、临界失稳阈值等的影响。研究发现：随着长径比和边界条件的变化,TiNi圆柱薄壳呈现出多样化的屈曲模态发展。相同长径比下,两端简支的TiNi圆柱薄壳比能Se较大;随着长径比增大,边界条件的影响有逐步弱化趋势。相同边界条件下,长径比较小的TiNi圆柱薄壳比能较大。     

相变温度对NiTi形状记忆合金耐磨性的影响

利用WMW-1型摩擦磨损试验机研究了在相同条件下相变温度对6种NiTi形状记忆合金耐磨性的影响,并分析其磨损机制.结果表明:超弹状态NiTi合金具有热弹性马氏体相变、高阻尼效应、应力诱发马氏体和超弹性等特性而使得其耐磨性较好,合金的耐磨性主要取决于相变温度、Ni原子的析出情况和合金硬度.     

具有体膨胀和剪切效应的结构陶瓷相变塑性细观本构模型:Ⅰ.非比例加载历史

本文在对结构陶瓷的四方至单斜(t→m)马氏体相变进行细观力学、热力学和微观机制分析的基础上,导出了在非比例加载条件下考虑材料的体膨胀和剪切效应的相变塑性细观本构模型。作者首次采用 Mori-Tanaka 方法以自洽的方式导出了材料构元的 Helmho-ltz 自由能及余能函数的解析表达式,它是外加宏观应力(或应变)、温度、相变夹杂体积分数以及夹杂内平均相变应变的函数,其中夹杂体积分数和平均相变应变为描述材料构元微结构变化的内变量。最后按 Hill-Rice 本构理论框架导出相变塑性屈服面方程及增量本构关系。     

TiNi合金圆薄板的横向冲击特性实验

利用改装的霍普金森压杆装置对周边固支伪弹性TiNi合金圆薄板进行了冲击实验,初步得到了该结构在时空2个尺度上的动态力学响应的演变发展现象和规律,包括板中弯曲波的传播、相变区的演化和全场的离面位移等,并和A3钢做了对比。结果表明,由于圆板的二维扩散效应,冲击过程中仅在TiNi板中心很小区域(约5 mm)内形成相变区和相变铰,卸载后相变铰消失,钢试件则留下明显的残余变形。TiNi合金圆板的冲击特性受热弹性马氏体相变和逆相变的支配,不同于传统的弹塑性机制。     

弹性力学非线性反演方法概述

考虑正演模型和观测数据确定性性质的不同, 对弹性力学反问题解的定义进行了归纳总结. 非线性和不适定性是反问题理论研究和工程应用的瓶颈问题, 对反问题非线性和不适定性的有效处理方法进行了总结.并在此基础上介绍了非线性反演问题求解方法的一些最新进展, 对弹性力学非线性反演方法进行了归纳分类.     

Non-equilibrium,nonlinear critical layers in laminar-turbulent transition

We describe some recent developments of high-Reynolds-number asymptotic theory for the nonlinear stage of laminar-turbulent transition in nearly parallel flows. The classic weakly nonlinear theory of Landau and Stuart is briefly revisited with the dual purposes of highlighting its fundamental ideas, which continue to underlie much of current theoretical thinking, as well as its difficulty in dealing with unbounded flows. We show that resolving such a difficulty requires an asymptotic approach based on the high-Reynolds-number assumption, which leads to a nonlinear critical-layer theory. Major recent results are reviewed with emphasis on the non-equilibrium effect. Future directions of investigation are indicated.     

Microstructures in Low-Hysteresis Shape Memory Alloys: Scaling Regimes and Optimal Needle Shapes

For certain martensitic phase transformations, one observes a close relation between the width of the thermal hysteresis and the compatibility of two phases. This observation forms the basis of a theory of hysteresis that assigns an important role to the microstructures in the transition layer and their energetics (Zhang et al., Acta Mater 57(15), 4332–4352, 2009). We study microstructures for almost compatible phases in the context of nonlinear elasticity. Using a scalar valued ansatz we show that one expects a transition from uniform to branched patterns for various typical models of the surface energy. We subsequently consider needle-type transition layers and study quantitative differences between hard and soft austenite, and between twins of different martensitic variants.     

Multiple bifurcations and local energy minimizers in thermoelastic martensitic transformations

Thermoelastic martensitic transformations in shape memory alloys can be modeled on the basis of nonlinear elastic theory.Microstructures of fine phase mixtures are local energy minimizers of the total energy.Using a one-dimensional effective model,we have shown that such microstructures are inhomogeneous solutions of the nonlinear Euler-Lagrange equation and can appear upon loading or unloading to certain critical conditions,the bifurcation conditions.A hybrid numerical method is utilized to calculate the inhomogeneous solutions with a large number of interfaces.The characteristics of the solutions are clarified by three parameters:the number of interfaces,the interface thickness,and the oscillating amplitude.Approximated analytical expressions are obtained for the interface and inhomogeneity energies through the numerical solutions.     

Martensitic phase transition involving dislocations

A model of solid–solid phase transition involving dislocations in crystals is proposed within the nonlinear continuum dislocation theory (CDT). The co-existence of phases having piecewise constant plastic slip in laminates is possible for the two-well free energy density. The jumps of the plastic slip across the phase interfaces determine the surface dislocation densities at those incoherent boundaries. The number of phase interfaces should be determined by comparing the energy of dislocation arrays and the relaxed energy minimized among uniform plastic slips.     

Taking account of the martensite inelasticity in the reverse phase transformation in shape memory alloys

The model of nonlinear deformation of shape memory alloys (SMA) is generalized to the case in which the possible structural transition in the reverse martensitic transformation is taken into account. The statement of active thermomechanical processes of proportional variation in the stress deviatoric components is justified. The problem of buckling on an SMA bar due to the reverse martensitic transformation is solved. It is shown that taking account of the structural transition under buckling in the process of reverse transformation significantly changes the solution of this problem.     

Effects of springs on a pendulum electromechanical energy harvester

This paper studies a model of energy harvester that consists of an electromechanical pendulum system subjected to nonlinear springs. The output power is analyzed in terms of the intrinsic parameters of the device leading to optimal parameters for energy harvesting. It is found that in an appropriate range of the springs constant, the power attains higher values as compared to the case without springs. The dynamical behavior of the device shows transition to chaos.     

A multiscale thermomechanical model for cubic to tetragonal martensitic phase transformations

We develop a multiscale thermomechanical model to analyze martensitic phase transformations from a cubic crystalline lattice to a tetragonal crystalline lattice. The model is intended for simulating the thermomechanical response of single-crystal grains of austenite. Based on the geometrically nonlinear theory of martensitic transformations, we incorporate microstructural effects from several subgrain length scales. The effective stiffness tensor at the grain level is obtained through an averaging scheme, and preserves crystallographic information from the lattice scale as well as the influence of volumetric changes due to the transformation. The model further incorporates a transformation criterion that includes a surface energy term, which takes into account the creation of interfaces between martensite and austenite. These effects, which are often neglected in martensitic transformation models, thus appear explicitly in the expression of the transformation driving force that controls the onset and evolution of the transformation. In the derivation of the transformation driving force, we clarify the relations between different combinations of thermodynamic potentials and state variables. The predictions of the model are illustrated by analyzing the response of a phase-changing material subjected to various types of deformations. Although the model is developed for cubic to tetragonal transformations, it can be adapted to simulate martensitic transformations for other crystalline structures.     

Transition of Energy to a Nonlinear Localized Mode in a Highly Asymmetric System of Two Oscillators

Redistribution of energy in a highly asymmetric system consisting ofcoupled linear and highly nonlinear damped oscillators isinvestigated. Special attention is paid to the excitation of a nonlinearnormal mode while the energy is initially stored in other modes of thesystem. The transition proceeds via the mechanism of subharmonicresonance which is possible because of the strong nonlinearity of thesystem. The conditions of the energy transition to NNM being effectiveare revealed and guidelines to design such a systems are formulatedin detail.