A viscoplastic constitutive model incorporating dynamic strain aging effect during cyclic deformation conditions

In this paper, a viscoplastic constitutive model previously proposed by the authors was extended to apply to the cyclic deformation analysis of the modified 9Cr-1Mo steel. A series of cyclic deformation tests were conducted on modified 9Cr-1Mo steel at various temperatures, including those under anisothermal conditions. Furthermore, cyclic evolution of state variables used in the authors' constitutive model was experimentally measured. Based on the test results, cyclic softening behavior depending on the temperature and its history was introduced into the constitutive model. The extended model was applied to simulations of inelastic deformation behavior under monotonic tension, stress relaxation, creep, isothermal cyclic deformations including stress relaxation and anisothermal cyclic deformations. It was found that the present constitutive model has a capability of describing the inelastic deformation behavior of modified 9Cr-1Mo steel adequately at various loading conditions.     

A Mie scattering investigation of the effect of strain rate on soot formation in precessing jet flames

This is an experimental study of soot formation in precessing jet flames. The Mie diagnostic technique was implemented to provide qualitative visualisation of the zones of soot formation. A range of conditionally sampled experiments was carried out. The characteristic Reynolds number based on the nozzle diameter, was varied from 4329 to 11223 and the Strouhal number based on the nozzle diameter, was varied from 0.0042 to 0.0245. The nozzle diameter was fixed at 5 mm and the jet exit angle at 45 deg. Experimental data were collected and used to show the tendencies in the formation of soot at different experimental conditions. It was found that the relative soot intensity increases with increase in both Re and St numbers. The instantaneous images reveal that soot is predominantly formed in sheets of varying thickness. Very little soot is observed in the near nozzle region, which is consistent with the idea that the formation of soot in appreciable quantities is kinetically limited. Readily observable are very broad regions of low signal spanning much of the flame. These broad regions are more prevalent in the high St number flames where strain rates are lower and residence times are longer. The experimental results support the hypothesis that low strain in a diffusion flame promotes soot formation and high emissivity (i.e., soot formation correlates inversely with flame strain). An erratum to this article can be found at     

The effect of strain rate and heat developed during deformation on the stress-strain curve of plastics

Polymethylmethacrylate, cellulose acetate butyrate, polypropylene and nylon 6–6 have been characterized in compression at various strain rates from 10^?4 s^?1 to 10³ s^?1 at room temperature. A medium strain-rate machine and a split-Hopkinson-bar apparatus are used in conducting the experiments. The temperature rise developed during deformation is also measured by using a thermocouple. All four materials tested definitely show a viscous effect at the beginning of the deformation and a plastic flow follows thereafter. Test results also indicate that the temperature rise developed during deformation cannot be neglected in determining the dynamic response of those materials investigated in this study.     

混凝土三维细观模型的建模方法与力学特性分析

根据混凝土材料的细观组成和结构特点,基于三维Voronoi图形提出了一种简单高效的混凝土细观模型生成方法,利用塑性损伤模型对该细观模型进行了单、多轴应力状态下的准静态分析以及SHPB动态有限元分析。结果表明,数值模拟得到的应力应变曲线和破坏模式与实验结果基本吻合,本文中提出的混凝土三维细观模型可较好地模拟混凝土的静、动态力学特性,为进一步从细观力学角度研究混凝土损伤演化规律和破坏机理提供了模型基础。     

An investigation into the effect of strain rate on forming limit diagram using ductile fracture criteria

In this study, forming limit diagram (FLD) is experimentally acquired for aluminum alloy 3105 in usual velocities (Quasi-static condition). In addition, numerical simulation by commercially available finite element code ABAQUS/Explicit using ductile fracture criteria is performed. Simulation is done in quasi-static condition (\(\dot{\varepsilon} \le 0.01/s\)) and case of forming by low-impact (\(\dot{\varepsilon} \le 50/s\)).The results show that a substantial improvement in high-strain-rate formability of the aluminum sheet can be obtained.     

An experimental investigation on cyclic plastic deformation and substructures of polycrystalline copper

Cyclic deformation under proportional and nonproportional loading of a textured copper was experimentally studied, and the results were compared with those of texture-free copper with the same grain size. The texture had a great influence on the equivalent cyclic stress–strain (CSS) curves under proportional loading but insignificant influence on the CSS curves under nonproportional loading. By comparing the slip patterns on the specimen surface and dislocation substructures under proportional and nonproportional loading, the mechanism of nonproportional hardening was discussed. The slip multiplicity inherited from originally multiple-slip oriented grains plays a minor role. Nonproportional hardening is the result of enhanced activated slip systems and more uniform activation of slip systems due to the rotation of maximum shear stress under nonproportional loading. At high strain amplitudes, cells were the primary substructures for both proportional and nonproportional loading but the diameters of the cells under nonproportional loading were smaller for similar strain magnitude. A linear relationship existed between the saturation equivalent stress magnitude and the reciprocal of the diameter of the dislocation cells. Such a relationship was independent of the loading modes and texture. The saturation stress magnitude was related to the bowing stress of screw dislocations in the interior area of dislocation cells. The mechanical response was practically recoverable either when the loading magnitude was changed from a higher value to a lower value or when the loading was changed from a nonproportional loading path to a proportional loading path. However, the dislocation substructures cannot be completely recovered.     

Atomistic based continuum investigation of plastic deformation in nanocrystalline copper

A continuum model of nanocrystalline copper was developed based on results from independent atomistic calculations on 11 bicrystals containing high angle grain boundaries. The relationship between grain boundary structure and its mechanical response was investigated. Based on the atomistic calculations; a constitutive law for grain boundary interfaces was implemented within a finite element calculation that consisted of a microstructure loaded in compression. The yield strength as a function of grain size was compared to experimental data and molecular dynamics results. Calculations were performed to demonstrate the relationship between intragranular plasticity and grain boundary sliding.     

珊瑚砂应变率效应研究

为研究应变率对珊瑚砂力学特性的影响,用直径37 mm的分离式Hopkinson压杆（SHPB）对两类珊瑚砂进行了冲击实验,得到了460~1300 s⁻¹应变率范围内不同密实度的一维应变压缩应力-应变关系;结合准静态（10⁻⁴ s⁻¹）压缩的实验结果,发现珊瑚砂存在明显的应变率效应;通过对比两类砂物理特性,认为应变率敏感性与内孔隙和粒间摩擦密切相关;提出了率型本构模型中动态增强系数的计算模型,可为珊瑚砂在冲击下的数值计算提供理论依据。

     

Optical measurement of the specimen deformation at high strain rate

During recent years, the investigation of the strain-rate-dependent properties of materials has become more and more important. The experimental techniques used to establish the specific dynamic behavior of materials all have in common that the acquisition of information concerning the deformation of the specimen is cumbersone and often questionable. Mostly, only limited information on the spatial distribution and time evolution of the deformation in specimen can be obtained. In this paper, a non-contact, optical technique is presented, providing the time evolution and spatial distribution of the axial deformation in specimens during a high strain rate test. The deformation of a line grid attached to the specimen is recorded during an experiment by means of a rotating drum camera. The time history of the axial displacements is subsequently derived by an advanced technique based on digital geometric moiré combined with a phase-shift method, specially developed to this purpose. The technique can be applied to a wide range of materials and high strain rate tests, and is illustrated by means of a split Hopkinson tensile bar experiment on a steel sheet specimen.     

Non-convex rate dependent strain gradient crystal plasticity and deformation patterning

A rate dependent strain gradient crystal plasticity framework is presented where the displacement and the plastic slip fields are considered as primary variables. These coupled fields are determined on a global level by solving simultaneously the linear momentum balance and the slip evolution equation, which is derived in a thermodynamically consistent manner. The formulation is based on the 1D theory presented in Yalcinkaya et al. (2011), where the patterning of plastic slip is obtained in a system with non-convex energetic hardening through a phenomenological double-well plastic potential. In the current multi-dimensional multi-slip analysis the non-convexity enters the framework through a latent hardening potential presented in Ortiz and Repettto (1999) where the microstructure evolution is obtained explicitly via a lamination procedure. The current study aims the implicit evolution of deformation patterns due to the incorporated physically based non-convex potential.     

On the interplay between strain rate and strain rate sensitivity on flow localization in the dynamic expansion of ductile rings

In this work a stability analysis on flow localization in the dynamic expansion of ductile rings is conducted. Within a 1-D theoretical framework, the boundary value problem of a radially expanding thin ring is posed. Based on a previous work, the equations governing the stretching process of the expanding ring are derived and solved using a linear perturbation method. Then, three different perfectly plastic material constitutive behaviours are analysed: the rate independent material, the rate dependent material showing constant logarithmic rate sensitivity and the rate dependent material showing non-constant and non-monotonic logarithmic rate sensitivity. The latter allows to investigate the interaction between inertia and strain rate sensitivity on necking formation. The main feature of this work is rationally demonstrate that under certain loading conditions and material behaviours: (1) decreasing rate sensitivity may not lead to more unstable material, (2) increasing loading rate may not lead to more stable material. This finding reveals that the relation between rate sensitivity and loading rate controls the unstable flow growth. Additionally a finite element model of the ring expansion problem is built in ABAQUS/Explicit. The stability analysis properly reflects the results obtained from the numerical simulations. Both procedures, perturbation analysis and numerical simulations, allow for emphasizing the interplay between rate sensitivity and inertia on strain localization.     

基于应变率阶跃测试的晶体铜压入应变率敏感性研究

纳米压入测试可以原位获取材料的诸多力学性能,包括弹性模量,硬度,屈服应力,应变率敏感指数等。本文利用应变率阶跃测试技术对多晶铜试样的应变率敏感性进行测试分析,硬度-位移曲线表明压头下方所存在的变形梯度对各阶跃应变率下的硬度值存在明显影响;采用基于晶体细观机制的塑性应变梯度理论对压入变形梯度效应予以修正,比较了修正与未修正数据所得的应变率敏感指数,在有效剔除压入变形梯度影响的基础上,应变率阶跃测试可实现单次压入下材料应变率敏感性的测试表征。     

The effect of strain rate on the character of σ–ε diagrams

An equation governing the evolution of elastic strains (stresses) for a given strain rate is obtained using the field theory of defects under the assumption of uniform defect distribution. Strain diagrams are constructed by numerical solution of this equation and qualitative analysis of the phase portrait of the corresponding dynamic system. The effect of strain rate on the mechanical properties of materials is studied.     

A coupled temperature and strain rate dependent yield function for dynamic deformations of bcc metals

A coupled temperature and strain rate microstructure physically based yield function is proposed in this work. It is incorporated along with the Clausius–Duhem inequality and an appropriate free energy definition in a general thermodynamic framework for deriving a three-dimensional kinematical model for thermo-viscoplastic deformations of body centered cubic (bcc) metals. The evolution equations are expressed in terms of the material time derivatives of the elastic strain, accumulated plastic strain (isotropic hardening), and the back stress conjugate tensor (kinematic hardening). The viscoplastic multipliers are obtained using both the Consistency and Perzyna viscoplasticity models. The athermal yield function is employed instead of the static yield function in the case of the Perzyna viscoplasticity model. It is found that the static strain rate value, at which the material shows rate-independent behavior, varies with the material deformation temperature. Computational aspects of the proposed model are addressed through the finite element implementation with an implicit stress integration algorithm. Finite element simulations are performed by implementing the proposed viscoplasticity constitutive models in the commercial finite element program ABAQUS/Explicit [ABAQUS, 2003. User Manual, Version 6.3. Habbitt, Karlsson and Sorensen Inc., Providence, RI] via the user material subroutine coded as VUMAT. Numerical implementation for a simple compression problem meshed with one element is used to validate the proposed model implementation with applications to tantalum, niobium, and vanadium at low and high strain rates and temperatures. The analysis of a tensile shear banding is also investigated to show the effectiveness and the performance of the proposed framework in describing the strain localizations at high velocity impact. Results show mesh independency as a result of the viscoplastic regularization used in the proposed formulation.     

A finite strain theory for elastic-plastic deformation

An elastic-plastic theory that is applicable when the elastic part of the strain is finite is proposed. A flow rule for an incompressible solid is obtained from Drucker's postulate [1]. Isothermal simple shear of a material which is neo-Hookean both before yielding and during elastic unloading after yielding is considered as an application of the theory. The problem is solved for two yield conditions and associated flow rules.     

A finite deformation theory of strain gradient plasticity

Plastic deformation exhibits strong size dependence at the micron scale, as observed in micro-torsion, bending, and indentation experiments. Classical plasticity theories, which possess no internal material lengths, cannot explain this size dependence. Based on dislocation mechanics, strain gradient plasticity theories have been developed for micron-scale applications. These theories, however, have been limited to infinitesimal deformation, even though the micro-scale experiments involve rather large strains and rotations. In this paper, we propose a finite deformation theory of strain gradient plasticity. The kinematics relations (including strain gradients), equilibrium equations, and constitutive laws are expressed in the reference configuration. The finite deformation strain gradient theory is used to model micro-indentation with results agreeing very well with the experimental data. We show that the finite deformation effect is not very significant for modeling micro-indentation experiments.