An interview with Sam C. Saunders

Sam C. Saunders, the son of Elizabeth Cundiff and Winston E. Saunders, was born in Richland, OR, on February 24, 1931. The family moved to La Grande, OR, in 1944, where Sam completed high school and two years at Eastern Oregon College. He then received the BSc degree in Mathematics from the University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, in 1952, and he attended the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, receiving a PhD degree under Z. W. Birnbaum. After graduating, he accepted employment at the Boeing Company in its Mathematical Services Unit and, in 1972, a position as a Full Professor at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, from which he retired in 1996.     

Rapid simulation procedure for fretting wear on the basis of the method of dimensionality reduction

We suggest a numerical procedure for rapid simulation of fretting wear in a contact of two bodies subjected to tangential oscillations with a small amplitude. The incremental wear in each point of contact area is calculated using the Reye–Archard–Khrushchov wear criterion. For applying this criterion, the distributions of pressure and relative displacements of bodies are required. These are calculated using the method of dimensionality reduction (MDR).     

Evaluating nonlinear variability of mental fatigue behavioral indices during long‐term attentive task

This study investigates the behavioral indices of attention. A simple repetitive attentive task that resulted in mental fatigue was used consecutively in four trials. In the first step, reaction time and error responses were recorded to evaluate differences among trials. During the task, subjects showed different responses to stimulations. In the second part, to recognize the strategies, multiple clustering methods such as k‐means and fuzzy c‐means were performed in which behavioral indices and nonlinear features were used. In the last section, mental behavior was identified as a result of the chaotic properties of variations in reaction time. Therefore, the Lyapunov exponent of reaction times was evaluated. Results revealed that behavioral indices could distinguish attention from the occurrence of mental fatigue in trials. In addition, the three strategies used by subjects during the test protocol were assessed. Finally, variation of indices extracted from nonlinear analysis, that is, decrease in degree of chaotic behavior determined the transition from attention to mental fatigue. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity, 2012     

Investigation of a Photochromic Diarylethene with Electron-acceptor Attached

In this contribution, an electron acceptor attached diarylethene derivative was synthesized and fully characterized. The photochromic behavior was investigated in THF. Under exposure of UV and visible light cycles, the solution color can be switched between colorless and yellow smoothly. Fatigue resistance measurements could be repeated 50 times with an acceptable degradation. Due to the electron acceptor attached to the framework of diarylethene, the photo- and thermal-stability were enhanced both. A full-photo mode switch can be established based on the well-defined states by external excitation. The molecular structures of ring-open and ring-closed form were optimized by Dmol³. The distance between photocyclizing atoms in aptiparallel conformation meets the requirement for photochromic reaction. And the calculated absorption wavelengths were also in agreement with the experimental values.     

高韧性合金钢断裂韧性及疲劳裂纹扩展门槛值的联合试验方法

在柴油机曲轴、连杆等关键零部件的可靠性设计和失效评估中,断裂韧性及疲劳裂纹扩展门槛值分别是衡量材料抵抗裂纹失稳扩展和裂纹开始扩展的重要指标．但是,对于高韧性合金材料,难以通过常规试验所推荐的厚度确定平面应变断裂韧性,而门槛值的测定通常不但非常耗时,且难以直接应用于不同循环特性的实际结构．本文针对高韧性合金钢34CrNi3MoA,提出一种将断裂韧性和疲劳裂纹扩展门槛值试验合二为一的试验方法,即用同一个试件可以同时测定门槛值和断裂韧性．利用断裂韧性关于试件厚度的渐近特性,以几种较薄试件的试验,确定平面应变状态下的断裂韧性．试验结果还表明,裂纹扩展门槛值的试件厚度依存性可以忽略,并给出了任意循环特性（应力比）下的门槛值计算公式．     

高铁锻钢制动盘热疲劳裂纹扩展仿真及寿命评价

巨大的制动热能导致高铁制动盘面出现热斑或热点,形成沿径向扩展的热疲劳裂纹,严重危及行车安全.通过仿真获得热疲劳裂纹扩展规律,据此制定出合适、经济的检测周期,具有重要意义.基于断裂力学理论,采用扩展有限单元法和自主研发的裂尖网格加密技术,得到热点形成规律,植入半椭圆形裂纹进行热疲劳断裂仿真,得到制动速度为400 km/h...     

一种轿车车轮应力状态测量与分析方法

基于台架应变测试试验方法,研究轿车车轮在疲劳试验中的应力状态。结果表明:车轮的径向疲劳试验时,轮胎会对车轮的载荷产生较大的影响,轮胎与转鼓的挤压变形以及正反转动都会对车轮的应力状态产生影响;车轮径向疲劳试验时,最大应变出现在轮辋与轮胎接触位置沿车轮圆周方向,而在靠近轮心位置的应变较小;车轮弯曲疲劳试验时,最大应变出现在轮辐靠近轮心的位置,最大应变出现在轮辐的长度方向;不同的载荷对车轮应变的变化规律并没有影响,但是会对最大和最小峰值产生影响。     

转动惯量法在多轴疲劳本构关系预测中的应用

一些金属材料在承担多轴非比例加载过程时,会产生额外非比例附加强化或软化现象,这一现象往往会导致在评估疲劳寿命时因为材料本构关系的不确定而引起预测结果出现较大误差．因此基于单轴疲劳理论得出的寿命预测模型并不能准确地预测多轴非比例疲劳加载下的材料寿命．针对此问题,本文阐述了非比例附加强化效应产生的原因及结果,结合转动惯量法的理论和塑性增量法,建立了预测多轴低周疲劳加载下循环应力-应变曲线的数值计算模型．利用316L 不锈钢试样在5 种加载路径下的实验数据对预测结果进行了验证,结果表明该模型具有良好的预测有效性及精度．     

建立P-S-N曲线的双加权最小二乘法

为充分利用成组疲劳试验数据和疲劳强度试验数据,获得较高精度的P-S-N曲线,提出了一种建立P-S-N曲线的双加权最小二乘法。该方法充分考虑了疲劳试验方法、疲劳试验数据分散性和试件样本容量对P-S-N曲线建立的影响,构建了不同来源误差的分配模型。它首先利用疲劳试验的最小样本容量判据处理成组试验数据,导出试验数据分布p分位点的置信区间长度,并进行第一次加权拟合。再结合疲劳强度试验数据,进行第二次加权拟合,推导出了任意可靠度下的P-S-N曲线。作者对17组金属材料和PMMA(聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯)材料进行了统计分析以验证所建立的P-S-N曲线的拟合能力、合理性和预测精度,结果表明建立的P-S-N曲线具有较高的精度和可信度。     

等离子喷涂铁基涂层的疲劳磨损裂纹行为

采用等离子喷涂制备了铁基涂层,使用球盘式疲劳磨损试验机进行涂层的疲劳磨损试验,利用声发射技术在线判断涂层开裂,并通用透射电子显微镜（TEM）分析了试验前后涂层内部微观结构,研究了喷涂层疲劳磨损裂纹的扩展行为。结果表明：制备的涂层致密,结合状态良好,主要相为铁素体,同时存在大量的非晶-纳米晶相,利用声发射技术能够表征涂层的临界失效状态,其内部疲劳磨损裂纹主要以韧性穿晶断裂的形式扩展。