Electromechanical cracking in ferroelectrics driven by large scale domain switching

Experimental results indicate three regimes for cracking in a ferroelectric double cantilever beam (DCB) under combined electromechanical loading. In the loading, the maximum amplitude of the applied electric field reaches almost twice the coercive field of ferroelectrics. Thus, the model of small scale domain switching is not applicable any more, which is dictated only by the singular term of the crack tip field. In the DCB test, a large or global scale domain switching takes place instead, which is driven...     

An axisymmetric problem of an embedded mixed-mode crack in a functionally graded magnetoelectroelastic infinite medium

This paper investigates the problem of an axisymmetric penny shaped crack embedded in an infinite functionally graded magneto electro elastic medium. The loading consists of magnetoelectromechanical loads applied on the crack surfaces assumed to be magneto electrically impermeable. The material’s gradient is parallel to the axisymmetric direction and is perpendicular to the crack plane. An anisotropic constitutive law is adopted to model the material behavior. The governing equations are converted analytically using Hankel transform into coupled singular integral equations, which are solved numerically to yield the crack tip stress, electric displacement and magnetic induction intensity factors. A similar problem but with a different crack morphology, that is a plane crack embedded in an infinite functionally graded magneto electro elastic medium, was considered by the authors in a previous work (Rekik et al., 2012) [25]. While the overall solution schemes look similar, the axisymmetric problem resulted in more mathematical complexities and let to different conclusions with respect to the influence of coupling between elastic, electric and magnetic effects. The main focus of this paper is to study the effect of material non-homogeneity on the fields’ intensity factors to understand further the behavior of graded magnetoelectroelastic materials containing penny shaped cracks and to inspect the effect of varying the crack geometry.     

约束修正失效评定曲线及内压管道失效分析

用A2参数描述裂纹尖端约束效应,考虑裂纹尖端约束水平对断裂阻力的影响,对R6失效评定曲线进行修正。以X80钢为例,根据不同约束水平试件测试得到的JR–△a曲线,给出了与裂纹尖端约束相关的失效评定曲线。在使用有限元对带裂纹内压管道进行弹塑性分析的基础上,利用失效评定曲线对失效载荷进行预测;与试验结果比较表明:采用约束修正失效评定曲线,在对存在缺陷的构件进行安全性评定、寿命评估、失效概率计算时,考虑约束效应对断裂韧度的影响可以更充分地发挥构件的强度潜力。     

FRACTURE ASSESSMENT OF AN INTERFACE CRACK BETWEEN TWO DISSIMILAR MAGNETOELECTROELASTIC MATERIALS UNDER HEAT FLOW AND MAGNETOELECTROMECHANICAL LOADINGS

A magnetoelectrically permeable interface crack between two semi-infinite magnetoelectroelastic planes under the action of a heat flow and remote magnetoelectromechanical loadings is considered, where the assumption of frictionless contact between two dissimilar halfplanes is adopted. Not only the solutions of the interface crack problem are presented in an explicit form, but also the general condition for the transition from a perfect thermal contact of two magnetoelectroelastic bodies to their separation is given.     

Cracking in D6ac steel

This paper examines the results of an extensive test program undertaken to study crack growth in D6ac steel and shows that in each case the increment in the crack length per cycle (da/dN) conforms to the Generalised Frost-Dugdale crack growth law. This is found to be true for both constant K_max, constant R ratio load increasing, and compression-compression pre-cracking tests in the L-T, T-L and the S-T directions.     

沿两条内部平行裂纹受压时材料的断裂问题

顺着平面内的平行裂纹受压材料的断裂问题并不能在线性断裂力学的框架内进行描述，Grif-fith－Irvin型或COC型的断裂判据，虽然可以用来处理经典的线性断裂力学，但对本题则完全不适用，这是因为这些压力对应力强度系数没有影响，与裂缝孔隙值也没有关系[1，2]，这一类问题只能采用新的方法，本文的第一作者曾建议过一种新方法，在这一方法中仍然使用了线性关系，但这种线性关系是从变形固体力学中的非线性方程导出的[3，4，5]．这里必须指出，这种方法曾在变形体稳定性问题中广泛地采用过。作为断裂开始的判据，我们采用了裂缝缺陷附近的局部失稳的判据，在这类情况下，我们认为是从失稳过程引发断裂过程的。     

Critical review of the molecular topology of semicrystalline polymers: The origin and assessment of intercrystalline tie molecules and chain entanglements

Intercrystalline molecular connections in semicrystalline polymers have been the subject of numerous discussions and controversies. Nevertheless, there is one point of agreement: such intercrystalline tie molecules have a prime role in the mechanical and use properties of the materials, notably the resistance to slow crack growth. This article is a critical review of the mechanisms of generation of the tie molecules during the stage of crystallization and of the experimental and theoretical assessment of their concentration. Polyethylene and related materials are mainly studied. The contribution of chain entanglements is also discussed in parallel with tie molecules. Particular attention is paid to Huang and Brown's statistical approach, which appears to be the most appropriate one for predictive purposes and has aroused much interest from various authors. Attempts are made to provide solutions to the shortcomings of this model. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 43: 1729–1748, 2005     

THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR UNDER MOVING LOADS ON THE CRACK FACES

The dynamic stress intensity factor history for a half plane crack in anotherwise unbounded elastic body,with the crack faces subjected to a tractiondistribution consisting of two pairs of combined mode point loads that move in adirection perpendicular to the crack edge is considered.The analytic expression for thecombined mode stress intensity factors as a function of time for any point along thecrack edge is obtained.The method of solution is based on the application of integraltransform together with the Wiener-Hopf technique and the Cagniard-de Hoop method.Some features of the solution are discussed and graphical results for various point loadspeeds are presented.     

测量精磨玻璃表面破坏层深度的侧面观测法

本文主要介绍用侧面观测法测量精磨玻璃表面破坏层深度的试件制做、测试仪器；对精磨裂纹也做了一定的分析。     

Stress intensity factors for corner cracks at a hole under remote tension

The three-dimensional weight function method recently developed by the authors is used to determine stress intensity factors for two symmetric quarter-elliptical corner cracks at a hole in a wide finite-thickness plate subjected to remote tensile loading. The geometry parameters considered arer/t=0.5, 1, 2;a/c=0.2, 0.5, 1, 2;a/t=0.2, 0.5 withinc/r=2. The results are compared, where possible, with other solutions available in the literature. Generally good agreement is observed. The effect of an approximation of the two-dimensional unflawed stress distribution on the accuracy of stress intensity factors by the weight function method is discussed.