Bonding energy of Sylgard on fused quartz: an experimental investigation

The bonding energy between the polymer Sylgard and fused quartz is determined experimentally using a miniature bulge test combined with three-dimensional digital image correlation (3D-DIC). Based on the experimental observation, Mindlin plate theory is used to compute the bonding energy (adhesive energy or surface energy) between the Sylgard and the fused quartz. The experimental results demonstrate that the combination of the miniature bulge test and the 3D-DIC provides a viable tool to directly measure interfacial and bonding properties.     

Mechanical performance of Buckminster fullerene-reinforced composite with interface defects using finite element method through homogenization techniques

Several times, preferred properties are not accomplished when the fiber-reinforced composites are tested after they are prepared and the similar observations are also observed in the case of nanoparticle-reinforced composites. While the composites are manufactured under controlled conditions with stringent quality measures, it is complex to circumvent fiber-matrix interfacial debonding. The amount of debonding decides the final mechanical properties of composite material. In this study, an effort is made to quantify the debonding effect of nanoparticles on mechanical properties of nanoparticle-filled composites using finite element models with homogenization approach. Buckminster fullerene and conventional fiber T300 are selected as reinforcement medium. The predictions revealed that the longitudinal Young’s modulus is not affected by debonding.     

碳纤维增强铝合金板的抗冲击性能

采用ABAQUS/Explicit有限元分析软件对碳纤维增强铝合金层合板(CARAL)受低速冲击进行 数值模拟,研究其在承载过程中的动力响应及损伤。首先通过具体算例与文献中的结果相比较,验证了方法 的有效性;其次从试件的脱层和吸能等抗冲击角度对CARAL 进行分析,并与传统的纯碳/环氧树脂胶片 (CFRP)进行抗冲击对比分析,结果表明,CARAL具有较好的抗冲击性能。     

An improved atomistic simulation based mixed-mode cohesive zone law considering non-planar crack growth

A novel and improved atomistic simulation based cohesive zone law characterizing interfacial debonding is developed which explicitly accounts for the non-planarity of the crack propagation. Group of atoms in the simulation constituting cohesive zones which are used to obtain local stress and crack opening displacement data are determined dynamically during the non-planar crack growth as they cannot be determined apriori. The methodology is used to study the debonding of Σ5 (2 1 0)/[0 0 1] symmetric tilt grain boundary interface in a Cu bicrystal under several mixed mode loading conditions. Simulations show that such bicrystalline specimen exhibits three types of energy dissipative mechanisms – shear coupled GB migration (SCM) away from the crack-tips, change in spacial orientation of GB structural units rendering highly disordered grain boundary near the crack tips and brittle intergranular fracture. Which combination of these three deformation mechanism will be active influencing the degree of non-planarity of the crack propagation at various stages of loading depends on the loading mode-mixity. As the ratio of shear component of the loading parallel to the GB plane and normal to the tilt axis with respect to the normal loading increases (thereby increasing the mode-mixity), overall strain-to-failure also increases and SCM tends to become the dominant deformation mechanism. Through this framework, analytical functional forms and parameters describing cohesive laws for both normal and shear traction as a function of the mode-mixity of the loading and crack opening displacement are predicted.     

Micromechanics-based model for cement-treated clays

Cementation is produced by mixing a certain amount of cement with the saturated clay. The purpose of this paper is to model the cementation effect on the mechanical behavior of cement-treated clay. A micromechanical stress-strain model is developed considering explicitly the cementation at inter-cluster contacts. The inter-cluster bonding and debonding during mechanical loading are introduced in two ways: an additional cohesion in the shear sliding and a higher yield stress in normal compression. The model is used to simulate isotropic compression and undrained triaxial tests under various confining stresses on cement-treated Singapore clay with various cement contents. The applicability of the present model is evaluated through comparisons between numerical and experimental results. The evolution of local stresses and local strains in inter-cluster planes is discussed in order to explain the induced anisotropy due to debonding at contact level under the applied loads.     

Acoustic resonance scattering from a multilayered cylindrical shell with imperfect bonding

The method of wave function expansion is adopted to study the three dimensional scattering of a time-harmonic plane progressive sound field obliquely incident upon a multi-layered hollow cylinder with interlaminar bonding imperfection. For the generality of solution, each layer is assumed to be cylindrically orthotropic. An approximate laminate model in the context of the modal state equations with variable coefficients along with the classical T-matrix solution technique is set up for each layer to solve for the unknown modal scattering and transmission coefficients. A linear spring model is used to describe the interlaminar adhesive bonding whose effects are incorporated into the global transfer matrix by introduction of proper interfacial transfer matrices. Following the classic acoustic resonance scattering theory (RST), the scattered field and response to surface waves are determined by constructing the partial waves and obtaining the non-resonance (backgrounds) and resonance components. The solution is first used to investigate the effect of interlayer imperfection of an air-filled and water submerged bilaminate aluminium cylindrical shell on the resonances associated with various modes of wave propagation (i.e., symmetric/asymmetric Lamb waves, fluid-borne A-type waves, Rayleigh and Whispering Gallery waves) appearing in the backscattered spectrum, according to their polarization and state of stress. An illustrative numerical example is also given for a multi-layered (five-layered) cylindrical shell for which the stiffness of the adhesive interlayers is artificially varied. The sensitivity of resonance frequencies associated with higher mode numbers to the stiffness coefficients is demonstrated to be a good measure of the bonding strength. Limiting cases are considered and fair agreements with solutions available in the literature are established.     

SH波对有部分脱胶衬砌的圆形孔洞的散射

本文研究了圆形孔洞内衬砌与孔洞部分脱胶时对ＳＨ波的散射．将脱胶区看作表面不相接触的弧形界面裂纹，利用波函数展开法，并引入裂纹面的位错密度函数，将问题归结为一组奇异积分方程．通过数值计算获得了动应力强度因子（ＤＳＩＦ）和远场位移及散射截面（ＳＣＳ）．结果显示：由于脱胶，ＤＳＩＦ和ＳＣＳ在较低的频率上发生共振．     

Bending and buckling of a class of nonlinear fiber composite rods

An investigation of the mechanics of bending and buckling is carried out for a class of nonlinear fiber composite rods composed of embedded unidirectional fibers parallel to the rod axis. The specific class of composite considered is one in which the fibers interact with the matrix through a nonlinear Needleman-type cohesive zone [Needleman, A., 1987. A continuum model for void nucleation by inclusion debonding. ASME J. Appl. Mech. 54, 525-531; Needleman, A., 1992. Micromechanical modelling of interfacial decohesion. Ultramicroscopy 40, 203-214]. The primary decohesive mechanism active in bending and buckling of these composite rods is shear slip along the fiber-matrix interfaces allowing the use of a previously developed constitutive relation for antiplane shear response [Levy, A.J., 2000b. The fiber composite with nonlinear interface—part II: antiplane shear. ASME J. Appl. Mech. 67, 733-739]. The formulation requires the specification of a potential interface force-slip law that is assumed to permit interface failure in shear.Four cases of the bending and shearing of beams (concentrated or uniform load on a cantilever or a simply supported beam) are analyzed, each of which exhibits qualitatively distinct response. For certain values of interface parameters, the beam deflection or its gradient at a fixed location can change discontinuously with load. Furthermore, for interface parameter values within a certain range, singular surfaces will exist in uniformly loaded beams where there is a non-uniform distribution of shear stress along the beam length. These singular surfaces divide the beam into regions of maximal and minimal fiber slip and propagate with a rate that varies inversely as the square of the applied load. For other parameter values, singular surfaces will not exist and fiber slip will be diffuse.For the class of nonlinear composite considered, bifurcation and imperfection buckling of pinned-pinned columns is analyzed. For bifurcation buckling, a nonlinear eigenvalue problem is derived and the solution is obtained by Galerkin's method. It is demonstrated that critical loads are influenced by the initial slope, and hence the linear portion, of the interface force-slip relation but the post-buckling response, which in some sense resembles that of plastic buckling, is affected by the entire interface constitutive relation. Imperfection buckling is analyzed in a similar manner by assuming a slight initial curvature of the rod. Sensitivity of the response to imperfection magnitude is discussed as well.     

含空心球涂层粒子复合材料界面的脱粘应力分析

在球对称拉伸载荷作用下针对空心球涂层复合材料分析了空心球涂层粒子增强复合材料的局部应力场，得到了界面临界脱粘应力的解析表达式．讨论了各相几何参数对非均匀涂层空心球粒子临界脱粘应力的影响，比较了均匀涂层和非均匀涂层的脱粘应力．结果表明：在球对称拉伸下界面脱粘更容易发生在涂层相与基体相界面间，空心球的壁厚和涂层厚度是影响界面临界脱粘应力的重要因素，因而选择适当的空心球、涂层厚度和提高界面粘结能将有利于提高界面的临界脱粘应力．     

On the Torsion of a Class of Nonlinear Fiber Composite Cylinders

This paper presents an analysis of the torsion of a solid or annular circular cylinder consisting of nonlinear material in the form of an elastic matrix with embedded unidirectional elastic fibers parallel to the cylinder axis. The specific class of composite considered is one for which nonlinear fiber-matrix interface slip is captured by uniform cohesive zones of vanishing thickness. Previous work on the effective antiplane shear response of this material leads to a stress–strain relation depending on the interface slip together with an integral equation governing its evolution. Here, we obtain an approximate single mode solution to the integral equation and utilize it to solve the torsion problem. Equations governing the radial distributions of shear stress and interface slip are obtained and formulae for torque–twist rate are presented. The existence of singular surfaces, i.e., surfaces across which the slip and the shear stress experience jump discontinuities are analyzed in detail. Specific results are presented for an interface force law that allows for interface failure in shear.