Application of a stress triaxiality dependent fracture criterion in the finite element analysis of unnotched Charpy specimens

Nonlinear dynamic finite element analysis (FEA) is conducted to simulate the fracture of unnotched Charpy specimens of steel under pendulum impact loading by a dedicated, oversized and nonstandard Bulk Fracture Charpy Machine (BFCM). The impact energy needed to fracture an unnotched Charpy specimen in a BFCM test can be two orders of magnitude higher than the typical impact energy of a Charpy V-notch specimen. To predict material failure, a phenomenological, stress triaxiality dependent fracture initiation criterion and a fracture evolution law in the form of strain softening are incorporated in the constitutive relations. The BFCM impact energy results obtained from the FEA simulations compare favorably with the corresponding experimental data. In particular, the FEA predicts accurately the correlations of the BFCM impact energy with such factors as specimen geometry, impactor tup width and material type. The analyses show that a specimen’s progressive deterioration through the thickness dimension displays a range of shear to ductile fracture modes, demonstrating the necessity of applying a stress state dependent fracture initiation criterion. Modeling the strain softening behavior helps to capture the residual load carrying capability of a ductile metal or alloy beyond the onset of damage. The total impact energy can be significantly under predicted if a softening branch is not included in the stress-strain curve. This research supports a study of the puncture failure of railroad tank cars under dynamic impact loading. Applications of the presented fracture model in failure analyses of other structures are further discussed.     

疲劳短裂纹萌生及发展的细观过程和理论

本文综述了疲劳短裂纹研究的进展和现状,包括关于短裂纹的属性,短裂纹萌生和发展的细观过程以及描述短裂纹行为的若干模型。      

基于神经网络的界面裂纹尖端场分析

通过构造反向传播神经网络,对裂纹尖端的应力场进行模拟,进而实现对裂纹尖端应力场甬数的逼近。得到的网络具有较高的联想、记忆能力和相当的稳定性,并且可以快速、准确地得到带裂纹构件的裂纹尖端应力场,从而确定裂纹尖端的塑性区和分析裂纹的扩展。数值计算给出了LY12-CZ材料裂纹扩展方向的计算结果,与实验结果吻合较好,还给出了两相材料含界面裂纹在复合型载荷作用下的塑性区形状的变化情况,并对两相材料含界面裂纹在复合型载荷作用下裂纹的扩展方向进行了预测。     

柱形装药爆炸破坏混凝土的数值模拟分析

利用LS-DYNA有限元程序建立计算模型,对有无预制孔的半无限混凝土介质中柱形装药的爆炸破坏过程进行了数值模拟研究,得出了不同埋深时的爆腔半径和爆破漏斗半径以及毁伤混凝土的最佳埋深范围,结果与理论计算吻合较好。同时,计算分析了在一定埋深处正向起爆与反向起爆的破坏状态,并对计算结果进行理论分析,结果表明反向起爆更有利于混凝土的破坏。     

基于分子动力学的结合材料界面破坏准则

结合材料的破坏通常都是从界面或其附近发生的,但界面破坏的机理及其评价准则尚未十分清楚.采用分子动力学模拟方法,可以对结合材料的界面破坏过程进行模拟,从而获得结合材料的界面应力和界面破坏之间的关系.界面破坏可以分为奇异应力场作用下的破坏,和界面应力集中引起的破坏两种.虽然在分子动力学模拟中采用了高度简化的界面模型,但对界面破坏过程的模拟,仍可以帮助人们获得结合材料界面破坏过程的规律性认识.分别模拟远场作用下界面上存在初始裂纹和界面附近存在初始裂纹两种情况下的界面破坏,根据分子动力学模拟结果,提出了一个结合材料界面破坏的准则.     

准一维拉氏分析方法及其在凝聚炸药冲击波起爆研究中的应用

本文提出了一种准一维拉氏分析方法,用二维拉氏实验方法测得的不同拉氏位置上的压力和径向位移的变化曲线作为输入量,就能求解二维冲击波起爆过程中对称轴附近的流场。作为初步应用,文中列出了在两种加载条件下,压装TNT的二维冲击波起爆过程的分析结果。     

Crack initiation in a stiffened plate

The fracture mechanics problem of crack initiation in a stiffened plate is considered. The crack nucleus is modeled by a prefracture zone with bonds between the crack faces, which is treated as a region of weakened interparticle bonds of the material. The boundary-value problem of the equilibrium of a stiffened plate with a crack nucleus reduces to a nonlinear singular integrodifferential equation with a Cauchy type kernel. The strains in the crack initiation zone are found by solving this equation. The case of the stress state of the plate with a periodic system of prefracture zones is considered. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 111–120, July–August, 2007.     

Theoretical analysis of the evolution from ignition kernel to flame ball and planar flame

Dynamics of flame kernel evolution with and without external energy addition has been investigated analytically and numerically. Emphasis is placed on the effects of radiation heat loss, ignition power and Lewis number on the correlation and transition between the initial flame kernel, the self-extinguishing flame, the flame ball, the outwardly propagating spherical flame and the propagating planar flame. The present study extends previous results by bridging the theories of the non-adiabatic stationary flame balls and travelling flames and allowing rigorous consideration of radiation heat losses. The results show that the effects of radiation heat loss play an important role in flame regimes and flame transition and result in a new isolated self-extinguishing flame. Furthermore, it is found that radiation heat losses significantly increase the critical ignition radius and result in three different dependences of the minimum ignition power on the Lewis number. Comparisons between the results from the transient numerical simulation and those from the quasi-steady state analysis show a good agreement. The results suggest that prediction of flame initiation without appropriate consideration of radiation is not acceptable.     

Consistent values of rate parameters in free radical polymerization systems. II. Outstanding dilemmas and recommendations

The problems of determining reliable, well-characterized values of kinetic parameters in free-radical polymerizations are discussed. The origins of the fact that experimental determinations of rate coefficients of ostensibly identical systems often result in quite different values being reported can be ascribed to subtle mechanistic assumptions made in data interpretation, which are considered in detail. A series of recommendations to assist in overcoming these problems, and to highlight their origins, are presented, with emphasis placed on new techniques including those employing laser photolysis and EPR.     

Analysis of nonlinear vibration for symmetric angle-ply laminated viscoelastic plates with damage

The behavior of nonlinear vibration for symmetric angle-ply laminated plates including the material viscoelasticity and damage evolution is investigated. By employing the von Karman's nonlinear theory, strain energy equivalence principle and Boltzmann superposition principle, a set of governing equations of nonlinear integro-differential type are derived. By applying the finite difference method, Newmark method and iterative procedure, the governing equations are solved. The effects of loading amplitudes, exciting frequencies and different ply orientations on the critical time to failure initiation and nonlinear vibration amplitudes of the structures are discussed. Numerical results are presented for the different parameters and compared with the available data. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10272042) and the Special Science Fund of the Doctoral Discipline of the Ministry of Education, China (20020532018) The English text was polished by Ron Marshall.