A PREDICTIVE APPROACH TO THE IN-PLANE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF STITCHED COMPOSITE LAMINATES

This contribution attempts to model the alteration of the in-plane elastic properties in laminates caused by stitching,and to predict the in-plane effective tensile strength of the stitched composite laminates.The distortion of in-plane fibers is considered to be the main cause that affects the in-plane mechanical properties.A fiber distortion model is proposed to characterize the fiber misalignment and the fiber content concentration due to stitching.The undistorted region,the fiber distortion region,the resin-rich pocket and the through-thickness reinforcement section are taken into account.The fiber misalignment and inhomogeneous fiber content due to stitching have been formulated by introducing two parameters,the distortion width and maximum misalignment.It has been found that the ply stress concentration in stitched laminates is influenced by the two concurrent factors,the stitch hole and inhomogeneous fiber content.The stitch hole brings about the stress concentration whereas the higher fiber content at the local region induced by stitching restrains the local deformation of the composite.The model is used to predict the tensile strength of the [0/45/0/-45/90/45/0/-45]_(2s) T300/QY9512 composite laminate stitched by Kevlar 29 yarn with different stitching configurations,showing an acceptable agreement with experimental data.     

Granular vortices: Identification,characterization and conditions for the localization of deformation

We relate the micromechanics of vortex evolution to that of force chain buckling and, on this basis, formulate the conditions for strain localization in a continuum model of dense granular media. Using the traditional bifurcation analysis of shear bands, we show that kinematic vortex fields are in fact solutions to the boundary value problem satisfying null boundary conditions. To establish an empirical basis for our study, we first develop a method to identify the location of the core and boundary of each vortex from a given displacement field in two dimensions. We then employ this method to characterize the residual deformation field (i.e., the deviation of particle motions from the continuum deformation) in a physical experiment and a discrete element simulation of dense granular samples submitted to biaxial compression. Vortices in the failure regime are essentially confined to the shear band. Primary vortices, the clear majority, rotate in the same direction as the shear band; secondary vortices, the so-called wakes, rotate in the opposite direction. Primary vortices align in spatial succession along the central axis of the band; wakes form next to the band boundaries, in between and beside two adjacent primary vortices. Force chain buckling, the governing mechanism for shear bands, is responsible for vortex formation in the failure regime. Vortex dynamics are consistent with stick-slip dynamics. From quiescent conditions of jamming or stick, vortical motions arise from force chain buckling and associated relative particle rotations and sliding; these in turn precipitate intermittent periods of unjamming or slip, evident in the attendant drops in stress ratio and bursts in both kinetic energy and local nonaffine deformation. A kinematic vortex field inside shear bands is proposed that is consistent with the equations of continuum mechanics and the underlying instability of force chain buckling: such a field is periodic with a repeating unit cell comprising a primary vortex at the center of the band, with two trailing wakes close next to the band boundaries.     

含夹杂和微裂纹复合材料的损伤演化和分析

利用细观力学的Ｅｓｈｅｌｂｙ和Ｍｏｒｉ－Ｔａｎａｋａ理论，考虑纤维和微裂纹之间的相互作用，研究了定向分布微裂纹的演化规律及其对材料力学性能的影响，分析了纤维体积份数，弹性系数、微裂纹密度，纤维不同取向与基体开裂强度之间的变化关系，并给出了许多有意义的结论。     

数字散斑相关方法的原理与应用

应用图像识别与变分学原理，对数字散斑相关方法作了理论阐述，导出了测量物体表面变形场的一般过程，将力学中的变形测量问题转化为单纯的数值计算问题，避免了传统光测方法与干涉条纹有关的一系列困难。初步的实验结果表明，该方法在工程实际现场、高速冲击动态过程、细观力学变形过程以及变形测量的自动化等方面都有广泛的应用潜力，从而为光测力学拓展应用领域、实现自动化测量展现了新的前景．     

金属基复合材料单向和循环变形行为的数值模拟研究

利用晶体细观力学模型，依据组元材料的单晶体变形性质，以Ａｌ－Ａｌ２Ｃｕ自生复合材料为模型材料，用数值法模拟其拉伸和循环拉伸变形过程，得到了与有关实验结果相符的应力－应变曲线，研究了增强相间距和循环加载过程对复合材料变形行为的影响，通过考虑变形过程中组元相及其界面的应力分布规律，分析研究了循环变形过程中基体Ｂａｕｓｃｈｉｎｇｅｒ效应对于复合材料微观变形与损伤机制的作用，结果表明，晶体细观力学模拟计算     

A UNIFIED ENERGY APPROACH TO A CLASS OF MICROMECHANICS MODELS FOR MICROCRACKED SOLIDS

Micromechanics models have been developed for the determination ofthe elastic moduli of microcracked solids based on different approaches andinterpretations,including the dilute or non-interacting solution,the Mori-Tanakamethod,the self-consistent method,and the generalized self-consistent method.It isshown in the present study that all these micromechanics models can be unified withinan energy-equivalence framework,and that they differ only in the way in which themicrocrack opening and sliding displacements are evaluated.Relevance to thedifferential methods and the verification of these models are discussed.     

A NOTE ON MORI-TANAKA＇S METHOD

Explicit expressions of Mori-Tanaka＇s tensor for a transversely isotropic fiber rein- forced UD composite are presented. Closed-form formulae for the effective elastic properties of the composite are obtained. In a 3D sense, the resulting compliance tensor of the composite is symmetric. Nevertheless, the 2D compliance tensor based on a deteriorated Mori-Tanaka＇s tensor is not symmetric. Nor is the compliance tensor defined upon a deteriorated 2D Eshelby＇s tensor. The in-plane effective elastic properties given by those three approaches are different. A detailed comparison between the predicted results obtained from those approaches with experimental data available for a number of UD composites is made.     

A MICROMECHANICAL FRAMEWORK WITH AGGREGATE-MASTIC INTERFACE EFFECT FOR PREDICTING UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION CREEP OF ASPHALT MIXTURE

According to the elastic-viscoelastic correspondence principle, an elastic microme- chanical framework taking the inclusion-matrix interface effect into account is extended for predicting viscoelastic properties of asphalt mixture, which is simply treated as elastic coarse aggregate inclusions periodically and isotropically embedded in a viscoelastic asphalt mastic matrix. The Burgers model is adopted for characterizing the matrix mechanical behavior, so that the homogenized relaxation modulus of asphalt mixture in compression creep is derived. After a series of uniaxial compression creep tests are performed on asphalt mastic in different temperature and stress conditions in order to determine the matrix constitutive parameters, the framework presented is validated by comparison with the experiment, and then some predictions of uniaxial compression creep behavior of asphalt mixture in different temperature and stress conditions are given.     

Prediction of Elastic Properties Using Micromechanics of Polypropylene Composites Mixed with Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene Fibers

In this study, we calculated the elastic properties of polypropylene composites mixed with ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibers. We applied micromechanics models that use numerical analysis, conducted finite element analysis using the homogenization method, and comparatively analyzed the characteristics of polypropylene (PP) containing UHMWPE fibers as reinforcement. The results demonstrate that elastic properties improved as the volume fraction of UHMWPE fiber increased. It was confirmed that the fibers had anisotropic elastic properties due to the shape of the fibers. In addition, it is necessary to compare these findings with future experimental results to obtain data for developing UHMWPE–PP composites.     

分布式光纤裂缝检测的有限元分析及试验

对分布式光纤裂缝检测技术中光纤-混凝土复合体的微观力学行为进行了分析. 考虑了涂覆-护套、护套-混凝土双界面的状态非线性,混凝土采用双线性各向同性强化模型以消减局部应力集中,避免护套-混凝土之间的过度穿透. 采用试验确定的接触对力学参数,用ANSYS进行了数值模拟,得到了光纤-混凝土复合体的微观应力分布及光纤的曲率分布. 定量分析了缝宽与弯曲损耗的关系,计算结果与试验结果符合较好,从理论上验证了光纤布置方式、护套厚度对传感灵敏度和动态范围的影响,为分布式光纤裂缝检测技术提供了修正的微观力学分析理论和方法.