Combined shear-compression tests and simulations were performed on a closed-cell aluminum foam over a wide range of loading angles in order to probe their yield behaviors under biaxial loading conditions.Combined shea...Combined shear-compression tests and simulations were performed on a closed-cell aluminum foam over a wide range of loading angles in order to probe their yield behaviors under biaxial loading conditions.Combined shear-compression tests were carried out by using a pair of cylindrical bars with beveled ends.The yield surfaces were experimentally measured and compared with various theoretical yield surface models.The cellular structures of closed-cell aluminum foams were modeled as tetrakaidecahedrons and their biaxial crushing behaviors were simulated by the finite element method.The results show that,yield initiates from the stress-concentrated corners in the specimens under combined shear-compression loading and the stress distribution is no longer uniform at the specimen/bar interfaces.In the range of cell sizes studied,the larger the foam cell size is,the higher the yield stress is.Aluminum foam density is found to be the dominant factor on its mechanical properties compared with the cell size and is much more significant in engineering practice.展开更多
Creep deformation can be classified as homogeneous flow and inhomogeneous flow in bulk metallic glass(BMG).In order to understand the conversion conditions of the two types of creep deformation,the effect of loading r...Creep deformation can be classified as homogeneous flow and inhomogeneous flow in bulk metallic glass(BMG).In order to understand the conversion conditions of the two types of creep deformation,the effect of loading rate on the creep behavior of a Ti_(40)Zr_(10)Cu_(47)Sn_(3)(at.%)BMG at ambient temperature was investigated using nanoindentation and molecular dynamic simulation.Results indicate that at low loading rates,many serrations appear in loading stage,leading to inhomogeneous serrated flow in the creep stage.When the loading rate is high enough,the creep deformation tends to be homogeneous.The related mechanism responsible for the rate-dependent creep behavior is attributed to the number of pre-existing major shear bands which is influenced significantly by the loading rate.展开更多
基金Project(2017JJ3359)supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,ChinaProject(KFJJ13-11M)supported by the Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology(Beijing Institute of Technology),China.
文摘Combined shear-compression tests and simulations were performed on a closed-cell aluminum foam over a wide range of loading angles in order to probe their yield behaviors under biaxial loading conditions.Combined shear-compression tests were carried out by using a pair of cylindrical bars with beveled ends.The yield surfaces were experimentally measured and compared with various theoretical yield surface models.The cellular structures of closed-cell aluminum foams were modeled as tetrakaidecahedrons and their biaxial crushing behaviors were simulated by the finite element method.The results show that,yield initiates from the stress-concentrated corners in the specimens under combined shear-compression loading and the stress distribution is no longer uniform at the specimen/bar interfaces.In the range of cell sizes studied,the larger the foam cell size is,the higher the yield stress is.Aluminum foam density is found to be the dominant factor on its mechanical properties compared with the cell size and is much more significant in engineering practice.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFB1100103)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51771233)+2 种基金Key Research and Development Program of Hunan Province,China(No.2016JC2003)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2018M633164)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University,China(Nos.2018ZZTS127,CX20190190,2019ZZTS134)。
文摘Creep deformation can be classified as homogeneous flow and inhomogeneous flow in bulk metallic glass(BMG).In order to understand the conversion conditions of the two types of creep deformation,the effect of loading rate on the creep behavior of a Ti_(40)Zr_(10)Cu_(47)Sn_(3)(at.%)BMG at ambient temperature was investigated using nanoindentation and molecular dynamic simulation.Results indicate that at low loading rates,many serrations appear in loading stage,leading to inhomogeneous serrated flow in the creep stage.When the loading rate is high enough,the creep deformation tends to be homogeneous.The related mechanism responsible for the rate-dependent creep behavior is attributed to the number of pre-existing major shear bands which is influenced significantly by the loading rate.
