Quasi-static tensile deformation and fracture behavior of a highly particle-filled composite using digital image correlation method

Polymer bonded explosives (PBXs) are highly particle-filled composite materials.This paper experimentally studies the tensile deformation and fracture behavior of a PBX simulation by using the semi-circular bending (SCB) test.The deformation and fracture process of a pre-notched SCB sample with a random speckle pattern is recorded by a charge coupled device camera.The displacement and strain fields on the observed surface during the loading process are obtained by using the digital image correlation method.The crack opening displacement is calculated from the displacement fields,the initiation and propagation of the crack are analyzed.In addition,the damage evolution and fracture mechanisms of the SCB sample are analyzed according to the strain fields and the correlation coefficient fields at different loading steps.

DEFORMATION LOCALIZATION AND SHEAR BAND FRACTURE IN STRONG ANISOTROPY SHEET TENSION

The tensile deformation localization and the shear band fracture behaviors of sheet metals with strong anisotropy are numerically simulated by using Updating Lagrange finite element method, Quasi-how plastic constitutive theory([1]) and B-L planar anisotropy yield criterion([2]). Simulated results are compared with experimental ones. Very good consistence is obtained between numerical and experimental results. The relationship between the anisotropy coefficient R and the shear band angle theta is found.

Effect of Plastic Deformation and H_2S on Dynamic Fracture Toughness of High Strength Casing Steel

The effects of plastic deformation and H2 S on fracture toughness of high strength casing steel（C110 steel） were investigated. The studied casing specimens are as follows： original casing, plastic deformation（PD） casing and PD casing after being immersed in NACE A solution saturated with H2S（PD＋H2S）. Instrumented impact method was employed to evaluate the impact behaviors of the specimens, meanwhile, dynamic fracture toughness（JId） was calculated by using Rice model and Schindler model. The experimental results show that dynamic fracture toughness of the casing decreases after plastic deformation. Compared with that of the original casing and PD casing, the dynamic fracture toughness decreases further when the PD casing immersed in H2 S, moreover, there are ridge-shaped feature and many secondary cracks present on the fracture surface of the specimens. Impact fracture mechanism of the casing is proposed as follows： the plastic deformation results in the increase of defect density of materials where the atomic hydrogen can accumulate in reversible or irreversible traps and even recombine to form molecular hydrogen, subsequently, the casing material toughness decreases greatly.

Numerical evaluation of strength and deformability of fractured rocks

Knowledge of the strength and deformability of fractured rocks is important for design, construction and stability evaluation of slopes, foundations and underground excavations in civil and mining engineering. However, laboratory tests of intact rock samples cannot provide information about the strength and deformation behaviors of fractured rock masses that include many fractures of varying sizes, orientations and locations. On the other hand, large-scale in situ tests of fractured rock masses are economically costly and often not practical in reality at present. Therefore, numerical modeling becomes necessary. Numerical predicting using discrete element methods(DEM) is a suitable approach for such modeling because of their advantages of explicit representations of both fractures system geometry and their constitutive behaviors of fractures, besides that of intact rock matrix. In this study, to generically determine the compressive strength of fractured rock masses, a series of numerical experiments were performed on two-dimensional discrete fracture network models based on the realistic geometrical and mechanical data of fracture systems from feld mapping. We used the UDEC code and a numerical servo-controlled program for controlling the progressive compressive loading process to avoid sudden violent failure of the models. The two loading conditions applied are similar to the standard laboratory testing for intact rock samples in order to check possible differences caused by such loading conditions. Numerical results show that the strength of fractured rocks increases with the increasing confning pressure, and that deformation behavior of fractured rocks follows elasto-plastic model with a trend of strain hardening. The stresses and strains obtained from these numerical experiments were used to ft the well-known Mohr-Coulomb(MC) and Hoek-Brown(H-B) failure criteria, represented by equivalent material properties defning these two criteria. The results show that both criteria can provide fair estimates of the compressive strengths for all tested numerical models. Parameters of the elastic deformability of fractured models during elastic deformation stages were also evaluated, and represented as equivalent Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio as functions of lateral confning pressure. It is the frst time that such systematic numerical predicting for strength of fractured rocks was performed considering different loading conditions, with important fndings for different behaviors of fractured rock masses, compared with testing intact rock samples under similar loading conditions.

Modification of Recrystalization Grain Structure of Ytria Dispersion Strengthened MA956 Alloy by Pre-deformation

The effects of cold deformation on recrystallization characteristics of a mechanically alloyed yttria dispersion strengthened alloy (Fe 20%Cr 4.5%Al 0.5%Ti 0.01%C 0.5%Y 2O 3 (wt%)) are studied. Experimental techniques employed include optical and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and laser processing methods. In addition, a recrystallization grain growth model is presented to explain the observed reduction of recrystallized grain aspect ratio as a result of cold forging.

Effect of hydraulic fracture deformation hysteresis on CO_(2)huff-n-puff performance in shale gas reservoirs

As a promising enhanced gas recovery technique,CO_(2)huff-n-puff has attracted great attention recently.However,hydraulic fracture deformation hysteresis is rarely considered,and its effect on CO_(2)huff-n-puff performance is not well understood.In this study,we present a fully coupled multi-component flow and geomechanics model for simulating CO_(2)huff-n-puff in shale gas reservoirs considering hydraulic fracture deformation hysteresis.Specifically,a shale gas reservoir after hydraulic fracturing is modeled using an efficient hybrid model incorporating an embedded discrete fracture model(EDFM),multiple porosity model,and single porosity model.In flow equations,Fick’s law,extended Langmuir isotherms,and the Peng-Robinson equation of state are used to describe the molecular diffusion,multi-component adsorption,and gas properties,respectively.In relation to geomechanics,a path-dependent constitutive law is applied for the hydraulic fracture deformation hysteresis.The finite volume method(FVM)and the stabilized extended finite element method(XFEM)are applied to discretize the flow and geomechanics equations,respectively.We then solve the coupled model using the fixed-stress split iterative method.Finally,we verify the presented method using several numerical examples,and apply it to investigate the effect of hydraulic fracture deformation hysteresis on CO_(2)huff-n-puff performance in a 3D shale gas reservoir.Numerical results show that hydraulic fracture deformation hysteresis has some negative effects on CO_(2)huff-n-puff performance.The effects are sensitive to the initial conductivity of hydraulic fracture,production pressure,starting time of huff-n-puff,injection pressure,and huff-n-puff cycle number.

Dynamic strength of rocks and physical nature of rock strength

Time-dependence of rock deformation and fracturing is often ignored.However,the consideration of the time-dependence is essential to the study of the deformation and fracturing processes of materials,especially for those subject to strong dynamic loadings.In this paper,we investigate the deformation and fracturing of rocks,its physical origin at the microscopic scale,as well as the mechanisms of the time-dependence of rock strength.Using the thermo-activated and macro-viscous mechanisms,we explained the sensitivity of rock strength to strain rate.These mechanisms dominate the rock strength in different ranges of strain rates.It is also shown that a strain-rate dependent Mohr-Coulomb-type constitutive relationship can be used to describe the influence of strain rate on dynamic rock fragmentation.A relationship between the particle sizes of fractured rocks and the strain rate is also proposed.Several time-dependent fracture criteria are discussed,and their intrinsic relations are discussed.Finally,the application of dynamic strength theories is discussed.

Effect of ECAP on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of a High-Mg_2Si Content Al-Mg-Si Alloy

A high-Mg2Si content Al alloy was extruded by equal channel angular pressing（ECAP） for 8 passes at 250 ℃ and an ultrafine-grained structure with an average grain size of about 1.5 μm was achieved.The coarse skeleton-shaped Mg2Si phase presenting in the as-cast alloy are significantly fragmented into fine rod-shaped as well as equiaxed particles mostly less than about 230 nm and become relatively dispersed.The tensile strength 192.8 MPa and the elongation up to 31.3% at ambient temperature are attained in the 8-pass ECAPed alloy versus 163.3 MPa and 9.1% in the as-cast alloy.High-temperature creep test at 250 ℃ reveals that the ECAPed sample exhibits a high elongation close to 100% at a relatively high creep rate 7.64×10-5 s-1,compared to the elongation 56% at a low strain rate 1.74×10-7 s-1 in the as-cast alloy.

Stress－rupture Property and Microstructure of Yttria Dispersion Strengthened Alloy MA956

The streas-rupture property and corresponding deformed microstructures of an yttria dispersionstrengthened alloy bar MA956 ( Fe-20 % , Cr-4. 5 % , Al-0. 5% , Ti-0. 5% , Y_2O_3(wt% ) ) were investi-gated by using tensile stress-rupture testing, fractography (optical and scanning electron micrscopy(SEM)) , and optical metallography. It has been found that the longitudinal strength is much higher thanthe transverse strength, as a result of fracture occurring along grain boundaries in the latter orientationwhen the load direction is normal to the recrystallization grain growth direction. For the same reason, lon-gitudinally tested samples fractured in a ductile manner while transversely tested ones had brittle fracture.It is also found that pre-anneal decreases the longitudinal strength, since it reduces the grin size and there-fore increace the amount of grain boundarings. In addition, the effect of grain size on crack propagation wasexamined .

Effect of Frequency on Fatigue Lifetime of Extruded Mg-3%Al-1%Zn Alloy

Samples prepared from as-extruded magnesium alloy Mg-3%Al-1%Zn （AZ31） billets were utilized in low-cycle fatigue tests in order to investigate the frequency-dependent fatigue life. Fully reversed strain-controlled tension-compression fatigue tests were carried out at frequencies of 1 Hz and 10 Hz in air. The microstructures were examined by optical microscopy （OM） and scanning electron microscopy （SEM）.When the strain amplitude was lower than 0.2%, the fatigue life exhibited a positive correlation with loading frequency, and the activity of twinning was increased at 10 Hz. When the strain amplitude was higher than 0.2%, significant twinning was observed both at these two frequencies, and the fatigue life was found to be independent of frequency. The possible reasons for this frequency-related fatigue lifetime may be due to the dependence of twinning upon loading frequency and strain amplitude.

Low Temperature Impact Toughness and Fracture Analysis of EN-GJS-400-18-LT Ductile Iron under Instrumented Impact Load

The impact toughness of EN-GJS-400-18-LT ductile iron was measured by Charpy V-notch impact test at temperature between-80 and 20℃.The fracture properties were tested under instrumented impact loading.Total impact fracture energy,crack initiation and propagation energy,dynamic loads and the ductile to brittle temperature were measured.Three-dimensional reconstruction of impact fracture morphology was accomplished by confocal laser scanning microscope.The results of quantitative fractography indicate that cleavage fracture produces flatter fracture surfaces accompanying with less absorbed energy during the impact fracture process.It indicates that fracture roughness has a close relationship with crack propagation energy at low temperature.

Enhancing the high-temperature creep properties of Mo alloys via nanosized La_(2)O_(3) particle addition

Molybdenum(Mo) alloys with different La_(2)O_(3)particle additions(0.6,0.9,1.5 wt.%) were prepared by powder metallurgy to investigate the effect of La_(2)O_(3)particles on microstructural evolution and creep behavior of the alloy.Pure Mo,annealed at 1500℃ for 1 h,presented a fully recrystallized microstructure characterized by equiaxed grains.The alloys doped with La_(2)O_(3)particles(Mo-La_(2)O_(3)alloys),on the other hand,exhibited fibrous grains elongated in the rolling direction of the plate.In contrast to the shape of the grains,the average grain size of the alloys was found to be insensitive to the addition of La_(2)O_(3)particles.Nanosized La_(2)O_(3)particles with diameters ranging from 65 to 75 nm were distributed within the grain interior.Tensile creep tests showed that dislocation creep was the predominant deformation mode at intermediate creep rate(10^(-7)s^(-1)-10^(-4)s^(-1)) in the present alloys.The creep stress exponent and activation energy were found to decrease with increasing temperature,particularly within the low creep rate regime(<10^(-7)s^(-1)).The Mo-La_(2)O_(3)alloys exhibited remarkably greater apparent stress exponent and activation energy than pure Mo.A creep constitutive model based on the interaction between particles and dislocations was utilized to rationalize the nanoparticle-improved creep behavior.It was demonstrated that low relaxed efficiency of dislocation line energy,which is responsible for an enhanced climb resistance of dislocations,is the major creep strengthening mechanism in the Mo-La_(2)O_(3)alloys.In addition,the area reduction and creep fracture mode of the Mo-La_(2)O_(3)alloys were found to be a function of the creep rate and temperature,which can be explained by the effect of the two parameters on the creep and fracture mechanisms.

FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION FOR YIELD STRESS OF HARD POLY(VINYL CHLORIDE)/ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE BLENDS AT DIFFERENT CROSSHEAD SPEEDS

Hard poly（vinyl chloride） （PVC）/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene （ABS） blends were prepared using injection- molding and influence of crosshead speed on mechanical properties was examined. Based on morphology parameters obtained from transmission electron microscopy photography and the material parameters from true stress-strain curves of neat PVC and ABS, yield stresses of the blends at different crosshead speeds were simulated employing a two-dimensional nine-particle model based on the finite element analysis （FEA）. The FEA results were compared with the experimental yielding stress and the good agreement validated the simulation approach. The FEA approach allowed establishing a yielding criterion related to local yielding of the interstitial matrix between ABS particles.

Shear response of β-SiC bulk dependent on temperature and strain rate

The shear responses of β-SiC are investigated using molecular dynamics simulation with the Tersoff interatomic potential. Results show a clear decreasing trend in critical stress,fracture strain and shear modulus as temperature increases. Above a critical temperature, β-SiC bulk just fractures after the elastic deformation. However, below the critical temperature, an interesting pattern in β-SiC bulk emerges due to the elongation of Si-C bonds before fracture. Additionally, the shear deformation of β-SiC at room temperature is found to be dependent on the strain rate. This study may shed light on the deformation mechanism dependent on temperature and strain rate.