Biaxial tensile behavior of CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy under dynamic and proportional loadings

The dynamic failure behavior of CoCrFeNi High-Entropy Alloy(HEA)under plane biaxial stress was investigated in detail.The dynamic biaxial tensile tests were conducted using an Electromagnetic Biaxial Split Hopkinson Tensile Bar(EBSHTB)system.For comparison,the quasi-static uniaxial and biaxial tensile tests,as well as dynamic uniaxial tensile tests,were per-formed respectively.A cruciform specimen suitable for large plastic deformation was designed and employed in the experiments.The Finite Element Method(FEM)verified that the improved cruciform specimen could satisfy the basic requirements.The feasibility of the proposed specimen was further confirmed through loading tests.Finally,the quasi-static and dynamic yield loci of the HEA in the first quadrant of the principal stress space were plotted.The results indicate that the alloy exhibits obvious strain hardening effect and strain rate strengthening effect,the yield locus and plastic work contours can be accurately described by Hill'48 criterion.

Impact damage testing based on high-speed continuous water jet aircraft coatings

When an aircraft passes through a rainy area at high speed,the coating on the front edge of the fuselage will be continuously eroded by raindrops,causing the coating to wear,crack or even peel off.This paper uses carbon fiber T300 material as the base material,and at the different impact speeds and impact numbers,water cutting equipment was used to simulate the erosion of the coating caused by the continuous impact of water droplets.The damage morphology of samples at different damage stages was observed by digital microscope and Scanning Electron Microscope(SEM),and the damage evolution curve was established to analyze and reveal the damage behavior and damage mechanism of rain erosion.The results show that the degree of damage experienced an increasing trend with the increase of impact numbers and speed,until circular peel damage was formed;no damage occurred during the incubation period,and the curvature of the damage evolution curve increased significantly after the expansion period and eventually showed a stable expansion trend.The mechanical properties of the coating material were the main influencing factors of its rain corrosion resistance.Moreover,the axially symmetric unsteady contact problem of droplets impacting the surface of a solid deformable body was studied.And the contact area was determined based on the iterative algorithm boundary positioning method.A mathematical model and closed mathematical formula describing the unsteady interaction between a droplet and a solid deformable obstacle were proposed.

Effects of surface topography and specimen thickness on high-speed raindrop impact damage of CFRP laminates

Raindrop impact erosion has been observed since early days of aviation,and can be catastrophic for exposed materials during supersonic flight.A single impact waterjet apparatus is established for mimicking drop impacts at the velocities between 350 m/s and 620 m/s.Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer(CFRP)laminates with three different surface morphologies and specimen thicknesses are tested here.A central region with no visible damage has been noticed,surrounded by a"failure ring"with common damage patterns including resin removal,matrix cracking,fiber breakage and mass fiber loss.Asymmetric features are presented in the"failure ring"whose whole scope extends larger along the longitudinal direction than the transverse direction of the top layer.The mechanism of the resin removal is related to fiber-matrix debonding,and its onset and propagation can be facilitated by initial surface asperities with the shear action of the lateral jetting.In cases of multiple impact,good surface quality can slow down the evolution of resin removal and fiber exposure on the CFRP surface,reducing the erosion speed and delaying the occurrence of structural damages in the subsequent impacts.Rayleigh wave dominates the occurrence of matrix cracking on the CFRP surface,and subsequently,results in material loss and peeling of the top-layer because of lateral flow.With the increase of the specimen thickness,both the interlaminar and intralaminar failures decrease as the impact damage mechanism changes from plate bending stress to the reflection of stress waves.

Biaxial tensile behavior of Ti-6Al-4V under proportional loading

The biaxial tensile behavior of isotropic Ti-6Al-4 V is characterized in this paper.A novel cruciform specimen was designed and optimized to achieve uniform stress and strain distribution within the gauge area.Biaxial tensile tests were conducted at three different loading ratios by the biaxial testing machine.The Digital Image Correlation(DIC)technique was applied to determine strain distribution,and a high-speed camera was employed to record the fracture process.An Inverse Analysis(IA)approach with a combined experimental and numerical method was proposed to determine the true stresses at the gauge section of the specimen during biaxial tensile tests.The results indicate that the initial yield locus can be described by the Cazacu criterion accurately,whereas the Mises criterion can predict better the strengthening behavior of Ti-6Al-4 V in the first quadrant in the principal stress space.