Fe—3%Si 单晶体裂纹尖端位错行为及氢效应的 TEM 动态观察~*

在透射电镜中对 Fe-3%Si 单晶体薄膜进行拉伸试验,观察了在受力状态下裂纹尖端的位错行为及固溶氢的影响。结果表明,在受力时裂尖会自动发射位错。位错一旦从裂尖发射,便很快离开裂纹尖端以反塞积群形式存在于塑性区中。在裂纹尖端与塑性区之间存在一无位错区(DFZ)。裂纹扩展包括裂尖发射位错的塑性过程以及 DFZ 解理的脆性过程。固溶的氢改变了裂纹尖端的位错分布,促进了位错从裂尖发射,致使 DFZ 的长度减小甚至消失。     

镍基合金材料塑性对应力腐蚀裂纹尖端应力应变场影响的研究

为了解材料塑性对高温水环境下核电关键结构材料应力腐蚀裂纹扩展的影响,利用大型非线性有限元软件,对镍基合金中由氧化膜和基体金属构成的应力腐蚀裂纹尖端应力应变场进行了分析,得出了材料屈服应力对应力腐蚀裂纹尖端应力应变场的影响规律.结果表明:在同样的外载条件下,随着材料屈服应力的增大,裂尖基体金属的应力增大而塑性应变减小;而...     

轻薄型金属反平面撕裂机理研究

#x0201c;轻薄型金属(厚度#x02264;10mm)反平面撕裂机理研究#x0201d;旨在为报废汽车及家用电器的破碎回收处理提供理论依据。通过对轻薄型金属破碎过程分析及试验研究,发现#x02162;型裂纹起到了主要破坏作用;根据拉伸试验应力-应变关系曲线变化趋势与理想弹塑性材料基本一致的现象,将材料简化为理想弹塑性模型;裤形撕裂试验所获得的载荷-位移曲线变化趋势表明试样起裂前后所需载荷较大,扩展过程中载荷逐渐减小;对反平面撕裂过程研究可知,在载荷作用下裂尖塑性区逐渐向外扩展,当其达到最大尺寸后,随着载荷继续增加,裂纹则开始扩展,而塑性区也逐渐向前推移直至试样断裂。裂纹尖端场的解表明起裂前及扩展过程中尖端应力-应变场均存在奇异性,且扩展过程中尖端场奇异性比起裂前弱,即起裂前裂尖的应力-应变集中程度比扩展过程中要大,这表明裂纹在起裂阶段比扩展阶段所需载荷更大。     

基于材料低周疲劳的裂纹扩展预测模型

该文基于疲劳裂纹尖端循环应力-应变场, 定义了基于应变幅的平均单位循环损伤参量D, 并引入Miner累积损伤率, 从而从理论上建立起材料低周疲劳性能和疲劳裂纹扩展行为之间的联系。以裂尖扩展方向上的单调塑性区尺寸作为疲劳过程区大小, 并提出了基于弹塑性应变疲劳累积损伤的疲劳裂纹扩展预测模型。模型改进了前人提出的疲劳裂纹扩展预测模型, 考虑了单调塑性区内所有材料的弹塑性应变疲劳损伤贡献;模型中参数均有物理意义, 不需要人为调试。基于完成的Cr2Ni2MoV 材料的低周疲劳结果所建立的该文新模型对该材料裂纹扩展速率的预测结果与实验结果有良好一致性。并且, 借助手册数据, 在TC4钛合金材料上进一步得到了验证。     

单晶γ-TiAl合金中裂纹沿[111]晶向扩展的分子动力学研究

为了从微观角度探索γ-TiAl合金中特定晶向的裂纹扩展机理,研究了γ-TiAl合金中[111]晶向微裂纹扩展的过程及其断裂机理。首先在单晶γ-TiAl合金中预置[111]晶向的微裂纹,然后通过分子动力学方法模拟该裂纹的扩展过程,最终分析了裂尖原子组态变化、微裂纹扩展路径以及应力-应变情况。研究表明,该晶向的微裂纹不是沿直线扩展,而是启裂时裂尖发生偏转,表现出明显的取向效应;微裂纹以裂尖发射滑移位错以及裂尖上形成孪晶的方式进行扩展;受边界的影响,微裂纹扩展到一定阶段会在边界位错堆积处萌生子裂纹,且扩展机制与主裂纹类似;在两个裂纹尖端发射滑移位错的相互作用下,在主裂尖前端再次萌生子裂纹,最终主、子裂纹相连导致断裂;微裂纹扩展过程中的应力分布主要集中于裂尖和扩展过程中形成的孪晶面上,并且随着微裂纹的扩展,裂尖应力值随时间的增大而减小。     

Ⅰ型裂纹尖端塑性区和无位错区及其对裂纹扩展的影响

用裂纹与位错的相互作用模拟了刃型位错从Ⅰ型裂纹尖端沿多个滑移面的发射,得到了裂纹尖端周围塑性区和无位错区的形状和大小.结果表明,与宏观断裂力学算出的塑性区形状相比,本文给出的塑性区向裂纹前方倾斜;无位错区的形状与塑性区的相似.以应变能密度因子理论为判据,当存在明显的无位错区时,塑性区使裂纹扩展的潜力下降,但扩展方向不变;而当塑性区充分发展、无位错区的作用减小或消失后,裂纹扩展的方向可能发生变化.     

温度对单晶γ-TiAl合金裂纹扩展的影响的分子动力学模拟

用分子动力学方法从原子尺度对单晶γ-TiAl合金中心裂纹的扩展机理进行了研究,模拟了不同温度下预制中心裂纹的扩展过程。结果表明:随着温度升高,裂纹的启裂时间变长,启裂应力值分别为5.64GPa、4.58GPa和4.27GPa;裂尖和边界发射的位错数目随温度的升高而增多;温度为300K时,裂纹先脆性扩展,出现分枝后,裂纹通过裂尖发射位错向前扩展,扩展过程为塑性扩展;温度达750K时裂纹出现分枝,扩展过程为塑性扩展,此时的裂纹扩展速率慢于300K时的裂纹扩展速率;950K时裂纹没有出现分枝,扩展过程为塑性扩展且扩展速率最快;三种温度下裂纹扩展过程均出现裂尖钝化与偏折现象。     

聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯疲劳裂纹扩展的研究

研究了聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯疲劳裂纹扩展规律,实验结果表明,频率增加时,疲劳裂纹裂展速率降低,试验频率从０．１Ｈｚ和２０Ｈｚ时,疲劳裂纹的扩展与频率成幂函数关系,而在更高的频率时,裂纹尖端出现绝热升温,裂尖钝化,疲劳裂纹扩展速率明显降低,随着名义平均应力提高,由于静断机制的早出现,使稳定扩展区变短,试验环境温度的影响。可用表机玻璃的β松弛的热激活关系来描述。     

加工硬化对304不锈钢应力腐蚀裂纹裂尖力学性能的影响

压力管道中应力腐蚀开裂(SCC)是奥氏体不锈钢的主要失效形式之一,同时冷加工变形对材料的力学性能和裂纹的萌生及扩展会产生一定影响。本工作首先利用疲劳拉伸机获取304不锈钢不同冷加工硬化下的材料本构参数,同时利用有限元仿真软件ABAQUS建立了SCC裂纹裂尖宏观分析模型及子模型,研究不同加工硬化下304奥氏体不锈钢材料的SCC裂纹裂尖应力应变、J积分及裂纹扩展速率的影响。结果表明,材料在20%冷加工率变形内,随着材料加工硬化程度的增加,SCC裂纹裂尖Mises应力、J积分逐渐增大,裂纹裂尖应变(PEEQ)减小,一定程度加工硬化会促进和加速304不锈钢发生应力腐蚀开裂。     

定向断裂双孔爆破含缺陷介质裂纹扩展的动焦散试验

利用爆炸加载数字激光动态焦散线试验系统,进行双孔爆破爆炸应力波作用下缺陷介质裂纹扩展试验。研究了含水平预制裂纹和竖直预制裂纹的介质裂纹扩展路径、速度、加速度和裂尖动态应力强度因子变化规律。试验结果表明:在爆炸应力波作用下,预制裂纹尖端起裂,并扩展。炸药爆炸后,主裂纹的扩展速度迅速达到峰值,之后开始振荡减小,其加速度呈现波浪起伏式的振荡变化。次裂纹起裂后速度增大至峰值,然后开始减小。主裂纹尖端的动态应力强度因子K_Ⅰ从峰值振荡减小,又振荡增加至第二个峰值,之后振荡减小。次裂纹尖端的动态应力强度因子K_Ⅰ达到最大时,次裂纹起裂,之后K_Ⅰ振荡减小。裂纹扩展的过程中K_Ⅱ基本都小于K_Ⅰ。     

The anisotropic R-criterion for crack initiation

The anisotropic nature of mixed modes I-II crack tip plastic core region and crack initiation is investigated in this study using an angled crack plate problem under various loading conditions. Hill’s anisotropic yield criterion along with singular elastic stress field at the crack tip is employed to obtain the non-dimensional variable-radius crack tip plastic core region. In addition, the R-criterion for crack initiation proposed by the authors for isotropic materials is also extended to include anisotropy. The effect of Hill’s anisotropic constants on the shape and size of the crack tip plastic core region and crack initiation angle is presented for both plane stress and plane strain conditions at the crack tip. The study shows a significant effect of anisotropy on the crack tip core region and crack initiation angle and calls for further development of anisotropic crack initiation theory.     

金属构件中裂纹的电磁热效应局部跨越止裂

采用理论分析和实验研究的方法讨论了应用电磁热效应对金属构件中裂纹实施局部跨越止裂的技术。在带有裂纹的模具钢构件上取样,对裂纹处通过点电极进行局部跨越脉冲放电。实验研究和理论分析结果均表明:跨越止裂可以使导体中局部裂纹在裂纹尖端处很小的范围内熔化形成微小的焊口,实现了钝化止裂,遏制了裂纹的扩展。通过对止裂后裂尖的金相组织观察和力学性能测试发现:超细化的条状马氏体、极少量残余奥氏体和细颗粒碳化物的出现极大地提高了裂纹尖端的硬度、韧性和耐磨性。     

Determination of stress intensity factor for embedded elliptical crack in turbine rotor

The stress intensity factor (SIF) for an embedded elliptical crack in a turbine rotor and the thermal shock stress intensity factor for a semi-elliptical surface crack in a finite plate are determined by means of Vainshtok's weight function method. The solution for the semi-elliptical surface crack is in good agreement with the previous one. The value of the SIF for the embedded elliptical crack in the turbine rotor under centrifugal and thermal loading is larger at the crack contour near the inner radius surface and almost constant at the opposite crack contour. The SIF decreases by increasing the crack ratio, and the distance between the inner radius surface and the crack center.     

A solution for SIFs of part-elliptical cracks based on approximate crack surface displacement and energy method

A procedure has been developed to derive stress intensity factors (SIFs) for part-elliptical cracks based on an approximate crack surface displacement mode assumption for general configurations. The crack surface displacement mode is composed of available 2D crack surface displacement modes at intersections of the crack surface and boundaries, or in symmetry planes. Along with the obtained crack surface displacement mode, SIFs are determined by the magnitude of the crack surface displacement derived from energy release rate for virtual crack increments. The procedure was analytically verified with the exact solution for an embedded crack in an infinite body subjected to uniform crack surface pressure. Several examples show the obtained results in acceptable agreements with available solutions.     

A theoretical note on mode-I crack branching and kinking

An energy-based fracture mode has been derived for the mode-I crack branching and kinking. The classic J_i-integral has been further explored by a new partial integral path and the analytical solution of the energy release rate for crack branching and kinking from a mode-I crack tip has been established. The crack branching/kinking angle has also been analytically derived. It shows that the Griffith’s theorem and conservation law can be applied to both mode-I crack extension and mode-I crack branching and kinking. The branching mechanism for quasi-static mode-I crack has been theoretically investigated. The branching toughness and the K-based criterion for crack branching have been defined. The crack branching phenomena predicted by the present model are in well agreement with the experimental observations reported in the literatures.     

Simulation for intergranular stress corrosion cracking based on a three-dimensional polycrystalline model

In stress corrosion cracking of stainless steel, two different schemes of analysis of crack growth should be employed for the crack initiation phase and crack growth phase. However, this distinction is not clear-cut in the crack initiation phase, since the vicinity of the pre-existing crack is a preferential area of crack initiation due to concentration of stress. Therefore, initiation of crack tends to occur at the tip of a pre-existing crack and it can be regarded as crack growth. In this study, the contribution of this type of apparent crack growth, referred to as initiation dominant growth (IDG), to crack growth was evaluated by a Monte Carlo simulation. A three-dimensional polycrystalline body was generated by Voronoi tessellation. The cracks were assumed to grow along grain boundaries. The effect of stress-concentration around pre-existing cracks was taken into account by applying the finite element method. Initiation and propagation of the cracks were modeled based on concepts of damage mechanics. The simulation could reproduce the changes in number of cracks and the sum of crack length obtained experimentally as well as preferential crack initiation at the stress-concentration zones and suppression of crack initiation in stress-shielding zones. It was shown that the contribution of IDG to crack growth was large for small cracks, and that damage by crack initiation accounted for more than 50% of total damage even when the length of a crack was 0.6 mm at the surface.     

STRESS STATE-RELATED FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH UNDER SPECTRUM LOADING

Abstract— The fatigue crack growth behaviour in aluminium alloy sheets of 2024-T3 and 7475-T761, subjected to standardized spectra (TWIST and FALSTAFF), was investigated using centre-cracked specimens. A strip crack closure model was used to interpret experimental data, and to make predictions for the crack growth.
The strip model is based on the Dugdale concept, but modified to keep plastically-stretched materials on the crack surface so that the crack opening load can be determined, and the fatigue crack growth can be analysed according to Elber's crack growth assumption. Differing from other models of the same kind, a variable constraint factor was introduced to account for the gradual transition of stress state at the crack tip resulting from the crack growth. It has been shown that the transition of stress state at the crack tip causes the unusual behaviour of the fatigue crack growth in sheets. Both experiments and predictions show that a crack may grow faster at a low load than at a higher one in a certain applied load range due to the crack tip stress state transition. The crack tip stress state also contributes to the thickness effect observed for the crack growth in sheets. In agreement with experimental results, it has been shown that a plane stress state will prevail at the crack tip in a thin sheet compared to that in a thick sheet. The plane stress state results in a higher crack opening level which leads to a longer fatigue life for thin sheets.     

THE RELATION BETWEEN CRACK BLUNTING AND FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH RATES

Abstract— Previous work has shown that the inclusion of the strain energy released by crack blunting leads to an energy minimum for fatigue crack growth that can be used to predict stage II fatigue crack growth. The present work assumes a polynomial relation between crack blunting and crack extension to derive an expression for the rate of fatigue crack growth that is dependent upon only the applied Δ K , E , σ_ys, K _c, and the exponent p in the relation between crack blunting and crack extension. This expression is thought to be generally valid since it accurately predicts fatigue crack growth rates for a wide variety of titanium, nickel, aluminium and steel alloys. A unique characteristic of the model is its ability (for long crack, slow crack growth) to account for the different slope for different materials in the Paris Law region of the d a /d N vs. δ K curve. The model specifically shows that this slope, m , is dependent solely upon the exponent, p , in the relation between crack blunting and crack extension.     

Experimental investigation of crack growth direction in multiple cracks

In this paper, the interaction between multiple cracks in crack growth direction is studied in an aluminium alloy under static and fatigue loading. Self similar as well as non‐self‐similar crack growth has been observed which depends on the relative crack positions defined by crack offset distance and crack tip distance. On the basis of experimental observations, the criterion for crack coalescence and crack growth direction are expressed in terms of the crack positions defined by crack offset and crack tip distances. The criterion presented in this study can be used to determine the limiting value of crack tip and crack offset distance and to determine the mode in which cracks coalesce during their growth process. Experimental results and crack interaction criterion presented under various crack positions and size conditions could be used to derive a new evaluation method of crack growth in multiple crack geometry.     

Ultrasonic Measurement of the Crack Depth and the Crack Opening Stress Intensity Factor Under a No Load Condition

This paper describes a new methodology for evaluating the crack depth and the crack opening stress intensity factor of small closed cracks using an ultrasonic technique. Surface connected back-wall cracks of depth ranging from 0.4 to 4.0 mm in steel specimens are considered. The crack corner echo amplitude of an ultrasonic shear wave, SW, beam of 50° incidence in material is used. First, the ultrasonic echo response of an open crack is determined as a function of crack depth. Next, based on changing the crack closure stress, an empirical relation between the crack closure stress and the crack-echo response is formulated. The crack depth and the crack closure stress of an unknown closed crack based on these relations are determined by inverse analysis of the ultrasonic response of the crack. From the evaluated crack depth and crack closure stress, the crack opening stress intensity factor is determined. The accuracy and reliability of this new nondestructive evaluation (NDE) method is verified by comparing the evaluated crack depth with the actual one. The latter is measured on the fractured surface obtained after carrying out ultrasonic testing. The ultrasonic method developed is proved to be a powerful tool for quantitative and nondestructive evaluation of the crack depth as well as the crack closure stress.