小试件材料弹性常数超声测量系统的研制

本文针对小试件块体纳米材料力学性能测试的特殊需求，设计开发了一套小试件材料弹性常数超声精密测量系统。系统由线聚焦PVDF探头、四轴精密运动平台、NI PXI总线嵌入式控制器、超声脉冲产生／接收仪以及数字记忆示波器组成。系统基于声学显微镜技术，利用同时测定纵波和漏表面波波速来表征材料的弹性常数等，既适用于各向同性材料，又适用于各向异性材料。试验结果表明本测量系统工作良好，能够满足试验要求，为进一步评价小试件纳米材料制备工艺和表征纳米材料的力学性能奠定了基础。     

基于双模式超声换能器的选择性激光熔化316L制件弹性常数无损表征研究

选择性激光熔化技术(SLM)可以快速成型任意结构的金属零件,但其制件的内部组织和材料性能与传统制件有着显著区别。基于双模式超声换能器对SLM 316L不锈钢制件的不同方向弹性常数及其分布进行表征研究。首先通过设计并制备高性能双模式超声换能器,搭建超声弹性常数分布测量系统。对SLM制备的316L不锈钢试样依次进行纵波和两个正交横波声速测量,获得同位置处不同方向弹性模量和泊松比。通过不同成型方向的声速测量,发现SLM制件在堆积z方向熔化层内呈现显著区别,表现出明显的各向异性。而y-z平面内弹性常数分布表征表明,杨氏模量E_(13)大于E_(12),泊松比σ_(13)小于σ_(12),且制件各熔化层弹性常数分布规律相似。此外,还讨论了加工过程中扫描速度和扫描间距等工艺参数对弹性参数的影响。选择性激光熔化制件弹性常数的有效无损表征将为增材制件内部质量控制和工艺改善提供技术基础。     

A study of ultrasonic propagation for ultrasonic flow rate measurement

For the purpose of accurate flow measurement, an automatic three-dimensional (3D) sound field measurement system has been developed, and an experimental study has been conducted on ultrasonic properties. By using this system, ultrasonic sound pressure distributions and radiation angles in water have been measured. According to Snell’s law, the ultrasonic transmission properties can be obtained on the basis of incidence angle, acoustic impedance, basic frequency of ultrasound, and material and thickness of the metallic plate. However, this law cannot be applied to certain cases where an ultrasonic incident wave passes through a metallic plate and turns into a longitudinal wave, a shear wave and a Lamb wave. Consequently, the ultrasonic propagation paths have been investigated experimentally at various angles of incidence. From the experiments, it was confirmed that the ultrasonic beam paths change with incidence angles. Hence, the most suitable incidence angle has been determined from the result of measurements. Velocity measurements using an ultrasonic velocity profiler were made at various incidence angles. The accuracy of measuring flow rates changed with the incidence angles. The optimal incidence angle determined from 3D field measurements was found to yield the most accurate flow rates.     

小尺寸材料弹性常数超声测量系统的研制及其应用

提出一种小尺寸材料弹性常数测量的新方法——利用线聚焦超声传感器和超声浸水技术同时测定纵波和漏表面波的波速，求得材料的弹性常数。基于PXI-8186嵌入式控制器构建了小尺寸材料弹性常数测控系统，利用LabVIEW软件平台开发了小尺寸材料弹性常数自动测量软件。实验结果表明，该方法可以实现小尺寸材料弹性常数的测量，测量结果具有很好的重复性。     

An ultrasonic technique for the measurement of elastic properties of soft surface coatings

The properties of thin layers of materials can be different from those in the bulk form. The response of a coating to any given load and its ability to remain bonded to the substrate will depend on its elastic modulus and Poisson's ratio. In this study a measurement method based on ultrasonic bulk wave reflection was evaluated. As a model system, a thin layer of polyethylene was pressed between two solid steel bodies. The reflection spectra of longitudinal and shear ultrasonic waves were recorded from the coating. The frequencies at which the layer resonates were measured and from this the wave speeds deduced. The Poisson's ratio can be determined from these two wave speeds and if the layer thickness is known the modulus is also available. The tests yielded reasonable values for both. This approach is only suitable if the layer can be made to resonate by the available ultrasonic frequencies; typically this will be the case for thicker coatings (tens of microns). Further, good coupling between the layer material and the steel bodies is necessary so that the interfaces do not themselves act to reflect ultrasound. This is better achieved with a smooth soft coating.     

智能公路画线车超声测距定位系统的开发与研究

开发了用于公路画线车定位的超声波测距系统。系统由超声波测距模块、DSP、温度补偿模块、LCD和键盘等5部分构成,超声波测距模块采用超声专用芯片LMl812,以TMS320LF2407单片数字处理器控制超声波的发送和数据采集,通过回波时间计算并确定画线车相对参照物的距离及位置。通过试验确定超声测距系统的有效测量范围为60～700cm。超声探头的安装高度严重影响系统的测定结果,对于110cm高的护栏,超声探头的适宜安装高度为100～110cm。在100～700cm范围内,超声测距系统的相对测量误差小于5％,可以满足公路画线的要求。     

Experimental X-ray elastic constants of 3OHGV and St45 steels

Measured X-ray elastic constants of 30HGV and St45 steels are presented. The algorithm for the calculation of the X-ray elastic constants and their errors on the basis of diffractometer measurement are presented. Experimental results are compared with theoretical elastic constants. The influence of the surface layer strain of specimen on the experimental results is considered.     

Measurement range expansion of continuous wave ultrasonic anemometer

This study was conducted to expand the measurement range of a continuous wave ultrasonic anemometer (CWUA) that uses phase difference measurement. A CWUA has a narrower measurement range than conventional ultrasonic anemometers because it can measure the phase difference up to the half-cycle of the used ultrasonic signals. In this study, a method of expanding the measurable range of the phase difference using a phase delay circuit and a frequency divider was developed. Through experiments, it was found that this method doubled or quadrupled the measurement range when the method was used. Furthermore, an algorithm for determining the validity of the measurement data by comparing them with the previous data was implemented with a wind velocity measurement error of less than ±1 μs to solve the problem caused by the use of the frequency divider and to produce a stable measurement system.     

Effective elastic constants of two-dimensional cellular materials with deep and thick cell walls

In order to analyse the elastic constants of cellular materials with deep and thick cell walls, finite element analysis using two kinds of unit cell approach (stiffness matrix method and compliance matrix method) is performed which is applicable to any orthotropic cellular materials. Comparison between results from the FEA, the theories presented in this paper and experiments of previous investigators indicate that the elastic constants of cellular materials with thick cell walls depend not only on the relative density but also on the joint stiffening effect. Approximate formulae under generalised plane strain conditions are also presented for the purpose of obtaining the effective elastic constants for cellular materials with deep and thick cell walls. A satisfactory agreement was found with experimental results obtained on a deep and thick cellular material. The results indicate that the previous models in which the wall of cellular materials is treated as a simple beam are not adequate to evaluate the effective elastic constants of cellular materials with deep and thick cell walls. In addition, considerable attention needs for the measurement of effective Young's modulus of square cellular materials in the two soft directions because it is strongly affected by misalignment errors.     

Ultrasonic characterization on sequences of CFRP composites based on modeling and motorized system

Composites are a material class for which nondestructive material property characterization is as important as flaw detection. Laminates of fiber reinforced composites often possess strong in-plane elastic anisotropy attributable to the specific fiber orientation and layup sequence when waves are propagating in the thickness direction of composite laminates. So the layup orientation greatly influences its properties in a composite laminate. It could result in the part being rejected and discarded if the layup orientation of a ply is misaligned. A nondestructive technique would be very beneficial, which could be used to test the part after curing and requires less time than the optical test. Therefore a ply-by-ply vector decomposition model has been developed, simplified, and implemented for composite laminates fabricated from unidirectional plies. This model decomposes the transmission of a linearly polarized ultrasound wave into orthogonal components through each ply of a laminate. Also in order to develop these methods into practical inspection tools, motorized system have been developed for different measurement modalities for acquiring ultrasonic signals as a function of in-plane angle. It is found that high probability shows between the model and tests developed in characterizing cured layups of the laminates.     

A two-level optimization procedure for material characterization of composites using two symmetric angle-ply beams

A two-level optimization procedure for determining elastic constants E₁, E₂, G₁₂, and ν₁₂ of laminated composite materials using measured axial and lateral strains of two symmetric angle-ply beams with different fiber angles subjected to three-point-bending testing is presented. In the first-level optimization process, the theoretically and experimentally predicted axial and lateral strains of a [(45°/−45°)₆]_s beam are used to construct the strain discrepancy function which is a measure of the sum of the squared differences between the experimental and theoretical predictions of the axial and lateral strains. The identification of the material constants is then formulated as a constrained minimization problem in which the best estimates of shear modulus and Poisson's ratio of the beam are determined to make the strain discrepancy function a global minimum. In the second-level optimization process, shear modulus and Poisson's ratio determined in the first level of optimization are kept constant and Young's moduli of the second angle-ply beam with fiber angles different from 45° are identified by minimizing the strain discrepancy function established at this level of optimization. The suitability of the proposed procedure for material characterization of composite materials has been demonstrated by means of a number of examples.     

Electro-mechanical interactions during erosion–corrosion

This study aims to understand the physical processes invoked when solid particle erosion occurs in a corrosive media. The literature on wear-corrosion shows some effort has been placed in qualifying the interactions between erosion and corrosion leading to ‘synergistic’, ‘additive’ and ‘antagonistic’ terms. These terms are difficult to quantify experimentally with multiple experiments being required and generate considerable errors often suggesting these interactive terms are negligible. Hence the current work seeks to investigate these interactions, the errors associated with their measurement and gain understanding of the processes involved by careful examination of microstructural and mechanical property changes of surfaces subjected to erosion–corrosion. Cast nickel–aluminium bronze/NaCl solution has been chosen to study as this system has been studied at Southampton for several years. In situ electrochemical, gravimetric and topographical analyses have been evaluated and discussed using microstructural and hardness measurements.     

The Law of Response of L<Subscript>CR</Subscript> Wave in the Plastic and Elastic Deformation in A36 Steel

Nowadays the method of the longitudinal critical refraction wave (L_CR wave) is an effective method to nondestructively measure the on-line stress in the huge steel structures. The present study and research of the method of L_CR wave are mainly focused on measuring the residual stress in the steel structures, in contrast to the few research findings related to the on-line stress measurement in steel structures (including the elastic and plastic deformation). Based on the Acoustoelastic effect, the L_CR wave stress measurement system is built to measure the change of time of L_CR wave propagating, stress coefficient and the energy of L_CR wave in A36 steel test specimens from the elastic deformation to the plastic deformation. The conclusion is: At the free-stress condition, the flight time of L_CR wave and stress coefficient show an obvious change between the elastically deformed test stage and plastically deformed stage. The change of flight time and the intensity attenuation of L_CR wave show a turning point, when the specimen undergoes the process from elastic deformation to plastic deformation. And the extent of plastic deformation in the steel structure can be evaluated by the extent of intensity attenuation of L_CR wave. The experimental method will be showed in this paper for measuring the extent of plastic deformation in the steel structures in service on construction scene using the L_CR wave method.     

Detecting acoustic-emission signals with fiber-optic interference transducers

Results of the analysis of acoustic-emission signals generated due to ultrasonic waves propagating in a polymer composite material and registered with piezoelectric and fiber-optic sensors are presented. The fiber-optic sensors were arranged into an adaptive interferometer based on using a dynamic hologram formed in a photorefractive crystal. Reducing the setpoint fading has made it possible to improve the noise immunity and sensitivity of the measurement system when using an adaptive interferometer on a photorefractive crystal. Optical fibers in the interferometer’s measurement system served as sensors of ultrasonic waves and were built into a polymer composite material when the sample was manufactured. The sample was a rectangular plate made of a multilayer fiberglass material. It has been discovered that the sensitivity of the adaptive interferometer makes it possible to detect acoustic- emission signals generated by a Hsu–Nielsen source. When determining the speed of sound in the polymer composite material, peculiarities of registering a group wave by fiber-optic sensors have been established that are due to the anisotropy of the medium the wave propagates in and the distributed character of sensor placement in the studied composite material. The wavelet transform has been used to separate the informative component of the wanted signal.     

非线性超声谐振方法及在结垢检测中的应用研究

针对压力容器和管道安全运行需要,发展了一种非线性超声谐振结垢检测方法。从理论上分析非线性细观弹性材料因迟滞效应引起的非线性弹性本构关系。研究发现,随着超声波激励幅值的增加,迟滞导致的非线性效应主要表现为超声波谐振频率向低频偏移和谐振频谱品质因数的变化。对涂有不同厚度模拟结垢的板试件进行非线性超声谐振检测试验,研究了激励电压水平对基波及二次谐波谐振频谱的影响规律,提出基于二次谐波弹性迟滞非线性系数和耗散迟滞非线性系数的结垢层厚度表征方法。在此基础上,将非线性超声谐振检测方法应用于实际工程中炉管结垢层检测,结果表明,利用二次谐波的弹性迟滞非线性系数和耗散迟滞非线性系数能较好反映炉管结垢状况。研究工作为实际工程中炉管结垢层检测提供了新的思路和方法。     

Physical basics of evaluating elastic characteristics of anisotropic composites by ultrasonic method

As a result of analyzing the generalized Hooke law and wave equations for an anisotropic medium, computational expressions have been derived for evaluating the elastic constants of orthotropic, transversely isotropic, and isotropic media using the propagation velocities of longitudinal and shear elastic waves measured with the pulsed ultrasonic method in the corresponding directions.     

Measurement of ultrasonic velocity with improved accuracy in pulse echo setup

In the present work a personal computer based circuit adopted in pulseecho setup has been developed for the measurement of time-of-flight between the two successive echoes using a differential time measurement with a 16 bit counter and an external clock frequency of 32 MHz. A control program is developed in C to display the time of flight and wave propagation velocity on a user screen. The technique, so developed, minimizes the errors in time delay measurements due to the variation in threshold trigger points of echoes and improves the ultrasonic velocity measurement.     

轴类镀层结构材料力学性能声学表征方法研究

针对轴类镀层结构材料力学性能无损表征方法开展理论和实验研究,对于表面工程的质量检测与评价具有重要意义。利用自主开发的超声显微测量系统与PVDF线聚焦探头,对不同厚度的轴类镀层材料进行散焦测量。针对轴类试件表面波传播路径与散焦距离的非线性关系,分析了线聚焦探头几何尺寸与散焦距离和试件轴径间的匹配关系,优化检测参数,并在V(f,z)分析法的基础上,采用相位相关分析法获得轴类镀层材料的实验频散曲线。结合镀层材料声波传播特性,采用基于模拟退火的粒子群优化算法(PS-B-SA)将理论频散曲线与实验频散曲线相拟合,反演轴类镀层结构材料的声学参数,进而表征镀层材料的弹性常数。多个不同厚度轴类镀层结构材料弹性常数及镀层厚度的反演结果与实际值相吻合,表明该测量方法可靠、结果准确。该研究成果为轴类镀层结构力学性能无损检测提供了技术手段,也为工程材料表面工程加工性能的评价提供了新方法。     

Second-order continuity tensor and stiffness degradation of aluminum alloy 2024T3 under large strain at room temperature

A symmetric second-order continuity tensor is proposed to characterize anisotropic damage of anisotropic materials based on the hypothesis of equivalent elastic strain energy. On the basis of the equivalent elastic strain energy hypothesis, the relation between the effective elastic properties and the continuity tensor has been formulated. The current formulation does not require the assumption that the principal coordinate system of damage must coincide with that of the material. In a two-dimensional damage analysis, the state of damage can be represented by a Mohr’s circle of continuity. The proposed damage characterization technique has been successfully applied to an example case, where aluminum alloy 2024T3 specimens were strain-damaged by uni-axial tension. The experimental results show that the effects of strain damage can cause degradation of the material stiffness. On the other hand, the overall elastic orthotropy of the material does not increase with the degree of damage. The proposed continuity tensor has been found to be capable of describing this phenomenon. The principal values and the principal directions of the continuity tensor have been determined. The mean value of the principal values can represent the magnitude of the damage, while the principal direction of the continuity tensor may provide information about the damage mechanism.     

用LCR波检测零件内部切向应力的实验研究

本文介绍了一种基于声弹性理论,利用临界折射纵波（Critically Refracted Longitudinal．LCR）从表面测量零件内部切向应力的方法．依据固体中超声波传播特性与应力状态的关系,搭建了基于传播声时的实验测量系统．在传播声时的测量中采用“过零检测”方式减小由超声波信号幅度变化造成的误差,利用时间-数字芯片实现高精度的时间间隔测量。