带有空间裂纹的拉伸试件电磁热止裂及机械性能测试

首先应用ZL-2超强脉冲电流发生装置对带有预制裂纹的标准拉伸试件进行脉冲放电止裂。放电后裂纹尖端熔化形成堆焊和高压应力区,使裂纹尖端钝化,达到了止裂的目的,采用数值模拟确定了止裂工艺参数。对止裂后的拉伸试件通过微机控制电子万能试验机进行了拉伸实验,研究结果表明:电磁热裂纹止裂有效提高了试件的抗拉强度,放电电压是影响其机械性能的最主要因素。     

导电薄板内裂纹尖端区域的电磁应力

为了研究电磁应力对导电薄板内裂纹尖端的作用,从基本电磁理论出发,通过对导体表面所受电场力的分析,推得了导电薄板内裂纹边缘处电场力的表达式.在此基础上,通过导电薄板内裂纹尖端区域磁场的确定,得到裂纹尖端区域的电磁应力表达式.裂纹尖端电磁应力的计算表明,金属薄板中裂纹尖端的电磁应力是由裂纹尖端指向金属内部的压应力,并且当电流密度为103～104A/mm2的数量级时,裂纹尖端的压应力数值可达数兆帕到数百兆帕.因此,在研究裂纹止裂问题上,其影响不容忽视.     

轴对称金属模具电磁热裂纹止裂温度场的分析

选择带有半埋藏环形裂纹的金属凹模为研究对象,通过金属凹模内外环面均匀通入强脉冲电流,应用电磁热效应实现了金属凹模中环形裂纹的止裂。采用复变函数的方法求解了脉冲电流放电瞬间裂纹尖端附近的温度场。由于脉冲电流放电瞬间,裂尖处电流绕流的热集中效应,在金属凹模内部,环形裂纹尖端金属的温升超过熔点,金属熔化,在金属凹模内部沿着环形裂纹尖端形成堆焊,致使环形裂纹尖端的曲率半径瞬间增大,阻止了干线裂纹源的开裂趋势。     

单边偏置裂纹相互作用的实验研究

为研究脆性介质中裂纹相互作用对裂纹扩展形态的影响,以有机玻璃(PMMA)为相似材料,采用动态焦散线实验方法开展了三点弯冲击动力学实验研究。结果表明:冲击荷载条件下,裂纹间相互作用影响裂纹起裂时间、裂纹尖端应力场以及裂纹偏转方向。裂纹相互作用使得裂纹起裂时应力强度因子K■降低,起裂所需能量累积时间缩短;裂纹扩展初始阶段,单偏置裂纹尖端应力场剪应力分量为正,应力强度因子K■大于0,单边偏置平行双裂纹相同位置处裂纹尖端应力场剪应力分量为负,K■小于0;裂纹距离中心位置10 mm的情况下,单偏置裂纹起裂后向内侧偏转,单边偏置平行双裂纹相同位置处裂纹向外侧偏转。     

动态爆生裂纹相互影响的试验研究

采用以有机玻璃(PMMA)为材料的模型试验方法,分析了试件的破坏形态和裂纹尖端的应力特征,研究了对向切槽炮孔的不同竖向间距对爆生裂纹扩展的影响。结果表明:爆生裂纹扩展过程中,裂纹速度震荡减小,裂纹尖端应力变化经历两个阶段,Ⅰ阶段(0~110μs)裂纹尖端动态应力强度因子迅速减小,试件破坏以拉伸破坏为主;Ⅱ阶段(110μs~止裂)裂纹尖端动态应力强度因子先增大后减小,试件破坏兼有拉伸破坏和剪切破坏。炮孔的竖向间距的不同对爆生裂纹Ⅰ阶段扩展影响不大,对Ⅱ阶段扩展影响显著。对向裂纹起到自由面作用并引导己方裂纹向其发生偏转,从对向裂纹面处反射的应力波加强了己方裂纹尖端的应力集中。     

含圆形埋藏裂纹金属构件电磁热止裂时应变能密度分析

对带有圆形埋藏裂纹金属构件在脉冲放电瞬间的应变能密度进行了理论分析。在求解过程中,以张开型裂纹为例,应用了热传导、非定常热应力及汉克尔变换等理论知识,得出了含埋藏圆片裂纹在脉冲放电瞬间的温度场理论公式、热应力场公式和应变能密度公式。由热应力场公式和应变能密度公式可知,放电瞬间电磁热在裂纹尖端形成热压应力场,热压应力对金属构件做负功,减小了拉应力对构件的破坏程度,放电后构件的应变能密度降低了。以Cr12MoV模具钢中埋藏圆裂纹止裂为例,具体计算了脉冲放电前后不同拉应力作用下的应变能密度变化情况,为空间裂纹电磁热止裂技术的实际应用提供了理论基础。     

电磁热效应裂纹止裂中绕流屏蔽效应的数值模拟

本文采用数值模拟方法研究了电磁热效应多裂纹止裂中的绕流屏蔽问题，在数值模拟中应用了热-电耦合(焦耳热问题)的分析方法。计算结果表明：由于裂纹的存在导致电流热集中效应，使裂尖处金属熔化形成焊口，遏制了裂纹的扩展；在多裂纹导体中通入相同电流时，多裂纹间的绕流屏蔽效应并不十分明显，裂尖的温度和温度梯度主要取决于裂纹的长度；随着裂纹长度的变化，裂纹尖端的温度场和温度梯度场均有很大的变化，本文给出了它们的定量分析结果。     

基于分形理论不同装药量的爆破动焦散线实验研究

为研究装药量对爆生裂纹扩展行为的影响。采用透射式数字激光动态焦散线实验系统,分析了不同装药量的爆生裂纹扩展规律,并基于计盒维数的计算原理,编写MATLAB程序计算爆生裂纹的分形维数。结果表明:①起爆后裂纹扩展分2阶段,Ⅰ阶段(0～114.3μs)为爆炸应力波与爆生气体对裂纹尖端的作用,在裂纹的起裂时刻扩展速度达到峰值,随即迅速降低;Ⅱ阶段(114.3μs～裂纹止裂)在反射应力波对裂纹尖端的作用下,裂纹扩展速度继续提升;②裂纹扩展速度峰值、动态应力强度因子峰值、粉碎区面积、爆生裂纹分形维数与装药量正相关;③采用回归分析与线性拟合的方法,得到了裂纹扩展速度与裂纹扩展轨迹分形维数的线性关系,同一裂纹扩展速度的变化符合分形规律。     

单向静压下柱状炮孔端部爆生裂纹的扩展规律

高地应力对岩层地下工程爆破动态断裂过程有重要影响。采用数字激光动态焦散线测试系统,研究了不同单向静压下柱状炮孔端部爆生裂纹动态断裂行为,明确了柱状炮孔端部爆生裂纹的扩展规律。结果表明:单向静压越大,端部裂纹平均扩展长度越短,但单向静压下端部裂纹尖端积聚能量的快速释放会导致裂纹初始扩展速度提升;裂纹尖端应力强度因子基本随单向静压增加而递减,单向静压越大,应力强度因子随时间下降越剧烈,裂纹的止裂韧度越高,止裂时间越早;单向静压作用下的爆生裂纹在整个扩展阶段基本表现为I型裂纹,无静压作用下爆生裂纹在扩展初期表现为I型裂纹,中后期表现为复合型裂纹。研究结果对认识静压作用下的柱状炮孔端部破坏机理具有一定意义。     

含倾斜裂纹三点弯动态断裂试验研究

为研究冲击荷载下巷道围岩不同角度径向裂纹的破坏机制,采用落锤冲击加载平台和数字激光动态焦散线实验系统,以有机玻璃为试验材料,设计冲击荷载下半圆孔上不同角度裂纹的三点弯动态断裂试验,记录预制裂纹的角度α的改变对裂纹动态力学行为的影响,通过分析动态应力强度因子和裂纹扩展轨迹的分形维数对实验现象进行归纳总结。研究发现:①预制裂纹角度对裂纹尖端应变能的积累和释放的快慢有较大影响,随着角度的增大,起裂时间变短,起裂更容易,裂纹尖端应变能积累的更快;②裂纹尖端应变能释放的快慢在α=45°两侧表现出不同的规律;③不同角度裂纹的Ⅰ型动态应力强度因子随时间的变化规律具有相似性,但最大值却具有差异性;④不同角度裂纹的扩展轨迹满足一定的分形规律。     

Technique for producing crack arrest by electromagnetic heating

Abstract

Crack arrest in current conducting materials by electromagnetic heating can be used effectively to extend the service life and improve the safety and reliability of structures and components. Theoretical analysis and experimental investigations have shown that due to heat concentration around the crack tip, small welded joints are formed by metal melting. Thus, the formation of the main crack source is prevented. From metallography, it has been found that a typical fine phase transformation microstructure can be obtained in the crack tip region as a result of rapid heating and cooling. The intensity, ductility, and wear capacity are promoted under the combined influence of superfine structure, thermal compressive stresses, and phase transformation compressive stresses. Microcracking and subsequent main crack propagation can both be prevented. The basic principles of the electromagnetic heating effect and the results of experimental work based on the theory are presented.     

Energy density approach for calculation of three-dimensional inelastic strain and stress at the crack tip in compact tension specimens of polycarbonate

An energy-based method is utilized for calculating elastic-plastic strains and stresses near fatigue crack tip in specimens of Merlon polycarbonate. The stress redistribution caused by the plastic yielding around the crack tip is taken into account so that theoretical crack tip strain is improved. The estimated values of crack tip strain based on an energy density approach are compared with experimental results obtained from an embedded grid moire technique and embedded strain gages. Large-scale yielding seems to dominate near the crack tip. In fact, the measured strain is in agreement with the elastic solution, which means, in reality, only small-scale yielding takes place near the crack tip. The strain in the mid-plane (plane strain) is found to be higher than in the surface plane (plane stress). The experimental and theoretical results are in good agreement.     

Evaluation of crack tip stress and strain fields under nonproportional loading in a viscoelastic material

The crack tip strain and stress fields in a viscoelastic material under nonproportional loading conditions are evaluated. In order to evaluate the strain field, the crack tip displacement field is measured by using the digital image correlation (DIC) technique. This displacement field is then approximated by using the theoretically obtained crack tip displacement field in viscoelastic materials. The result shows that the approximation method can smoothly reconstruct the experimentally obtained displacement field. From the approximated displacement field, the crack tip strain field can be precisely obtained by using the differential form of the theoretical displacement. On the other hand, the crack tip stress field is analyzed by using the stress function. This suggests that the strain and stress fields can be independently evaluated. In addition, different time dependencies between stress and strain fields near the crack tip are observed. Based on this experiment, we can discuss the several criteria for the crack propagation directions in viscoelastic materials.     

Determination of Crack Bridging Stresses from Crack Opening Displacement Profiles

This paper discusses the development of an optimization procedure to deduce the bridging stress from the crack opening displacements (COD) measured during fatigue crack growth. Finite element analysis was conducted using the center-cracked geometry to verify the optimization procedure. The proposed procedure successfully predicted the bridging stress distributions with zero stresses at the crack tip and the bridging stress distributions with non-zero stresses at the crack tip. The results also showed that COD measurements spaced at ≈ 0.8-1.0 mm are sufficient for reliable prediction of bridging stresses. Accurate prediction of bridging stresses near the crack tip required COD data within ≈ 0.1 mm from the crack tip. The application of the proposed procedure to a metal matrix composite (SCS-6/TIMETAL®21S) is also discussed.     

Electric Current-Induced Stresses at the Crack Tip in Conductors

The electromagnetic and thermal effects on the stress distribution around the crack tip in conducting materials due to electric current are investigated. Emphases are placed on quantifying the crack growth behavior affected by the interplay between these effects. A two-dimensional finite element analysis is conducted to examine the coupled problems. The results show that the compressive stress state around the crack tip plays a decisive role in preventing the crack from further growth. The resulting normal stress in front of the crack tip caused by the Joule heat generation tends to suppress the crack growth, while the stress induced by the electromagnetic forces provides a tensile normal stress with smaller magnitude in the vicinity of the crack tip, hence promotes the crack growth. Favorable agreements between numerical analysis results and existing experimental results are achieved. By utilizing these phenomena, the electric current may be used to actively control the damage propagation, hence catastrophic failure can be prevented. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Influence of isotropic strain hardening on plane strain dynamic growth in elastic-plastic materials

In this paper, dynamic crack growth in an elastic-plastic material is analysed under mode I, plane strain, small-scale yielding conditions using a finite element procedure. The material is assumed to obey J₂ incremental theory of plasticity with isotropic strain hardening which is of the power-law type under uniaxial tension. The influence of material inertia and strain hardening on the stress and deformation fields near the crack tip is investigated. The results demonstrate that strain hardening tends to oppose the role of inertia in decreasing plastic strains and stresses near the crack tip. The length scale near the crack tip over which inertia effects are dominant also diminishes with increase in strain hardening. A ductile crack growth criterion based on the attainment of a critical crack tip opening displacement is used to obtain the dependence of the theoretical dynamic fracture toughness on crack speed. It is found that the resistance offered by the elastic-plastic material to high speed crack propagation may be considerably reduced when it possesses some strain hardening.     

An analysis of crack extension in creeping solids

A theoretical analysis for the crack growth under creep conditions in ductile materials has been carried out based on the stress distribution in the ligament section and the plastic deformation around the crack zone. The two extreme cases namely: (a) large creep deformation over the entire ligament and; (b) negligible creep deformation even near the crack tip, are considered based on the model proposed. The resulting expressions are compared with the experimental data carried out on a 6061 Al alloy in the temperature range of 0.55–0.65 T_m.     

Crack–inclusion problem for a long rectangular slab of superconductor under an electromagnetic force

The interaction between a crack and an inclusion in a type-II superconductor is investigated in this paper. Using the finite element method, the crack–inclusion problem can be solved. Numerical results are presented to illustrate fracture behavior of superconductor under electromagnetic force. The magnetic behavior of the superconductor is described by the critical-state Bean model. The stress intensity factors at the crack tip are obtained and discussed for decreasing field after zero-field cooling. Numerical results show that the stress intensity factors at crack tip are always larger with an elastic inclusion than for a rigid inclusion. Because of the barrier effect of the rigid inclusion, the values of the stress intensity factors decrease when the crack approaches the inclusion. Relative to rigid inclusion and no inclusion cases, elastic inclusion leads to the largest value of the stress intensity factor at crack tip. Thus, the crack propagation is easier near an elastic inclusion and the rigid inclusion is helpful for crack arrest.