金属裂纹板复合材料修补结构的超奇异积分方程方法

根据应力强度因子在线弹性范围内具有可叠加性,将金属裂纹板复合材料修补结构进行简化,在表面裂纹线弹簧模型的基础上,建立了基于超奇异积分方程的Line-Spring模型。利用第二类Chebyshev多项式展开的方法,将超奇异积分方程转化为线性方程组,推导出以裂纹面位移表示的应力强度因子表达式,得到了裂纹尖端应力强度因子的数值解,并利用虚拟裂纹闭合法加以验证。参数分析确定了影响对称修补裂纹板应力强度因子的两个主要参数：胶层界面刚度和补片与金属板刚度比,为胶接修补结构的承载能力分析以及改进设计提供理论依据。     

金属裂纹板复合材料单面胶接修补结构应力分析

考虑金属裂纹板复合材料单面胶接修补结构的几何非线性和边界条件,建立了考虑弯曲变形单面修补结构力学分析模型,计算出承受面内载荷时修补结构的弯矩和挠度,将补片自由端和金属板裂纹处的弯矩作为胶层应力控制微分方程的边界条件,推导出剪应力和剥离应力的解析解,及裂纹张开位移的表达式,并与有限元数值结果进行对比。分析结果表明,胶接修补结构应力分析理论模型和相关简化假设合理、正确。利用所建立的解析模型研究了金属裂纹复合材料单面胶接修补结构的应力分布特点及胶层主导破坏模式的失效机制,为胶接修补结构的承载能力分析以及结构改进设计提供了一定的理论依据。     

金属裂纹板复合材料胶接修补强度的弹塑性有限元预测

金属裂纹板经复合材料补片胶接修补后,其结构强度明显提高,但裂纹板中的裂纹会导致严重的应力集中现象,并易产生塑性变形,呈现强烈的材料物理非线性特性,需要采用弹塑性力学原理,进行复合材料胶接修复结构的静强度预测。为此,考虑金属板材料的非线性特性,建立了金属裂纹板复合材料胶接修补结构的弹塑性有限元模型,并通过试验验证了模型的有效性。在此基础上,提出了基于裂纹尖端的张开位移(COD)判据的拉伸强度预测方法,分析了修复结构的塑性应变、COD以及静拉伸强度。结果表明:相对于应力强度因子K判据, COD判据能更有效地预测修复试件的静拉伸强度。      

基于Kirchhoff板中裂纹尖端辛本征解的有限元应力恢复方法

对于含穿透裂纹的板结构,裂纹尖端应力场及应力强度因子的计算精度对评估板的安全性具有非常重要的影响。基于含裂纹Kirchhoff板弯曲问题中裂纹尖端场的辛本征解析解,该文提出了一个提高裂纹尖端应力场计算精度的有限元应力恢复方法。首先利用常规有限元程序对含裂纹板弯曲问题进行分析,得到裂纹尖端附近的单元节点位移;然后根据节点位移确定辛本征解中的待定系数,得到裂纹尖端附近应力场的显式表达式。数值结果表明,该方法给出的应力分析精度得到较大提高,并具有良好的数值稳定性。     

具中心直裂纹复合材料圆板周期焊接问题

研究了焊接垫圈弹性平面的剪切模数相同而其它模数不同的具中心直裂纹的复合材料圆板周期焊接问题,利用复分析方法将原问题转化为周期Riemann边值问题,进而转化为具周期核奇异积分方程,最后利用Lobatto-Chebyshev求积公式得到数值解,并计算出应力强度因子的数值。     

含径向双边裂纹圆环小试样的疲劳裂纹扩展试验方法

针对传统断裂测试试样受构型的限制往往尺寸较大,无法满足小尺寸金属管疲劳断裂行为测试要求的问题,设计新构型小尺寸试样。并基于有限元分析和柔度理论,建立含径向双边对称裂纹圆环(O-ring with double radial symmetric cracks,DOR)小试样的裂纹长度预测公式和应力强度因子公式,进而提出DOR小试样的疲劳裂纹扩展试验新方法。应用5083-H112铝合金加工成含径向裂纹小管试样和标准CT试样,开展疲劳裂纹扩展速率对比试验。结果显示,基于DOR试样得到的5083-H112铝合金的疲劳裂纹扩展规律与CT试样的试验结果相吻合,证明新方法的有效性。经过对试样端口的测量和分析,试样两侧对称裂纹的扩展量基本一致,说明对称裂纹满足唯一性要求,且不同于CT试样,该圆环试样裂纹前缘非常平直,表明圆环构型试样沿厚度方向的约束状态更加接近。     

含周期性裂纹正交各向异性板平面问题的应力场分析

通过引入适当的Westergaard应力函数,采用复变函数方法和待定系数法对含周期性裂纹正交各向异性纤维增强复合材料板的Ⅰ 型、Ⅱ型问题中裂纹尖端附近的应力场进行了力学分析。在远处对称载荷与斜对称载荷作用下,先给出Ⅰ型、Ⅱ型问题在裂纹尖端处的应力强度因子,然后导出用应力强度因子表示的Ⅰ型、Ⅱ型裂纹问题应力场的解析表达式。此外,应力场大小与材料常数有关,这是正交各向异性材料不同于各向同性材料的特征。由于裂纹的周期分布,应力强度因子的大小取决于形状因子。结果表明,形状因子随着裂纹长度的增加而增大,随着裂纹间距的增大而逐渐下降,当裂纹间距趋于无穷大时,退化为含单个中心裂纹正交各向异性纤维增强复合材料板的结果。      

碳纤维复合材料修补带孔铝合金板的强度性能

研究了不同的复合材料补片、不同的胶粘剂、不同的表面处理方式、不同的修补粘接长度,对带孔铝合金板的修补拉伸强度的影响,探讨了带损伤的常用航空铝材。采用复合材料技术修复后,其强度恢复至满足使用要求的可能性。     

基于裂纹尖端应力比值的含裂纹功能梯度材料圆筒应力强度因子计算方法

由于功能梯度材料（FGM）性质的特殊性,现有含裂纹FGM结构应力强度因子计算方法难以避免复杂的矩阵运算以及数值积分。该文针对含外表面环向裂纹FGM圆筒,利用FGM圆筒与均匀材料圆筒裂纹尖端应力之间的比例关系,将复杂的FGM圆筒应力强度因子求解问题转化为简单的应力值提取问题以及经验公式计算问题,仅由均匀材料圆筒应力强度因子经验公式、均匀材料圆筒和FGM圆筒裂纹尖端应力比值即可得到任意含裂纹FGM圆筒应力强度因子。该方法仅需建立2D轴对称模型即可满足计算要求,在保证精度的基础上成功回避了传统方法中的复杂矩阵运算以及数值积分,且适用于不同FGM、筒体尺寸、裂纹深度等情况下的应力强度因子计算。通过多组算例对比分析,证明该方法计算精度高、计算过程简便,便于工程应用。     

The stress intensity factor for a cracked stiffened sheet repaired with an adhesively bonded composite patch

The problem of a cracked, stiffened metallic sheet adhesively bonded by a composite patch is analyzed. The composite patch is assumed to be either an infinite orthotropic sheet or an infinite orthotropic strip normal to the crack. Due to the high stress concentration around the crack and on the interface, an elliptical disbond is assumed to exist around the crack. The crack is asymmetric with respect to the stiffener's locations as well as to the patch's center. The effect of thermal stresses in curing process is also considered. The fracture problem is solved by the displacement compatibility method, using the complex variable approach and the Fourier integral transform method.The problem is dealt with in two steps. First, starting with an uncracked, patched stiffened sheet, the stress at the prospective location of the crack is determined in a closed-form solution. The second step is to introduce a crack into the stiffened patched sheet. The multivalue of the analytical formulation is treated in detail to ensure proper implement in the computer. The results show that the effect of the stiffeners on the stress intensity factor is not significant for a crack fully covered by a patch.For the repairs by Boron/Epoxy patches, the difference in KI between the infinite sheet patch and the infinite strip model is only minor (less than 5 percent) in the absence of the curing thermal stresses and it becomes more pronounced when these stresses are taken into consideration. The stress intensity factor for a crack repaired by an infinite composite strip also can be estimated with a good or reasonable accuracy via a simplified analysis in which the patch is considered as an infinite strip in the first step and is treated as an infinite sheet in the second step of the solution procedure mentioned above.The latter simplified analysis is based on the approach originally proposed by Rose for a relatively simple repair configuration. For most cases, that approach seems to work well for the repair of a stiffened sheet by an infinite composite strip with the effects of thermal stresses and a disbond included. It should be emphasized that the present methodology can apply to the problem of a crack in a metallic stiffened sheet growing beyond the patch's boundary and also to the repairs by an infinite adhesively bonded composite strip parallel to the crack.     

Experimental analysis of vibration characteristics of an edge- cracked composite plate by ESPI method

In this paper, the amplitude fluctuation (AF) electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) method was adopted to investigate the vibration characteristics of a composite plate containing an edge crack. The change of the modal shapes was discussed. In addition, the stress intensity factors (SIFs) induced by the resonant vibration were evaluated. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Crack opening displacement in plate with bonded repair patch

Mathematical techniques are extended to compute crack opening displacements in a cracked plate with an adhesively bonded composite patch. The plate and the patch are considered as orthotropic materials. The problem is reduced to the solution of integral equations. A software program is written to compute shear stresses in adhesive, stress intensity factors in the plate and the crack openings at the centreline of the crack. The effects of adhesive thickness, adhesive modulus, patch thickness and plate thickness on crack openings are investigated. A test program is carried out to obtain crack opening displacements in plate with bonded patch. A good agreement with analytical predictions is obtained. The effects of patches bonded on one or both sides of a plate on stress intensity factors are evaluated.     

Fatigue crack growth behavior of cracked aluminum plate repaired with composite patch

In this study, we investigated the fatigue crack growth behavior of cracked aluminum plate repaired with bonded composite patch especially in thick plate. Adhesively bonded composite patch repair technique has been successfully applied to military aircraft repair and expanded its application to commercial aircraft industry recently. Also this technique has been expanded its application to the repair of load bearing primary structure from secondary structure repair. Therefore, a through understanding of crack growth behavior of thick panel repaired with bonded composite patch is needed. We investigated the fatigue crack growth behavior of thick panel repaired with bonded composite patch using the stress intensity factor range (ΔK) and fatigue crack growth rate (da/dN). The stress intensity factor of patched crack was determined from experimental result by comparing the crack growth behavior of specimens with and without repair. Also, by considering the three-dimensional (3D) stress state of patch crack, 3D finite element analyses were performed to obtain the stress intensity factor of crack repaired by bonded composite patch. Two types of crack front modeling, i.e. uniform crack front model and skew crack front model, were used. The stress intensity factor calculated using FEM was compared with the experimentally determined values.     

Boundary element analysis of curved cracked panels with adhesively bonded patches

A new boundary element formulation for analysis of curved cracked panels with adhesively bonded patches is presented in this paper. The effect of the adhesive layer is modelled by distributed body forces (i.e. two in‐plane forces, two moments and one out‐of‐plane force). A coupled boundary integral formulation of a shear deformable plate and two‐dimensional plane stress elasticity is used to determine bending and membrane forces along the adhesive layer taking into consideration the compatibility conditions in the patch area. Two numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method. It is shown that the out‐of‐plane bending behaviour and panel curvature have significant influence on the magnitude of the stress intensity factors. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Assessing the accuracy of fatigue life in surface‐cracked straight pipes

The demonstration of leak before brake (LBB) based on fracture mechanics requires information on the initial size of a defect, initiation of crack growth from the inherent defect and subsequent crack growth rates. In the present paper the prediction methodologies have been tested for three different full scale pipes geometry experimentally tested data. The prediction accuracy of two SIF solutions available in the literature has also been judged. The effect of fatigue crack closure and corrections needed in the numerical prediction methodology using FEM have also been included. The results showed that the FEM could fairly predict the fatigue crack initiation and crack growth life of full‐scale piping components having a constant depth crack profile.     

Effects of CFRP bond locations on the Mode I stress intensity factor of centre‐cracked tensile steel plates

The fatigue life of cracked steel members can be greatly extended by externally attached carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP), which reduces the stress intensity factors (SIFs) at the crack tip. Access to cracks is sometimes limited and the CFRP has to be attached away from the cracks. There is a lack of knowledge on SIFs for such strengthening scheme. This paper presents the effects of CFRP bond locations on the Mode I SIF of centre‐cracked tensile (CCT) steel plate. The Mode I SIF at the crack tip is calculated using the finite element (FE) models. A correction factor is introduced as a function of CFRP bond location and crack length. The FE results are compared and agree well with experimental tests conducted by the authors. By combining with another two factors (one considering CFRP mechanical properties and the other considering CFRP bond width) derived previously by the authors, SIF formulae are proposed for CFRP reinforced CCT steel plates.     

Stress intensity solutions for cracked plates by the dual boundary method

We describe the application of the dual boundary element method for the determination of stress intensity factors in plate bending problems. The loadings considered include internal pressure, and also combined bending and tension. Mixed mode stress intensity factors are evaluated by a crack surface displacement extrapolation technique and the J-integral technique. The boundary element results for the case studies considered in the paper have been compared with either analytical or finite element results and in all cases good agreement has been achieved. __________ Translated from Problemy Prochnosti, No. 5, pp. 81–93, September–October, 2007.