纤维素纤维自养护水泥砂浆塑性收缩行为的研究

采用实验室自制的砂浆塑性收缩开裂装置,分别研究了不同掺量的吸水UF500纤维素纤维和再生纤维素纤维对水泥砂浆塑性收缩开裂行为的影响.结果表明,本实验条件下,无论掺加何种吸水纤维,随着掺入量的增多,砂浆的塑性收缩开裂情况明显减弱,当掺加量分别达到水泥质量的0.15%和0.2%时,UF500纤维素纤维和再生纤维素纤维可实现100%减缩,并延长水泥砂浆的初始塑性收缩开裂时间,提高砂浆的塑性收缩抗拉强度指标.     

In situ double torsion fracture studies of cement mortar and cement paste inside a scanning electron microscope

The characteristics of microcracking in cement and high strength mortar have been investigated by fracture experiments of small (33×11×1.1mm) double torsion (DT) type specimens, inside the specimen chamber of a conventional scanning electron microscope. The control of incremental crack growth, at less than a micron, is finer than has been reported before. The cracking path is tortuous and quite branched both around and through fine aggregate particles, thus absorbing significantly more energy than a corresponding straight crack. In the vicinity of the main crack tip a zone of diffuse microcracking was observed which may be regarded as a “process zone”. These two observations suggest that fracture mechanics models utilising discrete straight single cracks should only be used with circumspection. In cement paste there also appeared to be a transition from predominantly intergranular to transgranular fracture with increased age of hydration.     

玄武岩复合材料筋增强ECC受拉性能及裂缝控制机理

工程水泥基复合材料(ECC)因其高韧性和多缝开裂特性成为研究热点,纤维复合材料(FRP)因具有抗拉强度高、密度小、耐腐蚀性好等优点而受到广泛关注。为研究玄武岩复合材料(BFRP)筋增强ECC(BFRP-ECC)的受拉性能以及筋材对基体的裂缝控制机理,考虑了基体类别和配筋率等因素,对ECC狗骨试件、BFRP-ECC和BFRP-砂浆薄板试件进行了单轴拉伸试验,同时借助数字图像相关法(DIC)技术获得了试件受拉过程中的全场应变和开裂状态,基于Richard的弹塑性应力应变公式提出了BFRP-ECC单轴受拉应力应变本构模型。结果表明：BFRP-ECC的极限拉应力随配筋率的增加而增大;ECC基体对复合材料的受拉性能增强效果优于砂浆基体,同时以ECC为基体的复合材料在裂缝间距和宽度控制上都明显优于以砂浆为基体的复合材料;BFRP筋能增加BFRP-ECC裂缝处的桥连应力,减小裂缝间距和宽度,增加裂缝数量。本文建立的BFRP-ECC单轴受拉应力应变本构模型与试验数据吻合良好,较好地反映了BFRP-ECC受拉应力应变关系。     

Double torsion tests for studying slow crack growth of portland cement mortar

For studying slow crack growth in portland cement mortar 32″ (812.8 mm) long double torsion specimens were tested. During testing, the loading and reloading compliances, permanent (or inelastic) deformations and crack growth were measured. It was observed that the strain energy release rates calculated from elastic, secant or reloading compliances do not accurately represent the fracture behavior of this material. A modified definition of the strain energy release rate is developed here to include both the elastic and the inelastic strain energy absorbed during crack extension. For this method, in addition to the reloading compliance, the knowledge of the rate of change of permanent deformations with crack growth is necessary. Details of the analytical and experimental procedure are described in this paper.     

Cracks of alumina ceramics by selective laser melting

Alumina ceramic powders have high melting point and are prone to cracking during the rapid heating and cooling process of selective laser melting (SLM). Research on the crack formation and growth mechanisms forms the basis to developing crack suppression techniques. Variable laser power experiments based on single-track, zigzag, and island scanning strategies are designed to analyse crack morphology, distribution state, formation reasons, and extension mechanisms in alumina (Al₂O₃) SLM specimens. Our experiments show that transverse cracks formed by internal stress and longitudinal cracks formed by solidification shrinkage exist in alumina SLM specimens. The transverse cracks continuously expand in melting tracks, while the longitudinal cracks expand along the centre or the juncture of melting tracks. With increasing laser power, the formation and extension length of cracks decrease. Crystal structures exert important influences on the fracture pattern and crack extension of specimens.     

Assessment and prediction of drying shrinkage cracking in bonded mortar overlays

Restrained drying shrinkage cracking was investigated on composite beams consisting of substrate concrete and bonded mortar overlays, and compared to the performance of the same mortars when subjected to the ring test. Stress development and cracking in the composite specimens were analytically modeled and predicted based on the measurement of relevant time-dependent material properties such as drying shrinkage, elastic modulus, tensile relaxation and tensile strength. Overlay cracking in the composite beams could be very well predicted with the analytical model. The ring test provided a useful qualitative comparison of the cracking performance of the mortars. The duration of curing was found to only have a minor influence on crack development. This was ascribed to the fact that prolonged curing has a beneficial effect on tensile strength at the onset of stress development, but is in the same time not beneficial to the values of tensile relaxation and elastic modulus.     

The influence of curing on restrained shrinkage cracking of bonded concrete overlays

The influence of seven practical curing regimes on restrained shrinkage cracking of bonded concrete overlays was investigated. The influence of the curing regimes on the individual material properties governing restrained shrinkage cracking and on the age at cracking and crack area of ring tests and composite overlay–substrate specimens was investigated for three laboratory-made mixes of differing strengths and one commercial repair mortar. The results of the experimental testing showed that curing influences all of the material properties governing restrained shrinkage cracking. Prolonged or more effective curing was shown to either delay or reduce the rate of shrinkage respectively (dependent on the curing method), increase the tensile strength and elastic modulus, and decrease the tensile relaxation. In general, prolonged or more effective curing was shown to have a positive influence on restrained shrinkage cracking by increasing the age and net age at cracking.     

Positive synergy between steel-fibres and rubber aggregates: Effect on the resistance of cement-based mortars to shrinkage cracking

Cement-based materials suffer from their low tensile strength and their poor straining capacity: they are sensitive to cracking, particularly shrinkage cracking. Enhancing the cracking resistance of cementitious materials is the challenge of a broad ongoing research programme. In this regard, the aim of the present work was the design of a cement composite exhibiting a high straining capacity before macrocracking localisation. It was assumed that incorporation of aggregates with low elastic modulus could be a solution. Actually rubber aggregates obtained from shredded non-reusable tyres were used, conferring an environmental interest on the study.After a previous contribution focusing on the basic mechanical properties of rubberised mortar, the purpose of this paper is to present the influence of rubber aggregates on the load-deflection relationship of mortar in flexure. The synergy between rubber aggregate substitution and metal-fibre reinforcement was also investigated. Despite the low strength and high shrinkage length change of rubberised mortars, ring-tests showed that the composite materials exhibited an enhanced resistance to shrinkage cracking. In this regard, a positive synergy effect between rubber aggregates and steel-fibres was evidenced: shrinkage cracking was delayed and when it occurred, multiple cracking with thinner crack openings was observed.     

A device for direct observation of cracking of cement paste or mortar under compressive loading within a scanning electron microscope

A device is described which permits the compressive loading of small specimens of hardened cement paste or mortar within the specimen chamber of a scanning electron microscope. The crack patterns which develop may then be seen at fairly high magnifications while the specimens remain under load. The loading frame itself is about 80 mm long by about 50 mm in diameter, and is activated by a pressurized nitrogen cylinder. Some preliminary results of observations made with the device are described.     

双轴压缩下混凝土预制双裂纹扩展与应力应变关系研究

对混凝土预制双裂隙板试件进行了双轴压缩试验,研究了裂隙倾角以及岩桥倾角对双裂隙的扩展演化影响.通过在裂隙尖端贴放应变片,分析了裂隙扩展与应力应变关系,探讨了裂隙尖端应变集中对裂隙扩展演化的作用规律.试验结果表明,裂隙倾角以及岩桥倾角对裂隙的扩展、贯通有较大影响.实验结果共观测到7种裂纹贯通模式(T1和T2;S1和S2;TS1、TS2和TS3)及两种贯通失败模式(剪切失败和拉伸-剪切失败),且随着岩桥角的增加,裂纹贯通模式由剪切裂纹贯通到翼型-剪切复合式贯通,然后再到翼形裂纹贯通逐渐转化.应力应变曲线与裂隙扩展贯通密切相关,拉应变集中是翼形裂纹产生的原因,而压应变集中则是引起剪切裂纹产生的原因.     

Detection and Analysis of Crack Propagation in PZT Multilayer Ceramics

The flaw propagation in Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) multilayer ceramics under mechanical load was examined using impedance spectroscopy and three‐point bending studies. Initial flaws were generated by applying a positive sinusoidal electric field to the specimens. The cracks were sequentially propagated and after the release of the external mechanical load, impedance spectroscopy was conducted. The shift in the resonance frequencies and the subresonance height of the impedance spectroscopy were used as a measure of flaw extension. A functional dependence of the resonance frequency and the phase shift on the crack length was found. The crack propagation was studied on flaws starting at the positive and negative electrode, respectively. The maximum fracture strength, as well as the crack path, depends on the electrode potential. The variation in the fracture strength was caused by different observed fracture mode: interface cracking, matrix‐cracking, or a combination of both. The morphology of the fracture surfaces was ascribed to a textured microstructure, which is created by the sample processing, for example, by the poling process. A modified poling procedure with a lower poling temperature was analyzed, which yielded a reduction of the anisotropy of the electrode strength. Impedance spectroscopy was found to be a reliable measurement tool for automated flaw detection in PZT multilayer ceramics.     

An experimental study on cracking evolution in concrete and cement mortar by the b-value analysis of acoustic emission technique

Notched three point bend (TPB) specimens made with plain concrete and cement mortar were tested under crack mouth opening displacement (CMOD) control at a rate of 0.0004 mm/s and simultaneously acoustic emissions (AE) released were recorded during the experiments. Amplitude distribution analysis of AE released during concrete was carried out to study the development of fracture process in concrete and mortar specimens. The slope of the log-linear frequency–amplitude distribution of AE is known as the AE based b-value. The AE based b-value was computed in terms of physical process of time varying applied load using cumulative frequency distribution (Gutenberg–Richter relationship) and discrete frequency distribution (Aki's method) of AE released during concrete fracture. AE characteristics of plain concrete and cement mortar were studied and discussed and it was observed that the AE based b-value analysis serves as a tool to identify the damage in concrete structural members.     

Using acoustic emission to quantify damage in restrained fiber-reinforced cement mortars

This paper describes the use of acoustic emission (AE) for monitoring early-age cracking in restrained fiber-reinforced mortars. A steel-testing frame was used to prevent the length reduction associated with drying. AE sensors placed on both unrestrained and restrained specimens detected a high degree of activity that may be attributed to surface microcracking caused by moisture gradients that cause the surface to shrink more rapidly than the core. It was found that as the concrete neared the age of visible cracking, the acoustic waves generated in the restrained specimens had a greater amplitude and duration. For this reason, acoustic energy was utilized for these investigations. An increase in acoustic energy was detected before cracks were observed in the restrained specimens. It is believed that the role of fiber reinforcement is twofold. First, fibers arrest cracks thereby preventing unstable crack propagation, and second, they restrain the crack from opening preventing the cracking from becoming visible until a later age.     

水泥砂浆塑性收缩开裂多元本构方程的研究

基于平板法和八字模法,系统研究了组成参数和外部环境两因素对水泥砂浆塑性收缩开裂的影响并建立了抗裂指数K关于水灰比Wc、集灰比Sc、粉煤灰掺量FA、减水剂掺量P和失水蒸发速率V的多元本构方程。试验结果表明:建立起水泥砂浆收缩开裂的本构方程K=0.208×35.3~(Wc)×3.80~(Sc)×1.00~(FA)×9.62~P×0.00608~V,经验证方程可信度高并且建立了可靠的开裂判据;失水蒸发速率对水泥砂浆塑性收缩开裂影响最大,而粉煤灰掺量对其无明显影响;此外,对辅助性胶凝材料种类的不可以量化因素"甄别分处",得到矿粉可适用已建立的关于粉煤灰的五元方程。     

Electric-Field-Induced Fatigue Crack Growth in Piezoelectrics

When subjected to large alternating electric fields, ferroelectric ceramics may experience cracking and mechanical degradation. This article describes an experimental procedure for characterizing crack extension from preexisting flaws in such materials subject to high-amplitude, alternating electric fields. A new mode of electric-field-induced fatigue crack growth is identified. Fracture mechanics concepts are applied to interpret the observed cracking.     

化工管道弯头开裂失效原因分析

通过对施焊时开裂的20钢弯头试样的裂纹宏观形貌观察、材料的化学成分分析、力学性能测试、断口分析、金相检验等理化检验,并结合弯头的热推加工工艺进行失效分析。结果表明,该弯头产品存在原始裂纹,本次施焊过程造成贯穿性裂纹是由于原始裂纹受热扩展所导致的二次开裂。     

Crack Stability and Its Effect on Fracture Toughness of Hot-Pressed Silicon Nitride Beam Specimens

The effect of stable crack extension on fracture toughness test results was determined using single-edge precracked beam specimens. Crack growth stability was examined theoretically for bars loaded in three-point bending under displacement control. The calculations took into account the stiffness of both the specimen and the loading system. The results indicated that the stiffness of the testing system played a major role in crack growth stability. Accordingly, a test system and specimen dimensions were selected which would result in unstable or stable crack extension during the fracture toughness test, depending on the exact test conditions. Hot-pressed silicon nitride bend bars (NC132) were prepared with precracks of different lengths, resulting in specimens with different stiffnesses. The specimens with the shorter precracks and thus higher stiffness broke without stable crack extension, while those with longer cracks, and lower stiffness, broke after some stable crack extension. The fracture toughness values from the unstable tests were 10% higher than those from the stable tests. This difference, albeit small, is systematic and is not considered to be due to material or specimen-to-specimen variation. It is concluded that instability due to the stiffness of test system and specimen must be minimized to ensure some stable crack extension in a fracture toughness test of brittle materials in order to avoid inflated fracture toughness values.     

Toughening Behavior of a Two-Dimensional SiC/SiC Woven Composite at Ambient Temperature: I, Damage Initiation and R-Curve Behavior

The damage initiation and R -curve behavior for a two-dimensional (2-D) SiC/SiC woven composite are characterized at ambient temperature and related to in situ microscopic observations of damage accumulation and crack advance. Matrix cracking and crack deflection/branching are observed and dominate fracture behavior in the early loading stage such that primary crack extension occurs at apparent stress intensity values as high as 12 MPam^1/2. Linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM), though questionable, was assumed to be valid in the early stages of damage initiation prior to primary crack advance, but was clearly invalid once primary crack extension had occurred. Such a high primary crack extension toughness value is confirmed by a renotch technique whereby the crack wake is removed and the fracture resistance drops close to the initial value. Based on microstructural observations, multiple matrix cracks are found to be arrested at fiber bundles. The key to toughening appears to be associated with the mechanics of crack arrest at fiber bundles in the woven architecture. Toughening mechanisms include multiple matrix cracking (similar to microcracking), crack branching, and crack deflection in the crack frontal zone. Application of models to evaluate toughening based on these mechanisms results in values comparable to experimental data. In the regime of primary crack extension, a J -integral technique was applied to investigate the R -curve behavior and results showed a rising J_R -curve which started at 1500 J/m² and reached 6150 J/m² after about 13 mm of primary crack extension. There was evidence of substantial crack bridging by fiber tows and fibrous pull-out in this regime of crack advance.     

Effect of crack opening on the local diffusion of chloride in cracked mortar samples

The paper presents an experimental study on chloride penetration in cracked mortar specimens. A mechanical expansive core was used to generate cracks of constant width across the thickness of the sample. Sixteen specimens with crack openings ranging from 6 to 325 µm were subjected to a test designed to allow chloride diffusion along the crack path for a period of 14 days. Chloride penetration tests were carried out on mortars at 28 days and 2 years. Relationships between crack opening and chloride–ion diffusion along a crack are presented and discussed. The results show that crack opening significantly affects chloride–ion diffusion along a crack. Overall, chloride diffusion along a crack decreases with crack opening. On the other hand, no chloride diffusion occurs in cracks with an opening of 30 µm or less. This crack-opening threshold agrees with the critical crack opening obtained from a stress-displacement curve of a mortar sample subjected to uniaxial tension. At crack openings greater than the threshold value, chloride diffusion along the crack path depends on mortar age. This result suggests that self-healing could reduce chloride diffusion in cracks.     

Flaws Responsible for Slow Cracking in the Delayed Fracture of Alumina

The early stages of crack extension from inherent flaws were observed directly in order to identify flaws responsible for crack initiation. The specimen surface was immersed in fluorescent dye penetrant while cracks were forming; this procedure allowed the dye to penetrate into the fine cracks. Once the cracking sites were located, scanning electron microscopy was used to identify the flaws. An eccentrically loaded column testing system was used to produce a number of crack initiations on a surface of a specimen without causing catastrophic failure of the specimen. There were many inherent flaws which, either by themselves or as an assembly, became potential crack origins. The initial stage of delayed fracture was shown to involve the interaction and coalescence of nearby flaws with intergranular cracking. It was also found that the crack origins were multiple in delayed fracture.