冻结砂土爆破作用区域内损伤模型分析

为了分析冻结砂土爆后的破坏程度,在探究冻结砂土爆破机理的过程中,将冻结砂土爆破作用的区域划分为空腔、挤压区、破碎区、裂纹区和弹性振动区,依据动力学原理,分析冻结砂土的爆破过程,推导出爆破后空腔及各破坏区域近似半径,并用损伤理论分区分析。结果是,在挤压区,采用Bui等建立的突然损伤模型,则爆炸载荷作用前D=0,冻土瞬间损伤断裂条件后D=1;在破碎区,动态抗压强度准则采用引入应变率效应的莫尔-库仑准则,损伤模型取修正的Lemaitre损伤模型;在裂纹区,采用准脆性材料的微裂纹扩展条件为冻土损伤准则,损伤模型采用弹塑性损伤模型。根据各爆破作用区域损伤特点,采用不同的损伤模型分析,细化了冻结砂土爆破破坏形式,为冻结砂土工程爆破实践提供理论参考。     

Laboratory and theoretical investigations on the deformation and strength behaviors of artificial frozen soil

In order to study the mechanical characteristic of artificial frozen soils, such as strength, and stress-strain relationship, a series of triaxial compression tests of frozen sand has been conducted under confining pressures varying from 0.0 to 14.0 MPa with different water contents at − 6 °C. Frozen sand presents strain softening during shearing process under low confining pressures; but with increasing confining pressure, the strain softening decreases, and even presents strain hardening under high confining pressures. The strength of frozen sand is affected by water content and confining pressure. The strength with low water content always increases with increasing confining pressure; however, for frozen sand with a high water content, the strength experiences an increase followed by a decrease with increasing confining pressure. To describe the strength characteristic of frozen sand, the non-linear Mohr-Coulomb criterion, in which the generalized internal friction angle and cohesion under various confining pressures are obtained from experimental results, has been presented. The result shows that the non-linear Mohr-Coulomb criterion can reflect the decrease of strength of frozen sand under high confining pressures. The stress-strain relationships of frozen sand are represented by hyperbolic functions, which can describe both the strain hardening behavior of frozen sand under high confining pressure and the strain softening behavior under a low confining pressure.     

Effects of seasonally frozen soil on the seismic behavior of bridges

Many of the broad cold regions are located in seismic active zones. Little research has been conducted to investigate the seasonally frozen soil effects on the seismic performance of bridge structures. An analytical investigation of the seasonally frozen soil effects on the seismic behavior of a soil–pile–bridge pier system is presented. Elastic–plastic Finite Element (FE) analyses of a soil–pile model were conducted to obtain the cyclic behavior of the soil–pile system under the unfrozen and frozen soil condition. The equivalent foundation spring coefficients widely used for design practices were developed for the frozen soil condition. A simplified FE model of the soil–pile–bridge pier system was built by representing the soil–pile system with the derived equivalent foundation springs. Modal and push-over analyses were conducted to investigate the effects of seasonally frozen soil on the seismic behavior of the bridge bents. It is found that seasonally frozen soil causes significant change in the stiffness and damping ratio of the soil–pile system, and may have greatly impact the dynamic response of the bridge piers; the influence increases with decreasing pier height-span ratio or increasing overall pier stiffness. It is also found that seasonally frozen soil may impact bridge seismic behavior; the lateral displacement capacity of the pier decreases and the shear demand increases in the frozen soil condition.     

Yield and deformation of an assembly of disks subjected to a deviatoric stress loading

The deformation of an assembly of particles is examined using a discrete element method (DEM) numerical model. The particles are modeled as random-sized, rough, inelastic, circular two-dimensional disks. The simulations keep track of the displacements, velocities and contact forces of each particle in order to examine the local rearrangements of the particles during the deformation and to determine the bulk stress states. The behavior of cohesive materials can be examined by introducing tensile forces between particles. The tests are done by applying constant confining pressures on two parallel flexible boundaries and a constant displacement rate on the two other flat frictionless walls. During the loading, the axial stress on the moving walls reaches a peak value and afterwards remains essentially constant for large strains. Stress–strain curves are obtained for a large range of confining pressures. They show that the yield envelopes follow the linear Mohr–Coulomb criterion. The global angle of friction is determined for a large range of particle–particle friction angles and particle size distributions. It was found that the global friction angle φ_cv increased with interparticle friction angle φ_i for φ_i<6°; for larger values of φ_i, the global friction angle is essentially constant. As the spread in the particle size distribution increased, the magnitude of the internal angle of friction was found to increase for a given interparticle friction angle.     

Experimental research on the compressive fracture toughness of wing fracture of frozen soil

It is commonly found that not only bending fracture but also compressive fracture occur frequently in compression, furthermore, in some specific conditions, compressive fracture sometimes has dominant effect on frozen soil. Therefore, it is extremely necessary to study the mechanical characteristics of the compressive fracture of frozen soil and to investigate the damage and fracture mechanism of frozen soil based on the previous research on frozen soil damage in compression. This study draws on the ideas and methods used in compression fracture research on ice that is very similar to frozen soil, and specific clay in Shenyang region was adopted as the experimental material, to make compressive specimens containing tilted wing crack of different angles, and uniaxial unconfined compression fracture experiments were conducted at different temperatures and loading rates. The fracture toughness K_IC and K_IIC of the main crack tip of the specimens are calculated with obtained experimental results and the law of K_IC and K_IIC changing with tilted angles, temperatures and loading rate is obtained to gain an insight to damage mechanism of frozen soil in compression. This paper presents a meaningful attempt for the research on compressive fracture of frozen soil, so as to better solve practical engineering problems.     

Effect of texture and testing conditions on strain localization during cyclic deformation of copper polycrystals

Fatigue tests were performed on pure copper polycrystals with a crystallographic texture different from that produced by ‘standard’ thermomechanical treatments, which emphasize multi-slip 111–100 textures. The texture along the loading axis deviated by 10–15° from these two poles for the samples used here. The experiments were initiated by ramp loading as a mechanical pretreatment and the cyclic stress–strain curve (CSSC) was established by step tests using enough cycles at each step to insure saturation. Under these conditions, a plateau was observed in the CSSC at an appropriate stress level and in a reproducible fashion.     

Biaxial deformation behavior and mechanical properties of a polypropylene/clay nanocomposite

Polymer nanocomposites offer the potential of enhanced properties such as increased modulus and barrier properties to the end user. Much work has been carried out on the effects of extrusion conditions on melt processed nanocomposites but very little research has been conducted on the use of polymer nanocomposites in semi-solid forming processes such as thermoforming and injection blow molding. These processes are used to make much of today’s packaging, and any improvements in performance such as possible lightweighting due to increased modulus would bring significant benefits both economically and environmentally. The work described here looks at the biaxial deformation of polypropylene–clay nanocomposites under industrial forming conditions in order to determine if the presence of clay affects processability, structure and mechanical properties of the stretched material. Melt compounded polypropylene/clay composites in sheet form were biaxially stretched at a variety of processing conditions to examine the effect of high temperature, high strain and high strain rate processing on sheet structure and properties.     

The effects of geometric parameters on the failure strength for pin-loaded multi-directional fiber-glass reinforced epoxy laminate

A numerical and experimental study was carried out to determine the failure of mechanically fastened fiber-reinforced laminated composite joints. E/glass–epoxy composites were manufactured to fabricate the specimens. Mechanical properties and strengths of the composite were obtained experimentally. Tests have been carried out on single pinned joints in [0/90/0]_s and [90/0/90]_s laminated composites. A parametric study considering geometries was performed to identify the failure characteristics of the pin-loaded laminated composite. Data obtained from pin-loaded laminate tests were compared with the ones calculated from a finite element model (PDNLPIN computer code). Damage accumulations in the laminates were evaluated by using Hashin's failure criteria combined with the proposed property degradation model. Based on the results, ply orientation and geometries of composites could be crucial for pinned laminated composite joints.     

Research on visco-elastic-plastic creep model of artificially frozen soil under high confining pressures

The triaxial creep experiment of artificially frozen soil in deep alluvium was performed by a self-developed machine of triaxial creep frozen soil. After analyzing the experiment results, applying parabolic yield criterion for improved viscoplasticity in the Nishihara model, a new creep constitutive model was established for describing frozen-soil's creep characteristics under high confining pressures. The secondary development tools and data interface had been used to add the visco-elastic-plastic creep constitutive model to standard ADINA FEM. Numerical simulation of the shaft well excavation process and field measurement displacements of frozen wall were performed in the mine; and the results showed that the visco-elastic-plastic creep constitutive model was suitable and reasonable. This constitutive model could be significance for the frozen soil structure long-term stability analysing and the displacement forecasting.     

Effect of strength mis-match and dynamic loading on ductile fracture initiation

It has been well known that ductile fracture of steels is accelerated by triaxial stresses. The characteristics of ductile crack initiation in steels are evaluated quantitatively using a two-parameter criterion based on equivalent plastic strain and stress triaxiality.The present study focuses on the effects of geometrical discontinuity, strength mis-match, which can elevate plastic constraint due to heterogeneous plastic straining, and loading rate on the critical condition for ductile fracture initiation using a two-parameter criterion. Fracture initiation testing has been conducted under static and dynamic loading using circumferentially notched round-bar specimens. In order to evaluate the stress/strain state in the specimens, especially under dynamic loading, a thermal elastic-plastic dynamic finite element (FE) analysis considering the temperature rise due to plastic deformation has been carried out.The tensile tests on specimens with an undermatching interlayer showed that the relationship between the critical equivalent plastic strain to initiate ductile fracture and stress triaxiality was equivalent to that obtained on homogeneous specimens under static loading. Moreover, the two-parameter criterion for ductile fracture initiation is shown to be independent of the loading rate. It was demonstrated that the critical global strain to initiate ductile fracture in specimens with strength mis-match under various loading rate can be estimated based on the local criterion, that is two-parameter criterion obtained on homogeneous specimens under static tension, by mean of FE-analysis taken into account accurately both strength mis-match and dynamic loading effects on stress/strain behaviors.     

Effect of fiber,matrix and interface properties on the in-plane shear deformation of carbon-fiber reinforced composites

The effect of fiber, matrix and interface properties on the in-plane shear response of carbon-fiber reinforced epoxy laminates was studied by means of a combination of experiments and numerical simulations. Two cross-ply laminates with the same epoxy matrix and different carbon fibers (high-strength and high-modulus) were tested in shear until failure according to ASTM standard D7078, and the progressive development of damage was assessed by optical microscopy in samples tested up to different strains. The composite behavior was also simulated through computational micromechanics, which was able to account for the effect of the constituent properties (fiber, matrix and interface) on the macroscopic shear response. The influence of matrix, fiber and interface properties on each region and on the overall composite behavior was assessed from the experimental results and the numerical simulations. After the initial elastic region, the shear behavior presented two different regions, the first one controlled by matrix yielding and the second one by the elastic deformation of the fibers. It was found that in-plane shear behavior of cross-ply laminates was controlled by the matrix yield strength and the interface strength and was independent of the fiber properties.     

含Sc超高强Al-Zn-Cu-Mg-Zr合金的热变形行为和微观组织

采用热模拟实验对含Sc超高强Al-Zn-Cu-Mg-Zr合金在应变速率为0.001～10s-1、变形温度为380～470℃的条件下进行了热压缩实验.研究了实验合金的流变应力行为和微观组织演变.结果表明:流变应力随变形温度升高而下降;随应变速率增加峰值应力也相应增加.随变形温度升高和应变速率降低,合金动态再结晶的程度加深,亚晶尺寸变大.含Sc超高强Al-Zn-Cu-Mg-Zr合金,形成了Al3Sc弥散相,该相可强烈抑制再结晶.合金主要软化机制为动态回复伴随动态再结晶.