半刚性基层沥青路面反射裂缝扩展过程分析的Williams单元

该文对半刚性基层沥青路面结构采用弹性层状体系平面应变分析模型,利用改进的Williams级数,结合广义参数有限元法和常规等参元,建立了反射裂缝裂尖应力强度因子分析的广义参数Williams单元,并推导了Williams单元的刚度方程,据此研究了正对称荷载和偏载分别作用时,反射裂缝扩展过程中应力强度因子的变化规律;重点分析了偏载作用下路面结构层参数与应力强度因子之间的关系。Williams单元中含有与应力强度因子相关的参数,可以直接获得裂尖应力强度因子。算例分析表明：Williams单元与传统方法的计算结果吻合较好,且格式简单,计算精度高,适用于沥青路面反射裂缝扩展过程分析。     

Fatigue fracture of nylon polymers

The influence of glass fibres on the fatigue crack propagation rates of injection-moulded nylons has been determined. In contrast to previous results for unreinforced nylons, the cracking kinetics are independent of the oscillating load frequency. The fact that the crack growth rate per cycle is constant, when expressed in terms of the time under load, demonstrates that the contribution of creep crack extension is minimized by the glass fibres. Thus a true fatigue process is suggested for the fatigue fracture of the reinforced system, even when the glass fibres are preferentially aligned parallel to the crack growth direction. A complicating factor in characterizing the fatigue resistance of the glass-reinforced nylons is the tremendous influence of fibre orientation on crack growth rate. It is shown that the anisotropy problem can be handled by simply expressing the crack growth rate data in terms of the strain energy release rate rather than the usual stress intensity factor representation. Results for four different glass-filled nylons show that the diverse crack growth rates for cracking parallel versus perpendicular to the glass-fibre axes collapse on to individual strain energy release rate curves. Each single relationship therefore characterizes the fatigue fracture of the filled material and furthermore permits a prediction of the cracking rates for any glass-fibre orientation based upon the expected change in modulus. Finally it is demonstrated that the increased stress dependence of fatigue crack propagation (slope of the Paris plot) in filled nylons can be duplicated in unfilled samples under certain conditions. It is concluded that the fatigue fracture mechanism is matrix dominated in these chopped glass-fibre reinforced materials.     

Fracture mechanics of idealised bituminous mixes

The durability of asphalt pavements is strongly impaired by cracks, caused primarily by traffic loads and environmental effects. In this work, fracture behaviour of idealised asphalt mixes is investigated. Experiments on idealised asphalt mixes under pure-tension mode (mode I cracking) were performed and fracture parameters were evaluated. In these three-point bend fracture tests, the test variables were temperature and load rate. The test data were stored in an asphalt materials database and special-purpose tools were implemented to analyse and handle the laboratory data automatically. Fracture mechanism maps were constructed, showing the conditions associated with ductile, brittle and ductile–brittle transition regimes of behaviour. The mechanism maps show the failure response of the material in terms of the stress intensity factor, strain energy release rate and J-integral as a function of the temperature-compensated crack mouth opening strain rate. Fracture behaviour of asphalt mix specimens was simulated by cohesive zone model in conjunction with a novel material constitutive model for asphalt mixes. The finite element model agrees well with the experimental results and provides insights into fracture response of the notched asphalt mix beam specimens.     

Monitoring mechanical damage in structural materials using complimentary NDE techniques based on thermography and acoustic emission

This work deals with nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of the fracture behavior of metallic materials by combining thermographic and acoustic emission (AE) characterization. A new procedure, based on lock-in infrared (IR) thermography, was developed to determine the crack growth rate using thermographic mapping of the material undergoing fatigue. The thermography results on crack growth rate were found to be in agreement with measurements obtained by the conventional compliance method. Furthermore, acoustic emission was used to record different cracking events. The rate of incoming signals, as well as qualitative features based on the waveform shape, was correlated with macroscopically measured mechanical parameters, such as load and crack propagation rate. Additionally, since the failure modes have distinct AE signatures, the dominant active fracture mode was identified in real time. The application of combined NDE techniques is discussed for characterizing the damage process which leads to catastrophic failure of the material, thereby enabling life prediction in both monolithic aluminum alloys and aluminum alloy/SiC particle (SiC_p) reinforced composites.     

The fracture and fatigue performance in flexure of carbon fiber reinforced concrete

The fracture parameters and fatigue performances of carbon fiber reinforced concrete is investigated by three point bending tests. In comparison with the results of quasi-static tests where no pre-cyclic loading is applied, the influence of pre-cyclic loading history on fracture parameters was researched by using compliance calibration. The test results show that the fracture parameters of carbon fiber reinforced concrete and plain concrete will be reduced if the pre-cyclic loading stress levels are higher than a certain threshold, and this threshold value for carbon fiber reinforced concrete is higher than that of plain concrete. The critical effective crack length for carbon fiber reinforced concrete is significantly larger than that of plain concrete and independent of the pre-cyclic loading history and fatigue life. Carbon fiber reinforced concrete has a considerable beneficial effect on the behaviour of concrete subjected to flexure fatigue loading.     

Fracture toughness prediction using Weibull statistical method for asphalt mixtures containing different air void contents

Brittle fracture of asphalt mixtures at low temperatures is one of the main deterioration modes of pavements. Hence as an important design parameter, it is required that a reliable value for fracture toughness of asphalt mixtures is known. However, because of natural inhomogeneity of asphalt mixtures and inherent sources of scatters such as random distribution of ingredients and preparation process, the use of statistical analyses might provide better estimations for the crack growth resistance of asphalt mixtures. In this paper by conducting several low temperature fracture toughness experiments on three types of asphalt mixtures with different air void contents, the effects of air void percentage on mode I fracture toughness are studied statistically. Fifty six edge cracked semi-circular bend specimens containing 4, 5 and 7% air voids were tested, and the corresponding two and three-Weibull distribution parameters were determined for each set of data. It was shown that the Weibull model can be used successfully for predicting the statistical nature of tensile cracking phenomenon in asphalt mixtures. The mean fracture toughness values and the Weibull parameters were reduced by increasing the air void content. Furthermore, the distribution parameters obtained experimentally for the mixtures containing 4% and 5% voids were also predicted quite well in terms of the Weibull parameters of a reference mixture containing 7% air void.     

Investigation of fatigue crack growth rate in CARALL,ARALL and GLARE

Fibre metal laminates (FMLs) are being used to manufacture many structural components in aerospace industry because of their very high strength to weight ratios, yet the exact model for estimating fatigue crack propagation in FMLs cannot be developed because of many variable parameters affecting it. In this research, tensile strength, fatigue life and fracture toughness values of 2/1 configuration carbon reinforced aluminium laminate (CARALL), aramid reinforced aluminium laminate and glass laminate aluminium reinforced epoxy specimens have been investigated. Mechanical, chemical and electrochemical surface treatments were applied to AA 1050 face sheets to improve the adhesive properties of the laminates. The specimens were prepared using vacuum assisted resin transfer moulding technique and were cut to desired shapes. Fatigue tests were conducted on centre notched specimens according to ASTM Standard E399. Real time material data and properties of adhesive were used in definition of numerical simulation model to obtain the values of stress intensity factor at different crack lengths. It was observed that CARALL shows very superior tensile and fatigue strength because of stress distribution during failure. Numerical simulation model developed in this research accurately predicts fracture toughness of aramid reinforced aluminium laminate, CARALL and glass laminate aluminium reinforced epoxy with less than 2% error. An empirical analytical model using experimental data obtained during research was developed which accurately predicts the trend of FMLs fatigue life.     

Fatigue and fracture paths in cold drawn pearlitic steel

This paper analyses the influence of microstructural anisotropy of a progressively drawn pearlitic steel (orientation of pearlitic lamellae in the drawing direction) on the microscopic and macroscopic evolution of cracking paths produced by fatigue and fracture. The fatigue crack path is always contained in the transverse section of the wires, i.e., the subcritical propagation develops under a global mode I, so that the main crack path is associated with mode I and some very local deflections take place to produce a roughness in the fatigue crack path depending on the drawing level. The fracture crack path evolves from a global mode I propagation following the transverse plane in slightly drawn steels (including the hot rolled bar that is not cold drawn at all) to a global mixed-mode propagation associated with crack deflection in intermediate and heavily drawn steels (the latter with a strong mode II component), the deviation angle being an increasing function of the drawing degree in the steel.     

WC_p含量对粉末冶金Cu/WC_p复合材料疲劳裂纹扩展行为的影响

通过粉末冶金热压烧结法制备高压电触头Cu/WC_p颗粒增强复合材料,研究WC_p颗粒含量(15%和3%,体积分数,下同)对Cu/WC_p复合材料的疲劳裂纹扩展行为的影响,并结合SEM进行断口分析;利用原位SEM疲劳裂纹观测系统原位观察微裂纹萌生,分析颗粒对裂纹扩展路径的影响机制。结果表明:在相同应力强度因子幅(△K)下WC_p含量为15%的Cu/WC_p的疲劳裂纹扩展速率大于WC_p含量为3%的复合材料;颗粒含量的增加并没有提高复合材料的裂纹扩展门槛值△K_(th),这主要是因为颗粒和基体的界面属于弱界面;在疲劳过程中颗粒脱粘形成裂纹源,不同脱牯微裂纹连接长大形成主裂纹是Cu/WC_p颗粒增强复合材料的疲劳损伤形式;当主裂纹尖端和颗粒WC_p相互作用时裂纹基本沿着颗粒界面往前扩展;复合材料的断裂模式从WC_p低含量3%时的颗粒脱粘-裂纹在基体里穿晶断裂,过渡为WC_p高含量15%时颗粒脱粘-基体被撕裂为主。     

纵肋与横隔板交叉构造细节穿透型疲劳裂纹扩展特性及其加固方法研究

纵肋与横隔板交叉构造细节是正交异性钢桥面板最易发生疲劳开裂的构造细节,通过建立有限元数值模型,采用断裂力学方法,研究栓接角钢加固方式对该处疲劳易损细节穿透型裂纹的加固效果。基于疲劳试验足尺节段模型相对应有限元模型,建立了纵肋与横隔板焊接处穿透型疲劳裂纹模型,针对栓接角钢和纵肋外侧栓接钢板两种加固技术的加固效果进行评估。研究结果表明：钢桥面板纵肋与横隔板交叉构造细节的疲劳裂纹扩展至一定长度后将发展成穿透型裂纹,裂纹面受力复杂,纵肋腹板内外侧疲劳裂纹扩展特性表现的不一样,但是随着裂纹扩展的逐步进行,裂纹尖端的开裂模式均以复合型开裂为主;栓接角钢加固方式主要抑制纵肋与横隔板交叉构造细节易损部位疲劳裂纹的I型开裂,因此能很好地抑制短裂纹的扩展,但对于该细节处以复合形式扩展的穿透型疲劳裂纹的加固效果并不显著;在纵肋外侧栓接半U形钢板的加固方法能有效改善穿透型疲劳裂纹的等效应力强度因子,并且加固之后均保持在裂纹扩展阈值以下,表明该加固方式对穿透型疲劳裂纹有良好加固效果。     

Zusammenwirken von Spannungsrißkorrosion und Ermüdung bei der Schwingungsrißkorrosion eines hochfesten Stahles

Conjoint Action of Stress Corrosion Cracking and Fatigue on Corrosion Fatigue of a High Strength Steel The corrosion fatigue characteristics of a high strength, martensitic steel in 0.5 n NaCl solution is investigated with regard to the fatigue and stress corrosion cracking behaviour of the material. Test parameters are stress ratio and frequency, testing is carried out with fracture mechanics methods, the crack surfaces are examined fractographically. An analysis of the results reveals that corrosion fatigue in high strength steel is caused by fatigue or by stress corrosion cracking, depending on the kinetics of the two processes. Fatigue and stress corrosion cracking do not act cumulative or additive. Instead, the kinetically faster process causes crack advance. The crack growth characteristics are interpreted with respect to the fractographic appearance of the crack surfaces. Corrosion fatigue cracks propagate either intergranular relative to the prior austenite grain boundaries as stress corrosion cracks do or transgranular like fatigue cracks, depending on the crack growth rates of the two processes. Fatigue and stress corrosion cracking do not interact, at least in a measurable degree, because of the different crack path of the two fracture processes. Results can be assessed quantitatively with the “process competition model”.     

Mechanistic evaluation of fatigue cracking in asphalt pavements

Over the last several decades, significant research has been conducted to predict the fatigue cracking performance of asphalt pavements. Recently, the simplified viscoelastic continuum damage (S-VECD) model was developed as an efficient method of characterising the fatigue performance of asphalt mixtures under a wide range of loading conditions. Two important material properties that can be determined from the S-VECD model are the damage characteristic curve that defines how damage evolves in a specimen and the energy-based failure criterion that defines when the specimen fails. These two material functions are unique for a given mixture regardless of temperature, mode of loading, stress/strain amplitude and loading history. This study presents the application of the Layered Viscoelastic Crirtical Distresses (LVECD) programme to predict the fatigue performance of 18 pavement sections from different locations in the United States and Canada. The capability of the LVECD programme to capture crack initiation, crack propagation and damage in the pavement sections is investigated by comparing the simulation results with field observations. This study found reasonable agreement in trends between the damage growth throughout the pavement cross sections as predicted by the LVECD programme and the surface crack growth as evidenced by field observations.     

A probabilistic static fatigue model for transverse cracking in CFRP cross-ply laminates

This paper presents a delayed-fracture model for transverse cracking in CFRP cross-ply laminates under static fatigue loading. First, a delayed-fracture model for a crack in a brittle material was established on the basis of the slow crack growth (SCG) concept in conjunction with a probabilistic fracture model using the three-parameter Weibull distribution. Second, the above probabilistic SCG model was applied to transverse cracking in cross-ply laminates under static fatigue loading. The stress and the length of the unit element in the transverse layers were calculated with the aid of a shear-lag analysis, taking the residual stress into account. The transverse crack density was expressed as a function of applied stress and time with the parameters in the Paris law and the Weibull distribution function specified, in addition to the mechanical and geometrical properties. Unknown parameters were determined from experiment data gathered in static tensile and static fatigue tests. The reproduced transverse crack density at various applied loads agreed well with the experiment results.     

4.5Ni钢表面裂纹的低周疲劳扩展行为研究

采用悬臂弯曲加载方式，以总应变范围作为受检和控制参数，分析了高强度４．５Ｎｉ钢表面裂纹的低周疲劳扩展行为，给出了裂纹扩展速率ｄ（２ａ）／ｄＮ与总应变范围ΔεＴ的关系式及关系曲线。同时对弯曲加载条件下低周疲劳损伤断口微观形貌进行了观察分析。指出４．５Ｎｉ钢的低周疲劳裂纹扩展方式主要是穿晶，疲劳辉纹为晶体学延性辉纹，疲劳裂纹扩展属于塑性钝化模型机制。     

Z-pin增强复合材料Ⅰ型断裂韧性数值分析

采用细观力学方法以及虚拟裂纹闭合法(VCCT)对含有Z-pin增强复合材料双悬臂梁(DCB)结构Ⅰ型断裂韧性进行了研究。利用有限元法建立了结构模型,采用实体单元模拟复合材料层压板结构和非线性弹簧元模拟Z-pin。通过计算应变能释放率对含有不同体积分数Z-pin的复合材料层压板Ⅰ型断裂韧性与不含Z-pin的复合材料层压板Ⅰ型断裂韧性进行了对比分析。研究表明,含有Z-pin增强复合材料双悬臂梁(DCB)结构Ⅰ型断裂韧性在裂纹扩展过程中受到Z-pin桥联作用的影响而显著增强,且其增强效果与Z-pin的体积分数、处在桥联区的Z-pin数目均相关,这表明Z-pin增强方法能够有效提高复合材料层压板的分层扩展阻力。     

MODE I AND MIXED MODE I/II FATIGUE CRACKING IN Ni3Al(CrB) SINGLE CRYSTALS

Abstract— Nominal mode I and mixed mode I/II fatigue tests were carried out using the intermetallic compound Ni₃Al(CrB) in the form of single crystal specimens. The effects of crystal orientation and load mode on fatigue crack initiation and growth were studied. The fracture surfaces of the single crystals were characterized by a cleavage-like appearance and cracking occurred either on a single {111} plane or on multiple {111} planes irrespective of whether mode I or mixed mode I/II loadings were applied. It was found that the crack initiation and growth behaviour are dependent on both crystal orientation and applied loading mode. The cracking behaviour predicted by three mixed mode fracture criteria (MTS, SED and G criteria) in polycrystalline materials under mixed mode loading can be understood from the present results on single crystals.     

R-curves characterisation analysis for asphalt concrete

Fracture tests, especially at lower testing temperatures, have become quite popular in quantifying low-temperature cracking. However, current fracture testing analysis methods often use a single number, such as fracture energy or fracture toughness, to quantify cracking resistance. These tests do not capture both the initiation and propagation of the crack. The Resistance Curve, or R-curve, is widely applied in many fields, such as metal, polymer and composites. The R-curve considers cracking resistance as a function of crack extension, which includes initiation and propagation. In this research, three asphalt concrete mixtures, including hot mix, hot mix with reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and warm mix with RAP were tested at two temperatures, three levels of ageing and two levels of moisture condition by the Semi-Circular Bend fracture test. R-curves were constructed using the data from the fracture test, and digital images were utilised to capture the crack extension. In addition to capturing the traditional fracture energy, two new parameters were explored using the R-curves: the cohesive energy and the propagation parameter energy rate. It was found that cohesive energy was always in a narrow range (approximately 500–1000 J/m²) compared to the fracture energy range (approximately 500–1700 J/m²) over all combinations of ageing and moisture conditions, which indicates that the crack initiation may not be as sensitive to temperature, ageing and moisture as fracture energy. The results of energy rate indicated that moisture and short-term ageing impact the crack propagation by reducing the resistance of crack growth. These results proved that R-curves are a potentially useful tool to quantify the cracking resistance of asphalt concrete in both crack initiation and propagation.     

A probabilistic approach for transverse crack evolution in a composite laminate under variable amplitude cyclic loading

This paper presents a theoretical approach for predicting transverse cracking behavior in a cross-ply laminate with a thick transverse ply under variable amplitude loads for which the cracks grow instantaneously, or very quickly, across the specimen width. The transverse crack density was derived on the basis of the slow crack growth (SCG) concept using the Paris law in conjunction with the Weibull distribution for a brittle material subjected to multi-stage cyclic loading. A fracture criterion obtained was related with the empirical rules by Miner and Broutman & Sahu. Next, the probabilistic SCG model was applied to transverse cracking in a cross-ply laminate under multi-stage cyclic loading. The two-stage fatigue tests with various loading sequences and amplitudes were conducted for carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) cross-ply laminates in addition to single-stage fatigue tests for various maximum stresses. The experiment results were compared with the predictions to verify the validity of the model.     

Failure Investigation on Inducer Blades of Locomotive Turbocharger

Damage to varying degrees including fracture, cracking, and scraping occurred on inducer blades used in a locomotive turbocharger which had run for 3626 km. The blade fracture was formed by the propagation of axial and radial cracks forming an L-shape. Fractography investigation indicates that the axial fracture mode of the blade was by fatigue. The radial fracture was formed by one instantaneous crack. A strike dent was present on the leading edge of the fractured blade and this dent became the initiation site of fatigue crack. Failure of other blades was subsequent to the original fracture.     

Investigation the influences of geotextile on reducing the thermal reflective cracking using XFEM

Abstract

A 3D extended finite element model (XFEM) was constructed to investigate the thermal reflective cracking propagation and anti-cracking characteristic of geotextile. Influence factors of tensile modulus and placement location of geotextile were analysed. A temperature cycling test in the material test system was utilised in this work to validate the XFEM. Thermal simulations were performed considering the influences of solar radiation, air convection and air radiation. It has been found that crack initiated and propagated as temperature declining in earlier cycle, and crack length being fixed because of no more severe temperature variation based on maximum principal stress criterion. Geotextile with high tensile modulus had a significant influence on reducing the crack propagation compared with low tensile modulus geotextile or unreinforced situation. Geotextile placing at the bottom of asphalt surface had the best crack resistance influence, and geotextile placed at one-fourth depth from asphalt course bottom was more efficient than placed at other locations in terms of anti-crack propagation.