方坯连铸二冷热应力模拟

建立了方坯的应力计算模型，并通过采用有限元法求解，获得了铸坯在二冷段的应力和应变分布规律，为研究二冷对铸坯质量的影响提供了理论基础。     

应变率对泡沫Al-Mg合金压缩性能的影响

在应变率分别为10^-3s^-1,600s^-1和1600s^-1条件下对开孔泡沫Al-Mg合金进行了压缩试验，测量了不同应变率下材料的压缩应力．应变(σ-ε)曲线，研究了应变率的变化对这种Al合金泡沫的压缩性能和吸能性的影响。试验结果表明：这种开孔结构的泡沫Al-Mg合金具有明显的应变率效应，随应变率的提高，其屈服强度和流动应力升高；因此，与静态下相比，动态压缩下的吸能性上升，而对应的应力也随之提高。     

用微机绘制织物应变图

本文用直角坐标量的测定,来计算织物受力时各部分的应变,然后根据应变的实际大小,借助计算机的绘图仪,可在织物上绘出若干个具有不同应变值的分布图。     

Upsetting Tests of Fresh Cementitious Composites for Extrusion

Upsetting tests were conducted on cylindrical specimens made of a typical fresh short fiber-reinforced cementitious composite (SFRCC) paste for extrusion at various boundary conditions to derive the paste’s constitutive behavior. Due to friction present at the specimen and the equipment platens interfaces, stress was not uniformly distributed in the specimen and had to be corrected. In this study, two analytical methods were utilized to derive the true flow stress of the fresh SFRCC paste through correcting the nominal yield stress obtained from the upsetting test. One of them was the stress extrapolation method, which required a large number of experimental data and predetermined boundary friction. It was found that the results corrected by this method from experiments at the lubricated boundary were more reliable than those at the dry boundary and this method could also give an approximate estimation of the boundary friction coefficient. As comparison, the flow stress correction method required only a small amount of experimental data and no predetermined boundary friction. It was found that this method provided better results at the dry boundary than at the lubricated boundary. The fresh SFRCC paste exhibited both strain and strain rate hardening characteristics whereas strain rate hardening effect was more significant and dominated.     

Interpretation of Impact Penetration Measurements in Soft Clays

The need for obtaining estimates of undrained shear strength of shallow seafloor sediments often arises in offshore engineering practice. Impact penetrometers offer a promising means of obtaining strength estimates in such sediments. However, variable conditions of embedment and velocity require careful consideration in the interpretation of impact penetration tests. This paper presents an analysis of the expendable bottom penetrometer (XBP), a device that measures acceleration during impact penetration. The analyses indicate that acceleration measurements can be reasonably related to undrained shear strength of soft clays. Further, acceleration measurements can be integrated to obtain velocity and embedment depth data at any point during the penetration analysis, thereby providing a basis for accounting for rate and embedment effects. Applying the proposed analysis to data from a series of test sites in the Gulf of Mexico indicate satisfactory agreement between XBP and reference strength profiles in soft clays.     

低弹性模量材料的应变测试

本文对低弹性模量材料应变测试中的有关技术问题进行了系统论述。目的在于用这类材料制造机械零部件的模型以进行应力应变的模拟测试,为高、大、精、尖产品以及特种包装容器的设计获取数据。     

Computational Techniques and Shear Band Development for Cylindrical and Spherical Penetrometers in Strain-Softening Clay

This paper addresses numerical simulation of deep penetration of full-flow penetrometers in strain-softening, rate-dependent, cohesive soil, and the observed phenomenon of periodic shear bands. The analysis was conducted using a large deformation finite element approach, modifying the simple elastic–perfectly plastic Tresca soil model to allow strain-softening, with strain-rate dependency being incorporated in order to avoid spurious mesh dependency. Parametric analyses were carried out varying the strain-softening parameters (hence the relative brittleness of the soil), the rigidity index of the soil, and the strain-rate parameter. Increased brittleness of the soil led to reduction in the penetration resistance, but also to increasingly significant oscillations in the resistance–penetration responses. The oscillation was found to result from periodic shear bands evolving cyclically ahead of the advancing cylindrical and spherical penetrometers. Analyses with different values of rigidity index confirmed further that the periodic shear bands were a real material phenomenon, rather than due to errors in numerical simulation. Similar phenomena have been observed for continuous flow problems in granular materials. However, rising strain-rate dependency tended to suppress the oscillations.     

Simulation and fabrication of piezoresistive membrane type MEMS strain sensors

Two piezoresistive (n-polysilicon) strain sensors on a thin Si₃N₄/SiO₂ membrane with improved sensitivity were successfully fabricated by using MEMS technology. The primary difference between the two designs was the number of strips of the polysilicon patterns. For each design, a doped n-polysilicon sensing element was patterned over a thin 3 μm Si₃N₄/SiO₂ membrane. A 1000×1000 μm² window in the silicon wafer was etched to free the thin membrane from the silicon wafer. The intent of this design was to fabricate a flexible MEMS strain sensor similar in function to a commercial metal foil strain gage. A finite element model of this geometry indicates that strains in the membrane will be higher than strains in the surrounding silicon. The values of nominal resistance of the single strip sensor and the multi-strip sensor were 4.6 and 8.6 kΩ, respectively. To evaluate thermal stability and sensing characteristics, the temperature coefficient of resistance [TCR=(ΔR/R₀)/ΔT] and the gage factor [GF=(ΔR/R₀)/] for each design were evaluated. The sensors were heated on a hot plate to measure the TCR. The sensors were embedded in a vinyl ester epoxy plate to determine the sensor sensitivity. The TCR was 7.5×10⁻⁴ and 9.5×10⁻⁴/°C for the single strip and the multi-strip pattern sensors. The gage factor was as high as 15 (bending) and 13 (tension) for the single strip sensor, and 4 (bending) and 21 (tension) for the multi-strip sensor. The sensitivity of these MEMS sensors is much higher than the sensitivity of commercial metal foil strain gages and strain gage alloys.     

A study on the variations of the electrical resistance for NiTi shape memory alloy wires during the thermo-mechanical loading

In order to use NiTi wires as strain or stress sensors, the variations of electrical resistance of Ti-50.8 at%Ni wires during thermo-mechanical loading are studied in this paper. The results show that it is possible to use the NiTi wires as strain sensors, but it is difficult to use NiTi wires as stress sensors.     

Strain profiling of fatigue crack overload effects using energy dispersive X-ray diffraction

Synchrotron based energy dispersive X-ray diffraction has been used to profile the strains around fatigue cracks in 4140 steel test specimens. In particular strain field comparisons were made on specimens prepared: with initial constant stress intensity fatigue; with this initial fatigue followed by a single overload cycle; and with this fatigue-overload sequence followed by an additional constant stress intensity fatigue. The strain profiles behind, at and in-front-of the crack tip are discussed in detail. Selected strain profiles measurements under in situ applied tensile stress are also presented. The technique of optical surface height profiling reveals surface depression effects which can be correlated with the interior strain profiles.