卸荷裂隙在水利水电工程建设中的危害

卸荷裂隙是对水工建筑物稳定最不利的软弱结构面之一。文中较系统地介绍了这种结构面的特点、分布规律、形成的力学机理、对工程的危害、勘查方法及处理措施。     

Issues in modelling of advanced heterogeneous ceramics

Summary The conceptual and computational issues regarding the development of models to predict microstructure/mechanical-property relationships in advanced ceramics are discussed. Advanced ceramics provide a particular challenge because their higher toughness or reliability, relative to monolithic ceramics, is a result of stable, distributed damage evolution. Capturing the details of distributed damage at atomistic and microstructural length scales is computationally prohibitive, but only in certain systems does it appear plausible to neglect atomistic and crack-tip details in favor of larger-scale damage propagation and interaction. Examples, mainly from the author's own work, are briefly presented to indicate the range of problems that have been addressed and the relative successes and failures.     

液化气球罐焊缝H2S应力腐蚀裂纹的返修补焊

对宁夏炼油厂一台200m3低合金钢球罐H2S应力腐蚀裂纹采用气刨打磨后补焊的返修方法表明，碳弧气刨时的骤热不会使裂纹向纵深扩展，只是必须在补焊前将返修部位焊缝两侧各100mm范围内打磨至完全露出金属光泽，以便彻底消除裂纹源，避免补焊时再产生新的微小裂纹。若返修深度不大于罐壁厚度的二分之一，则不必进行射线探伤检查，只须进行100％的超声波检查，在水压试验前后对返修部位进行100％磁粉探伤则是非常必要的。     

Low-cycle fatigue behavior of Sn-Ag, Sn-Ag-Cu, and Sn-Ag-Cu-Bi lead-free solders

Low-cycle fatigue (LCF) tests on as-cast Sn-3.5Ag, Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu, Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu-1Bi, and Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu-3Bi solders was carried out using a noncontact strain-controlled system at 20°C with a constant frequency of 0.1 Hz. The addition of Cu does not significantly affect the fatigue life of eutectic Sn-Ag solder. However, the fatigue life was significantly reduced with the addition of Bi. The LCF behavior of all solders followed the Coffin-Manson relationship. The fatigue life of the present solders is dominated by the fracture ductility and can be described by the ductility-modified Coffin-Manson’s relationship. Steps at the boundaries of dendrite phases were the initiation sites for microcracks for Sn-3.5Ag, Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu, and Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu-1Bi solders, while for Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu-3Bi solder, cracks initiated along both the dendrite boundaries and subgrain boundaries in the dendrite phases. The linking of these cracks and the propagation of cracks inside the specimen occurred both transgranularly through eutectic phases and intergranularly along dendrite boundaries or subgrain boundaries.     

A FETI-like domain decomposition method for coupling finite elements and boundary elements in large-size problems of acoustic scattering

Numerical simulations of acoustic scattering in the frequency domain based on hybrid methods coupling finite elements and boundary elements are the most suited for dealing with problems involving wave propagation in inhomogeneous media. Furthermore, it is necessary to resort to high performance computing to effectively solve the large size problems. However, the direct coupling yields a linear system with a matrix which is partly dense and partly sparse and thus not adapted to high performance computing. To avoid this difficulty, we present a new iterative method constructed from a non overlapping domain decomposition technique.     

Nondestructive evaluation of pavements using spectral analysis of surface waves in the frequency wave-number domain

The potential of using Spectral analysis of surface waves (SASW) for nondestructive testing of pavement and soil sites has been demonstrated in several publications. The usual SASW field testing and data analysis procedures and the assumption of a single propagation mode yield accurate results when there are no sharp changes in the stiffness of the site with depth. When this is not the case, however, difficulties arise in the interpretation of experimental data due to the participation of more than one mode in the wave field. In an earlier study, the multiple filter/crosscorrelation technique was suggested for analyzing multi-mode SASW signals. This technique, however, may not yield accurate results when propagation modes are closely spaced. A more general method using spectral analysis in the frequency wave-number domain is presented in this paper. Formulas are presented for determining a reasonably small number of surface measurements, and the accuracy of this method in resolving experimental dispersion curves is demonstrated for a pavement site.     

INITIAL FRACTURE MECHANISMS IN NICKEL ALLOYED PM STEEL

Abstract— Initial fatigue crack propagation mechanisms at near threshold conditions were studied for four nickel-alloyed, powder-metallurgy (PM) steels. Fatigue fracture surfaces were obtained by testing smooth rectangular specimens at 30 Hz and under constant amplitude and zero mean stress conditions. Materials based on Distaloy AE were used in two densities, namely 7.15 and 7.45 g/cm³.
All the fracture surfaces were composed of three morphological regions (i) a macrocrack initiation region Rl where cracks propagated preferentially through particles (ii) a macrocrack growth region R2 and (iii) an unstable crack growth region R3 where cracks propagated preferentially between particles. Initial fatigue crack growth, in region R1, was controlled by the propagation of short cracks whose dimensions were comparable to the material microstructure. The subsequent fatigue crack growth in regions R2 and R3 was controlled by ductile rupture between microvoids. Transparticle fracture in region R1 was independent of pore distribution, while interparticle fracture in regions R2 and R3 was dependent on pore distribution.     

PROPAGATION OF GASLESS COMBUSTION FRONTS: NONZERO REACTION RATE IN THE WHOLE DOMAIN

This paper deals with the gasless combustion problem in an infinite one-dimensional medium. The possibility of the existence of steadily propagating reaction waves is stated for system models with nonzero reaction rates everywhere but at the boundaries. Two forms for the chemical reaction rate dependence on the temperature are considered: the classical Arrhenius, and a modified Arrhenius incorporating and ignition temperature. The equations for the steadily propagating waves are studied in the phase-plane of the temperature and its derivative. The analysis first addresses the question of whether steadily propagating waves are admissible. Then bounds for the propagation velocity are sought and found. The results of the closed-form analysis are successfully tested against numerical experiments. Non-steady propagation regimes are also found, and regions in the parameter space associated with different asymptotic dynamical behaviour are identified.     

Expert system approach for reactor vessel integrity

This paper describes the development strategy of a prototype expert system, called RViES, for the reactor vessel integrity. The main objectives of the system are to assist engineers to perform fatigue and fracture mechanics analyses of reactor vessels quickly and accurately. The system consists of three parts; user interface, knowledge base and inference engine. Various rules recommended in codes and standards are stored in the knowledge base. Several case studies were performed to check the usefulness of the system.     

Fracture mechanics global approach concepts applied to creep slow crack growth in a medium density polyethylene (MDPE)

Creep fracture by slow crack growth is studied in a medium density polyethylene at 60 °C and 80 °C. Whereas elastic-plastic fracture mechanics load parameters fail to provide a unique temperature-independent correlation, that of the fracture mechanics for creeping solids C^∗ is proved to be relevant since this parameter correlates very well with the time to failure. Correlation established on both full notched creep tensile and double edge notched tensile tests was validated on cracked gas-pipe samples tested under hydrostatic pressure, extending the use of time to failure versus C^∗ diagram to predict lifetime of engineering components.