多边形铁素体/针状铁素体双相管线钢的应变硬化行为

对X70管线钢进行临界区热处理,制备出四种铁素体/针状铁素体(PF/AF)体积分数不同的双相管线钢。用电子背散射衍射(EBSD)分析了PF含量对这种双相管线钢的晶粒尺寸、大角度与小角度晶界的比例以及几何必要位错密度(GND)的影响;通过Hollomon和修正C-J方程分析了这种钢的应力比与应变硬化指数(n值)的关系,以及不同PF体积分数双相管线钢的塑性变形和应变硬化的机理。结果表明,PF/AF双相管线钢的应变硬化能力几乎与应力比无关,而应变硬化指数与均匀延伸率表现出特定的线性关系。随着PF体积分数的提高,这种钢的颈缩点后移且应变硬化行为由两阶段向三阶段转变。PF体积分数的改变,对其第I和第II阶段的应变硬化能力有显著的影响。     

颗粒尺寸对颗粒增强型金属基复合材料动态特性的影响

利用有限元模型分析了颗粒增强型金属基复合材料 ( PMMCs ) Al/SiC的颗粒尺寸对复合材料在不同应变率下的动态特性的影响。采用有限元三维立方体单胞模型嵌入单个和多个球形增强颗粒,颗粒直径分别为16 μ m和7.5 μ m,多颗粒模型内部颗粒随机分布。基体材料假设为弹塑性,应变强化及应变率强化均符合指数规律。模拟结果表明:颗粒尺寸、颗粒体积含量及应变率对金属基复合材料的动态特性的影响是相互耦合的。颗粒体积含量一定时,颗粒尺寸越小,复合材料流动应力越高;颗粒含量越高,材料流动应力越高;应变率越高,材料流动应力越高。      

Fracture mechanics of brittle matrix ductile fiber composites

A model to predict the increase in critical flaw size or stable crack growth potential which can occur by the inclusion of ductile fibers in a brittle matrix is considered. The model is based upon the super-position of two known stress intensity solutions; one for the crack opening mode resulting from a remotely applied stress and the second, an opposing stress intensity that results from a crack closing force exerted by unbroken fibers spanning the crack surfaces. The extent of stable growth possible is computed at the ultimate stress of the brittle phase as functions of fiber strength and of volume fraction for various amounts of fiber rupture. A hot pressed beryllium matrix is used as an example. The crack surface displacement over which a given fiber is capable of deforming without rupture is found to be sensitive to the fiber-matrix interface strength. The factors leading to maximum crack surface displacement without rupture are a high strain hardening capability of the fiber and an interface designed to fail at fiber stresses between yield and ultimate strengths.     

Deformation behavior of a TiZr-based metallic glass composite containing dendrites in the supercooled liquid region

The deformation behavior of a TiZr-based bulk metallic glass composite(BMGC) was characterized in the supercooled liquid region(SLR) from 623 K to 693 K. It was observed that the alloy exhibits the deformation behavior from work softening at low temperatures to work hardening at high temperatures.The yield stress and overshoot stress decrease remarkably with the increase of temperature, accompanied by superplasticity. The results showed that the crystallization occurred in the amorphous matrix for the post-deformation samples and the volume fraction of the corresponding crystallization products increased with increasing testing temperature. It is implied that the work hardening behavior was closely associated with the crystallization of the amorphous matrix. The tensile stress can accelerate the crystallization of amorphous matrix and the martensitic transformation of dendrite phases, which implies that the thermal stability of the alloy decreases under tension. These findings shed light on designing new BMGCs with high mechanical performance as well as the good SLR formability.     

Micromechanical modeling of interface damage of metal matrix composites subjected to off-axis loading

A three dimensional micromechanics based analytical model is presented to investigate the effects of initiation and propagation of interface damage on the elastoplastic behavior of unidirectional SiC/Ti metal matrix composites (MMCs) subjected to off-axis loading. Manufacturing process thermal residual stress (RS) is also included in the model. The selected representative volume element (RVE) consists of an r × c unit cells in which a quarter of the fiber is surrounded by matrix sub-cells. The constant compliance interface (CCI) model is modified to model interfacial de-bonding and the successive approximation method together with Von-Mises yield criterion is used to obtain elastic–plastic behavior. Dominance mode of damage including fiber fracture, interfacial de-bonding and matrix yielding and ultimate tensile strength of the SiC/Ti MMC are predicted for various loading directions. The effects of thermal residual stress and fiber volume fraction (FVF) on the stress–strain response of the SiC/Ti MMC are studied. Results revealed that for more realistic predictions both interface damage and thermal residual stress effects should be considered in the analysis. The contribution of interfacial de-bonding and thermal residual stress in the overall behavior of the material is also investigated. Comparison between results of the presented model shows very good agreement with finite element micromechanical analysis and experiment for various off-axis angles.     

颗粒形状、含量和基体特性对金属基复合材料压缩力学行为的影响

通过建立轴对称体胞模型,用数值分析手段研究了在变形速率范围10－4~105/s内,陶瓷颗粒增强铝合金复合材料的压缩塑性流变特征,讨论了不同颗粒形状(圆柱形和球形),不同颗粒体积含量(10％~50％)和不同铝合金基体(LC4、LY12CZ和7075)对金属基复合材料流动应力、应变率敏感性等的影响,构造了可以描述高应变率下金属基复合材料压缩行为的本构模型,并考虑了基体特性、颗粒形状、体积含量及应变率的影响,得出了与试验相吻合的结果。     

Novel In Situ Nanostructure-Dendrite Composites in Zr-Base Multicomponent Alloy System

The evolution of a nanostructure-dendrite composite microstructure of two Zr-base alloys solidified through different casting routes is presented. The alloys were designed by adding different amounts of Nb to the Zr-based multicomponent glass-forming alloy system. The refractory metal Nb promotes the formation of a primary phase having dendritic morphology, whereas the residual melt solidifies to a nanostructured/amorphous matrix. The volume fraction and the morphology of the dendritic phase varied with the Nb content and the adopted casting route. A correlation between the alloy composition and adopted casting method with evolved microstructures and mechanical properties is revealed. These composites exhibit a unique combination of high fracture strength up to 1922 Mpa, as well as plastic strain over 15.8% under uniaxial compression testing at room temperature. The high strength of these composites is imparted by the nanostructured matrix, whereas the large plastic strain is a consequence of the retardation of excessive localized shear banding in the matrix by ductile dendrites. The significant work hardening of the composites prior to fracture is attributed to dislocation multiplication in the solid solution-strengthened dendritic phase.     

形状记忆合金短纤维增强弹塑性基体复合材料的力学行为

基于Eshelby等效夹杂方法和Mori-Tanaka的平均化理论推导了针对SMA短纤维增强弹塑性基体复合材料的细观力学模型。利用此模型,分析了这种复合材料的力学行为,讨论了材料温度、纤维体积分数和纤维特征形状等参数对复合材料残余应力和残余应变的影响。这对复合材料的分析和设计都有重要的意义。      

Cell model simulation of void growth in nodular cast iron under cyclic loading

The failure of cast iron under high plastic cyclic strains is controlled by the mechanisms of formation, growth and coalescence of voids. A cell model approach is used to simulate nodular cast iron as a periodic array of loosely bonded spherical inclusions in the matrix material. The models are analyzed by the finite element method under cyclic loading while keeping the stress triaxiality constant. Different types of matrix hardening are used: isotropic, kinematic and combined hardening. The graphite inclusions are simulated by a rigid body. Deformation and void growth are studied in dependence on stress triaxiality and strain range. In most cases after a few cycles a non-symmetric stationary mesoscopic cyclic stress–strain curve is established. The deformation response and the development of the void volume fraction are strongly affected by the value of triaxiality. The void volume is incrementally increasing with each load cycle in a ratcheting manner. The void growth rate depends on the chosen hardening type and is smallest for kinematic hardening. The comparison with simulations in absence of graphite inclusions revealed that void evolution is favored by the inclusions.     

A new constitutive model of austenitic stainless steel for cryogenic applications

A series of uniaxial tensile test under cryogenic temperature was carried out for AISI 304 and 316 austenitic stainless steels (ASS) in this study. Typical non-linear hardening phenomena under the cryogenic environment, such as transformation induced strain hardening and threshold strain for the 2nd hardening, has been observed in a quantitative manner.The important factors affecting the non linear material behavior of austenitic stainless steel including phase transformation, discontinuous yielding and micro-damage are modeled using constitutive equations system based on strain decomposition at the small strain formulation. A strong nonlinearity of strain hardening is described using the coupling of modified Bodner’s plasticity model and phase transformation induced strain model. The strain (threshold strain for onset of 2nd hardening) dependent plasticity model was proposed in the hardening function of Bodner’s model. In order to explicitly express the phase transformation induced strain, TI model (Tomita and Iwamoto model [Y. Tomita, T. Iwamoto, Constitutive modeling of TRIP steel and its application to the improvement of mechanical properties, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 37 (1995) 1295–1305.]), which is a function of accumulated plastic strain and volume fraction factor of martensite, is selected in this study.Also the unified damage model, which can be connected with elasto-plastic constitutive equation developed in this study, is suggested, and the utility of proposed model was validated by the comparison between experiments and numerical evaluations.     

短纤维增强金属基复合材料应力分布的剪切滞后分析

使用弹性理论和剪切滞后分析,推导出了基体和纤维应力场分布表达式,研究了纤维体积分数、纤维长径比和基体屈服强度等对应力分布和应力传递的影响。研究表明,基体和纤维应力分布及基体的塑性行为具有明显的不均匀性,基体与纤维之间存在明显的应力传递和应变分配。     

短纤维增强金属基复合材料应力分布的剪切滞后分析

使用弹性理论和剪切滞后分析, 推导出了基体和纤维应力场分布表达式, 研究了纤维体积分数、纤维长径比和基体屈服强度等对应力分布和应力传递的影响。研究表明, 基体和纤维应力分布及基体的塑性行为具有明显的不均匀性, 基体与纤维之间存在明显的应力传递和应变分配。关键词　金属基复合材料, 剪切滞后理论, 应力应变分布      

Cyclic strain rate effect on martensitic transformation and fatigue behaviour of an austenitic stainless steel

In this study, the effect of strain rate on the cyclic behaviour of 304L stainless steel is investigated to unveil the complex interrelationship between martensitic phase transformation, secondary hardening, cyclic deformation and fatigue behaviour of this alloy. A series of uniaxial strain controlled fatigue tests with varying cyclic strain rates were conducted at zero and non‐zero mean strain conditions. Secondary hardening was found to be closely related to the volume fraction of strain‐induced martensite which was affected by adiabatic heating due to increasing cyclic strain rates. Tests with lower secondary hardening rates maintained lower stress amplitudes during cyclic loading which resulted in longer fatigue lives for similar strain amplitudes. Fatigue resistance of 304L stainless steel was found to be more sensitive to changes in strain rate than the presence of mean strain. The mean strain effect was minimal due to the significant mean stress relaxation in this material.     

Effect of martensite content,its dispersion,and epitaxial ferrite content on Bauschinger behaviour of dual phase steel

Abstract

Dual phase microstructures were produced in a low carbon steel, in which the martensite volume fraction was kept constant at two levels, of 18 and 25%, while the epitaxial ferrite content was varied independently. The microstructures were produced with two dispersions of martensite, a relatively coarse dispersion by intercritical annealing of a ferrite/pearlite starting microstructure and a finer dispersion from an initial martensitic microstructure. Bauschinger tests were conducted using prestrains in both tension and compression of 0.4, 1, and 2.2%. Prestrain direction had no measurable effect on plastic flow behaviour after strain reversal. Mean back stresses increased with increasing strain and martensite content, and were higher for the finer martensite dispersion. They decreased significantly with increasing epitaxial ferrite content in the case of the finer dispersion, but less significantly in the coarser dispersion. These effects of microstructure are discussed in terms of stress transfer to martensite, work hardening, and tensile properties. It is concluded that about half of the mean back stress developed during early plastic deformation was generated by stress transfer to the martensite, the remainder arising from strain hardening of the matrix. A small permanent softening in the Bauschinger test resulted from a reduction of effective stress in the ferrite matrix when the strain path was reversed.     

Material parameters for pressure-dependent yielding of unidirectional fiber-reinforced polymeric composites

We study elasto-plastic deformations of unidirectional fiber reinforced polymeric composites (UFPCs) with fibers assumed to deform elastically and the matrix elasto-plastically. The matrix’s and hence composite’s plastic deformations are analyzed by using both the pressure-independent von Mises yield surface and the pressure-dependent Drucker–Prager yield surface and the associated flow rules. In both cases the strain hardening of the matrix is considered and values of material parameters for the matrix are obtained by computing the effective stress versus the effective plastic strain curves from experimental uniaxial stress–strain curves. Values of parameters in the yield surface for the UFPC in terms of those of the matrix and the volume fraction of fibers are found by using a micromechanics approach. Wherever possible, the computed results are compared with the corresponding experimental findings available in the literature. Significant contributions of the work include providing a methodology for determining values of elasto-plastic material parameters for a UFPC from those of its constituents and their volume fractions, and giving expressions in terms of volume fractions of fibers for material parameters appearing in the yield surface of the composite.     

Rate-dependent tensile behavior of high performance fiber reinforced cementitious composites

High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites (HPFRCC) show strain hardening behavior accompanied with multiple micro-cracks under static tension. The high ductility and load carrying capacity resulting from their strain hardening behavior is expected to increase the resisting capacity of structures subjected to extreme loading situations, e.g., earthquake, impact or blast. However, the promise of HPFRCCs for dynamic loading applications stems from their observed good response under static loading. In fact, very little research has been conducted to investigate if their good static response translates into improved dynamic response and damage tolerance. This experimental study investigates the tensile behavior of HPFRCC using High strength steel fibers (High strength hooked fiber and twisted fiber) under various strain rates ranging from static to seismic rates. The test results indicate that the tensile behavior of HPFRCC using twisted fiber shows rate sensitivity while that using hooked fiber shows no rate sensitivity. The results also show that rate sensitivity in twisted fibers is dependent upon both fiber volume fraction and matrix strength, which influences the interface bond properties.     

Dynamic micromechanical modeling of textile composite strength under impact and multi-axial loading

Micromechanical finite element modeling has been employed to define the failure behavior of S2 glass/BMI textile composite materials under impact loading. Dynamic explicit analysis of a representative volume element (RVE) has been performed to explore dynamic behavior and failure modes including strain rate effects, damage localization, and impedance mismatch effects. For accurate reflection of strain rate effects, differences between an applied nominal strain rate across a representative volume element (RVE) and the true realized local strain rates in regions of failure are investigated. To this end, contour plots of strain rate, as well as classical stress contours, are developed during progressive failure. Using a previously developed cohesive element failure model, interfacial failure between tow and matrix phases is considered, as well as classical failure modes such as fiber breakage and matrix microcracking. In-plane compressive and tensile loading have been investigated, including multi-axial loading cases. Highly refined meshes have been employed to ensure convergence and accuracy in such load cases which exhibit large stress gradients across the textile RVE. The effect of strain rate and phase interfacial strength have been included to develop macro-level material failure envelopes for a 2D plain weave and 3D orthogonal microgeometry.     

Properties of strain hardening ultra high performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHP-FRC) under direct tensile loading

Enhanced matrix packing density and tailored fiber-to-matrix interface bond properties have led to the recent development of ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHP-FRC) with improved material tensile performance in terms of strength, ductility and energy absorption capacity. The objective of this research is to experimentally investigate and analyze the uniaxial tensile behavior of the new material. The paper reviews and categorizes a variety of tensile test setups used by other researchers and presents a revised tensile set up tailored to obtain reliable results with minimal preparation effort. The experimental investigation considers three types of steel fibers, each in three different volume fractions. Elastic, strain hardening and softening tensile parameters, such as first cracking stress and strain, elastic and strain hardening modulus, composite strength and energy dissipation capacity, of the UHP-FRCs are characterized, analyzed and linked to the crack pattern observed by microscopic analysis. Models are proposed for representing the tensile stress–strain response of the material.     

Modelling Residual Strains During Cycling of Ti–Ni and Ti–Ni–Cu Shape Memory Alloys in a Pseudoelastic Range of Behaviour Conditions

Abstract: Pseudoelastic behaviour of three types of Ti–Ni shape memory alloys in a pseudoelastic state has been studied under conditions of maximum strain‐ and maximum stress‐controlled cycling. Experimental results proved that residual deformation after unloading increases with the number of cycles; however, critical stress for the induction of martensite and the energy dissipated in one cycle decline during cycling. A higher critical stress for slip, and more intense cyclic dislocation hardening promoted by greater maximum deformation and greater maximum applied stresses, generally reduce the rate at which residual elongation grows with the number of cycles, and tend to stabilise the cyclic stress‐elongation diagrams. The small magnitude of critical stress for slip in low‐nickel alloys, and also cyclic strain hardening, induce greater internal stresses and a more marked decrease in critical stress for the induction of martensite as cycling progresses. Detailed analysis of plastic deformation propagation in cyclically loaded specimen helped develop a model of dependence of residual elongation on the number of cycles. This model enables identification of three main factors that govern the magnitude of residual elongation: one residual plastic elongation caused by dislocation hardening after the alloy is heat treated, and two cyclic strain hardening parameters describing how residual elongation grows with number of cycles, and how this residual elongation is reduced, as cycles increase, by the rising critical stress level for slip. The model has proved to yield very close agreement with experimental findings.     

金属基复合材料疲劳寿命细观预测

本文以细观力学的平均场理论为基础,利用增量方法分析了金属基复合材料的疲劳性能,在每个增量过程把基体看作各向异性弹性材料来处理。首先利用数值方法求得了任意椭球夹杂在各向异性基体中的Eshelby张量,然后利用Mori-Tanaka平均场理论建立了复合材料应力与应变的增量关系。应用上述方法和基体的塑性混合强化模型及基体的疲劳寿命关系,本文分析了SiC/Al金属基复合材料的疲劳性能与微观结构的联系,并对复合材料的低周疲劳寿命进行预测。分析和预测结果和文献的实验相符合。