Calculation of mechanical behaviors of shape memory alloy under multi-axial loading conditions

In this paper, for the calculation of the deformation behaviors of shape-memory alloy under multi-axial loading conditions with temperature changes, a two-dimensional mechanical model of polycrystalline shape memory alloy is constructed on the bases of the crystal plasticity and the deformation mechanism of shape memory alloy. In such a model, the orientation of crystal grain in the polycrystal and the loading direction can be considered. The deformation behaviors under some complex loading conditions are calculated with the model, and the results show that they are in good qualitative agreement with the experimental results.     

A metallographic examination of rollers subjected to wear under rolling-sliding conditions

Wear rate versus maximum contact pressure p₀ curves were obtained at 3%, 6% and 9% creep for rollers of a fracture tough rail steel (0.40 C-1.46 Mn) that were tested in a twin-disc wear and lubrication machine. Subsurface cracks were observed to form below and above the mild-severe wear transition; these increased in depth and profusion with increasing creep and increasing p₀. Cracks close to the surface are almost parallel with it and eventually break through to form flake-like particles of wear debris. Undeformed inclusions or inclusions with a low index of deformation are considered to be crack initiators, and Al₂O₃ particles were mainly associated with the cracks although more malleable MnS was also found. Tangential contact forces obtained from positive creep and an adequate coefficient of friction are necessary for crack formation. Microhardness tests disclosed that the wear rate appears to correlate with hardness at the extreme surface.     

A multivariate surface roughness modeling and optimization under conditions of uncertainty

Correlated responses can be written in terms of principal component scores, but the uncertainty in the original responses will be transferred and will influence the behavior of the regression function. This paper presents a model building strategy that consider the multivariate uncertainty as weighting matrix for the principal components. The main objective is to increase the value of R² predicted to improve model’s explanation and optimization results. A case study of AISI 52100 hardened steel turning with Wiper tools was performed in a Central Composite Design with three-factors (cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut) for a set of five correlated metrics (R_a, R_y, R_z, R_q and R_t). Results indicate that different modeling methods conduct approximately to the same predicted responses, nevertheless the response surface to Weighted Principal Component – case b – (WPC1^b) presented the highest predictability.     

Postbuckling of shear-deformable flat and curved panels under combined loading conditions

The static postbuckling of flat and doubly-curved shallow panels under the combined action of a system of uniaxial/biaxial compressive edge loads and a lateral pressure field is investigated, and the effects of transverse shear, initial geometric imperfections and tangential edge constraints upon load carrying capacity of curved panels are emphasized. Comparisons of the classical and shear deformable theories are made and issues related to the sensitivity to the snap-through behaviour are discussed. A variety of loading systems and panel geometries are considered in the numerical illustrations and pertinent conclusions related to the postbuckling response are outlined.     

Role of MoS2 morphology on wear and friction under spectrum loading conditions

One of the ways by which grease is evaluated is by using a four‐ball wear test using ASTM D2266. However, actual applications may require bearings to be subjected to spectrum loading conditions. This study focuses on using ball milling to mitigate the wear from sharp edges in the MoS₂ particles. Two different blends of greases were formulated using MoS₂ in the as‐received state (unmilled) and milled MoS₂; they were tested under spectrum loading conditions where the load and frequency of the tests were treated as variables. It was found that ball milling of the MoS₂ significantly reduces the wear under spectrum loading condition both for ramp‐up and ramp‐down conditions. It was also shown that shortening the time step for both the ramp‐up and ramp‐down cycles resulted in larger wear for unmilled MoS₂ particles in comparison with milled MoS₂ particles in grease. The milling process did not play a significant role when frequency of the test was either ramped up or down. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Friction and wear behaviour of AISI 5140 steel under rectangular wave loading conditions

Abstract

The tribological characteristics and wear mechanisms of AISI 5140 steel at ambient temperature were investigated using a home built ball on disc tribometer under constant normal loading and rectangular wave loading respectively. The worn surface and wear debris collected from the disc were studied using scanning electron microscope. Results show that the friction coefficients under the constant normal force correspond to the traditional theory. The coefficients all exhibited increased normal loads, whereas under the rectangular wave condition, the highest coefficient appeared when the peak value of the periodically alternative load was 90?N. The different underlying wear mechanism under different loading conditions was explored. It was found that abrasive wear was the main mechanism in the constant loading, whereas severe plastic deformation and adhesive wear were the main wear mechanism in the rectangular wave loading cases. This phenomenon can be attributed to the role of debris in the ‘lubrication’ process under the rectangular wave loading conditions.     

Sliding wear of cast zinc-based alloy bearings under static and dynamic loading conditions

The lubricated wear behaviour of cast journal bearings, produced from a series of zinc-based alloys and SAE 660 bronze as a reference material, was investigated under both static and dynamic loading conditions using a bearing test rig. All of the zinc-based alloys had higher wear resistance than the SAE 660 bronze. Among the zinc-based alloys, the wear resistance of the monotectoid-based alloys was superior to those based on near-eutectoid composition, and the best wear performance under both static and dynamic loading conditions was obtained with ZnAl40Cu2Si1 alloy. Copper content affected the wear resistance of monotectoid zinc-based alloys. Under dynamic loading conditions, it increased with increasing copper content up to 2%, but declined thereafter. Tensile properties and hardness of the monotectoid alloys were also affected by their copper content. Loading conditions had a strong influence on the wear rate. Under static loading conditions, as-cast zinc-based alloys showed higher wear resistance than the equivalent heat-treated alloys, but this behaviour was reversed for dynamic loading. Possible reasons for this are briefly discussed.     

Analysis of the influence of loading and the plasticity index on variations in surface roughness between two flat surfaces

Contact between two highly loaded flat surfaces is examined. In these experiments, a polished, hard metal surface was pressed against a rough aluminium alloy surface. The goal of the experiments was to flatten the peaks on the rough surface by plastic deformation. The experiments elucidated the relation between the normal load and the plasticity index, ψ, and the plastic deformation of the surface roughness peaks in the softer material. The results showed a significant reduction in surface roughness. Increasing the load caused a gradual reduction in the surface peaks. However, based on the values of the plasticity index ψ, it can be concluded that the peaks of the softer material underwent plastic deformation, regardless of the load.     

A critical study of different dimensionality reduction methods for gear crack degradation assessment under different operating conditions

Gear cracks are some of the most common faults found in industrial machinery. Identification of different gear crack levels is beneficial to assessing gear crack degradation and preventing any unexpected machine breakdowns. In this paper, redundant statistical features are extracted from binary wavelet packet transform at different decomposition levels to describe different gear crack levels. Because the dimensionality of the extracted redundant statistical parameters is high to 620, it is necessary to reduce their dimensionality prior to the use of any statistical model for intelligently identifying different gear crack levels. The major idea of dimensionality reduction is that the extracted redundant statistical features in a high-dimensional space are mapped to a few significant features in a low-dimensional space, where these significant features are used to represent different gear crack levels. As of today, there are many popular linear and non-linear dimensionality reduction methods including principal component analysis, kernel principal components analysis, Isomap, Laplacian Eigenmaps and local linear embedding. Different dimensionality reduction methods have different performances in dimensionality reduction, which can be measured by prediction accuracies of some common statistical models, such as Naive Bayes classifier, linear discriminant analysis, quadratic discriminant analysis, and classification and regression tree. Gear crack level degradation data collected from a machine in a laboratory under different operating conditions including four different motor speeds and three different loads are used to investigate performances of the linear and non-linear dimensionality reduction methods. In our case study, the results show that principal component analysis has the best performance in dimensionality reduction and it results in the highest prediction accuracies in all of the aforementioned statistical models. In other words, the linear dimensionality reduction method is better than all of the non-linear dimensionality reduction methods investigated in this paper.     

Relation between scuffing resistance and the increase in surface hardness during tests under conditions of rolling/sliding

The effect on scuffing resistance of a change in the condition of the rubbing surfaces, especially surface hardness, was investigated using a two-disc machine. Scuffing resistance increased with increasing surface hardness during testing. The increase of surface hardness by work hardening is more beneficial in preventing scuffing than is a change in carbon content or heat treatment. Work-hardened disc surfaces allow surface film formation as a result of plastic deformation. Materials with large Meyer indices and high surface hardness are less prone to scuffing.     

集装箱装卸运输振动冲击环境条件分析

分析了集装箱在装卸和运输过程中的振动冲击值,结合振动冲击等环境条件对货物的影响,提出了安全防护措施,为货物集装箱安全运输提供了理论依据.     

Contact fatigue and wear behaviour of bismaleimide polymer subjected to fretting loading under various temperature conditions

Cracking and wear induced by fretting is a critical problem for industrial composite structures. Thermosetting bismaleimide resin is a promising material due to its good mechanical and thermal properties. The effect of temperature regarding fretting cracking and fretting wear is presently investigated. The temperature effect on crack initiation and propagation is quantified combining experiments and modelling. The fretting wear is explained using a friction energy wear approach. A bilinear evolution of wear volume versus the dissipated energy is identified and related to a protective third body layer. These various damage evolutions are compared to the viscoelastic properties of the polymer.     

Effect of surface topography on mixed lubrication film formation during start up under rolling/sliding conditions

The start up operation of mixed lubricated contacts represents one of the transient conditions that bring the risk of the surface damage because of asperities interactions. This paper focuses on the effects of both artificially produced and real roughness features on mixed lubrication film formation during start up of non-conformal contacts operated under rolling/sliding conditions. Chromatic interferograms captured during start up enabled the detailed changes in lubrication film caused by surface features to be observed. The observation of the effects of surface dents artificially produced on the ball surface helped to better understand the behaviour of real surface topography. It was found that the presence of shallow surface features can help to separate mixed lubricated rubbing surfaces more efficiently than it could be suggested from the results obtained with smooth surfaces. Lubricant emitted from surface features appears to spread more easily within the mixed lubricated contact because of local decrease of pressure in the vicinity of real surface features. Conversely, high pressure within smooth contacts restricts the migration of lubricant emitted from surface pits much more. It can be suggested from the results obtained that the properly designed topography of the rubbing surfaces can help to reduce the asperities interactions under transient operational conditions.     

Functional needs, machining conditions, and economics of surface finishing

Two applications of surface finish technology to industrial problems are discussed. The first problem involves the deterioration of tools used to turn large numbers of parts. Preliminary observations indicated that waviness of the tool cutting surface impeded chip flow over the tool and reduced usable life. Changing the tool finishing conditions reduced waviness considerably and increased tool life between sharpenings from 8000 to 53 000 parts. The second case involves the degradation of flat steel tracks for rolling needle bearings in a moulding machine. Waviness of both the newly ground and refinished surfaces led to their rapid deterioration In addition, the hardness of the steel was also considered to be too low for this application. By improving the finishing process, the life of a set of guides was improved from typically 1500 hours to 5000 hours. For this case, the financial implications of the results are also discussed.     

Measurement of friction force and effects of oil fortifier in engine journal bearings under dynamic loading conditions

Commercial base oil and oil fortifier added to this oil are used to investigate the frictional behavior of the engine journal bearings using the theoretical Reynolds equation and experimental test rig. In the theoretical part of the study, the Reynolds equation that states the pressure distribution and friction force with finite width was solved by using the finite difference method. In the experimental part of the study, a new design test rig was conducted to measure the friction force, the lubricant film thickness of the engine journal bearing using base oil under dynamical loaded conditions. The effect of oil fortifier was detected measuring the friction force every three minutes in each 360 crank angle during 15 minutes of experiment. As the theoretical friction results showed similar variation with the experimental measurements of engine bearings, adding oil fortifier to the base oil presented a substantial reduction of friction force during the testing period.     

Measurement and evaluation of the apparent modulus of elasticity of apple based on Hooke’s,Hertz’s and Boussinesq’s theories

Awareness on the mechanical properties of agricultural products is necessary in order to estimate and predict the deformation of viscoelastic materials under external loads for system design, transport, processing and packaging. The aim of this study was to evaluate three theories (i.e. Hooke, Hertz and Boussinesq) on the apparent modulus of elasticity of some apple varieties i.e. Golden Delicious, Red Delicious and Granny Smith. The theoretical results were analyzed in a factorial experiment with completely randomized design with 9 treatments and 15 replicates. The results showed the practical usability of Hertz’s theory with better prediction accuracy whilst the Boussinesq’s theory showed a significant difference of predicted modulus of elasticity compared to other theories and the values reported in some publications. Although, the Hook’s theory enables the identification of a bio-yield point on its force–deformation curve, but Hertz’s theory was recommended as the most appropriate method due to easiness of working on a cylindrical sample of apple and the closer agreement with reality. Based on the results of this study, Golden Delicious and Granny Smith varieties had the lowest and the highest modulus of elasticity as 2.211 MPa and 3.431 MPa, respectively. This difference shows the firmness of apple varieties and different tissue responses to external loads and forces accordingly.     

Plastic yielding of I-beams under shear, and shear and axial loading

Plane strain and plane stress slip-line field solutions previously published by the authors for cantilevers of rectangular cross-section are utilized to estimate the plastic collapse loads of corresponding I-sectioned beams. Uniform I-beams, tapered and haunched beams, and beams with rectangular holes and castellated beams are studied. Previous works in each case are reviewed and for uniform-section cantilevers with end shear loading, the results are compared with the theoretical results of others and with the experimental results of Green and Hundy.     

Effect of surface microgeometry on pressure distribution and film thickness profile in circular contact under impact loading

The transient contact between a steel ball and a metal plate is studied experimentally. The main aim of this research is to reveal the impact prints and the indentation profiles of the contacting surfaces for different conditions of thermal treatment, roughness and lubrication. The impact test rig and the measuring devices that have been used to carry out the study are presented. A ballistic pendulum with a steel ball as contacting part frontally impacts the steel sample. Using auxiliary devices, the force, acceleration and total impact duration are simultaneously recorded. When the impact velocity is increased, the force, acceleration and impression diameter increase in all cases. The recorded values of force, acceleration and contact pressure are higher in the lubricated condition than for dry impact for the annealed steel samples used, while the impression diameter is smaller. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A review on the progress towards improvement in surface integrity of Inconel 718 under high pressure and flood cooling conditions

Self-conditioning performance of polishing pad is an important characteristic to influence processing efficiency and service life in chemical mechanical polishing (CMP). The slurry can react with the pad surface, which affects its self-conditioning performance in fixed abrasive polishing process. Wear ratio of wafer material removal rate (MRR) and pad wear rate is introduced to evaluate self-conditioning performance of fixed abrasive pad (FAP). To clear the effect of chemical additive on FAP self-conditioning, wear ratio, FAP surface topography, friction coefficient, and acoustic emission signal of polishing process were investigated in fixed abrasive polishing of quartz glass with ferric nitrate, ethylenediamine (EDA), and triethanolamine (TEA) slurry, respectively. Results indicate that TEA slurry can provide excellent self-conditioning of FAP in fixed abrasive polishing of quartz glass. MRR and wear ratio maintain high levels during the whole polishing process. Friction coefficient and acoustic emission signal are more stable than that of the other two chemical additives. An appropriate amount of TEA, which is beneficial to enhance MRR and extends service life of FAP, is added in the polishing slurry to improve FAP self-conditioning in fixed abrasive polishing process.     

Toughness and fracture mechanisms of glass fiber/aluminum hybrid laminates under tensile loading

Tensile properties and fracture toughness of monolithic aluminum (Al), glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRPs) and glass fiber/aluminum hybrid laminates (GFMLs) were examined in relation to the fracture processes of plain coupon and single-edge-notched specimens. Elastic modulus and ultimate tensile strength of GFMLs showed characteristic dependences on the kind of Al, fiber orientation and the Al/fiber layer composition ratio. Fracture toughnesses K_C and G_C of A-GFML-UD were comparable to those of GFRP-UD and were much superior to monolithic Al. However, GFML with a transverse crack parallel to the fiber layer deteriorated largely in toughness. Microscopic observation of the fracture zone in the vicinity of the crack tip revealed various modes of micro-cracks in the respective layers as well as fiber fractures and delamination between fiber/Al layers. Such damage advances in GFMLs dependent on the orientation of the fiber layer and the Al/fiber composition ratio strongly influenced the strength and toughness of GFMLs.