基于DIC的退火NiTi合金断裂力学行为研究

断裂是镍钛合金(NiTi合金)材料和构件失效的重要原因之一.为了研究退火工艺对NiTi合金断裂力学行为的影响,采用二维数字图像相关(Digital Image Correlation,简称DIC)加载系统分别在室温(19℃)和高温(150℃)环境下对经不同退火温度处理的带张开型(I型)缺口的NiTi合金试件进行单轴拉伸...     

磁性形状记忆合金力磁耦合行为的唯象模型研究

论文基于热力学及耗散概念,推导了一种磁性形状记忆合金(MSMA)的力磁耦合三维唯象本构关系.采用内变量模拟微观相结构及磁结构的演化,考虑了马氏体相变过程及马氏体重定向过程.同时,论文摒弃了传统的单畴假设,运用双畴模型来模拟循环加载下的磁畴结构演化.根据文献中的二维加载情况的实验数据确定本模型的参数.数值模拟结果表明:论文的模型可以很好的捕捉磁性形状记忆合金的形状记忆效应、应变及磁化响应的滞后性.应变及磁化响应模拟结果明显比文献中的理论模型更加吻合实验数据,低磁场时尤为明显.     

Fe-Mn-Si形状记忆合金耐磨性的研究

采用真空中频熔炼炉制备Fe-16.86Mn-4.50Si-10.30Cr-4.20Ni试验合金,在M-200型摩擦磨损试验机上评价其在干摩擦和油润滑条件下的磨损性能,利用扫描电子显微镜和X射线衍射仪观察和分析试验合金的磨损表面及其磨损机理.结果表明,试验合金在油润滑条件下的耐磨性显著高于干摩擦下的耐磨性,而且其磨损量并不随载荷增加而增大,如当载荷300 N时的磨损量比100 N时的磨损量小.同1Cr-18Ni-9Ti不锈钢的耐磨性相比,在干摩擦下试验合金的耐磨性较差,而在油润滑下的耐磨性较好.在油润滑下试验合金的磨损表面存在大量ε马氏体,而在干摩擦下其磨损表面没有ε马氏体,由于摩擦力诱发y→ε马氏体相变导致Fe-Mn-Si合金在干摩擦和油润滑条件下具有不同的磨损机理,从而使得合金在油润滑下具有优良的耐磨性.     

CuAlNi单晶形状记忆合金压缩特性的实验研究

具有相变伪弹性特性的CuAlNi单晶是目前应用最广泛的形状记忆合金之一。这种材料被广泛应用在工程、生物和医学科学等领域。由于单晶是各向异性，没有多晶中晶粒之间的相互作用，因而在特定晶向上的力学性能稳定。但是这种材料的一些基本性质，如压缩状态下马氏体的发生、生长和传播等还没有人详细研究。本文主要研究CuAlNi单晶在特定晶向上的变形过程，它的应力—应变特性，并利用特殊的显微成像系统首次获得了沿[110]方向压缩时二维马氏体的发生、生长和传播过程。     

应力引起的镍钛单晶形状记忆合金相变的实验研究

在单晶形状记忆合金试样中,由于没有晶粒之间的约束,它的马氏体相界面移动比多晶容易,用实验方法研究其相变的特点,对建立新的理论模型有意义,因而对它的实验分析显得重要。本文利用高分辨率的CCD系统监测到NiTi单晶形状记忆合金在拉伸时的相变伪弹性的过程;利用X射线衍射法得到了NiTi单晶试样在拉伸方向的晶向;运用高分辨率的云纹干涉技术,获得了应力引起的NiTi单晶形状记忆合金相变时的变形场;利用高分辨率、高灵敏度的红外相机记录了NiTi单晶在拉伸状态下的温度变化规律;对低温下NiTi单晶的拉伸性能做了初步的研究,得到一些有意义的现象。     

NiTi形状记忆合金热-力耦合循环变形行为宏微观实验和理论研究进展

论文对NiTi形状记忆合金热-力耦合循环变形行为研究的最新进展进行综述和评价.首先总结NiTi形状记忆合金在循环加载条件下的单轴、非比例多轴循环变形特性以及强烈的热-力耦合特性,阐述NiTi形状记忆合金在循环变形过程中出现功能性劣化的微观机理;然后,讨论在宏观和细观尺度上建立的三类NiTi形状记忆合金典型的循环本构模型,并评述代表性模型的预测能力;最后,总结已有研究存在的不足,对相关问题的进一步研究提出建议.在本构模型方面主要介绍了作者及其合作者在基于晶体塑性的热-力耦合循环本构模型方面的工作,突出了多种非弹性变形机制和强烈热-力耦合行为对形状记忆合金循环变形行为的影响.     

热力耦合作用下碳质千枚岩强度演化规律分析

温度场与应力场是影响碳质千枚岩地层引水隧洞围岩强度的重要因素。设定2因素4水平16组试验,依据单轴与三轴试验结果,探讨热力耦合作用下碳质千枚岩应力-应变曲线性态与破坏模式,得到了峰值强度变化规律;基于Mohr-Coulomb强度准则(M-C)与Heok-Brown强度准则(H-B),分别建立了热力耦合作用下Mohr-Coulomb-Thermal法(M-C-T)和Heok-Brown-Thermal法(H-B-T)两种破坏强度计算方法。试验结果与理论分析表明,随围压增大与温度升高,碳质千枚岩从脆性破坏逐渐转为延性破坏,黏聚力、单轴抗压强度和参数$n$随温度升高呈线性增大,内摩擦角受温度影响不显著。通过试验值与计算对比分析,M-C-T法和H-B-T法均能较好地量化热力耦合作用下碳质千枚岩强度演化规律;误差分析表明,前者计算误差为$-$28.5%~7.7%,后者为$-$8.9%~5.6%,H-B-T法计算结果离散程度较小,稳定性更高,且更偏向于安全。     

螺杆泵动力学热力耦合分析方法研究

地面驱动螺杆泵是一种广泛应用于油田采油工程中的人工举升装置。由于螺杆泵深置地下的油管中,密封性很强,很难现场测试工作过程中定子橡胶材料的温度变化以及温度变化引起的定子变形。本文采用有限元方法分析螺杆泵定子的热力耦合效应,讨论定子橡胶材料温度变化的物理机理。用热力学单向解耦分析方法分析单螺杆泵定子橡胶材料的温度分布场以及温度分布引起的定子型线变化。讨论了过盈量、转子转速对温度分布和定子型线变化的影响。     

NiTi形状记忆合金动态压缩力学行为的实验研究

采用材料试验机和SHPB实验技术,对在不同初始温度(298～873K)和应变率(5×10-4、～2.3×103s-1)下的NiTi形状记忆合金的压缩力学行为进行了实验研究。结果表明:马氏体状态下的NiTi合金的力学行为对应变率的变化敏感,位错屈服段的硬化模量、相屈服段的硬化模量及马氏体重取向前的弹性模量对应变率的变化不敏感,而位错塑性变形前的弹性模量随应变率的提高迅速增大;奥氏体状态下的NiTi合金随着实验温度升高,无论是应力诱发马氏体相变应力还是奥氏体相屈服应力都逐渐下降,材料表现出温度软化效应。从超弹性温度范围内的卸载曲线中观察到了应力诱发马氏体到奥氏体的逆转变。     

裂纹尖端疲劳塑性区研究

循环塑性区大小是疲劳断裂研究中非常重要的一个参数.本文运用数值方法,考察了不同塑性本构模型、有限单元尺寸、几何非线性、载荷比等参数对于裂纹尖端疲劳塑性区大小的影响.结果发现除塑性本构模型外其他参数对于裂纹尖端疲劳塑性区大小影响不大.同时对Ⅰ、Ⅱ型混合裂纹在多轴非比例载荷下给出了由Jiang和Kurath定义的疲劳塑性区...     

Simulations of localized thermo-mechanical behavior in a NiTi shape memory alloy

Previous experiments have shown that stress-induced martensitic transformation in certain polycrystalline NiTi shape memory alloys can lead to strain localization and propagation phenomena when loaded in uniaxial tension. The number of nucleation events and kinetics of transformation fronts were found to be sensitive to the nature of the ambient media and imposed loading rate due to the release/absorption of latent heat and the material's inherent temperature sensitivity of the transformation stress. A special plasticity-based constitutive model used within a 3-D finite element framework has previously been shown to capture the isothermal, purely mechanical front features seen in experiments of thin uniaxial NiTi strips. This paper extends the approach to include the thermo-mechanical coupling of the material with its environment. The simulations successfully capture the nucleation and evolution of fronts and the corresponding temperature fields seen during the experiments.     

Constitutive model for uniaxial transformation ratchetting of super-elastic NiTi shape memory alloy at room temperature

The transformation ratchetting of super-elastic NiTi shape memory alloy was observed by the uniaxial stress-controlled cyclic tests [Kang, G.Z., Kan, Q.H., Qian, L.M., Liu, Y.J, 2009a. Ratchetting deformation of super-elastic and shape memory NiTi Alloys. Mech. Mater. 41, 139–153]. It is concluded that the NiTi alloy presents apparent ratchetting behaviour, and the ratchetting is collectively caused by the cyclic accumulation of residual induced-martensite and the transformation-induced plastic deformation (i.e., namely transformation ratchetting). Based on the experimental results, a cyclic constitutive model was constructed in the framework of generalized plasticity [Lubliner, J., Auricchio, F., 1996. Generalized plasticity and shape memory alloys. Int. J. Solids Struct. 33, 991–1003] to describe the transformation ratchetting of super-elastic NiTi alloy. The proposed model simultaneously accounts for the evolutions of residual induced-martensite and transformation-induced plastic strain during the stress-controlled cyclic loading by introducing an internal variable z_c, i.e., cumulated induced-martensite volume fraction. The dependence of transformation ratchetting on the applied stress levels and the phase transformation hardening behaviour of the NiTi alloy are also considered in the developed model. The anisotropic phase transformation behaviours of the alloy presented in the tension and compression cases are described by employing a Drucker–Prager-typed transformation surface. It is shown that the simulated results of transformation ratchetting obtained by the proposed model are in good agreement with the corresponding experiments, since the typical features of transformation ratchetting are reasonably captured by the proposed model.     

Rate and thermal sensitivities of unstable transformation behavior in a shape memory alloy

A special plasticity-based constitutive model with an up–down–up flow rule used within a finite element framework has previously been shown to simulate the inhomogeneous nature and the thermo-mechanical coupling of stress-induced transformation seen in a NiTi shape memory alloy. This paper continues this numerical study by investigating the trends of localized nucleation and propagation phenomena for a wider range of loading rates and ambient thermal conditions. Local self-heating (due to latent heat of transformation), the inherent Clausius–Clapeyron relation (sensitivity of the material's transformation stress with temperature), the size of the specimen's nucleation barriers, the loading rate, and the nature of the ambient environment all interact to create a variety of mechanical responses and transformation kinetics. The number of transformation fronts is shown to increase dramatically from a few fronts under nearly isothermal conditions to numerous fronts under nearly adiabatic conditions. A non-dimensional film coefficient and non-dimensional conductivity are identified to be the major players in the range of responses observed. It is shown that the non-dimensional film coefficient generally determines the overall temperature response, and therefore force–displacement response, of a transforming specimen; whereas, the non-dimensional conductivity is the more important player in determining the number of nucleations, and therefore the number of transformation fronts, that may occur.     

Variational prediction of the mechanical behavior of shape memory alloys based on thermal experiments

In this work, we present simulations of shape memory alloys which serve as first examples demonstrating the predicting character of energy-based material models. We begin with a theoretical approach for the derivation of the caloric parts of the Helmholtz free energy. Afterwards, experimental results for DSC measurements are presented. Then, we recall a micromechanical model based on the principle of the minimum of the dissipation potential for the simulation of polycrystalline shape memory alloys. The previously determined caloric parts of the Helmholtz free energy close the set of model parameters without the need of parameter fitting. All quantities are derived directly from experiments. Finally, we compare finite element results for tension tests to experimental data and show that the model identified by thermal measurements can predict mechanically induced phase transformations and thus rationalize global material behavior without any further assumptions.     

A macroscopic multi-mechanism based constitutive model for the thermo-mechanical cyclic degeneration of shape memory effect of NiTi shape memory alloy

A macroscopic based multi-mechanism constitutive model is constructed in the framework of irreversible thermodynamics to describe the degeneration of shape memory effect occurring in the thermo-mechanical cyclic deformation of NiTi shape memory alloys(SMAs). Three phases,austenite A, twinned martensite Mtand detwinned martensite M~d, as well as the phase transitions occurring between each pair of phases( A → M~t, M~t→ A, A → M~d,M~d→ A, and M~t→ M~d) are considered in the proposed model. Meanwhile, two kinds of inelastic deformation mechanisms, martensite transformation-induced plasticity and reorientation-induced plasticity, are used to explain the degeneration of shape memory effects of NiTi SMAs. The evolution equations of internal variables are proposed by attributing the degeneration of shape memory effect to the interaction between the three phases(A, M~t, and M~d) and plastic deformation. Finally, the capability of the proposed model is verified by comparing the predictions with the experimental results of NiTi SMAs. It is shown that the degeneration of shape memory effect and its dependence on the loading level can be reasonably described by the proposed model.     

Prediction and observation of crack tip microstructure in shape memory CuAlNi single crystals

The formation of martensite at a notch tip in a CuAlNi shape memory alloy loaded in tension is studied. The geometry of the initial martensite plate to form at the notch is predicted theoretically, using the stress field at a crack tip in an anisotropic linearly elastic body together with a listing of all possible austenite-martensite interfaces from the Crystallographic Theory of Martensite (CTM). The stress field and CTM analyses are combined through a selection criterion based on computing the work available from the stress field to transform to each austenite-martensite interface. The resulting predictions are compared to experimentally observed microstructures in notched specimens of single crystal CuAlNi loaded in tension for eight notch orientations. Results show that the available work criterion accurately predicts the orientation, number and order of the austenite-martensite interfaces that initially form near a crack.     

The effect of notches on the fracture behavior in NiTi shape memory alloys

Tensile fracture experiments have been performed on double-notch plate form specimens with different notch types and sizes. Specimen without notch is also studied. The macro-mechanical responses as well as detail examination of the fracture surface have been carried out. The stress, plastic strain and phase transformation fields are analyzed by finite element (FE) simulations using a pseudoelastic constitutive model which considers the permanent plastic deformation. Experimental results show that different type of notches can influence not only the macro-mechanic pseudoelastic but also plastic behaviors of the specimens. Both notch type and notch size affect the mechanism of crack initiation. Notch size influences the specimen behavior in different way for different type of notches. Most of the experimental observations are interpreted properly by the FE results.     

Stress-induced transformation behavior of a polycrystalline NiTi shape memory alloy: micro and macromechanical investigations via in situ optical microscopy

An experimental investigation of the micro and macromechanical transformation behavior of polycrystalline NiTi shape memory alloys was undertaken. Special attention was paid to macroscopic banding, variant microstructure, effects of cyclic loading, strain rate and temperature effects. Use of an interference filter on the microscope enabled observation of grain boundaries and martensitic plate formation and growth without recourse to etching or other chemical surface preparation. Key results of the experiments on the NiTi include observation of localized plastic deformation after only a few cycles, excellent temperature and stress relaxation correlation, a refined definition of “full transformation” for polycrystalline materials, and strain rate dependent effects. Several of these findings have critical implications for understanding and modeling of shape memory alloy behavior.     

Cyclic thermomechanical behavior of a polycrystalline pseudoelastic shape memory alloy

In this work, 3D finite element modeling is employed to examine the thermomechanical behavior of a polycrystalline Ni-Ti shape memory alloy in the pseudoelastic regime. It is shown that the tension-compression asymmetry during uniaxial cyclic loading is due to a preferred orientation of the crystallographic texture. In pure shear loading, the thermomechanical behavior exhibits symmetry in both senses of shear, due to the fiber texture of the specimen bar stock. It is also shown that the apparent strain rate-dependence is due to thermomechanical coupling with latent heat generation/absorption during phase transformation.