高温分离式Hopkinson压杆技术及其应用

本文介绍了在分离式Hopkinson压杆装置上通过使用一种气动同步机构,实现对试样进行高温高应变率加载的技术。利用此技术仅对试样加高温度而保持入射杆和透射杆与试样脱离且处在较低温度,到预定温度时,借助气动同步机构使入射杆、透射杆与试样接触并同时实现对试样加载。利用波形抑制技术,仅对试样实现一次加载,入射杆中的后续二次加载波通过反作用质量块吸收。通过这些技术的结合,1)可以进行材料在高温高应变率下应力应变测试;2)可以测试材料在高应变率不同温度下的等温曲线;3)可以间接对材料的塑性功热转换系数进行测试;4)可以进行不同温度高应变率下的中断跳跃试验等。在文中给出了一些典型的试验曲线和结果,并对测试方法和结果进行了分析讨论。     

确定材料在高温高应变率下动态性能的 Hopkinson杆系统

描述了一种利用Hopkinson杆装置确定在高温（温度可高达1 173 K）、高应变率下材料动态性能的试验方法。在试样加温过程中,试样不与入射杆及透射杆接触。当试样加热到预定温度时,气压驱动同步组装系统,推动透射杆及试样,使得应力波到达入射杆与试样接触面时,入射杆、试样及透射杆紧密接触。利用以上系统,完成了连铸单晶铜及上引法连铸多晶铜从室温到1 085 K范围内的应力应变曲线。测试结果表明,不论是上引法连铸多晶铜还是连铸单晶铜,流动应力随温度的升高而下降,在温度低于585 K时,材料的应变硬化率明显大于在温度高于585 K时的应变硬化率。     

基于Hopkinson杆的材料高应变率拉伸实验技术

分离式霍普金森杆(Split Hopkinson Bar)是测试材料在高应变率加载下力学行为的一种有效的实验手段.本文基于霍普金森杆测试原理,设计和研制了气枪式变截面间接杆杆型高应变率拉伸实验装置.该装置具有完备的、高精度的水平和轴向基准,采用等高的固定支撑,保证了杆-杆型实验系统具有良好的共轴度;入射杆与撞击套筒之间设有导向管,避免了撞击套筒直接与入射杆接触而产生的相互干扰;在导向管内设有支撑圈,以减小入射杆与导向管直接接触而产生的摩擦,并消除入射杆的径向跳动;采用前置金属短杆来获得光滑、平稳且幅值和宽度可调的拉伸入射加载脉冲.对LY12CZ铝合金在两种应变率下初步的验证性实验表明,该高应变率拉伸实验装置的设计是合理的,实验获得的应力—应变结果是可靠、有效的.     

Hopkinson曲杆型双向拉伸加载设计探讨

为了实现对材料或结构的双向高应变率同步拉伸加载,基于曲杆中弹性应力波传播理论和Hopkinson杆原理,首先在对称的人字形曲杆结构中同时产生和传递两路压缩波,再经过接触转接头反射形成沿拉伸加载杆传播的双向拉伸波,实现对试样的双向动态拉伸。同时,为理解人字形曲杆几何构形对弹性压缩波传播的影响规律,对该加载装置进行了动力学分析和ABAQUS有限元模拟。研究发现,理想方波构形的压缩弹性波经过曲杆传播后,方波的平台段随着杆弯曲角度的增大出现前高后低的倾斜现象,同时大曲率杆引起的波形失真更严重。为获取常规方波或梯形波的平台段,也可采用定量优化的锥形撞击杆,产生前低后高的加载波,来抵消曲杆传递中的倾斜失真。最后,为了验证该加载系统的有效性,搭建了小型人字形曲杆高应变率双向拉伸装置进行试验测试。结果表明,该装置实现了脉宽约为54 μs的双向拉伸加载波良好的同步,两路波形起始点时间差可以控制在约2.5 μs以内,幅值差约6×10?6。同时对2024铝合金试样进行了双向拉伸试验,取得良好的试验效果。     

材料超高温动态拉伸SHTB实验方法的有效性分析

针对高温拉伸分离式Hopkinson杆实验技术,通过数值模拟、实验验证以及几种典型材料的高温动态拉伸性能测试相结合的方法,对此实验技术中存在的几个关键问题进行了深入研究。结果表明:对于平板状钩挂式拉伸试样,通过标距段尺寸优化后,应力分布均匀,流动应力曲线与螺纹拉伸试样一致,且应力上升段后没有剧烈跳动;通过精确气动控制,在加载脉冲到来同时,可实现有效的试样快速同步组装和加载;当试样温度为1 200 ℃时,在冷加载杆与高温试样接触以及应力波加载试样的整个过程中,试样平均温度下降约1.3%,而加载杆端温升低于180 ℃。为了验证此实验技术,对3D打印TC4、镍基单晶高温合金DD6进行了最高温度约1 200 ℃时的高温动态拉伸力学性能实验测试。     

一种新的高应变率复合压剪实验技术

提出了一种新的基于Hopkinson杆实验技术的在102~103s-1高应变率下实现压剪复合加载的实验装置,并给出了相应的理论分析和数值模拟。为了获取材料在复杂应力下的本构关系,借助斜飞片冲击实验的思想,对Hopkinson杆进行改造,将入射杆的末端改进为截锥形,以便在试样中同时产生压缩和剪切应力。利用有限元分析软件LS-DYNA对试样中的应力波传播进行模拟计算,并利用改进装置进行了初步实验。计算和分析结果表明,利用所设计的装置可以实现对试样的动态压剪复合加载,获得材料在高应变率复杂应力加载下的本构响应,进而建立材料在复杂应力状态下本构行为的描述。     

基于Hopkinson压杆的M型试样动态拉伸实验方法研究

采用传统分离式Hopkinson压杆进行M型试样的动态拉伸实验,可避免试样与杆的连接问题,但该方法并未得到发展和验证。本文中,采用有限元数值分析和实验方法,对M型试样动态拉伸实验进行分析和改进。结果表明:（1）改进的封闭M型试样,可以增强试样整体刚度,有效减少试样畸变引起的附加弯矩对拉伸标段的影响,方便通过Hopkinson压杆加载实现一维拉伸变形;（2）采用试样刚度系数修正法,可消除M型试样整体结构的弹性变形对测试的影响,精确获得试样拉伸标段的塑性应变;（3）高加载率下,建议采用波形整器加载,可显著减少试样结构引起的载荷震荡现象、改善两端的应力平衡,获得准确的动态拉伸应力应变曲线,实现5 900 s?1甚至更高应变率下的动态拉伸实验。研究方法可为M型试样拉伸实验设计和应用提供参考。     

一种改进的金属材料的高温动态拉伸实验技术

在旋转盘冲击拉伸实验装置上,利用金属材料自身的导电特性,对试样施加电流.使其在电流作用下发热,实现自加热,形成了试件快速加热而波导杆温升很小的金属材料的动态高温高应变率拉伸实验技术.应用该实验技术获取了45 #钢从室温到1000℃温度范围和应变率650s-1时的材料动态拉伸应力—应变曲线.实验结果表明,45 #钢具有明显的热软化效应,其流动应力和屈服应力随温度的升高而降低.     

Hopkinson拉杆的入射波波形整形实验研究

目前,分离式Hopkinson杆实验技术已经被广泛用于测试材料在10~2~10~4s~(-1)应变率范围内的动态力学特性。为了抑制入射波的高频振荡,实现恒定应变率加载,本文利用分离式Hopkinson拉杆(SHTB)实验装置,研究了加载金属短杆(2A12T4铝合金)及整形垫片(纸板、PVC软塑料及带磁性胶皮)对入射波波形的影响。实验结果表明,整形垫片降低了入射应力脉冲的高频振荡,获得了比较平滑的入射应力脉冲,延长了上升时间。同时,利用所得的波形整形结果,对2A12T4铝合金进行了拉伸应力波脉冲加载的拉伸和断裂实验测试。     

实现材料高应变率拉伸加载的爆炸膨胀环技术

设计了新型的爆炸膨胀环实验加载装置,加载装置中采用爆炸丝线起爆方式,避免了传统装置中对碰爆轰波加载时的应力不均匀性。利用新型的爆炸膨胀环实验技术研究了无氧铜材料的动态性能,利用激光位移干涉仪测量了试样环的径向速度历史,处理数据获得了无氧铜材料的流动应力-塑性应变-应变率的关系,为进一步利用爆炸膨胀环实验技术研究材料在高应变率拉伸加载时的本构关系奠定了基础。     

Interrupted Test of Advanced High Strength Steel with Tensile Split Hopkinson Bar Method

The phase fraction evolution in a material during quasi-static and dynamic tests can be studied by interrupting the test at predetermined elongation values. While it is straightforward to interrupt quasi-static tests at a predetermined level of elongation, this interruption presents difficulties at high strain rate conditions. In the present paper, an interruption mechanism has been developed to control the elongation of specimens at high strain rate using a modified split Hopkinson tensile bar. This interruption mechanism is based on the interaction between the test specimen and the external interruption device. The influence of the designed external device on the stress waves and also the ability of the system to support the interruption of the deformation process were considered in the numerical analysis and verified by the experimental results. Finally, the influences of strain and strain rates on the volume fraction evolution of the retained austenite in quenched & partitioned steel were reported.     

A quartz-crystal-embedded split Hopkinson pressure bar for soft materials

A dynamic experimental technique that is three orders of magnitude as sensitive in stress measurement as a conventional split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) has been developed. Experimental results show that this new method is effective and reliable for determining the dynamic compressive stress-strain responses of materials with low mechanical impedance and low compressive strengths, such as elastomeric materials and foams at high strain rates. The technique is based on a conventional SHPB. Instead of a surface strain gage mounted on the transmission bar, a piezoelectric force transducer was embedded in the middle of the transmission bar of a high-strength aluminum alloy to directly measure the weakly transmitted force profile from a soft specimen. In addition, a pulse-shape technique was used for increasing the rise time of the incident pulse to ensure stress equilibrium and homogeneous deformation in the low-impedance and low-strength specimen.     

Dynamic Tensile Testing of Soft Materials

Determination of dynamic tensile response of soft materials has been a challenge because of experimental difficulties. Split Hopkinson tension bar (SHTB) is a commonly used device for the characterization of high-rate tensile behavior of engineering materials. However, when the specimen is soft, it is challenging to design the necessary grips, to measure the weak transmitted signals, and for the specimen to achieve dynamic stress equilibrium. In this work, we modified the SHTB on the loading pulse, the equilibrium-monitoring system, and the specimen geometry. The results obtained using this modified device to characterize a soft rubber indicate that the specimen deforms under dynamic stress equilibrium at a nearly constant strain rate. Axial and radial inertia effects commonly encountered in dynamic characterization of soft materials are also minimized.     

Loading and unloading split hopkinson pressure bar pulse-shaping techniques for dynamic hysteretic loops

Pulse-shaping techniques are developed for both the loading and unloading paths of a split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) experiment to obtain valid dynamic stress-strain loops for engineering materials. Front and rear pulse-shapers, in association with a momentum trap, are used to precisely control the profiles of the loading and unloading portions of the incident pulse. The modifications, ensure that the specimen deforms at the same constant strain rate under dynamic stress equilibrium during both loading and unloading stages of an experiment so that dynamic stress-strain loops can be accurately determined. Dynamic stress-strain loops with a constant strain rate for a nickel-titanium shape memory alloy and polymethyl methacrylate are determined using the modified SHPB. The modified momentum trap prevents repeated loading on a specimen without affecting the amplitude of the desired loading pulse and without damaging the bar at high stress levels.