一种显式子步应力点积分算法及其在SMA数值模拟中的应用

形状记忆合金（shape memory alloys,简称SMA）具有复杂的热力本构关系,为了模拟SMA及其组合结构复杂的受力和变形行为,在数值模拟中需要采用可靠且高效的应力点积分算法．隐式应力点回映算法已经成功应用于形状记忆合金的数值模拟,但在复杂加载条件下,荷载增量较大时有可能导致整体非线性迭代求解不收敛．推广了局部误差控制的显式子步积分算法,首次将其应用于形状记忆合金及其组合结构这类热力相变问题的应力点积分,并通过数值算例对所提算法和隐式应力点回映算法进行了比较．数值结果表明:对于大规模数值模拟和计算,整体子步步数决定着总体计算时间;所提出的修正Euler自动子步方案可以有效减少整体子步步数,在保证相同计算精度的前提下能够大幅提高有限元计算效率,因而更适合大规模形状记忆合金智能结构的数值模拟.     

基于有限变形弹塑性模型模拟伪弹性合金全程变形行为

提出一个J2流的有限弹塑性本构方程来显式、全面地模拟了形状记忆合金(SMAs)在3个不同阶段加载并卸载所表现出来的应力-对数应变关系.这3个阶段包括变形完全恢复的伪弹性阶段、变形部分恢复的塑性阶段以及软化破坏阶段.该文的主要思想在于从实验数据的形函数出发,得到用形函数表达的多轴硬化函数,进而代入到本构方程,建立一个能模拟任意形状应力-对数应变关系,多轴有效的本构方程.该文方法的优势在于避免考虑微观到宏观的平均方法、相变条件等一系列复杂处理,大大减少了计算量.所得到的数值结果可以精确匹配实验数据.     

一个新的形状记忆合金模型

借助于Tanaka用一维形核动力学方程导出的指数形式的相变百分数,建立了一个新的形状记忆合金本构模型.提出了不同相变条件下的可恢复形状记忆应变的表达式;考虑了材料在变形过程中马氏体的重定向作用;克服了Tanaka系列模型不能描述当材料为完全马氏体状态时的力学行为的缺点.本模型较现有的形状记忆合金本构模型均简单,便于应用,实验证明了模型的正确性.     

单向拉伸镍钛合金带从奥氏体到马氏体的相变分析

单向拉伸镍钛合金带中从奥氏体到马氏体的相变已在实验中观测到,并被看作为局部变形进行了数值模拟．该文采用相变理论对其进行分析,考虑了两相界面处变形梯度的跳跃以及Maxwell关系,导出了相变的控制方程．相变分析归结为寻求载荷的最小值,使在该值下控制方程具有唯一的、物理上可以接受的实数解．控制方程被数值求解,证明了该唯一解确实存在．相变的Maxwell 应力,马氏体相与奥氏体相内的应力与应变,以及相边界的倾角都可求出,并与实验所观测到的结果相吻合．     

计及相变与塑性的NiTi形状记忆合金循环伪弹性特性描述

结合NiTi形状记忆合金单轴循环变形试验研究结果,采用基于混合物理论的计及相变、重取向与塑性变形的形状记忆合金本构模型发展了相应的算法和程序.对NiTi形状记忆合金单轴循环变形行为进行了描述.通过试验结果与模拟结果的比较,验证了本构模型与算法的有效性.     

Ti-6242S钛合金高温循环粘塑性行为有限元模拟

采用ANSYS提供的粘塑性流动准则下的双线性各向同性硬化本构模型,考虑材料参数的温度相关性,通过单个单元有限模型对4种温度下施加相同平均应力和不同应力幅值的应力循环工况进行有限元模拟。实验与模拟结果的对比表明,该模型能够较好的地模拟高温450℃以下Ti-6242S钛合金粘塑性变形的循环累积。此外,由于该模型没有考虑循环过程中背应力的演化,对滞回环的预测不够理想,且过高预测了520℃下的粘塑性累积变形。     

人体动脉瘤生成与破裂的力学分析

在大变形超弹性理论框架下研究了内压、轴向拉伸和扭转联合作用下人体动脉壁的力学响应,应用结构不稳定性理论对动脉瘤生成的可能性进行了解释,应用材料强度理论对动脉瘤破裂的可能性进行了分析．考虑动脉壁中残余应力和平滑肌主动作用的影响,用纤维加强各向异性不可压超弹性复合材料两层厚壁圆筒模型来模拟动脉壁的力学特性．给出了正常和几种非正常状态下动脉壁的变形曲线和应力分布．变形和稳定性分析结果表明该文模型可以模拟正常状态下动脉壁的均匀变形,还可以模拟在动脉壁中弹性蛋白纤维和胶原蛋白纤维强度降低的非正常状态下动脉瘤生成的可能性及动脉瘤的增长．应力和强度分析结果表明该文模型可以模拟当动脉瘤中的最大应力超过管壁的强度时动脉瘤破裂的可能性．     

充液弹性毛细管低温相变的力学分析

充液弹性毛细管广泛存在于生物体（如毛细血管、植物导管等）和工程领域（如微流控冰阀门、制冷系统热管、MEMS微通道谐振器等）.低温工作环境中,充液弹性毛细管内部的液柱会发生相变并引发冻胀效应,从而导致管壁的变形、损伤乃至断裂.该文建立并求解了考虑温度梯度、界面张力及液体冻胀作用的弹性毛细管平衡方程,分析了液柱低温相变过程中毛细管壁的径向和环向应力,发现管壁应力分布受热毛细弹性数和冻毛细弹性数的影响,且影响大小跟壁厚相关.该研究不仅有助于理解生物体内充液弹性毛细管冻胀失效机制,还可为MEMS微流控芯片的抗冻胀失效设计提供理论指导.     

昆虫翼拍动中受载变形的粘弹性本构模型

昆虫翼拍动受载时发生被动变形,被看作为有助于改善飞行性能的机制之一．决定这种被动变形大小的一个关键因素是昆虫翼的材料本构关系,至今缺乏研究．基于蜻蜓翼(离体)的应力松弛实验和模型翼拍动时受载变形的有限元数值分析,揭示了粘弹性本构关系是昆虫翼材料性能的合理描述,并研究了粘弹性参数对被动变形的影响．     

静脉壁的力学特性及负压失稳问题

应用一类超弹性应变能函数,通过非线性弹性理论,研究了静脉壁在跨壁压及轴向拉伸联合作用下的变形和应力分布等力学特性,并分析了静脉壁的负压失稳问题．首先利用超弹性材料薄壁圆筒模型,得到了静脉壁在跨壁压及轴向拉伸联合作用下的变形方程,给出了正常静脉压下静脉壁的变形曲线和应力分布曲线,讨论了静脉壁的变形和应力分布规律．然后给出了负跨壁压下静脉壁的变形曲线,并由能量比较讨论了静脉壁的负压失稳问题．     

Thermomechanical behavior of pseudoelastic NiTi shape memory alloys

The thermomechanical behavior of polycrystalline Ni-rich pseudoelastic NiTi shape memory alloys is analyzed. Special focus is on regions within the stress strain diagram which are regarded as linear elastic in common phenomenological material models, i.e. the region between zero stress and the beginning of the pseudoelastic plateau as well as the region within the hysteresis. In both cases, severe temperature changes can be observed. A possible explanation for this effect is twofold: On the one hand, it might be explained by the presence of an R-phase transformation. On the other hand, unstructured martensite of the B19' phase may form. However, the assumption of a purely thermo-elastic material behavior in those regions does not seem to hold true in general. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Damping Behaviour of Vibrating Shape Memory Alloy Rods Investigated by a Novel Constitutive Model

Hysteretic behaviour of shape memory alloys (SMAs) is highly important for design and applicability of these materials in active structural elements like rods. Especially the damping performance of SMAs depend strongly on their hysteretic characteristics. Experimental investigations show the influences of stress on the hysteretic cycle. The current study shows some computational results of a constitutive model which is capable to investigate the effect of an external applied stress field on the hysteretic cycle according to a recently developed method on the basis of statistical mechanics method. (© 2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Study on the thermo-mechanical behavior of superelastic NiTi wires

The strong coupling of thermal and mechanical properties and the highly inhomogeneous strain distribution in tensiontests motivate for thorough investigations on NiTi shape memory alloys. For these tests a complex experimental set-up has been developed which allows for the simultaneous measurement of stress, strain, and temperature with high spatial and temporal resolution. The experimental results show the influence of strain rate, number of cycles, and deformation level on the progress of stress induced phase transformation in the specimens. A critical evaluation of the experimental results in view of a potential constitutive modeling is given. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A variational model for the functional fatigue in polycrystalline shape memory alloys

Shape memory alloys show a very complex material behavior associated with a diffusionless solid/solid phase transformation between austenite and martensite. Due to the resulting (thermo-)mechanical properties – namely the effect of pseudoelasticity and pseudoplasticity – they are very promising materials for the current and future technical developments. However, the martensitic phase transformation comes along with a simultaneous plastic deformation and thus, the effect of functional fatigue. We present a variational material model that simulates this effect based on the principle of the minimum of the dissipation potential. We use a combined Voigt/Reuss bound and a coupled dissipation potential to predict the microstructural developments in the polycrystalline material. We present the governing evolution equations for the internal variables and yield functions. In addition, we show some numerical results to prove our model's ability to predict the shape memory alloys' complex inner processes. (© 2016 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Pseudoelasticity of Shape Memory Alloys - a 1D Material Model and Finite Element Implementation

This contribution is concerned with the formulation of a 1D-constitutive model accounting for the pseudoelastic behavior of shape memory alloys. The stress-strain-relationship is idealized by a hysteresis both in the compression as in the tension loading range. It is characterized by an upper loading path, which is to be ascribed to the transformation of the lattice to a martensitic structure. Unloading the material, a lower path is described, because of the reverse transformation into austenitic lattice. The constitutive model is based on a switching criterion which serves as a potential function for the evolution of the internal state variables. The model distinguishes between local and global variables to describe the hysteresis effects for the compression and tension range. A strain driven algorithm which captures the complete nonlinear material behavior is presented. The boundary value problem is solved for a truss element applying the finite element method. A consistent linearization of the nonlinear equations is derived. Simple examples will demonstrate the applicability of the proposed model. For future developments the usage of shape memory alloys within civil engineering structures is aimed. The advantage of the material is the very good damping behavior and the potential to overcome great strains. Both properties are distinguished to be of engineering interest. (© 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A nonlinear model for ferromagnetic shape memory alloy actuators

Ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMAs) such as Ni–Mn–Ga have attracted significant attention over the last few years. As actuators, these materials offer high energy density, large stroke, and high bandwidth. These properties make FSMAs potential candidates for a new generation of actuators. The preliminary dynamic characterization of Ni–Mn–Ga illustrates evident nonlinear behaviors including hysteresis, saturation, first cycle effect, and dead zone. In this paper, in order to precisely control the position of FSMA actuators a mathematical model is developed. The Ni–Mn–Ga actuator model consists of the dynamic model of the actuator, the kinematics of the actuator, the constitutive model of the FSMA material, the reorientation kinetics of the FSMA material, and the electromagnetic model of the actuator. Furthermore, a constitutive model is proposed to take into account the elastic deformation as well as the reorientation. Simulation results are presented to demonstrate the dynamic behavior of the actuator.     

Simulation of asymmetric effects for shape memory alloys

Experimental results of shape memory alloys show a pronounced asymmetric behaviour between tension, compression and shear. For simulation of these effects in the constitutive equations different transformation strain tensors are introduced. These are related to the different variants for the multi-variant- and detwinned-martensite as a consequence of different stress states. In the framework of plasticity the concept of stress mode dependent weighting functions is applied in order to characterize the different stress states. Verification of the proposed methodology is succeeded for simulation of the pseudoelastic behaviour of shape memory alloys with different hardening characteristics in tension, compression and shear. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)