Papers by Author: Xi Cheng Huang

Abstract: The tensile properties of alloy steel 35CrMoA were measured by dynamic tension experimental apparatus, and the stress-strain curves of the material at strain rate range from 10^-2/s to 10³/s were obtained. The fracture appearance and metallurgical structure were observed for the recovered specimens. The influence of strain rates on mechanical properties and microstructure of the 35CrMoA steel was analyzed. Based on the experimental data of mechanical properties, the JC constitutive parameters were fitted for 35CrMoA.

Abstract: Compression experiments of spruce along axial, radial and tangential loading directions are implemented by INSTRON equipment. Mechanical properties of spruce along three directions are gained. Spruce microscopic cell failure modes under axial, radial and tangential compression condition are observed by scan electron microscope. Results show that failure modes of spruce are fiber buckling and wrinkle when loading direction is along the grain. When loading direction is along radial or tangential across to the grain, failure modes are wood fiber slippage and delamination. Theory analytic solution to single wood cell failure under different direction compression is done. The obtained expression shows that mean limit loading is relative to yield stress, cell structure dimension and wrinkle length for complete wrinkle cases.

Abstract: The behaviour of geologic material such as granite under impact loading is involved in the study of safety requirements of structures in extreme simulations such as earthquakes, accidental impacts or explosions. Based on incident pulse shaping design of quasi-brittle material for dynamic tests, experiments on granite under uniaxial and active confinement conditions are conducted with the split Hopkinson pressure bar(SHPB). By adding the soft material mass as the pulse shaper, the stress uniformity in the specimens before fracture is ensured and the fluctuation of test data due to incident stress pulse is avoid. The experimental results show that the compressive strength is increasing with the strain rate and the confined pressure. The fragments size decreases with the strain rate. The research method and conclusion could be used to analyze the dynamic behavior of the other brittle materials.

Abstract: The curves of stress versus strain along spruce wood axial, radial and tangential directions are gained by static compression experiments. Moisture content and density of the spruce wood are 12.72% and 413 kg/m³ respectively. The results indicate that spruce compression process includes elastic, yield and compaction phases. Failure modes of spruce subjected to axial compression are fiber buckling and wrinkle. And failure modes under radial or tangential compression are wood fiber slippage and delamination. Axial compression yield strength is about nine times as that of radial and tangential compression. Radial and tangential compression yield strengths are almost equal. Energy absorption efficiency and ideality energy absorption efficiency of spruce along different loading directions are analyzed. And theory analytic solution to single wood cell buckling under axial compression is done. The obtained expression shows that the mean limit loading is relative to yield stress, cell structure dimension and wrinkle length for complete wrinkle cases.

Abstract: Numerical simulation on container cushion behavior in three impact loading directions is implemented in the present work. The results show that the energy absorption abilities are different in axial, radial and tangential loading directions. For certain deformation condition, energy absorption in axial loading is the most. And energy absorption abilities along radial and tangential loading are nearly equal. For certain energy absorption quantity, the deformation in axial loading is the least and the deformations in radial and tangential loading are larger. It can be concluded that wood grain should be perpendicular to protected object for low velocity, small energy absorption case. And wood radial or tangential direction should be perpendicular to protected object for high velocity, large energy absorption case.

Abstract: In this work the static and dynamic properties of vanadium alloy V-5Cr-5Ti over a wide range of temperature from 20 to 1000 degree at strain rates ranged from 10-4/s~103/s were studied experimentally under uniaxial quasi-static tension with MTS universal testing machine, uniaxial dynamic compression and tension with split Hopkinson bar system with temperature control. The stress-strain curves of V-5Cr-5Ti at various temperatures and various strain rates were obtained. Experimental data show that V-5Cr-5Ti behaves strain-rate sensitive and temperature dependent, for instance the material parameters yield stress, tensile strength and failure strain. And fracture mode of the material is also dependent on strain-rate and temperature. Based on experimental data the temperature-rate-dependent constitutive relations were established in the form of Johnson-Cook and Cowper-Symonds models which are widely used in numerical simulation of dynamic processes of structures under impact loading. The material microstructures and failure modes were analyzed using optical microscope, TEM etc, and results shows that the yield stress and strength are increased with strain rate. The brittle-ductile transition strain-rate is from 101/s to102/s.

Abstract: The drop test for the thin 2A12 conical shells was developed on a drop hammer. The dynamical responses, typical deformation histories and failure mode of the shells were presented. The drop impact response of the thin conical shells were numerically simulated and analyzed in detail by using the explicit, nonlinear transient dynamic code, LS-DYNA. In the calculation, the material plastic behavior of the conical shells was described by Johnson-Cook constitutive relationship, which includes the effects of the strain rate, strains harden and temperatures soften. The deformation and failure model of the conical shell obtained from the numerical simulation were consistent well with the experiment. It was shown that the calculation method, material model and the failure criterion were available. The test and numerical simulation results were all shown that the failure mode was different because of the different drop height.

Abstract: In this work the static and dynamic tensile properties of vanadium alloy V-5Cr-5Ti were investigated at strain rates ranged from 3.3x10-5/s to 1.2x102/s. The material microstructures were analyzed using optical microscope, SEM, TEM, XRD and EDS. Results show that the yield strength a increases with strain rate. The brittle-ductile transition strain-rate is about 101/s to102/s. At room temperature the tensile fracture at a low strain rate occurs via mixed modes of microvoid aggregating and transgranular cracking; at high strain rate the fracture occurs via a brittle mode. The analysis by TEM, XRD and EDX shows the existence of lath martensite, and on there exits precipitate phase of Ti(O,C, N) in grain boundaries.

Abstract: In this work, LS-DYNA program was adopted to simulate the loading process of Vanadium Alloy specimen conducted on the Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) in two dimensions. Based on the Johnson-Cook material constitutive relation and criterion of Johnson-Cook failure, the initiation, propagation process of an adiabatic shear band (ASB) and the corresponding distribution of temperature field in the vanadium alloy V-5Cr-5Ti hat-shaped specimen are analyzed. The field of stress, strain and temperature in the tip of an ASB, and the spread speed, the width as well as the type of the ASB are all studied. It is shown that the formation of the ASB is related to the loading velocity and the size of the hat-shaped specimen. And formation of mircocracks and their interlinkage are primary shearing failure mechanism of hat-shaped specimen.

Abstract: Three-point bending specimens of MgAl are loaded by MTS material testing equipment and Hopkinson pressure bar. Strength ratio of MgAl subjected to static compression loading is gained. The dynamic response of three-point bending specimen subjected to impact loading is simulated by ABAQUS finite element software. The stress distribution around crack tip is like shape of butterfly. It indicates that stress decreases quickly away from crack tip. Strain gauges are affixed at the swings of butterfly in the experiments and can experience higher strain signal. So the choice of strain gauge position is reasonable. Based on finite displacement method and the least multiplication value theory, dynamic stress intensity factors at different loading velocities are obtained. According to crack initiation time, dynamic initiation toughness is computed. The results indicate that dynamic initiation toughness of MgAl varies at different loading rates and increases with ball velocity.