Papers by Keyword: Void Growth

Abstract: Deformation anisotropy of sheet aluminium alloy 2198 (Al-Cu-Li) has been investigated by means of mechanical testing of notched specimens and Kahn-type fracture specimens, loaded in the rolling direction (L) or in the transverse direction (T). Contributions to failure are identified as growth of initial voids accompanied by a significant nucleation of a second population of cavities and transgranular failure. A model based on the Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman (GTN) approach of porous metal plasticity incorporating isotropic voids, direction-dependent void growth, void nucleation at a second population of inclusions and triaxiality-dependent void coalescence has been used to predict the mechanical response of test samples. The model has been successfully used to describe and predict the direction-dependent deformation behaviour, crack propagation and, in particular, toughness anisotropy.

Abstract: SiC particle reinforced aluminum metal matrix composites (SiCp/Al) were prepared by powder metallurgy method, and the volume fraction was 5% with size of 3.5 micron and 10 micron. Uniaxial tensile experiments were carried out and the fracture modes were observed. The results demonstrated that the SiC particles in matrix might improve the strength and elastic modulus of the material, but the plastic deformation ability of the material decreased obviously. Based on SEM observation on the microstructure, the boundary cell model (boundary cell finite element method, BCFEM) was established to consider the particle debonded from its surroungding matrix. The particle debonding described by nucleation and growth of voids in matrix，which was investigated using GTN(Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman) model. The BCFEM model was valid to describe the damage behavior due to the accurate characterization for microstructure of the model.

Abstract: In structural welded joints after long-term service under elevated temperature, fracture occurred mainly in the heat affected zone (HAZ). Recently, the nucleation and growth of creep voids in the fine-grained HAZ of weldments, recognized as Type IV fracture, has become an important problem for ferritic heat resisting steel. In this paper, a new computational model was presented to analyse the void growth induced creep damage development in HAZ. The new constitutive model based on continuum damage mechanics (CDM) equations is combined with a micromechanism-based model in order to account for the void growth process, which is different from the previous studies of creep damage. Material properties used for the creep damage computations are fitted from actual creep test data. Basic benchmark tests were performed to verify the new computational model. Then the model was used to study the creep damage development in the welded joints where four different material properties, base material, coarse-grained HAZ, fine-grained HAZ, and weld material, are taken into account. The numerical simulation results for creep lifetimes agreed well with the experimental results.

Abstract: Void growth in aluminum single crystals is simulated using the finite element method, to illustrate the effect of grain orientation on void growth, a rate dependent crystal plasticity constitutive theory is implemented as a user-defined plasticity subroutine. A three-dimension unit cell including a sphere void was employed using three-dimensional 12 active slip systems. The computed results for several grain orientations are compared, which have shown that crystallographic orientation has significant influence on growth behavior of void. And the void growth direction and shape significantly depend on the crystallographic orientation. Due to plastic flow localization and anisotropic behavior, void which has an initial sphere shape, develops an irregular shape and some corners.

Abstract: Ductile fracture occurs due to micro-void nucleation, growth and finally coalescence into micro-crack. In this study a new ductile fracture condition that based on the microscopic phenomena of void nucleation, growth and coalescence was proposed. Using this condition and combining with finite element model to predict the fracture locations in bulk metal forming. The macroscopic behavior of the material is described according to the flow rules of Levy-Mises. An idealized spherical void within an finite matrix is assumed. The void volume is calculated by taking the increasing volume of the continuum, caused by plastic straining, incorporated in the yield functions. In the model there includes the strain-hardening coefficient of the Ludwik-Holomom stress-strain relationship and concentration of stress. The accumulated damage value is a phenomenon in this model. The results show that it is in close accordance with observations of some experimental specimens. However, in order to obtaining the high trustiness many experiments have to be carried out.

Abstract: Research studies for mode I cracks have shown that fracture toughness or the critical value of J for fracture initiation, Jcrit is not merely a material property but depends also on the geometry and loading configurations. The geometry dependency of fracture toughness can be attributed to the effect of the crack tip constraint. In this paper, the constraint effect is studies for the initiation stage in mode II ductile crack growth. Two major mechanisms of ductile fracture: 'void growth and coalescence' and 'shear band localization and de-cohesion' are considered. A boundary layer model is simulated using the finite element method and the effect of far-filed T-stress on the relevant stress parameters near the crack tip is studied. It is shown that the initiation of the ductile crack growth in mode II is influenced significantly by T for the mechanism of void growth and coalescence and is insensitive to T for the mechanism of shear localisation and de-cohesion.