Key Engineering Materials Vols. 488-489

Abstract: Effect of tensile dwell on low cycle fatigue of cast Inconel 792-5A is studied in symmetrical strain cycling at 800°C. Cyclic hardening/softening curves, cyclic stress-strain curves (CSSC) and fatigue life curves were obtained in continuous cycling and in cycling with tensile dwells. Dwells have slight effect on hardening/softening curves at high strain amplitudes. CSSC in cycling with dwells is shifted to lower stress amplitudes. No significant effect of dwells on Basquin curves is observed. Density of slip markings in continuous cycling is significantly higher in comparison with cycling with dwells. Samples cycled with dwells are typical of high density of secondary cracks, although sporadic slip markings were also found.

Abstract: Assessment of concrete strength in existing structures is a very fundamental task today, because the mechanical characteristics are strictly connected to seismic protection and performance estimation of the material. To this aim, several compression tests has been carried out on drilled core samples in conjunction with different NDT methods. The activity presented in the paper is still under development and is intended as a reference in the choice of the methods and correlations for structural survey of existing buildings.

Abstract: This paper presents an experimental investigation on the variation of residual fracture toughness of concrete after being exposed to elevated temperatures. A total of 60 specimens, with a uniform size of 200x200x230mm and precast notches of 80mm in height, were heated to constant temperatures of 65°C, 120°C, 200°C, 300°C, 350°C, 400°C, 450°C, 500°C and 600°C respectively. After cooling, standard wedge splitting tests, according to the corresponding Chinese Specification, were employed. The results indicate that the elevated temperature has significant influence on the residual fracture toughness of concrete. The magnitude of fracture toughness decreases drastically with increasing temperature. Additionally the relationship between residual fracture toughness and weight loss of specimens with respect to temperatures is also investigated.

Abstract: The present paper is concerned with the use of the Modified Wöhler Curve Method (MWCM), applied in terms of nominal stresses, to estimate lifetime of notched components subjected to variable amplitude multiaxial fatigue loading. The MWCM is applied by defining the critical plane through that direction experiencing the maximum variance of the resolved shear stress: since the shear stress resolved along the above direction is a monodimensional quantity, fatigue cycles are directly counted by the classical Rain-Flow method. The performed validation exercise, based on an extensive experimental investigation, seems to strongly support the idea that the MWCM applied along with the classical nominal stress based approach is capable of accurately estimating fatigue damage also in notched components subjected to variable amplitude multiaxial load histories.

Abstract: In this paper, transient dynamic crack analysis in two-dimensional, linear magnetoelectroelastic solids by considering different electrical and magnetical crack-face boundary conditions is presented. For this purpose, a time-domain boundary element method (TDBEM) using dynamic fundamental solutions is developed. The spatial discretization of the boundary integral equations is performed by a Galerkin-method while a collocation method is implemented for the temporal discretization of the arising convolution integrals. An explicit time-stepping scheme is applied to compute the discrete boundary data and the generalized crack-opening-displacements. Iterative algorithms are implemented to deal with the non-linear electrical and magnetical semi-permeable crack-face boundary conditions.

Abstract: The fatigue behaviour of materials is usually synthesised in terms of stress-life (S-N) curve or in terms of strain-life (e-N) curve, the latter being described by the so-called Manson-Coffin equation. It is known that the assumption of equality of the plastic and elastic components between the Manson-Coffin and the stabilised stress-strain curves leads to the so-called compatibility conditions which connect the equations theoretically. The material constants of the Manson-Coffin and of the stabilised stress-strain curve are commonly determined by best fitting separately the experimental data obtained from strain-controlled fatigue tests. As a consequence the compatibility conditions may not be fulfilled. In this paper a method for fatigue data analysis that ensures the compatibility conditions is proposed and validated against experimental data.

Abstract: A Meshfree approach for continuum damage modeling of 3D orthogonal woven composites is presented. Two different shape function constructions, Radial basis (RB) function and Moving kriging (MK) interpolation, are utilized corresponding with Galerkin method in the Meshfree approach. The failure of two different unit cell models, straight-edge and smooth fabric unit cell model respectively, is compared.

Abstract: A novel methodology for analysis of fatigue delamination growth, capable of dealing with complex delamination shapes and mixed-modes in a computationally efficient way, is proposed. It combines the VCCT to find the energy release rates and the XFEM to update the geometry during the progressive failure, thus making it very robust and computationally efficient. The methodology is demonstrated at coupon level.

Abstract: In this work, a number of impacts on a composite stiffened panel fitted with piezoceramic sensors were simulated with the finite element (FE) method. During impacts, the contact force history and strains at the sensors were recorded. These data were used to train, validate and test two artificial neural networks (ANN) for the prediction of the impact position and the peak of the impact force. The performance of the network for location detection has been promising but the other network should be further improved to provide acceptable predictions about the peak force.

Abstract: In this paper, the influence of geometrical parameters on failure load of bolted single-lap composite joint was investigated. The composite laminate was manufactured from HTA/6376, a high-strength carbon fiber–epoxy material currently used in primary structures in the European aircraft industry. Two geometrical parameters which were plate width-to-hole diameter ratio (W/D), and the edge-to-hole diameter ratio (E/D) were analyzed. To avoid modeling each ply of the laminates discretely, the laminates were modeled using equivalent linear elastic properties. the failure analysis was modeled by Extend Finite Element Method (XFEM) in ABAQUS. Maximum principal stress criterion (Maxps) was used to determine the failure load.