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Characterization of Indentation-Induced Pattern Using Full-Field Strain Measurement
No full text[[abstract]]In this study DIC-based strain analysis software was successfully developed and its strain resolution lies on the order of 2.3×10-4-3.1×10-4. Full strain field measurement was used to study indentation-induced plastic patterns around a spherical indenter for a polycrystals and a single crystal of pure aluminum. During indentation, a pure aluminum specimen of a single crystal revealed a symmetric indentation pattern of von Mises strain. The piling-up around the residual impression was successfully and directly characterized by examining the sign of strain and in the X and Y direction. However, the inward, out-of-plane movement resulted in an error in calculating in-plane strain referred as a “distortion strain” using two-dimensional DIC
A continuous/discontinuous Galerkin formulation for a strain gradient-dependent damage model
No full textThe numerical solution of strain gradient-dependent continuum problems has been hindered by continuity demands on the basis functions. The presence of terms in constitutive models that involve gradients of the strain field means that the continuity of standard finite element shape functions is insufficient. Despite a resurgence of research interest in strain gradient continuum models to represent micro-mechanical effects, a sound, effective and simple framework for the numerical solution of strain gradient-dependent problems is lacking. Here, a formulation is presented which allows the use of finite element shape functions for the solution of a prototype strain gradient-dependent damage model. The formulation is examined in two dimensions for the simulation of crack propagation. Particular attention is paid to the application of non-standard boundary conditions
Evaluation of a high spatial resolution temperature compensated distributed strain sensor using a temperature controlled strain rig
No full textWe demonstrate a scheme which allows for temperature corrected distributed strain measurements under environments involving simultaneous application of strain and temperature, with enhanced spatial (5 cms), strain (66 µ.epsilon) and temperature resolutions (1.9°C). The technique utilizes the combination of frequency based BOCDA with Brillouin intensity measurements
Epidermal Passive RFID Strain Sensor for Assisted Technologies
No full textAn epidermal passive wireless strain sensor using RFID tags is presented. The tag is intended to detect eyebrow or neck skin stretch where paraplegic patients have the capability to tweak facial muscles. The tag is designed on a Barium Titanate loaded PDMS substrate and is assessed to demonstrate the strain gauge sensitivity and repeatability as a function of skin stretch
Discontinuous modelling of strain localisation and failure
No full textThe computational simulation of failure in solids poses many challenges. A proper understanding of how structures respond under loading, both before and past the peak load, is important for safe and economical constructions. This requires numerical models for failure which are both faithful to the physical reality and mathematically well founded. A serious computational issue is that of objectivity with respect to the spatial discretisation of a problem. This requires that upon refinement of the spatial discretisation of a problem, a unique, physically meaningful result is approached. One approach to ensure objectivity with respect to spatial discretisation when simulating failure in solids is to allow displacement discontinuities in the solution. In this work, different techniques, of varying complexity, are developed to simulate displacement discontinuities which are independent of the spatial discretisation using finite elements. The different techniques are then critically evaluated. The first model examined involves adding only the effect of a displacement discontinuity to a finite element as an incompatible strain mode. This allows a traction–separation relationship to be applied at an interface and can be implemented simply in a standard finite element code. It is however shown that this type of model can be cast in an equivalent continuum format, a form which is known to be sensitive to the spatial discretisation. The second approach developed involves the addition of the Heaviside function to the underlying finite element interpolation basis. This method is based on the partition of unity concept, and allows the Heaviside function to be added locally to a finite element mesh to simulate a propagating displacement discontinuity. The approach is formulated for geometrically linear, geometrically nonlinear, quasi-static and dynamic problems. It is shown to be completely independent of the spatial discretisation. The partition of unity-based model is used also to simulate failure using a regularised strain softening model. When a critical level of inelastic deformation is reached, a displacement discontinuity is inserted. This model is better suited to modelling the entire failure process than a continuum or discontinuous model alone. Through numerical examples, it is shown that the inclusion of a displacement discontinuity during the failure process can lead to a different failure mode than for a continuum-only model
Intermediate strain rate testing methodologies and full-field optical strain measurement techniques for composite materials characterisation
No full textTwo optical full-field strain measurement techniques, Digital Image Correlation and the Grid Method, are applied to characterise the strain-rate dependent constitutive behaviour of composite materials. Optical strain measurement techniques based on full-field images are well established for material characterisation in the quasi-static strain rate region, however in this work they are developed to study the material behaviour at intermediate strain rates, which is relatively unexplored. For this purpose a testing methodology that combines high speed imaging and the use of a high speed test machine is devised. The overall goal is to extract composite materials constitutive parameters to be used in the modelling of strain rate dependent behaviour. Particularly the strain rate dependence of the stiffness of glass and carbon fibre reinforced epoxy materials is investigated. A characterisation procedure based on off-axis specimens with oblique end-tabs is developed and applied to the study of the shear behaviour of a carbon/epoxy composite material.The research in the PhD programme constitutes an essential first step for more profitable applications of full-field measurement techniques to high speed testing. Full-field data acquired with the experimental methodology devised here can be used to investigate non linear material behaviours. Furthermore this experimental methodology, applied to specimens that generate non uniform strain fields, can produce strain maps useful for the application of the Virtual Fields Method. This will lead to a reduction of the experiments needed to characterise materials
A constitutive model for analyzing martensite formation in austenitic steels deforming at high strain rates
No full textThis study presents a constitutive model for steels exhibiting SIMT, based on previous seminal works, and the corresponding methodology to estimate their parameters. The model includes temperature effects in the phase transformation kinetics, and in the softening of each solid phase through the use of a homogenization technique. The model was validated with experimental results of dynamic tensile tests on AISI 304 sheet steel specimens, and their predictions correlate well with the experimental evidence in terms of macroscopic stress–strain curves and martensite volume fraction formed at high strain rates. The work shows the value of considering temperature effects in the modeling of metastable austenitic steels submitted to impact conditions. Regarding most of the works reported in the literature on SIMT, modeling of the martensitic transformation at high strain rates is the distinctive feature of the present paper.The researchers of the University Carlos III of Madrid are indebted to the Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid (Project CCG10-UC3M/DPI-5596)) and to the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación de España (Project DPI/2008-06408) for the financial support received which allowed conducting part of this work. The authors express their thanks to Mr. Philippe and Mr. Tobisch from the company Zwick for the facilities provided to perform the tensile tests at high strain rates
Strain hardening behaviors and strain rate sensitivity of gradient-grained Fe under compression over a wide range of strain rates
No full textIn the present work, gradient-grained Fe was synthesized by means of surface mechanical grinding treatment, and then the compression behaviors of the coarse-grained Fe and the gradient-grained Fe were investigated under both quasi-static and dynamic loading conditions over a wide range of strain rates (from 5 x 10(-4) to 10(4) s(-1)). After surface mechanical grinding treatment, equiaxed ultrafine grains, elongated lamellar ultrafine grains, full-developed sub-grains with dense dislocations walls, non-fully-developed dislocation cells, and deformed coarse grains are sequentially observed along the depth from the treated surface. The grain/cell size increases while the measured micro-hardness decreases along the depth for the gradient-grained Fe. The gradient-grained structure shows apparent strain hardening behaviors at all strain rates up to 10(4) s(-1) although the strain hardening exponent (n) for the gradient-grained Fe is smaller than that of the coarse-grained Fe at the same strain rate. This apparent hardening behavior is attributed to the hardening from both the coarse-grained center and the surface gradient layers when the strain localization trend for the ultrafine-grained surface layers is suppressed by the coarse-grained center. The extra hardening might be due to the back stress hardening associated with the constraint and mechanical incompatibility between different layers in the gradient-grained structure. The dynamic strain rate sensitivity of the gradient-grained Fe is observed to be slightly larger than that of the coarse-grained Fe, which is controversial to the general observation that strain rate sensitivity should decrease with reduction of grain size for BCC metals. The geometrically necessary dislocations associated with the back stress hardening and the grain size gradient result in additional increase in dislocation density, which may be the reason for the enhanced dynamic strain rate sensitivity in the gradient-grained Fe even it has smaller average grain size compared to the coarse-grained Fe. The present results should provide insights for the applications of gradient-grained structure under dynamic conditions. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Correlating magnetic fabrics with finite strain : comparing results from mudrocks in the Variscan and Appalachian Orogens
No full textNew magnetic anisotropy data from Variscan mudstones collected in the Cantabrian Arc, N Spain constrain the corresponding strain (shortening). The results are based on our previous study of mudrocks from the Valley and Ridge Province (Appalachians) where independent strain quantification of pencil structures permitted a correlation between magnetic fabric and tectonic strain. An exponential relationship between the AMS shape parameter T and tectonic shortening was found for the interval of 10-25% shortening: shortening (%)=17*exp(T), relationship that appears to be supported by tectonic strains up to 40%. The T parameter describes the shape of the magnetic susceptibility ellipsoid, which in pelitic rocks appears more sensitive to strain than the degree of anisotropy parameter P (or P'). In mudrocks from the Cantabrian Arc a positive correlation between T parameter and deformation intensity, reflected by cleavage domains spacing, is observed. Using the above relationship, we estimate the range of tectonic shortening for the Cantabrian mudstones. The correlation between strain and AMS offers a robust estimate of strain magnitude of 10-40% in weakly to moderately deformed clay-rich rocks, where other strain indicators are often lacking or are poorly preserved
Berry Strain Gage Extensometer
No full textHerman C. Berry developed this strain gage around 1910 for measuring deformations in materials. It superseded the older Howard strain gage. By 1912 the Berry gage was in turn superseded by the Whittemore strain gage, though the Berry gage was still used throughout the 1920s. The Berry gage was designed to be applied to existing structures such as plates or structural shapes. Holes were drilled in the structure and the points of the gage fitted into the holes. As the gage was applied by hand, one gage could be used to survey a pattern of holes as the structure is loaded. Professor Berrys original gage used a screw micrometer to sense the movement of the magnifying lever.9 x 21 x 2 cm; 11 x 2 x .1 cmMade by F. F. Metzger Phila. Strain-Gage H. C. Berry Pat. 12.17.1
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