Institute of Fundamental Technological Research

Advances in computing as well as measurement instrumentation have recently allowed for the investigation of a wider spectrum of physical phenomena in dynamic failure than previously possible. With increasing demand for specialized lightweight, high strength structures, failure of inhomogeneous solids has been receiving increased attention. Such inhomogeneous solids include structural composites such as bonded and sandwich structures, layered and composite materials as well as functionally graded solids. Many of such solids are composed of brittle constituents possessing substantial mismatch in wave speeds, and are bonded together with weak interfaces, which may serve as sites for catastrophic failure (Rosakis and Ravichandran (2000)).

In the present study numerical analysis of macrocrack propagation along a bimaterial interface under dynamic loading processes is presented. A general constitutive model of elasto-viscoplastic damaged polycrystalline solids is developed within the thermodynamic framework of the rate type covariance structure with finite set of the internal state variables. A set of the internal state variables is assumed and interpreted such that the theory developed takes account of the effects as follows: (i) plastic non-normality; (ii) softening generated by microdamage mechanisms; (iii) thermomechanical coupling (thermal plastic softening and thermal expansion); (iv) rate sensitivity.

To describe suitably the time and temperature dependent effects observed experimentally during dynamic loading processes the kinetics of microdamage has been modified. The relaxation time is used as a regularization parameter. By assuming that the relaxation time tends to zero, the rate independent elastic–plastic response can be obtained. The identification procedure is developed basing on the experimental observations. The finite difference method for regularized elasto-viscoplastic model is used. The edge-cracked bimaterial specimen is considered. In the initial configuration, the height of the specimen is equal to 30 cm, width is 12.5 cm and the length of the initial crack is equal to 2.5 cm. The length of the boundary over which impact is applied is equal to 5 cm, the rise time is fixed at 0.1 μs and the impact velocity is varied. The impact area is localized symmetrically or asymmetrically to the shorter axis of the specimen (symmetry axis of the cohesive band). Basing on the available data of recent experimental observation Rosakis et al. (1999) that have been carried out for relatively thin specimens both the plane stress and plane strain conditions are considered. The material of the specimen is AISI 4340 steel, while PMMA is the cohesive band, both modelled by thermo-elasto-viscoplastic constitutive equations with effects of isotropic hardening and softening generated by microdamage mechanisms and thermomechanical coupling. Fracture criterion based on the evolution of microdamage is assumed. Both, isothermal and adiabatic processes are considered.

Particular attention is focused on the investigation of the interactions and reflections of stress waves and the influence of these waves on the propagation of macrocrack within the interface band. The propagation of the macroscopic crack within the material of the interface band for both symmetrical and asymmetrical impact cases has been investigated. It has been found that macrocrack-tip speeds vary from the shear wave speed to the dilatational wave speed of the material and is higher than the Rayleigh surface wave speed. This result is in accord with the experimental observations performed by Rosakis et al. (1999).

Propagation of macrocrack, Bimaterial interface, Thermo-elasto-viscoplastic material, Adiabatic dynamic processes, Localized fracture

The main objective of the paper is the investigation of localized fatigue fracture phenomena in thermo-viscoplastic flow processes under cyclic dynamic loadings. Recent experimental observations for cycle fatigue damage mechanics at high temperature and dynamic loadings of metals suggest that the intrinsic microdamage process does very much depend on the strain rate and the wave shape effects and is mostly developed in the regions where the plastic deformation is localized. The microdamage kinetics interacts with thermal and load changes to make failure of solids a highly rate, temperature and history dependent, nonlinear process.

A general constitutive model of elasto-viscoplastic damaged polycrystalline solids developed within the thermodynamic framework of the rate type covariance structure with a finite set of the internal state variables is used (cf. Dornowski and Perzyna [16], [17], [18]). A set of the internal state variables is assumed and interpreted such that the theory developed takes account of the effects as follows: (i) plastic nonnormality; (ii) plastic strain induced anisotropy (kinematic hardening); (iii) softening generated by microdamage mechanisms (nucleation, growth and coalescence of microcracks); (iv) thermomechanical coupling (thermal plastic softening and thermal expansion); (v) rate sensitivity; (vi) plastic spin.

To describe suitably the time and temperature dependent effects observed experimentally and the accumulation of the plastic deformation and damage during a dynamic cyclic loading process the kinetics of microdamage and the kinematic hardening law have been modified. The relaxation time is used as a regularization parameter. By assuming that the relaxation time tends to zero, the rate independent elasticplastic response can be obtained. The viscoplastic regularization procedure assures the stable integration algorithm by using the finite difference method. Particular attention is focussed on the well-posedness of the evolution problem (the initial-boundary value problem) as well as on its numerical solutions. The Lax-Richtmyer equivalence theorem is formulated, and conditions under which this theory is valid are examined. Utilizing the finite difference method for a regularized elasto-viscoplastic model, the numerical investigation of the three-dimensional dynamic adiabatic deformation in a particular body under cyclic loading condition is presented.

Particular examples have been considered, namely a dynamic adiabatic cyclic loading process for a thin plate with sharp notch. To the upper edge of the plate is applied a cyclic constraint realized by rigid rotation of the edge of the plate while the lower edge is supported rigidly. A small localized region, distributed asymmetrically near the tip of the notch, which undergoes significant deformation and temperature rise, has been determined. Its evolution until occurrence of fatigue fracture has been simulated.

The propagation of the macroscopic fatigue damage crack within the material of the plate is investigated. It has been found that the length of the macroscopic fatigue damage crack distinctly depends on the wave shape of the assumed loading cycle.

The objective of the paper is the analysis of various effects in fatigue damage in plastic flow of solids under dynamic cyclic loading. Attention is focused on the investigation of the following effects: (i) influence of the shape of the loading pulse; (ii) softening generated by thermomechanical coupling; (iii) softening generated by microdamage; (iv) plastic strain-induced anisotropy caused by kinematic hardening; (v) plastic spin; (vi) strain-rate sensitivity; (vii) covariant terms.

Experimental motivations are given. Based on observations on cyclic fatigue damage in metals at high temperatures we can suggest that intrinsic microdamage processes very much depend on the strain-rate effects as well as on the pulse-shape effects. A microdamage process is treated as a sequence of nucleation, growth and coalescence of microcracks. Microdamage kinetics interacts with thermal and load changes to make the failure of a solid a highly rate- temperature- and history-dependent, nonlinear process.

A general constitutive model of an elasto-viscoplastic damaged polycrystalline solid developed within the thermodynamic framework of the rate-type covariance structure with a finite set of internal state variables is assumed, cf. [18]. The internal state variables are postulated and interpreted such that the theory developed here takes account of (i) plastic nonnormality; (ii) plastic strain-induced anisotropy; (iii) microdamage softening; (iv) thermal-plastic softening and thermal expansion; (v) rate sensitivity; (vi) plastic spin. Kinetics of the microdamage and the kinematic hardening law are modified in order to describe suitably the time- and temperature-dependent effects. Relaxation time is used as a regularization parameter. Rate-independent elastic-plastic response is obtained when the relaxation time tends to zero.

Viscoplastic regularization procedure assures a stable integration algorithm by using the finite difference method. Attention is focused on the well-posedness of the evolution problem (the initial-boundary value problem) as well as on its numerical solutions. The Lax-Richtmyer equivalence theorem is used, and conditions under which this theory is valid are examined. The identification procedure is developed. Utilizing the finite difference method for a regularized elasto-viscoplastic model, a numerical investigation of a dynamic adiabatic deformation under cyclic loading condition is presented. Particular examples are: dynamic, adiabatic and isothermal cyclic loading processes for a thin steel plate with a rectangular hole located in the center. Two regions undergoing significant deformations and a temperature rise are determined. Their evolution until the occurrence of a final fracture simulated together with the accumulation of damage and equivalent plastic deformation at each cycle. It is found that this accumulation depends on the pulse shape of the assumed loading cycle. The nucleation of the macrocrack is examined and the propagation of the macrocrack during the cyclic dynamic process is described. The influence of the previously mentioned effects on cycle fatigue damage is investigated.

Cyclic fatigue, Damage, Dynamic loading, Adiabatic process, Thermal coupling, Elasto-viscoplasticity, Microdamage

The main objective of the paper is the investigation of localization phenomena in thermo-viscoplastic flow processes under cyclic dynamic loadings. Recent experimental observations for cycle fatigue damage mechanics at high temperature and dynamic loadings of metals suggest that the intrinsic microdamage process does very much dependent on the strain rate and the wave shape effects and is mostly developed in the regions where the plastic deformation is localized. The microdamage kinetics interacts with thermal and load changes to make failure of solids a highly rate, temperature and history dependent, nonlinear process. A general constitutive model of elasto-viscoplastic damaged polycrystalline solids is developed within the thermodynamic framework of the rate type covariance structure with finite set of the internal state variables. A set of the internal state variables is assumed and interpreted such that the theory developed takes account of the effects as follows: (i) plastic non-normality; (ii) plastic strain induced anisotropy (kinematic hardening); (iii) softening generated by microdamage mechanisms (nucleation, growth and coalescence of microcracks); (iv) thermomechanical coupling (thermal plastic softening and thermal expansion); (v) rate sensitivity; (vi) plastic spin. To describe suitably the time and temperature dependent effects observed experimentally and the accumulation of the plastic deformation and damage during dynamic cyclic loading process the kinetics of microdamage and the kinematic hardening law have been modified. The relaxation time is used as a regularization parameter. By assuming that the relaxation time tends to zero, the rate independent elastic-plastic response can be obtained. The viscoplastic regularization procedure assures the stable integration algorithm by using the finite difference method. Particular attention is focused on the well-posedness of the evolution problem (the initial-boundary value problem) as well as on its numerical solutions. The Lax-Richtmyer equivalence theorem is formulated and conditions under which this theory is valid are examined. Utilizing the finite difference method for regularized elasto-viscoplastic model, the numerical investigation of the three-dimensional dynamic adiabatic deformation in a particular body under cyclic loading condition is presented. Particular examples have been considered, namely dynamic, adiabatic and isothermal, cyclic loading processes for a thin steel plate with small rectangular hole located in the centre. To the upper edge of the plate the normal and parallel displacements are applied while the lower edge is supported rigidly. Both these displacements change in time cyclically. Small two asymmetric regions which undergo significant deformations and temperature rise have been determined. Their evolution until occurrence of final fracture has been simulated. The accumulation of damage and equivalent plastic deformation on each considered cycle has been obtained. It has been found that this accumulation distinctly depends on the wave shape of the assumed loading cycle.

The main objective of the paper is the description of the behavior and fatigue damage of inelastic solids in plastic flow processes under dynamic cyclic loadings. Experimental motivations and physical foundations are given. Recent experimental observations for cycle fatigue damage mechanics at high temperature of metals suggest that the intrinsic microdamage process does very much depend on the strain rate effects as well as on the wave shape effects. The microdamage process has been treated as a sequence of nucleation, growth and coalescence of microcracks. The microdamage kinetics interacts with thermal and load changes to make failure of solids a highly rate, temperature and history dependent, nonlinear process. A general constitutive model of elasto-viscoplastic damaged polycrystalline solids is developed within the thermodynamic framework of the rate type covariance structure with finite set of the internal state variables. A set of the internal state variables is assumed and interpreted such that the theory developed takes account of the effects as follows: (i) plastic non-normality; (ii) plastic strain induced anisotropy (kinematic hardening); (iii) softening generated by microdamage mechanisms; (iv) thermomechanical coupling (thermal plastic softening and thermal expansion); (v) rate sensitivity. To describe suitably the time and temperature dependent effects observed experimentally and the accumulation of the plastic deformation and damage during dynamic cyclic loading process the kinetics of microdamage and the kinematic hardening law have been modified. The relaxation time is used as a regularization parameter. By assuming that the relaxation time tends to zero, the rate independent elastic-plastic response can be obtained. The viscoplastic regularization procedure assures the stable integration algorithm by using the finite difference method. Particular attention is focused on the well-posedness of the evolution problem (the initial-boundary value problem) as well as on its numerical solutions. The Lax-Richtmyer equivalence theorem is formulated and conditions under which this theory is valid are examined. Utilizing the finite difference method for regularized elasto-viscoplastic model, the numerical investigation of the three-dimensional dynamic adiabatic deformation in a particular body under cyclic loading condition is presented. Particular examples have been considered, namely, a dynamic, adiabatic and isothermal, cyclic loading processes for a thin steel plate with small rectangular hole located in the centre. Small two regions which undergo significant deformations and temperature rise have been determined. Their evolution until occurrence of final fracture has been simulated. The accumulation of damage and equivalent plastic deformation on each considered cycle has been obtained. It has been found that this accumulation distinctly depends on the wave shape of the assumed loading cycle.

The main objective of the paper is the investigation of localized fatigue fracture phenomena in thermo-viscoplastic flow processes under cyclic dynamic loadings. A general constitutive model of elasto-viscoplastic damaged polycrystalline solids is developed within the thermodynamic framework of the rate type covariance structure with finite set of the internal state variables. To describe suitably the time and temperature dependent effects observed experimentally and the accumulation of the plastic deformation and damage during dynamic cyclic loading process the kinetics of microdamage and the kinematic hardening law have been used in modified forms. The relaxation time is used as a regularization parameter. By assuming that the relaxation time tends to zero, the rate independent elastic-plastic response can be obtained. Fracture criterion based on the evolution of microdamage is formulated. Particular example has been considered, namely a dynamic adiabatic cyclic loading process for a thin plate with sharp notch. To the upper edge of the plate is applied cyclic constraint realized by rigid rotation of the edge of the plate while the lower edge is supported rigidly. Small localized region, distributed asymmetrically near the tip of the notch, which undergoes significant deformation and temperature rise has been determined. Its evolution until occurrence of fatigue fracture has been simulated. The propagation of the macroscopic fatigue damage crack within the material of the plate is investigated. It has been found that the length of the macroscopic fatigue damage crack distinctly depends on the wave shape of the assumed loading cycle.