Dynamic Damage in Certain Monolithic Ceramic Materials

1991 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 639-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Giannakopoulos

In the present work, the propagation of elasto-damage longitudinal stress waves in thin rods is investigated. The material behavior is characteristic to that of certain monolithic ceramics. The damage constitutive relation that characterizes this type of materials gives rise to certain dynamic behavior which is somewhat different from dynamic plastic behavior. Plastic and damage dynamic response are compared through an example.

Author(s):  
Dalong Li ◽  
Mariusz Ziejewski ◽  
Ghodrat Karami

Crash analysis and head injury biomechanics are very important fields in biomedical research due to the devastating consequences of traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Complex geometry and constitutive models of multiple materials can be combined with the loading conditions in finite element head model to study the dynamic behavior of brain and the TBI. In such a modeling, the proper regional material properties of brain tissues are important. Brain tissues material properties have not been finally determined by experiments, and large variations in the test data still exist and the data is very much situation-dependent. Therefore, parametric analysis should be performed to study the relationship between the material properties and the brain response. The main purpose of presenting this paper is to identify the influence of material constitutive properties on brain impact response, to search for an improved material model and to arrive at a better correlation between the finite element model and the cadaver tests data. In this paper a 3-D nonlinear finite element method will be used to study the dynamic response of the human head under dynamic loading. The finite element formulation includes detailed model of the skull, brain, cerebral-spinal fluid (CSF), dura mater, pia mater, falx and tentorium membranes. The brain is modeled as linear viscoelastic material, whereas linear elastic material behavior is assumed for all the other tissue components. The proper contact and compatibility conditions between different components have been implemented in the modeling procedure. The results for the direct frontal impacts will be shown for three groups of material parameters. The parametrical analysis of tissue material models allows to examines the accuracy of three different set of material parameters for brain in a comparison with the prediction of the head dynamic response of Nahum's human cadaver direct impact experiment. Three sets of suggested material parameters are examined. It is concluded that although all three groups of material models will follow the dynamic behavior of the head and brain behavior, but the parametric data considered in this paper have a closer resemblance to the experimental behavior.


Author(s):  
Farid Abed ◽  
Tomasz Jankowiak ◽  
Alexis Rusinek

This paper presents a methodology to define and verify the dynamic behavior of materials based on Taylor's test. A brass alloy with a microstructure composed mainly of two pure metals that have two different crystal structures, copper (face-centered cubic (fcc)) and zinc (hexagonal closed-packed (hcp)), is used in this study. A combined approach of different principal mechanisms controlled by the emergence and evolution of mobile dislocations as well as the long-range intersections between forest dislocations is, therefore, adopted to develop accurate definition for its flow stress. The constitutive relation is verified against experimental results conducted at low and high strain rates and temperatures using compression screw machine and split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB), respectively. The present model predicted results that compare well with experiments and was capable of simulating the low strain rate sensitivity that was observed during the several static and dynamic tests. The verified constitutive relations are further integrated and implemented in a commercial finite element (FE) code for three-dimensional (3D) Taylor's test simulations. A Taylor's test enables the definition of only one point on the stress–strain curve for a given strain rate using the initial and final geometry of the specimen after impact into a rigid surface. Thus, it is necessary to perform several tests with different geometries to define the complete material behavior under dynamic loadings. The advantage of using strain rate independent brass in this study is the possibility to rebuild the complete process of strain hardening during Taylor's tests by using the same specimen geometry. Experimental results using the Taylor test technique at a range of velocity impacts between 70 m/s and 200 m/s are utilized in this study to validate the constitutive model of predicting the dynamic behavior of brass at extreme conditions.


Author(s):  
Shijing Wu ◽  
Haibo Zhang ◽  
Xiaosun Wang ◽  
Zeming Peng ◽  
Kangkang Yang ◽  
...  

Backlash is a key internal excitation on the dynamic response of planetary gear transmission. After the gear transmission running for a long time under load torque, due to tooth wear accumulation, the backlash between the tooth surface of two mating gears increases, which results in a larger and irregular backlash. However, the increasing backlash generated by tooth accumulated wear is generally neglected in lots of dynamics analysis for epicyclic gear trains. In order to investigate the impact of backlash generated by tooth accumulated wear on dynamic behavior of compound planetary gear set, in this work, first a static tooth surface wear prediction model is incorporated with a dynamic iteration methodology to get the increasing backlash generated by tooth accumulated wear for one pair of mating teeth under the condition that contact ratio equals to one. Then in order to introduce the tooth accumulated wear into dynamic model of compound planetary gear set, the backlash excitation generated by tooth accumulated wear for each meshing pair in compound planetary gear set is given under the condition that contact ratio equals to one and does not equal to one. Last, in order to investigate the impact of the increasing backlash generated by tooth accumulated wear on dynamic response of compound planetary gear set, a nonlinear lumped-parameter dynamic model of compound planetary gear set is employed to describe the dynamic relationships of gear transmission under the internal excitations generated by worn profile, meshing stiffness, transmission error, and backlash. The results indicate that the introduction of the increasing backlash generated by tooth accumulated wear makes a significant influence on the bifurcation and chaotic characteristics, dynamic response in time domain, and load sharing behavior of compound planetary gear set.


2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
pp. 1350010 ◽  
Author(s):  
IOANNIS G. RAFTOYIANNIS ◽  
GEORGE T. MICHALTSOS

Telescopic cranes are usually steel beam systems carrying a load at the tip while comprising at least one constant and one moving part. In this work, an analytical model suitable for the dynamic analysis of telescopic cranes boom is presented. The system considered herein is composed — without losing generality — of two beams. The first one is a jut-out beam on which a variable in time force is moving with constant velocity and the second one is a cantilever with length varying in time that is subjected to its self-weight and a force at the tip also changing with time. As a result, the eigenfrequencies and modal shapes of the second beam are also varying in time. The theoretical formulation is based on a continuum approach employing the modal superposition technique. Various cases of telescopic cranes boom are studied and the analytical results obtained in this work are tabulated in the form of dynamic response diagrams.


2016 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 1650054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeinab Mazarei ◽  
Mohammad Zamani Nejad ◽  
Amin Hadi

An exact closed-form analytical solution is presented to solve the thermo-elasto-plastic problem of thick-walled spherical vessels made of functionally graded materials (FGMs). Assuming that the inner surface is exposed to a uniform heat flux, and that the outer surface is exposed to an airstream. The heat conduction equation for the one-dimensional problem in spherical coordinates is used to obtain temperature distribution in the sphere. Material properties are graded in the thickness direction according to a power law distribution, whereas the Poisson’s ratio is kept constant. The Poisson’s ratio due to slight variations in engineering materials is assumed constant. The plastic model is based on von Mises yield criterion and its associated flow rules under the assumption of perfectly plastic material behavior. For various values of inhomogeneity constant, the so-obtained solution is then used to study the distribution of limit heat flux, displacement and stresses versus the radial direction. Moreover, the effect of increasing the heat flux and pressure on the propagation of the plastic zone are investigated. Furthermore, the effect of change in Poisson’s ratio on the value of the critical material parameter is demonstrated. The present study is also validated by comparing the numerical results for thick elasto-plastic spherical shells available in the literature. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, in previous studies, exact thermo-elasto-plastic behavior of FGM thick-walled sphrical pressure vessels has not investigated.


1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sungsoo Na ◽  
Liviu Librescu

Abstract A study of the dynamical behavior of aircraft wings modeled as doubly-tapered thin-walled beams, made from advanced anisotropic composite materials, and incorporating a number of non-classical effects such as transverse shear, and warping inhibition is presented. The supplied numerical results illustrate the effects played by the taper ratio, anisotropy of constituent materials, transverse shear flexibility, and warping inhibition on free vibration and dynamic response to time-dependent external excitations. Although considered for aircraft wings, this analysis and results can be also applied to a large number of structures such as helicopter blades, robotic manipulator arms, space booms, tall cantilever chimneys, etc.


Author(s):  
Alexander S. Miller ◽  
Padma Sarvepalli ◽  
William Singhose

Certain heavy-lifting applications require the coordinated movement of multiple cranes. Such tasks dramatically increase the complexity of crane operation, especially when the payload has a non-uniform shape. This paper studies the dynamic behavior of a dual-hoist bridge crane moving triangular payloads. Simulations and experiments are used to develop an understanding of the dynamic response of the system. Various inputs and system configurations are analyzed, and important response characteristics are highlighted.


Author(s):  
Ehsan Maleki ◽  
William Singhose ◽  
Jeffrey Hawke ◽  
Joshua Vaughan

Cranes are used in manufacturing facilities, throughout nuclear sites, and in many other applications for various heavy-lifting purposes. Unfortunately, the flexible nature of cranes makes fast and precise motion of the payload challenging and dangerous. Certain applications require the coordinated movement of multiple cranes. Such tasks dramatically increase the complexity of the crane operation. This paper studies the dynamic behavior of a dual-hoist bridge crane. Simulations and experiments are used to develop an understanding of the dynamic response of the system. Various inputs and system configurations are analyzed and important response characteristics are highlighted.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinh Kien Nguyen ◽  
An Ninh Thi Vu ◽  
Ngoc Anh Thi Le ◽  
Vu Nam Pham

A bidirectional functionally graded Sandwich (BFGSW) beam model made from three distinct materials is proposed and its dynamic behavior due to nonuniform motion of a moving point load is investigated for the first time. The beam consists of three layers, a homogeneous core, and two functionally graded face sheets with material properties varying in both the thickness and longitudinal directions by power gradation laws. Based on the first-order shear deformation beam theory, a finite beam element is derived and employed in computing dynamic response of the beam. The element which used the shear correction factor is simple with the stiffness and mass matrices evaluated analytically. The numerical result reveals that the material distribution plays an important role in the dynamic response of the beam, and the beam can be designed to meet the desired dynamic magnification factor by appropriately choosing the material grading indexes. A parametric study is carried out to highlight the effects of the material distribution, the beam layer thickness and aspect ratios, and the moving load speed on the dynamic characteristics. The influence of acceleration and deceleration of the moving load on the dynamic behavior of the beam is also examined and highlighted.


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