scholarly journals Study on Relaxation Damage Properties of High Viscosity Asphalt Sand under Uniaxial Compression

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yazhen Sun ◽  
Zhangyi Gu ◽  
Jinchang Wang ◽  
Chenze Fang ◽  
Xuezhong Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Uniaxial Compression ◽  
Viscoelastic Model ◽  
Relaxation Modulus ◽  
Maxwell Model ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Secondary Development ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Crack Control ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Damage Process

Laboratory investigations of relaxation damage properties of high viscosity asphalt sand (HVAS) by uniaxial compression tests and modified generalized Maxwell model (GMM) to simulate viscoelastic characteristics coupling damage were carried out. A series of uniaxial compression relaxation tests were performed on HVAS specimens at different temperatures, loading rates, and constant levels of input strain. The results of the tests show that the peak point of relaxation modulus is highly influenced by the loading rate in the first half of an L-shaped curve, while the relaxation modulus is almost constant in the second half of the curve. It is suggested that for the HVAS relaxation tests, the temperature should be no less than −15°C. The GMM is used to determine the viscoelastic responses, the Weibull distribution function is used to characterize the damage of the HVAS and its evolution, and the modified GMM is a coupling of the two models. In this paper, the modified GMM is implemented through a secondary development with the USDFLD subroutine to analyze the relaxation damage process and improve the linear viscoelastic model in ABAQUS. Results show that the numerical method of coupling damage provides a better approximation of the test curve over almost the whole range. The results also show that the USDFLD subroutine can effectively predict the relaxation damage process of HVAS and can provide a theoretical support for crack control of asphalt pavements.

Texture Changes during Uniaxial Compression of Mg-3Al-1Zn

2004 ◽  
Vol 467-470 ◽  
pp. 429-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Backx ◽  
Matthew R. Barnett ◽  
Leo Kestens
Keyword(s):  
Uniaxial Compression ◽  
Annealing Treatment ◽  
Processing Parameters ◽  
Mechanical Anisotropy ◽  
Uniaxial Compression Test ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Texture Change ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Axis Compression ◽  
Different Strains

The mechanical anisotropy of wrought Mg alloys is very high. For example the yield stress of extruded Mg-3Al-1Zn tested in tension can be as high as twice that obtained in compression [1]. To solve the problems this creates for product design it is necessary to understand the sensitivity of texture to processing parameters. Uniaxial compression tests at different temperatures were performed on cylindrical samples of an extruded Mg-3Al-1Zn bar. The texture during this deformation changes from a situation where all crystal c-axes are nearly perpendicular to the sample axis to one where the c-axes are all nearly parallel to this axis. Compression was stopped at different strains to examine the rate of this texture change. Textures were examined using EBSD measurements. It was found that different mechanisms operate depending on the temperature of deformation and that a variety of textures can be created. Also it was seen that an annealing treatment performed after compression has an influence on the texture. Afterwards the samples were subjected to another uniaxial compression test to examine the influence of texture on room temperature properties.

scholarly journals Performance evaluation and viscoelastic model establishment of recycled hot mix asphalt

2020 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 04054
Author(s):  
Yanhai Yang ◽  
Xitai Yan ◽  
Ye Yang ◽  
Hong Cui
Keyword(s):  
Hot Mix Asphalt ◽  
Viscoelastic Model ◽  
Maxwell Model ◽  
High Temperature Deformation ◽  
Temperature Deformation ◽  
Recycled Asphalt ◽  
The Road ◽  
Splitting Test ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Dynamic Modulus Test

In this paper, the pavement performance of recycled hot mix asphalt with 30% recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) content is studied by mix design, splitting test, freeze-thaw splitting test and dynamic modulus test. The results show that the recycled hot mix asphalt with 30% RAP content has better high-temperature deformation resistance than hot mix asphalt, but low temperature performance is slightly worse, and the water stability is not much different. It is proved that the road performance of recycled hot mix asphalt with 30% RAP content is the same as that of hot mix asphalt. Recycled hot mix asphalt with 30% RAP content can be widely used. The flexural creep test data at different temperatures were fitted to the exponential decay function, which proved that the recycled hot mix asphalt conformed to the generalized Maxwell model, and provided parameters for the establishment and analysis of the viscoelastic mechanical model of the recycled hot mix asphalt.

CHARACTERIZATION OF RECYCLED RUBBER USING PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES

2015 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Uriarte ◽  
E. Zulueta ◽  
T. Guraya ◽  
M. Arsuaga ◽  
I. Garitaonandia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Particle Swarm Optimization ◽  
Viscoelastic Model ◽  
Particle Swarm ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Maxwell Model ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Swarm Optimization ◽  
Recycled Rubber

ABSTRACT A material based on recycled rubber has been developed to use as a protective coating on road barriers with the aim of improving motorcyclists' security against crash impacts. This material is based on grounded rubber from used tires added by extrusion using low-density polyethylene as adhesive. Compression tests have been performed for different densities of the recycled material to fully describe the mechanical characteristics under high strain rates (in the rank 0.057–5.7 s−1), and a constitutive model composed of a hyperelastic Mooney Rivlin part and a viscoelastic part based on the generalized Maxwell model has been taken to characterize this behavior. Hyperelastic parameters have been obtained by means of the least-squares fitting technique, and particle swarm optimization (PSO) has been used to obtain viscoelastic parameters. The PSO algorithm is shown to be a good optimization method, simple, versatile, and consisting of few parameters that accelerate to the optimal solution. Therefore, this article presents a new and efficient approach to obtaining the parameters for the viscoelastic model. The behavior of the experimental material confirms the theoretically obtained results, so the procedure presented in the article is validated successfully.

EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDY ON FREEZE-THAWING DAMAGE PROPAGATION OF SATURATED ROCKS

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (09n11) ◽  
pp. 1853-1858 ◽  
Author(s):  
QUANSHENG LIU ◽  
GUANGMIAO XU ◽  
XIAOYAN LIU
Keyword(s):  
Uniaxial Compression ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Freezing And Thawing ◽  
Uniaxial Compression Strength ◽  
Red Sandstone ◽  
Damage Propagation ◽  
Freeze Thaw ◽  
Thaw Cycle ◽  
Damage Process

The freezing and thawing cycles tests were conducted on red sandstone and shale. In this paper, freezing-thawing damage propagation processes are analyzed, and two deterioration modes, i.e. scaling mode for red sandstone and fracturing mode for shale, are suggested. The uniaxial compression tests are also conducted on the two types of rock subjected to different freeze-thaw cycles at room temperature. It is shown that the uniaxial compression strength and the elastic modulus of rocks at low-temperature depended on the number of freeze-thaw cycles. The mechanism and influence factors of rock deterioration due to freeze-thaw are analyzed, and the damage process of rock should be divided into two coupled parts: rocks damage due to freeze-thaw cycle as well as the damage propagation caused by stress erosion. The damage evolvement equations for the two rocks are established, and the constitutive equations for the two types of rock subjected to freeze-thaw are deduced, accordingly. It is approved that the constitutive model considering the freeze-thaw damage is credible and can be used for the following theory analysis.

Effect Of Elevated Temperatures On Complete Concrete Deformation Diagrams

2019 ◽  
pp. 9-14
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Elastic Modulus ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Peak Load ◽  
Relative Deformation ◽  
Deformation Characteristics ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Strain Behavior ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Deformation Diagrams

The analysis of the previous results of the study on concrete stress-strain behavior at elevated temperatures has been carried out. Based on the analysis, the main reasons for strength retrogression and elastic modulus reduction of concrete have been identified. Despite a significant amount of research in this area, there is a large spread in experimental data received, both as a result of compression and tension. In addition, the deformation characteristics of concrete are insufficiently studied: the coefficient of transverse deformation, the limiting relative compression deformation corresponding to the peak load and the almost complete absence of studies of complete deformation diagrams at elevated temperatures. The two testing chambers provided creating the necessary temperature conditions for conducting studies under bending compression and tension have been developed. On the basis of the obtained experimental data of physical and mechanical characteristics of concrete at different temperatures under conditions of axial compression and tensile bending, conclusions about the nature of changes in strength and deformation characteristics have been drawn. Compression tests conducted following the method of concrete deformation complete curves provided obtaining diagrams not only at normal temperature, but also at elevated temperature. Based on the experimental results, dependences of changes in prism strength and elastic modulus as well as an equation for determining the relative deformation and stresses at elevated temperatures at all stages of concrete deterioration have been suggested.

scholarly journals Investigation of Microcrack Propagation and Energy Evolution in Brittle Rocks Based on the Voronoi Model

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2108
Author(s):  
Guanlin Liu ◽  
Youliang Chen ◽  
Xi Du ◽  
Peng Xiao ◽  
Shaoming Liao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Uniaxial Compression ◽  
Damage Evolution ◽  
Rock Sample ◽  
Rock Fracture ◽  
Damage Threshold ◽  
Crack Development ◽  
Energy Evolution ◽  
Shear Cracks ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Microcrack Propagation

The cracking of rock mass under compression is the main factor causing structural failure. Therefore, it is very crucial to establish a rock damage evolution model to investigate the crack development process and reveal the failure and instability mechanism of rock under load. In this study, four different strength types of rock samples from hard to weak were selected, and the Voronoi method was used to perform and analyze uniaxial compression tests and the fracture process. The change characteristics of the number, angle, and length of cracks in the process of rock failure and instability were obtained. Three laws of crack development, damage evolution, and energy evolution were analyzed. The main conclusions are as follows. (1) The rock’s initial damage is mainly caused by tensile cracks, and the rapid growth of shear cracks after exceeding the damage threshold indicates that the rock is about to be a failure. The development of micro-cracks is mainly concentrated on the diagonal of the rock sample and gradually expands to the middle along the two ends of the diagonal. (2) The identification point of failure precursor information in Acoustic Emission (AE) can effectively provide a safety warning for the development of rock fracture. (3) The uniaxial compression damage constitutive equation of the rock sample with the crack length as the parameter is established, which can better reflect the damage evolution characteristics of the rock sample. (4) Tensile crack requires low energy consumption and energy dispersion is not concentrated. The damage is not apparent. Shear cracks are concentrated and consume a large amount of energy, resulting in strong damage and making it easy to form macro-cracks.

Identification of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Models of Flexible Polyurethane Foam From Uniaxial Compression Data

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousof Azizi ◽  
Patricia Davies ◽  
Anil K. Bajaj
Keyword(s):  
Uniaxial Compression ◽  
Viscoelastic Model ◽  
Viscoelastic Behavior ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Viscoelastic Models ◽  
Nonlinear Viscoelastic ◽  
Compression Data ◽  
Computationally Intensive ◽  
Nonlinear Viscoelastic Model ◽  
Flexible Polyurethane

Flexible polyethylene foam is used in many engineering applications. It exhibits nonlinear and viscoelastic behavior which makes it difficult to model. To date, several models have been developed to characterize the complex behavior of foams. These attempts include the computationally intensive microstructural models to continuum models that capture the macroscale behavior of the foam materials. In this research, a nonlinear viscoelastic model, which is an extension to previously developed models, is proposed and its ability to capture foam response in uniaxial compression is investigated. It is hypothesized that total stress can be decomposed into the sum of a nonlinear elastic component, modeled by a higher-order polynomial, and a nonlinear hereditary type viscoelastic component. System identification procedures were developed to estimate the model parameters using uniaxial cyclic compression data from experiments conducted at six different rates. The estimated model parameters for individual tests were used to develop a model with parameters that are a function of strain rates. The parameter estimation technique was modified to also develop a comprehensive model which captures the uniaxial behavior of all six tests. The performance of this model was compared to that of other nonlinear viscoelastic models.

scholarly journals Quantitative 3D imaging of partially saturated granular materials under uniaxial compression

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius Milatz ◽  
Nicole Hüsener ◽  
Edward Andò ◽  
Gioacchino Viggiani ◽  
Jürgen Grabe
Keyword(s):  
Granular Materials ◽  
Uniaxial Compression ◽  
Water Clusters ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Mechanical Effect ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Initial Water ◽  
Interfacial Areas ◽  
Membrane Effects

AbstractGauging the mechanical effect of partial saturation in granular materials is experimentally challenging due to the very low suctions resulting from large pores. To this end, a uniaxial (zero radial stress) compression test may be preferable to a triaxial one where confining pressure and membrane effects may erase the contribution of this small suction; however, volume changes are challenging to measure. This work resolves this limitation by using X-ray imaging during in situ uniaxial compression tests on Hamburg Sand and glass beads at three different initial water contents, allowing a suction-dependent dilation to be brought to the light. The acquired tomography volumes also allow the development of air–water and solid–water interfacial areas, water clusters and local strain fields to be measured at the grain scale. These measurements are used to characterise pertinent micro-scale quantities during shearing and to relate them to the measured macroscopic response. The new and well-controlled data acquired during this experimental campaign are hopefully a useful contribution to the modelling efforts—to this end they are shared with the community.

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