On the Methodology of Numerical Etching

1999 ◽  
Vol 563 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. H. Wang ◽  
K. Shyu ◽  
C.-T. Chang ◽  
D. W. Zheng ◽  
Weijia Wen

AbstractA methodology to study the stress distribution of a patterned thin film residing on a silicon wafer was developed. Si underlying the pattern was thinned down through etching so that the deformation caused by residual stress in the microstructure could be detected by a Twyman- Green interferometer. A procedure called "numerical etching" was implemented to simulate the etching process, which linked the stress state of the microstructure on a regular wafer to that on a Si diaphragm. An initial stress field on the pattern was assumed, and its effect on the deformation of the Si diaphragm beneath was calculated and compared with experimental results. The discrepancy between them was used to modify the initially assumed stress field and repeated until a satisfactory match was achieved. The stress field from numerical analysis accurately predicts the actual stress distribution in and around the patterned structure under investigation. The stress distribution in a Ti pad on a Si3N4/ SiO2/Si composite diaphragm is used as an example.

Author(s):  
H.-B. Liu ◽  
Y.-P. Li ◽  
Y.-Q. Wang ◽  
X.-J. Sheng

To characterize the residual stress distribution is very crucial for workpiece fatigue lifetime and structural integrity assessment. An energy-based residual stress field reconstruction approach using limited measurements is proposed. Firstly, the Ferguson spline interpolation technique is employed as the stress interpolation base of the 2-order stress tensor. Then, an initial stress field can be reconstructed using the overall boundary conditions by minimizing strain energy. Further, the stress distribution is modified according to strain compatibility equation. At last, a typical stress unit from the artificial stress field constructed by FEM, was picked up as an input set to verify the validation of the developed model and algorithm numerically. It was demonstrated that the energy-based scheme was efficient and reliable to reconstruct the residual stress field from limited measurements.


2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 816-824
Author(s):  
Feng Qian ◽  
Haiming Zhang

ABSTRACT Using the boundary integral equation method with the slip-weakening friction law, we investigate the effects of the initial stress field and the critical slip-weakening distance on the rupture selectivity on the 3D buried branched faults. The numerical results show that after reaching the bifurcation line between the main fault and the branched faults, rupture continues to propagate on one or both bifurcation planes (BPs), with rupture on one plane more favorable than the other. The initial stress distribution plays a decisive role in the selection of the favorable BP (FBP), and there is a critical status of stress distribution, around which rupture propagates on both planes, whereas the FBP switches between the two. For a given fault geometry, the critical status of initial stress, which is described by a ratio Fp between normal stresses, is related to the critical slip-weakening distance Dc.


2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 3223-3228
Author(s):  
Zhong Fu Wang ◽  
Han Dong Liu ◽  
Tong Jiang ◽  
Si Wei Wan

Based on geological condition of underground factory building in Hohhot pumped storage power station, research and analysis are taken for the fundamental element which affect initial stress field, 3D finite element model of underground factory building is build for the analysis. Beigin with regrssion analysis, adopt linear elasticity caculation of finite element method to take linear regression analysis, and obtain range of optimized parameters. Adopt homogeneous design to definite various assemblies of optimized parameters at different levels. Obtain training sample by elasto plastic caculation of finite element, train for RBF model in oder to get inverse model of ground stress field. The calculation result shown that: RBF model overcome the disadvantages such as slow calculating speed and overfitting of BP model, and it could obtain distrubution rule of initial stress filed by inverse analysis in a reasonable way.


Author(s):  
Carsten Ohms ◽  
Robert C. Wimpory ◽  
Dimitar Neov ◽  
Didier Lawrjaniec ◽  
Anastasius G. Youtsos

The European collaborative research project ENPOWER (Management of Nuclear Plant Operation by Optimizing Weld Repairs) has as one of its main objectives the development of guidelines for the application of repair welds to safety critical components in nuclear power plants. In this context letter box repair welds applied to thin ferritic steel plates to simulate repair of postulated shallow cracks have been manufactured for the purpose of experimental and numerical analysis of welding residual stresses. Two specimens have been procured, one of them prepared in accordance with a standard welding procedure, while in the second case a different procedure was followed in order to obtain extended martensite formation in the heat affected zone. Residual stresses have been determined in both specimens by neutron diffraction at the High Flux Reactor of the Joint Research Centre in Petten, The Netherlands. In parallel Institut de Soudure in France has performed a full 3-d analysis of the residual stress field for the standard welding case taking into account the materials and phase transformations. The experimental data obtained for both specimens clearly suggest that the non-conventional welding procedure rendered higher maximum stress values. In the case of the standard welding procedure numerical and experimental data show a reasonable qualitative agreement. The maximum stress value was in both cases found in the same region of the material — in the base metal just underneath the weld pool — and in both cases found to be of similar magnitude (∼800 MPa found in neutron diffraction and ∼700 MPa found in numerical analysis). In this paper the experimental and numerical approaches are outlined and the obtained results are presented. In addition an outlook is given to future work to be performed on this part of the ENPOWER project. A main issue pending is the application of an optimized advanced post weld heat treatment in one of the two cases and the subsequent numerical and experimental determination of its impact on the residual stress field. At the same time further evaluation of the materials transformations due to welding is pursued.


2013 ◽  
Vol 853 ◽  
pp. 135-142
Author(s):  
Jiang Cao ◽  
Chun Fu Li ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Xing Sun ◽  
Shu Yun Wang ◽  
...  

High strength aluminum alloys have been widely used in aviation manufacturing due to their favorable combination of intensity, stress corrosion resistance and toughness. However, the research and control of residual stress distribution in aluminum components have become a key issue to be solved during the heat treatment and subsequent processes. By means of the analysis of micro-indentation method and ANSYS finite element method, the residual stress distribution in 2A02 aluminum components after water quenching were systematically investigated, mainly considering two factors of the symmetry of structure and the variation of surface constraint. This study may give great help to the technology of relieving forgings residual stress of two alloys.The results of micro-indentation method show that the absolute value of the residual stress within the sample tends to decrease as the condition of constraint increase at the location of the same thickness; the absolute value of the surface residual stress also tends to decrease as the thickness of the sample increase with the same constraint conditions. The tested results by micro-indentation method are in consistent with the results of finite element simulation to a great extent.The results of finite element simulation are as follows: for these two aluminum alloy, the stress field distribution during the process of quenching is mainly influenced by the thickness of the samples. In general, at the initial stage of the quenching process, the stress state at the components surface are controlled by tensile stress in the direction of both thickness and width, while the residual stress within the samples is dominated by compressive stress; at the end of the quenching process, the stress field distribution just turn to the opposite. These results are in great agreement with the corresponding results of the indentation method.


2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsumasa Miyazaki ◽  
Masahito Mochizuki

The stress intensity factor estimated by the appropriate modeling of components is essential for the evaluation of crack growth behavior in stress corrosion cracking. For the appropriate modeling of a welded component with a crack, it is important to understand the effects of residual stress distribution and the geometry of the component on the stress intensity factor of the surface crack. In this study, the stress intensity factors of surface cracks under two assumed residual stress fields were calculated. As residual stress field, a bending type stress field (tension-compression) and a self-equilibrating stress field (tension-compression-tension) through the thickness were assumed, respectively. The geometries of the components were plate and piping. The assumed surface cracks for those evaluations were a long crack in the surface direction and a semi-elliptical surface crack. In addition, crack growth evaluations were conducted to clarify the effects of residual stress distribution and the geometry of the component. Here, the crack growth evaluation means simulating increments of crack depth and length using crack growth properties and stress intensity factors. The effects of residual stress distribution and component geometry on the stress intensity factor of surface cracks and the appropriate modeling of cracked components are discussed by comparing the stress intensity factors and the crack growth evaluations for surface cracks under residual stress fields.


Author(s):  
Balaji Sadasivam ◽  
Alpay Hizal ◽  
Dwayne Arola

Recent advances in abrasive waterjet (AWJ) technology have resulted in new processes for surface treatment that are capable of introducing compressive residual stresses with simultaneous changes in the surface texture. While the surface residual stress resulting from AWJ peening has been examined, the subsurface residual stress field resulting from this process has not been evaluated. In the present investigation, the subsurface residual stress distribution resulting from AWJ peening of Ti6Al4V and ASTM A228 steel were studied. Treatments were conducted with the targets subjected to an elastic prestress ranging from 0 to 75% of the substrate yield strength. The surface residual stress ranged from 680 to 1487 MPa for Ti6Al4V and 720 to 1554 MPa for ASTM A228 steel; the depth ranged from 265 to 370 μm for Ti6Al4V and 550 to 680 μm for ASTM A228 steel. Results showed that elastic prestress may be used to increase the surface residual stress in AWJ peened components by up to 100%.


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