scholarly journals Numerical Simulation to Select Proper Strain Rates during CRS Consolidation Test

Author(s):  
Abderrahmane Henniche ◽  
Smain Belkacemi

Constant rate of strain (CRS) and incremental loading (IL) consolidation tests are extensively used to measure consolidation properties of clayey soils. However, results of CRS test are usually strain rate dependent. In this study, a finite differences simulation of CRS test based on Terzaghi’s theory of consolidation is performed. The numerical simulation permits to evaluate a strain rates range satisfying a preset relative pressure criterion. Results of simulation show that the required relative pressure criterion can be verified, during the steady state stage of CRS test, only for particular types of soils and particular range of strain rates. Subsequently, a simple method is proposed to select, for a soil sample defined by its initial height, initial void ratio and liquid limit, an appropriate strain rates range satisfying the ASTM 4186-06 criterion. Comparison of previsions and experimental results reported in literature shows good agreement.

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Tolga Ozer ◽  
Evert C. Lawton ◽  
Steven F. Bartlett

The development of a new semiempirical method to predict the proper strain rate for constant rate-of-strain (CRS) consolidation tests is described herein. The validity of the proposed method is analyzed using experimental results from CRS and incremental loading tests on four types of soil: Lake Bonneville clay, Massena clay, kaolinite, and montmorillonite. It is found that the maximum allowable strain rate depends on the initial void ratio of the soil and thus is related to the compressibility of the soil. The effect of the strain rate on the distribution of the pore pressure within the sample is investigated by comparing values of effective vertical stress calculated using a linear equation published by Wissa et al. in 1971 with values of effective stress at the base of the specimen determined from measured values of pore pressure. Overall, the proposed method predicts the maximum allowable strain rate very well for three of the four soils and moderately well for the other soil.


2011 ◽  
Vol 473 ◽  
pp. 624-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serkan Toros ◽  
Fahrettin Ozturk ◽  
M. Kaya

In the present study, a softening model proposed for warm forming behavior of Al-Mg alloys is applied to AZ31 alloy in order to determine the applicability of the model to magnesium alloys AZ31 alloy is tested at several temperatures (room temperature to 300 oC) and strain rates (0.0083-0.17 s-1). The results indicate that the model shows good agreement with experimental flow curves for different temperatures and strain rates for AZ31 alloy.


2008 ◽  
Vol 1130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Luc Bouvard ◽  
Hayley Brown ◽  
Esteban Marin ◽  
Paul Wang ◽  
Mark Horstemeyer

AbstractThe work presents some results of an ongoing research program aimed at building a material database and material models for specific types of polymers. Results for three thermoplastics are the focus of the present article: polycarbonate, polypropylene, and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene. Uniaxial compression / tension tests at room temperature and different strain rates have been performed to characterize their mechanical response. A rate-dependent material model has been developed and implemented in a finite element code to predict such mechanical behavior. The model predictions have shown good agreement with the tests results.


2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Liu ◽  
M. P. F. Sutcliffe ◽  
W. R. Graham

Abstract In an effort to understand the dynamic hub forces on road vehicles, an advanced free-rolling tire-model is being developed in which the tread blocks and tire belt are modeled separately. This paper presents the interim results for the tread block modeling. The finite element code ABAQUS/Explicit is used to predict the contact forces on the tread blocks based on a linear viscoelastic material model. Special attention is paid to investigating the forces on the tread blocks during the impact and release motions. A pressure and slip-rate-dependent frictional law is applied in the analysis. A simplified numerical model is also proposed where the tread blocks are discretized into linear viscoelastic spring elements. The results from both models are validated via experiments in a high-speed rolling test rig and found to be in good agreement.


2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 201-207
Author(s):  
H. Nagaoka ◽  
T. Nakano ◽  
D. Akimoto

The objective of this research is to investigate mass transfer mechanism in biofilms under oscillatory flow conditions. Numerical simulation of turbulence near a biofilm was conducted using the low Reynold’s number k-ɛ turbulence model. Substrate transfer in biofilms under oscillatory flow conditions was assumed to be carried out by turbulent diffusion caused by fluid movement and substrate concentration profile in biofilm was calculated. An experiment was carried out to measure velocity profile near a biofilm under oscillatory flow conditions and the influence of the turbulence on substrate uptake rate by the biofilm was also measured. Measured turbulence was in good agreement with the calculated one and the influence of the turbulence on the substrate uptake rate was well explained by the simulation.


1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 263-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Otsubo ◽  
K. Muraoka

The dispersion and resuspension of sediments in Takahamairi Bay basin of Lake Kasumigaura were studied by means of field research and numerical simulation. The field data on wind direction and velocity, lake current, water wave, and turbidity were shown. Based on these results, we discuss how precipitated sediments were resuspended in this shallow lake. To predict the turbidity and the depth of bed erosion, a simulation model was established for this lake. The calculated turbidity showed good agreement with the field data. According to the simulated results, the turbidity reaches 200 ppm, and the bed is eroded several millimeters deep when the wind velocity exceeds 12 m/s in the lake.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 704
Author(s):  
Zahraa Kansoun ◽  
Hicham Chaouki ◽  
Donald Picard ◽  
Julien Lauzon-Gauthier ◽  
Houshang Alamdari ◽  
...  

Carbon-like materials such as the anode and the ramming paste play a crucial role in the efficiency of the Hall–Héroult process. The mechanical behavior of these materials during forming processes is complex and still ill-understood. This work aimed to investigate experimentally the mechanical behavior of a carbon paste used in the aluminum industry under different loading conditions. For this purpose, experiments consisting of (1) relaxation tests at different compaction levels, (2) quasi-static cyclic tests at several amplitudes, (3) monotonic compaction tests at varied strain rates, and (4) vibrocompaction tests at different frequencies were carried out. The obtained results highlight some fundamental aspects of the carbon paste behavior such as the strain rate’s effect on the paste compressibility, the hardening-softening behavior under cyclic loadings, the effect of cycling amplitude on the stress state and the paste densification, and the frequency effect on the vibrocompaction process. These results pave the way for the development of reliable rheological models for the modeling and the numerical simulation of carbon pastes forming processes.


Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 268
Author(s):  
Olga V. Soloveva ◽  
Sergei A. Solovev ◽  
Ruzil R. Yafizov

In this work, a study was carried out to compare the filtering and hydrodynamic properties of granular filters with solid spherical granules and spherical granules with modifications in the form of micropores. We used the discrete element method (DEM) to construct the geometry of the filters. Models of granular filters with spherical granules with diameters of 3, 4, and 5 mm, and with porosity values of 0.439, 0.466, and 0.477, respectively, were created. The results of the numerical simulation are in good agreement with the experimental data of other authors. We created models of granular filters containing micropores with different porosity values (0.158–0.366) in order to study the micropores’ effect on the aerosol motion. The study showed that micropores contribute to a decrease in hydrodynamic resistance and an increase in particle deposition efficiency. There is also a maximum limiting value of the granule microporosity for a given aerosol particle diameter when a further increase in microporosity leads to a decrease in the deposition efficiency.


2012 ◽  
Vol 229-231 ◽  
pp. 55-58
Author(s):  
Jun Fan

To obtain the know-how of the deficiency for the filling capability, taking Ti75 alloy as the research object, at the same height of reducing, strain rates during forming as the control objective, the finite element numerical simulation method was used to simulate the hot compression with DEFORM-3D, analyzing the effect of the strain rates on the distribution of strain and stress.


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