Evolution of dynamic shear strength of frictional interfaces during rapid normal stress variations

Pressure shear plate impact tests have revealed that when normal stress changes rapidly enough, the frictional shear resistance is no longer proportional to the normal stress but rather evolves with slip gradually. Motivated by these findings, we focus on characterizing the dynamic shear strength of frictional interfaces subject to rapid variations in normal stress. To study this problem, we use laboratory experiments featuring dynamic shear cracks interacting with a free surface and resulting in pronounced and rapid normal stress variations. As dynamic cracks tend to propagate close to the wave speeds of the material, capturing their behavior poses the metrological challenge of resolving displacements on the order of microns over timescales microseconds. Here we present our novel approach to quantify the full-field behavior of dynamic shear ruptures and the evolution of friction during sudden variations in normal stress, based on ultrahighspeed photography (at 1-2 million frames/sec) combined with digital image correlation. Our measurements allow us to capture the evolution of dynamic shear cracks during these short transients and enable us to decode the nature of dynamic friction.

On the dynamic and quasi-static shear strength of SLM AlSi10Mg

Additive manufacturing by selective laser melting (AM-SLM) is an advanced manufacturing approach in which a structure is fabricated by successive thin powder layers melted by a focused laser beam. The aerospace and automotive sectors are especially interested in the AMSLM technology that enables quick production of complex and customized structures. AlSi10Mg alloy has been found to be applicable to AM-SLM mainly because good cast-ability, strong weldability and low shrinkage during solidification. While many studies on the quasi-static mechanical properties and the structure of SLM AlSi10Mg were published, there is limited published research focused on the dynamic properties of SLM AlSi10Mg under high rate strains. In addition to that, the shear strength of SLM aluminium alloys is rarely investigated. This study presents an investigation of the AM-SLM AlSi10Mg static and dynamic shear strength and its dependency on build direction. Experiments included quasi-static shear experiments performed according to the protocol of ASTM B565, and dynamic shear tests performed using a split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB), coupled to innovative punch assembly that generates pure dynamic shear loads on the sample. The design of this sample holder has been validated numerically and an experimentally. The quasi-static experiments revealed that the static shear strength is independent of build direction. In contrast, the dynamic tests demonstrated that the dynamic shear strength of vertically built samples is higher by almost 11% than the shear strength of samples built horizontally. This last phenomenon explained with a suggested mechanism based onelectron microscope fractography.

Dynamic Shear Strength of Rock Joints and Its Influence on Key Blocks

Shear strength deterioration of rock joints and its induced instability of key blocks subjected to dynamic disturbance constitute the mechanism of many geological disasters such as rockburst, landslide, and rockfall. In this study, the influence of dynamic disturbance on rock joints was quantified in the form of stress, of which model was established by quasistatic method. The dynamic shear strength of rock joints was analyzed theoretically following the Coulomb-Navier criterion and further investigated experimentally by split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) tests with impact velocities of 4.850 m/s, 8.722 m/s, 12.784 m/s, and 16.935 m/s. The effect of engineering disturbance on shear strength of rock joints was measured, and a degradation coefficient was used to describe it quantitatively. Considering the degradation of dynamic shear strength of rock joints and its influence on block stability, the method for determining key blocks under dynamic disturbance was given. Implementing this method into the program of Geotechnical Structure and Model Analysis-3D (GeoSMA-3D) developed by the authors’ team, the visualization of key blocks was achieved. From theoretical analysis and experimental investigation, it was figured out that the shear strength of rock joints is degraded under dynamic disturbance. The degradation of friction angle becomes more sensitive than that of cohesion. Additionally, numerical results show that the number of key blocks was increased with the increasing impact velocities.