Finite element simulation of stress intensity factors in elastic-plastic crack growth

INTRODUCTION The finite element method (FEM) has been widely employed for solving linear elastic and elas-tic-plastic fracture problems. The evaluation of stress intensity factors in 2D geometries by FEM is a tech-nique widely used for non-standard crack configura-tions. Basically, there are two groups of estimation methods, those based on field extrapolation near the crack tip (Chan et al., 1970; Shih et al., 1976) and those using the energy release when the crack propagates. However…     

Failure analysis of a kind of low power connector

A kind of low power connector used e.g. in household appliances was partly burned in routine experiment. The heat sources were four paralleled contacts constructed by springs (Sn/CuSn-alloy) in socket and a plug sheet (Ni/Steel) while mating. The contact interfaces were detected by scanning electronic microscope (SEM) and X-ray energy dispersive spectros- copy (XEDS), obvious wear tracks and various contaminants, including element Si, Al, Na, K, S, Cl, O, etc., were found. The contamination degrees on the four paralleled contacts were different, so that the ratio of average contact resistance on the four contacts was about 5:8:3:1. The maximum contact resistance on contacts of the plug sheet reached 28 ?. The main failure rea- sons were fretting and contamination between the contact interfaces. Fretting simulation showed that connection resistance of connectors was raised up, even to ohms level. When the current increased to 5 A, the socket housing was heated and decom- posed. By the thermal analysis, it was estimated that the connector would be burned under the lower current if the current was not evenly distributed on the four paralleled contacts caused by uneven contamination. Improvement methods for connector failure are also discussed.     

Finite element reliability analysis of slope stability

The method of nonlinear finite element reliability analysis （FERA） of slope stability using the technique of slip surface stress analysis （SSA） is studied. The limit state function that can consider the direction of slip surface is given, and the formulations of FERA based on incremental tangent stiffness method and modified Aitken accelerating algorithm are developed. The limited step length iteration method （LSLIM） is adopted to calculate the reliability index. The nonlinear FERA code using the SSA technique is developed and the main flow chart is illustrated. Numerical examples are used to demonstrate the efficiency and robustness of this method. It is found that the accelerating convergence algorithm proposed in this study proves to be very efficient for it can reduce the iteration number greatly, and LSLIM is also efficient for it can assure the convergence of the iteration of the reliability index.     

Neural network method for solving elastoplastic finite element problems

INTRODUCTION An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is an in-formation-processing paradigm that is inspired by the way biological nervous systems, such as the brain, process information. It is composed of a large number of highly interconnected processing elements (neu-rons) working in unison to solve specific problems. In recent years, neural network has been widely applied in the field of engineering construction as a large dimensional nonlinear dynamic system, because of its support for …     

预应力混凝土连续箱梁有限元损伤分析(英文)

为了确定预应力混凝土箱粱的极限承载能力,进行了预应力混凝土连续箱梁的破坏性试验,提出一种有限元损伤分析方法模拟箱梁结构行为.基于实体退化壳单元对箱梁进行模拟,并考虑了结构材料的非线性效应.由于预应力混凝土箱梁中通常存在大量曲线预应力钢筋,提出一种组合单元,并用该单元模拟箱梁中的预应力钢筋,该方法可使结构分析时单元数量大大降低.试验结果和理论分析对比表明:提出的方法能够有效地用于预应力混凝土连续箱梁的破坏性试验计算分析中;研究的旧桥依然存在较大的极限承载能力.     

Modeling of contact surface morphology and dust particles by using finite element method

The effect of dust particles on electric contacts and a hazardous size range of hard dust particles using a rigid model were discussed before. As further research, elastic-plastic model of finite element analysis was established in this work, which is closer to real condition. In this work, the behavior of large size and small size particles, and the influence of particles hardness were investigated. The calculating result of small-size particles presents a general hazardous size coefficient for different contact surface morphology; for large-size particles, it presents a hazardous size coefficient for complicated composition of the dust. And the effect of the dust shape is also discussed.     

Optimization design and residual thermal stress analysis of PDC functionally graded materials

INTRODUCTION Polycrystalline diamond compacts (PDC), con-sisting of a polycrystalline diamond (PCD) layer on a WC-Co substrate, and having high hardness and abrasive resistance, are used in a variety of drilling and machining applications (Farhad, 2001; Sadi and Muzaffer, 2001). However, due to differences of thermal and mechanical properties in diamond and WC-Co substrate, residual thermal stresses develop in regions near the interfaces during fabrication. The diamond coating exhib…     

Advances in research of stress-assisted corrosion fatigue problem

Ceramic materials are notable for their rigidity, insulation and resistance to hostile environment, Nevertheless, if a stressed ceramic component is exposed to chemical attack, it may suffer from a form of delayed fracture known as static fatigue. From the point of view of a designer, it is clearly desirable to determine the behavior of sub-critical crack growth; the crack path and crack growth rate, as a function of material properties and loading conditions are of particular interest. This paper presents a review of advances in stress assisted corrosion problem in history and its corresponding numerical approaches in the last decades, and finally, comes uo with consideration and crucial suggestions for future work.     

Review:Advances in research of stress-assisted corrosion fatigue problem

INTRODUCTION People find that when many glasses and ceramic materials are subject to static loading as well as a chemically reactive environment, they often experi-ence delayed failure due most likely to stress-assisted chemical reactions at the cracks: pre-existing surface flaws grow to a critical length, at which point unstable rapid crack propagation ensues, leading to catastro-phic failure. For a given material and ambient envi-ronment, the lesser the applied stress, the longer the ti…     

Finite element analysis of dynamic stability of skeletal structures under periodic loading

INTRODUCTION Some structures fail geometrically before thestrength failure because of lack of stability and such afailure is known as instability failure or bucklingfailure. Determination of buckling load is importantin order to ensure the stability of a structure. If thestructure under consideration is subjected to a dy-namic load then this problem comes under the pur-view of dynamic stability problems. Examples areslender offshore structures subjected to periodic ex-citations and colum…     

Multi-physics coupling field finite element analysis on giant magnetostrictive materials smart component

This study presents a new method to solve the difficult problem of precise machining a non-cylinder pinhole of a piston using embedded giant magnetostrictive material （GMM） in the component. We propose the finite element model of GMM smart component in electric, magnetic, and mechanical fields by step computation to optimize the design of GMM smart component. The proposed model is implemented by using COMSOL multi-physics V3.2a. The effects of the smart component on the deformation and the system resonance frequencies are studied. The results calculated by the model are in excellent agreement （relative errors are below 10%） with the experimental values.     

考虑楼板作用的半刚性组合节点的有限元分析

文章通过SAP2000程序,建立了半刚性组合节点理论分析模型,采用转动弹簧单元来模拟实际中钢管柱与组合梁的半刚性连接。通过分析比较节点在低周反复荷载作用下的荷载(P)-位移(Δ)关系滞回曲得到,组合节点的承载力、刚度和耗能能力有所提高,耗能较好,但承载力相差不大,所以在正常的施工条件下,应优先选用方钢管。     

Finite element model for linear-elastic mixed mode loading using adaptive mesh strategy

An adaptive mesh finite element model has been developed to predict the crack propagation direction as well as to calculate the stress intensity factors （SIFs）, under linear-elastic assumption for mixed mode loading application. The finite element mesh is generated using the advancing front method. In order to suit the requirements of the fracture analysis, the generation of the background mesh and the construction of singular elements have been added to the developed program. The adaptive remeshing process is carried out based on the posteriori stress error norm scheme to obtain an optimal mesh. Previous works of the authors have proposed techniques for adaptive mesh generation of 2D cracked models. Facilitated by the singular elements, the displacement extrapolation technique is employed to calculate the SIK The fracture is modeled by the splitting node approach and the trajectory follows the successive linear extensions of each crack increment. The SlFs values for two different case studies were estimated and validated by direct comparisons with other researchers work.     

Dynamic Analysis of a Centrifugal Compressor by Finite Element Method

1 IntroductionIn the design of blowing machine, the crihcalrotational speeds should keel away from the runningspeed. Because of lacking qualified techllical tools, someunits still use tWo aPProxilllstC methods tO calculate thecritical rotational speeds. One is to estimate the criticalspeeds according to analogous method, and the Other is asfollows. First, the hydrodynamic bearings are regarded asa rigid suPPort tO calculate the natUral frequencies. Then,a weight coefficient according tO t…     

平板式半挂车车架有限元分析

应用Pro/E对平板式半挂车车架进行三维实体建模。对该模型进行简化处理、抽中面和修补后导入ANSYS。采用壳单元建立平板式半挂车车架的有限元模型,对车架进行静力分析和模态分析。结果表明,车架在弯曲和扭转工况下,刚度和强度满足要求;车架结构的低阶模态频率不在路面激励频带之内,不会产生共振现象。     

Using FEM to predict tree motion in a wind field

In this paper we propose a finite element （FE） simulation method to predict tree motion in a wind field, Two FE tree models were investigated： One model was generated based on a realistic nature-looking geometric tree model, and the other was a symmetric model to investigate the influence of asymmetric material properties on tree motion. The vortex-induced vibration （VIV） theory is introduced to estimate the fluctuating wind force being exerted on tree stems and the fluid-structure interaction （FSI） analysis is also included in the simulation. The results indicate that asymmetric material properties result in the crosswind displacement of the investigated node and the main swaying direction deviation. The simulation reveals that under wind loading, a tree with leaves has much larger swaying amplitude along the wind direction and longer swaying period than a tree without leaves. However, the crosswind swaying amplitude is mainly due to branch interaction. The numerical simulation proved that the interaction of tree branches can prevent dangerous swaying motion developing.     

Investigation of the dynamic characteristics of a dual rotor system and its start-up simulation based on finite element method

Recently, the finite element method (FEM) has been commonly applied in the engineering analysis of rotor dynamics. Gyroscopic moments, rotary inertia, transverse shear deformation and gravity can be included in computational models of rotor-bearing systems. In this paper, a finite element model and its solution method are presented for the calculation of the dynamics of dual rotor systems. A typical structure with two rotor shafts is discussed and the procedure for obtaining the coupling motion equations of the subsystems is illustrated. A computer program is developed to solve critical speeds and to simulate the transient motion. The influence of gyroscopic moments on co-rotation and counter-rotation is analyzed, and the effect of the speed ratio on critical speed is studied. The dynamic characteristics under different conditions of increasing speed during start-up are demonstrated by comparison with transient nodal displacements. The presented model provides a complete foundation for further investigation of the dynamics of dual rotor systems.     

高速包装机椭圆齿轮的有限元分析

采用有限元分析方法对烟草包装机椭圆齿轮的静力学特性进行理论计算和研究,建立椭圆齿轮的有限元模型,通过有限元分析软件ANSYS Workbench对椭圆齿轮进行分析,得出椭圆齿轮各轮齿的应力分布,并对计算结果进行分析。该方法和所得结果为椭圆齿轮的优化设计提供了参考。     

大型复杂空间桁架结构非线性有限元求解格式

针对大型复杂的空间桁架结构的大位移静力分析,提出一个新的几何非线性求解格式。该格式基于有限元法,采用节点位置而不是节点位移来描述问题。应用固定空间的笛卡尔坐标系,从提出的位置概念直接确定应变。将该求解格式算例结果与弧长法计算结果比较,结果表明,该求解格式具有良好的精度,对大型复杂空间桁架结构的几何非线性分析是可行和有效的。     

Analysis of structural response under blast loads using the coupled SPH-FEM approach

A numerical model using the coupled smoothed panicle hydrodynamics-finite element method （SPH-FEM） approach is presented for analysis of structures under blast loads. The analyses on two numerical cases, one for free field explosive and the other for structural response under blast loads, are performed to model the whole processes from the propagation of the pressure wave to the response of structures. Based on the simulation, it is concluded that this model can be used for reasonably accurate explosive analysis of structures. The resulting information would be valuable for protecting structures under blast loads.