No description available.

Blades used on brushcutters and lawn mowers are subjected to a wide variety of working conditions. Besides continuous loads from cutting grass, the blades are also subjected to accidental impacts of branches, stones and structures. Due to exceptionally high rotational velocities, these types of impacts involve blade deformation at high strain rates. This master’s thesis aims to improve understanding and predictability of blade properties for design of future blades. The project is aimed at characterization of the mechanical response of steel used for brushcutter blades and developing a simulation model of a blade impact load case. Thus, the problem was divided into two main parts: firstly, material characterization, and secondly, numerical modeling. The objective of the material characterization part was to determine the rate dependence of the flow stress for two hardened steels. Experimental compression tests were performed at quasi-static strain rates (10-4 - 10-2 s-1) and at high strain rates (102 - 104 s-1) in order to characterize the rate dependence of each material. The objective of the numerical modeling part was to develop simulation models of an impact load case for the purpose of recreating tests performed with an experimental test setup. The simulation models were aimed to include material models for the blade based on the experimental tests performed for the two hardened steels. In preparation for the compression tests, cylindrical specimens were acquired through electrical discharge machining involving material removal from blades intended for brushcutters. Compression tests at high strain rates were performed utilizing a split-Hopkinson pressure bar apparatus which resulted in strain rates in the order of 1000 s-1 and 3000 s-1. Compression tests at quasi-static strain rates were performed with an electro-mechanical loading machine and implementation of two-dimensional digital image correlation for strain measurements. With this method, strain rates in the order of 5 · 10-2 s-1 and 5 · 10-4 s-1 were achieved. The acquired results from the experimental tests included the response of the two materials at four different strain rates in the form of true stress-true strain curves. The results were indicative of small strain rate dependency for each of the two hardened steels with a slight increase in yield stress for increasing strain rates. Both materials exhibited closely similar characteristics. At quasi-static rates, the response of both materials exhibited work-hardening of closely similar characteristics. At high strain rates, the response of both materials exhibited a close to identical decrease in stress for values of strain exceeding 10 %. This behavior was suggested to be a consequence of adiabatic heating. At all four achieved strain rates, the results were indicative of a higher yield stress with higher subsequent stresses for one of the hardened steels in comparison to the other. The impact load case aimed to be simulated involved one swing of a brushcutter against a 25 mm diameter steel rod according to standard SS-EN ISO 11806-1:2011. The steel rod was specified to be impacted horizontally by the blade at an approaching translational velocity of 1 m/s and a blade rotational velocity of 8500 rpm. The multi-physics simulation software LS-DYNA was used to develop simulation models which consisted of two main parts, the blade and the rod and included two different blade geometries. As a result of a study regarding the suitability of different discretization techniques, the decision was made to implement the mesh-free particle method Smoothed Particle Galerkin (SPG) and to perform coupling with the finite element method (FEM). Two material models were developed based on the measured stress-strain response obtained through high strain rate compression testing. Several numerical models of the impact load case were produced, all of which entailed different sets of parameters. These included selection of blade material, failure strain, rod length and blade angle relative to the horizontal plane. Finally, two models were developed which were opposite in terms of assigned element formulation for the blade tip and the rod and otherwise identical. The results of the different models were then compared, namely in terms of resulting material failure of the blade after impact. It was concluded that SPG was the most suitable method of choice for the impact load case aimed to be simulated due to its ability to handle large deformation and the inclusion of the a bond-based failure mechanism. Furthermore, implementation of the SPG method resulted in deformation and failure considered to be of greater agreement to experimental test results compared to FEM.

BCC metals are commonly used throughout the world and understanding their deformation behavior, especially at the sub-grain level, is essential for their continued use in technological advancements. Correctly and confidently characterizing the active slip systems in BCC materials has been a difficult task throughout past research. The research described in this thesis utilizes high resolution digital image correlation (HRDIC) and relative displacement ratio (RDR) analysis to accurately characterize active slip systems in large grained BCC tantalum and provides new insights into dislocation nucleation sites, relative CRSS values for {110} and {112} slip systems, the correlation between GB transmission factors and strain gradients, the relative length of NBGZs, and slip transmission. A 99.99% pure tantalum oligo sample was sputtered with gold and remodeled to provide high resolution data points to be used in HRDIC. The high resolution of the gold remodeled samples combined with a RDR analysis made it possible to confidently identify active slip systems during tensile deformation at room temperature. One of the observations from this analysis was the discrepancy between the observed active slip systems and those predicted from a simple single-CRSS Schmid's Law. By considering the active systems observed in grains with a range of orientation, it was concluded that the {112} slip systems have a higher CRSS than the {110} by 6.7%. Independent CPFE simulations and experiments on single crystal samples of the same material, agreed with our findings establishing a range of increased CRSS for {112} of 3.9%-7.1%. These conclusions are compared with the small number of available estimates of the CRSS ratio, and lie in between the value of equal CRSS used by most modelers, and experimental estimates of 15-25% higher for {112}. The identified active slip systems were also used in the Luster and Morris equation to calculate each GBs transmissivity factor - an estimate of strain incompatibility between neighboring grains. Results indicate that there is an inverse correlation between GB transmissivity and strain gradient slope, as well as a positive correlation between GB transmissivity and slip trace reorientation for some GBs. Only one instance of slip transmission was observed from the 24 GBs analyzed, suggesting it is an uncommon occurrence in BCC tantalum. An analysis of the length of the NBGZ in relation to slip and strain gradients was compared to previous studies and suggests the relative and absolute length of the NBGZ changes with grain size, at least for large length scales. Strain gradients for each side of the GB were measured and results indicated steep negative strain gradient slopes that suggest dislocation nucleation in the GBs and propagation towards the interior of the grain. When compared against the transmissivity factor, an inverse relationship was found to exist between strain gradients and high transmissivity factors.

Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) has recently become a popular construction material for building timber structures. One advantage of CLT is, that it can be used as floor, beam and wall element. As the arrangements of layers in CLT is in perpendicular direction to each other, it exhibits remarkable strength properties in both in-plane directions. However, the low stiffness and strength properties in compression perpendicular to the grain hinder application of CLT in high rising building, since forces are usually transferred from the wall elements through floor elements perpendicular to the grain. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to get a thorough understanding of the mechanical properties of such connections for different setups, including wood-wood connections, connections with acoustic layers and connections with screws. In addition, the wall was place at different positions on the CLT-floor element. Mechanical tests and numerical simulations, by means of finite element modelling (FEM) were carried out. CLT floor elements, consisting of 5-layers, were loaded by 3-layered CLT wall elements. Displacement and deformation were continuously measured by Potentiometers/LVDTs and an optical measurement system, respectively. Based on the experimental results compressive strength, slip curve and stiffness of the CLT connections were evaluated. Subsequently, results from FE-modelling were compared with experimental findings, which show a good agreement in elastic stiffness. Experimental results exhibited a pronounced influence of the wall position and connection setup on strength and stiffness. Central position of the wall showed higher mechanical properties than edge position. Highest strength and stiffness were found for screwed connections, where the wood-wood connections showed similar results. Connections with acoustic layers exhibited the lowest mechanical properties.

Dans les installations industrielles, des inspections régulières sont planifiées pour évaluer l’état de santé interne des composants. Si des fissures sont révélées, il est souhaitable de savoir si l’exploitation de la structure peut se poursuivre ou si un régime de fonctionnement dégradé pourrait être envisagé. En se basant sur la mécanique élastique linéaire de la rupture, les travaux présentés traitent donc dans le cas de composants fissurés de la dispersion de durée de vie résiduelle relative aux incertitudes sur les paramètres du modèle de prévision. La longueur de fissure initiale, les propriétés du matériau ainsi que les paramètres d’entrée de la loi de Paris ont été considérés comme des variables aléatoires, dont les distributions ont été déterminées expérimentalement puis ajustées par des lois statistiques adéquates. Des contrôles ultrasonores par mesure du temps de vol de l’onde diffractée – Time Of Flight Diffraction (TOFD) en anglais – et des mesures de champs obtenues par corrélation d’images numériques ont été utilisés pour quantifier la propagation d’une fissure dans une éprouvette à défaut soumise à des sollicitations cycliques uniaxiales. Les données expérimentales recueillies ont été utilisées pour initialiser les calculs et valider les résultats numériques. Les distributions de taille de fissure obtenue après un nombre donné de cycles de sollicitation et de nombre de cycles de sollicitation conduisant à une taille définie de fissure ont été obtenues par une méthode de Monte-Carlo appliquée au modèle de prévision. L’ajustement de ces distributions par de lois log-normales a fourni des outils analytiques d’estimation probabiliste de propagation de fissure. Cela a notamment permis la réalisation de cartographies de risques et l’évaluation de l’évolution de la fiabilité du composant étudié. Enfin, les effets d’une actualisation de la connaissance de la longueur de fissure au cours de la vie de ce composant en termes d’incertitude de prévision et d’extension de durée de vie résiduelle prévisionnelle ont été étudiés. En particulier, afin de limiter le coût des campagnes de contrôle non destructifs dans le cas industriel, une stratégie d’optimisation de l’actualisation de cette connaissance basée sur l’étude de fiabilité a été proposée. / In industrial plants, regular inspections are planned to assess the internal state of installations. If some cracks are revealed, it is desirable to know whether the structure can still be used or if a degraded mode of operation should be considered. Starting from a linear elastic fracture mechanics model, the work presented studied the scatter of the remaining life of such cracked parts due to the uncertainties on the parameters of the prediction model. Initial crack size, material properties and input parameters of Paris’ law have been considered as random variables and their distributions have been experimentally identified and fitted with convenient statistical laws. Time Of Flight Diffraction (TOFD) and field measurement technique based on Digital Image Correlation (DIC) were used to monitor the crack propagation initiated from a notch introduced in specimen submitted to uniaxial cyclic loading. Experimental crack length results were used to initiate computations and as a mean to validate numerical results. Both the crack lengths distributions resulting from the application of loading cycles and the distribution of the number of cycles leading to a given crack length were obtained from a Monte-Carlo method applied to the prediction model. The fit of these distributions with log-normal laws provided analytical tools to assess probabilistic crack propagation. It allowed for risk mapping and for the evaluation of the studied component’s reliability evolution. Last, the effects of an actualisation of crack length knowledge along the life of this component in terms of assessment uncertainty and predicted residual life extension has been studied. Especially, to limit the cost of non-destructive techniques inspection in industrial cases, a reliability-based strategy has been proposed for the optimisation of the crack knowledge actualisation.

Lorsqu'une structure est soumise à un chargement thermique hétérogène, des dilatations empêchées génératrices de contraintes surviennent. Lorsque ces sollicitations sont répétées un grand nombre de fois, un endommagement puis une fissuration du matériau peuvent apparaître. On parle alors de fatigue thermique du matériau. Ce phénomène, jugé responsable de différents incidents rencontrés dans les zones de mélange entre fluides chaud et froid des centrales nucléaires a fait l'objet de nombreuses études lancées au sein de projets successifs pilotés par EDF. Ces études portaient sur la détermination des chargements thermo-hydrauliques dans les zones de mélange, le transfert de chaleur à la structure, la résolution du problème thermomécanique permettant de connaître les champs de contrainte et de déformation en tout point de la structure et enfin la résistance du matériau (un acier inoxydable austénitique AISI 304L)soumis à de telles sollicitations. Concernant ce dernier aspect, plusieurs types d'essais ont été réalisés : d'une part, des essais de fatigue uniaxiaux et isothermes pour construire une courbe de fatigue mécanique du matériau et, d'autre part, des essais sur plusieurs dispositifs expérimentaux de fatigue thermique développés au sein d'organismes de recherche (CEA, EDF, JRC, JAEA,…) pour s'approcher des conditions de service. L'interprétation de ces derniers essais passe par l'estimation des champs de température et de déplacement dans la structure à partir de quelques mesures ponctuelles de température par thermocouples. On constate alors que les premières fissures s'amorcent en fatigue thermique pour un nombre de cycles sensiblement inférieur à celui estimé à partir des courbes de fatigue mécanique du matériau et de l'amplitude maximale de déformation équivalente estimée dans les essais de fatigue thermique. L'objet de ce travail de thèse consiste donc à concevoir et à réaliser des chocs thermiques sur un matériau de structure couplés à des mesures synchrones et sans contact de champs de température et de déplacement au niveau de la surface endommagée. Les chocs thermiques seront réalisés à l'aide d'un laser de puissance dont la longueur d'onde sort du spectre utilisé par la caméra infrarouge qui mesure le champ de température de surface de telle manière que le dépôt d'énergie n'affecte pas les mesures de température. Plusieurs pistes sont envisagées selon que les champs sont mesurés uniquement avec la caméra infrarouge ou en utilisant deux caméras, l'une travaillant dans l'infrarouge et l'autre dans le visible. Dans les deux cas de figure, l'absorptivité et l'émissivité de la surface soumise au choc thermique doivent être optimisées pour permettre d'avoir à la fois un dépôt d'énergie homogène par laser et une mesure précise des champs thermomécaniques. Une difficulté qu'il conviendra de surmonter est d'obtenir un champ d'émissivité de surface représentant un compromis acceptable entre une émissivité forte et homogène dans l'infrarouge pour des mesures de température et une émissivité hétérogène (dans l'infrarouge ou le visible selon la caméra utilisée) pour créer un contraste de niveau de gris indispensable aux mesures de déplacement par corrélation d'images. Parallèlement aux essais,des simulations numériques thermomécaniques seront également réalisées pour compléter ces champs en volume et tester l'influence des conditions aux limites. L'objectif final de la thèse est d'obtenir pour la première fois une mesure fiable des quantités d'intérêt dans une zone d'amorçage en fatigue thermique et ainsi pouvoir quantifier convenablement un éventuel effet aggravant des sollicitations de fatigue thermique. / Thermal fatigue occurs in nuclear power plant pipes. The temperature variations are due to the turbulent mixing of fluids that have different temperatures. Many experimental setups have been designed but the measured temperatures have only been punctual and out of the zone of interest (e.g., via thermocouples). The equivalent strain variation in the crack initiation region is calculated with numerical thermomechanical simulations. In many cases, the comparisons between numerical and experimental results have shown that the crack initiation predictions in thermal fatigue are non-conservative. A new testing setup is proposed where thermal shocks are applied with a pulsed laser beam while the thermal and kinematic fields on the specimen surface are measured with infrared (IR) and visible cameras, respectively. Experimental testings are performed and different measurement techniques for temperature and kinematic fields are used. IR camera and pyrometers allow to measure the temperature variations in the zone impacted by the laser beam. To estimate the absolute temperature, the surface emissivities at the respective wavelengths are determined by different methods. The absolute temperature field is then used to apply the actual thermal loading in a decoupled FE model after an identification process of the parameters of the laser beam. Once the thermal loading is generated based upon the experimental data, the stress and strain fields can be computed in the region of interest with an elastoplastic law.The experimental strain variations calculated from the DIC measurements are compared with the predictions obtained with the FE simulation.

Ce travail de recherche s'inscrit dans le cadre de la sécurité du transport et de manutention des colis de confinement de déchets nucléaires. Le but est de développer un outil numérique capable de simuler le comportement global d'une structure en béton de fibres soumise à des sollicitations dynamiques. Il permet également d'accéder à des informations plus locales telle que la fissuration, tant en terme de trajet que d'ouverture de fissures. Pour ce faire, un ensemble d'essais mécaniques est réalisé afin de mieux comprendre les mécanismes d'endommagement et de fissuration du matériau sous sollicitations quasi-statique et dynamique. Le modèle capable de capturer à l'échelle globale les non-linéarités liées à la fissuration de la structure dans un cadre continu est détaillé. Les paramètres associés à la loi de comportement sont identifiés via une procédure d'identification basée sur les données expérimentales des essais conduits. La détermination de l'énergie de fissuration en dynamique est investiguée et la part inertielle structurelle de celle-ci est soulignée. Deux méthodes de post-traitement numérique des résultats des simulations numériques globales permettant d'accéder à des informations plus fines à l'échelle locale, en termes de trajet et d'ouverture de fissure, sont détaillées. Une étude d'une poutre en béton fibré soumis à un chargement de flexion 1-point dynamique post-traitée avec les deux approches est présentée. Les résultats du post-traitement numérique sont comparés à ceux obtenus expérimentalement par corrélation d'images numériques. / The research work falls within the framework of the transportation and handling safety of radioactive waste containment packages. The goal is to develop a numerical tool capable of simulating the overall behaviour of a fiber concrete structure subject to a dynamic loading. It also gives access to more local information such as cracking, both in terms of path and opening. To do this, a set of mechanical tests is carried out in order to better understand the mechanisms of damage and cracking of the material under quasi-static and dynamic loading. The model capable of capturing on a global scale the non-linearities related to the cracking of the structure in a continuous framework is detailed. The parameters associated with the material constitutive law are identified via an identification procedure based on the experimental data of the conducted tests. The determination of dynamic cracking energy is investigated and the structural inertial part of this is underlined. Two numerical methods used to post-process the results of the global numerical simulations, giving access to finer information at the local scale, in terms of path and crack opening, are detailed. The study of a fiber-reinforced concrete beam subjected to a dynamic 1-point bending loading, post-processed with the two approaches, is presented. The results of the numerical post-processing are compared with those obtained experimentally by correlation of digital images.

Le caractère prédictif des simulations numériques faites pour dimensionner une structure dépend directement de la précision avec laquelle sont introduites les conditions aux limites imposées en service à la structure. Dans le cas d’une roue d’aéronef, les chargements appliqués par les différents pneumatiques qui peuvent être montés sur celle-ci lors des manœuvres au sol de l’aéronef jouent un rôle crucial dans la précision du modèle numérique. Cependant, ces chargements sont complexes et mal connus. Les charges globales appliquées à l’interface pneu-piste sont transférées à la roue au niveau de l’interface pneu-jante grâce au pneumatique, qui est un composant intermédiaire sophistiqué que ne maîtrise pas le manufacturier de roue. La détermination des conditions aux limites directement appliquées à la roue est donc particulièrement difficile et nécessite de faire des hypothèses sur le comportement en déformation du pneumatique. L’approche proposée dans le cadre de ces travaux de thèse consiste à identifier les chargements induits par le pneumatique sur la roue via la mesure de la déformée de cette dernière pour les différents cas de charge envisagés. L’objectif est de permettre au concepteur de la roue de mieux comprendre et de modéliser l’interaction entre le pneumatique et la roue afind’obtenir des simulations numériques plus prédictives. Pour ce faire, une paramétrisation objective des chargements à l’interface pneu-jante, aussi robuste et compacte que possible, est tout d’abord définie. Des mesures non-intrusives par corrélation d’images numériques (CIN) et jauges d’extensométrie, réalisées lors d’un post-doctorat antérieur à ces travaux de thèse, sont ensuite utilisées pour calibrer les paramètres recherchés. Une procédurede recalage de modèle par éléments finis est notamment mise en œuvre. Enfin, la problématique du placement optimal de capteurs est abordée afin de définir une instrumentation permettant de minimiser les incertitudes sur les paramètres à identifier. / The predictive character of numerical simulations run to design a structure critically depends on the accuracy with which the boundary conditions prescribedon the structure are introduced. For aircraft wheel manufacturers, the loadings applied to the wheel during ground maneuvering by various tires that are mounted play an important role. However, they are hardly known apart from the resultant force between the ground and the tire. Aircraft wheel manufacturers do not control the tire, which is a complex intermediate component, but must still work with it to design their products. Because tire-ground loads are transmitted to the wheel through the tire at the tire-rim interface, assumptions on the deformation behavior of the tire are to be made to determine the correct applied loading to the wheel and many experiments are often requiredto evaluate the wheel structural response. The knowledge of tire-rim interface loadings would thus provide an invaluable help to shorten aircraft wheel design processes. To tackle this challenge, an inverse identification procedure of tire-rim loadings for several cases is proposed herein. The aim is to identify the loadings applied by a tire on an aircraft wheel via the measurement of thewheel deformation and to allow the wheel manufacturer to better understand and model the interaction between the wheel and the tire. First, an objective parameterization of tire-rim loadings, which is as robust and compact as possible, is defined. Then, non-intrusive measurements (e.g., displacement fields obtained by Digital Image Correlation analyses, strains at gauge locations) obtained during a previous postdoctoral research are used to calibrate the loading parameters. A finite element model updating algorithmis used to solve this inverse problem. Last, the optimal sensor placement problem is considered to define an instrumentation that yields the most accurate estimâtes of the loading parameters.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第19893号 / 工博第4209号 / 新制||工||1651(附属図書館) / 32970 / 京都大学大学院工学研究科材料工学専攻 / (主査)教授 辻 伸泰, 教授 白井 泰治, 教授 松原 英一郎 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DFAM

No description available.