Um grande número de rochas de granulação grosseira tem valor agregado muito alto quando usadas como materiais de construção, as chamadas rochas exóticas. No entanto, existem problemas com a utilização desses materiais dado a sua fragilidade, que está relacionada com a sua textura muito heterogênea. No Brasil é empregado empiricamente um reforço (compósito) que utiliza resina epóxi e fibra de vidro para melhorar o desempenho mecânico de tais rochas quando empregadas como materiais de construção. Os objetivos da presente pesquisa foram estudar o reforço tradicional brasileiro (telagem) para determinar sua eficiência e, ao mesmo tempo, propor outras soluções de reforço alternativas e mais eficientes, e avaliá-las através da caracterização mecânica experimental. Foi proposto um critério denominado Declive Global para avaliar as tensões de serviço dos materiais pegmatíticos estudados, quando os reforços propostos foram aplicados. Para validar esse critério foi utilizado um sistema de correlação digital de imagem (CDI) para observar e medir o comportamento de deformação e fratura durante a realização de testes de flexão em 4 pontos. Tanto o critério proposto como a CDI mostraram que a propagação de fissuras ocorre muito antes do material atingir a carga máxima. O reforço alternativo proposto, que emprega resina epóxi e uma fibra de vidro 600 g/m² apresentou o melhor desempenho mecânico, elevando a carga de ruptura até 6x em comparação com as amostras onde nenhum reforço foi aplicado. Os resultados demonstrados pelos reforços propostos são promissores e aumentam a possibilidade de aplicar rochas exóticas frágeis como materiais de construção, além do critério proposto fornecer uma ferramenta importante para a compreensão mecânica prévia de produtos de rocha que utilizam reforços compósitos. / A great number of coarse-grained natural stones have very high added-value when used as building materials, the so called exotic stones. However, problems using these materials arise from its brittleness behavior, which are related to its very heterogeneous texture. Glass fiber-reinforced epoxy composite (GFRC) is being used to improve mechanical performance of such stones when employed as building materials. The objectives of this present investigation it were studying the Brazilian traditional reinforcement to determinate its efficiency and, at the same time, a number of alternative solutions were proposed and evaluated through experimental mechanical characterization. It was proposed a slope-based criterion to evaluate the useful service loads of pegmatitic materials when glass fiber-reinforcement is applied. To validate the proposed criterion, a digital image correlation (DIC) system was employed to observe and measure strain and fracture behavior during the realization of 4-point bending tests. Both proposed criterion and DIC show that crack propagation occurs long before the material reaches maximum load. GFRC acts as a crack inhibitor, raising the breaking load up to 6x in comparison with the specimens where no reinforcement was applied. The results from this study enhance the capability to apply such materials as building materials and provide an important tool to perform prior mechanical understanding of stone products using GFRC.

Never before has the car industry been as challenging, interesting, and demanding as it is today. New and advanced techniques are being continuously introduced, which has led to increasing competition in an almost ever-expanding car market. As the pace and complexity heightens in the car market, manufacturing processes must advance at an equal speed. An important manufacturing process within the automotive industry, and the focus of this thesis, is sheet metal forming (SMF). Sheet metal forming is used to create door panels, structural beams, and trunk lids, among other parts, by forming sheets of metal in press lines with stamping dies. The SMF process has been simulated for the past couple of decades with finite element (FE) simulations, whereby one can predict factors such as shape, strains, thickness, springback, risk of failure, and wrinkles. A factor that most SMF simulations do not currently include is the die and press elasticity. This factor is handled manually during the die tryout phase, which is often long and expensive. The importance of accurately representing press and die elasticity in SMF simulations is the focus of this research project. The research objective is to achieve virtual tryout and improved production support through SMF simulations that consider elastic die and press deformations. Loading a die with production forces and including the deformations in SMF simulations achieves a reliable result. It is impossible to achieve accurate simulation results without including the die deformations. This thesis also describes numerical methods for optimizing and compensating tool surfaces against press and die deformations. In order for these compensations to be valid, it is imperative to accurately represent dies and presses. A method of measuring and inverse modeling the elasticity of a press table has been developed and is based on digital image correlation (DIC) measurements and structural optimization with FE software. Optimization, structural analysis, and SMF simulations together with experimental measurements have immense potential to improve simulation results and significantly reduce the lead time of stamping dies. Last but not least, improved production support and die design are other areas that can benefit from these tools. / Aldrig tidigare har bilindustrin varit så utmanande, intressant och spännande som idag. Ny och avancerad teknik introduceras i en allt snabbare takt vilket leder till ständigt ökande konkurrens på en, nästan ständigt, ökande bilmarknad. Den ständigt ökande komplexiteten ställer även krav på tillverkningsprocesserna. En viktig process, som denna licentiatuppsats fokuserar på, är pressning av plåt. Tillverkningstekniken används för att forma plåtar till dörrpaneler, strukturbalkar, motorhuvar, etc. Plåtar formas med hjälp av pressverktyg monterade i plåtformningspressar. Plåtformningsprocessen simuleras sedan ett par decennium tillbaka med Finita Element (FE) simuleringar. Man kan på så sätt prediktera form, töjningar, tjocklek, återfjädring, rynkor, risk för försträckning och sprickor m.m. En faktor som för tillfället inte inkluderas i näst intill alla plåtformningssimuleringar är elastiska press- och verktygsdeformationer. Detta hanteras istället manuellt under, den oftast långa och dyra, inprovningsfasen. Detta projekt har visat på vikten av att representera press och verktygsdeformationer i plåtformningssimuleringar. Detta demonstreras genom en analys av ett verkligt pressverktyg som belastas med produktionskrafter. Det är inte möjligt att uppnå bra simuleringsresultat utan att inkludera verktygsdeformationer i simuleringsmodellen. Uppsatsen beskriver även numeriska metoder för att optimera och kompensera verktygsytor mot press och verktygsdeformationer. För att dessa kompenseringar ska stämma är det viktigt att man representerar både verktyg och press på ett korrekt sätt. Förslag på en metod för att mäta och inversmodellera pressdeformationer har utvecklats, metoden är baserad på mätningar med DIC-systemet ARAMIS och optimering i FE-mjukvaror. Optimering, strukturanalys, och plåtformningsanalys tillsammans med experimentella mätningar har en stor potential att förbättra plåtformningssimuleringar samt reducera ledtiden för pressverktyg. Sist men inte minst, andra positiva effekter är en enklare och smidigare konstruktionsprocess och förbättrad produktionssupport.

Aujourd'hui, les méthodes de corrélation d'images sont largement utilisées pour la caractérisation et le suivi temporel des essais mécaniques. Cependant dans le domaine de l'usinage, ces méthodes sont très peu employées pour l'étude en pointe d'outil de la coupe par manque d'accessibilité, de la faible taille de la zone observée et des fortes déformations dans la zone de coupe. Dans cette thèse, nous mettons en application la technique de corrélation d'images pour l'étude et la caractérisation des champs cinématiques induits dans la matière usinée, durant des essais de coupe conduits avec des conditions opératoires représentatives des opérations industrielles. Ces conditions nous ont permis de développer, en premier lieu, des outils expérimentaux et numériques. Puis, les performances du dispositif expérimental ainsi que les incertitudes de corrélation ont été quantifiées. Différentes stratégies d'exploitation des images ainsi que des outils numériques pour la mesure des caractéristiques de la coupe sont proposés. Ensuite, nous avons développé un outil de corrélation d'images intégrée pour la mesure des efforts dynamiques grâce à un modèle analytique. Pour valider l'ensemble des méthodes, des essais de rabotage, d'abord dans un alliage d'aluminium, puis dans un acier 100~CrMo~7 traité thermiquement, ont été conduits. Ils ont permis de quantifier les champs cinématiques ainsi que les caractéristiques de la coupe. Enfin ces outils ont été appliqués pour la prédiction de l'intégrité de surface engendrée par une géométrie 3D d'outil de coupe dans le matériau dur. / Nowadays, digital image correlation (DIC) methods are widely employed to the mechanical testing characterization and their temporal monitoring. However in the machining field, to study the cutting process at the tool edge, these methods are not commonly applied due to the poor accessibility, the size of the observed area and the large strain occurring herein. In this study, the kinematic fields induced in the material by the cutting process are characterized and analyzed at industrial cutting conditions. In order to take and treat the pictures of the cut, experimental and numerical techniques have been first established. Then, the experimental setup performances and the uncertainties of the DIC were quantified. Different images selection strategies for the DIC and numerical post-processing algorithm for measuring the characteristics of the cut were proposed. Furthermore, a DIC integrated approach based on an analytical model was developed to record dynamics cutting forces. Trials in orthogonal configuration were performed and analyzed to validate the developed procedures first in an aluminium alloy, then in a 100~CrMo~7 hardened steel. The kinematics fields and the macroscopic data of the cut were successfully measured thanks to these tools. Finally, they were used for the prediction of the surface integrity induced by a 3D cutting edge in the hard material.

La microdiffraction Laue permet l'estimation des déformations élastiques à l'échelle du micron. La procédure d'analyse standard, bien établie, utilisée pour extraire les déformations élastiques des images de Laue est limitée par deux sources d'erreurs : la détermination de la positions des taches de Laue sur le détecteur, et la sensibilité aux paramètres de calibration du montage. Pour améliorer la procédure, nous avons développé une procédure appelée Laue-DIC qui utilise la très bonne résolution de la technique de corrélation d'images numériques (DIC). Cette méthode utilise, pour la détermination de l'incrément de déformation élastique et de rotation, le déplacement des pics entre deux configurations mécaniques, estimé par DIC, au lieu de leur position. Nous montrons que cette méthode donne un profil de contrainte en meilleur accord avec les solutions analytiques et numériques, pour des échantillons monocristallins déformés en flexion 4-points. Nous proposons également une méthode Laue-DIC améliorée, dans laquelle les paramètres de calibration sont estimés à chaque point de mesure, simultanément à la déformation élastique.En parallèle à la formulation de la méthode Laue-DIC (améliorée), nos efforts ont porté sur l'estimation de l'incertitude obtenue sur les déformations élastiques. Nous avons développé un modèle de bruit pour les images de Laue mesurées en rayonnement synchrotron, qui a été validé sur des séries de données, et qui nous a permis d'estimer les erreurs statistiques de la DIC, à partir d'images de Laue synthétiques. Ces erreurs ont ensuite été propagées dans la méthode Laue-DIC afin d'estimer les incertitudes sur les déformations élastiques, que l'on trouve en bon accord avec la fluctuation des contraintes locales estimées. / Laue microdiffraction is a powerful technique to characterize the intragranular elastic strain field at the scale of micrometer. Although a standard procedure extracting elastic strain and crystal orientation from Laue image has been well-established, it can suffer from two sources of uncertainties: the determination of peaks' positions and the sensitivity to calibration parameters. In light of the high accuracy of digital image correlation (DIC), we developed the so-called Laue-DIC method which used the peaks' displacements measured by DIC instead of peaks' positions to determine the elastic strain increment and rotation between two mechanical configurations. This method has been proved more efficient than the standard procedure in terms of stress profiles of bended beam. We also developed the enhanced version of Laue-DIC. By using the term “enhanced”, we mean that we attempt to obtain both lattice matrices and calibration parameters of two configurations rather than solely the elastic strain increment and rotation from peaks' displacements.Aside from the formulation of Laue-DIC, we also developed a procedure of statistically estimating the errors of elastic strain/stress resulted from DIC errors and calibration accuracy. We have first validated a classical noise model, Poissonian-Gaussian model, from diffraction images acquired at synchrotron radiation facility. With the noise model, we could statistically estimate the DIC errors by synthesizing artificial spots. The estimated DIC errors were further transmitted into the errors of Laue-DIC through statistical tests.

In current enterprises, simulations are being utilized to lessen the cost of product advancement.  Along this line, there is an awesome enthusiasm for enhancing precision and accuracy of simulations. For an accurate and reliable simulation, it is essential to use an accurate material model and provide it with accurate material information. In exhibit industries, orthotropic materials are being simulated utilizing isotropic material model, as orthotropic material model requires more material data which is not promptly accessible. This proposal intends to test and identify orthotropic materials and simulate them using orthotropic material model in ABAQUS. Materials utilized as a part of this proposal are Aluminium, LDPE, PET. Required material data was gotten by performing Uni-directional tensile tests, DIC, and an algorithm we developed in light of Inverses method. To get highly accurate material data from DIC, a few kinds of patterns were examined, and a superior pattern was resolved for camera configuration being utilized.

Ce mémoire aborde la question de la production d’observables intrinsèques au comportement thermomécanique des matériaux pour mieux en formuler les lois d’états. Ces observables sont les sources de chaleur thermomécaniques, activées par sollicitation mécanique. Ces sources peuvent être reconstruites dans l’espace et le temps par inversion de mesures de champs de température obtenus par thermographie IR. Nous présentons essentiellement deux méthodes développées lors de ce travail de thèse qui reposent sur des approches spectrales réduites (dont la décomposition sur Modes de Branche) et des inversions séquentielles (méthode de Beck) ou itératives (Gradient Conjugué). Concernant cette dernière, nous proposons d’y adjoindre une régularisation efficace en s’inspirant de techniques de filtrage par TSVD. S’agissant de matériaux sujets aux instabilités plastiques (PolyEthylène Haute Densité) pour lesquels les vitesses locales peuvent être non négligeables, l’inversion des mesures en température nécessite que l’on considère un opérateur d’advection-diffusion, qui impose alors l’apport d’une connaissance supplémentaire : le champ de vitesses locales. Celui-ci est mesuré par corrélation d’images 3D et nous détaillons le travail expérimental mené ainsi que les résultats obtenus sur des essais de traction pilotés par vidéo-extensométrie. Nous montrons que pour des essais quasi-statiques à vitesses relativement élevées, les effets d’advection sont généralement négligeables. Nous montrons également en quoi la richesse des informations thermomécaniques (Sources) et cinématiques (Taux de déformation, vitesses) permet de mieux comprendre la dynamique de l’instabilité plastique. Enfin nous critiquons les résultats obtenus sur la reconstruction de source par confrontation des deux algorithmes développés et par une analyse physique des phénomènes observés / This work concerns the way intrinsic observables can be produced, which are related to the thermomechanical behavior of materials and necessary for better formulation of state laws. These observables are Thermomechanical Heat Sources (THS) which are activated through mechanical excitation. These sources can be reconstructed both in space and time by the inversion of measured temperature fields obtained through IR thermography. We develop two main methods in this work which rely on spectral reduced approaches (one of them being the decomposition on Branch Modes) and both on a sequential inversion (Beck’s method) and an iterative one (Conjugated Gradient). Regarding the latter, we suggest to combine the standard approach with an efficient regularization method which comes from the filtering techniques based on TSVD. As we are concerned with materials which can be subjected to plastic instabilities (High Density PolyEthylene) for which local velocities of matter displacement can be non negligible, the inversion of the measurements must be performed with the advection-diffusion operator of heat transfer. It is then necessary to obtained additional knowledge: the velocity field. This one is measured by 3D Digital Image Correlation and we detail the experimental work we have carried out, which are based on tensile tests monitored with video-extensometry. We show that for quasi-static tests at relatively high strain rates, the advective effects are generally negligible. We also show the richness of the information brought by this dual thermomechanical (heat sources) and kinematical (strain-rates, velocities) information. It allows for a better understanding of the plastic instability (necking) dynamics. Lastly, we criticize the obtained results on THS reconstruction by the confrontation between the two algorithms and by a physical analysis of the observed phenomena

Les enrobés bitumineux sont des matériaux composites complexes constitués de plusieurs phases : granulats, liants bitumineux et vides. L'assemblage de ces phases définit une microstructure très complexe qui pilote la réponse macroscopique des enrobés. Classiquement, les réponses mécanique et thermique des enrobés sont caractérisées par des essais à l'échelle macroscopique en supposant que le matériau est homogène et isotrope. À l’échelle des constituants, la caractérisation de ces matériaux nécessite d’utiliser une technique de mesure disposant simultanément d’une bonne résolution spatiale et d’une bonne résolution de mesure. L’enjeu de ce travail est d’une part d’évaluer les possibilités d’utilisation de la méthode de la grille (MG) pour l’analyse des propriétés thermo-mécaniques des enrobés bitumineux, et d’autre part de caractériser, grâce à l’apport de cette méthode, l’effet de l’introduction d’agrégats d’enrobés (AE). L’étude expérimentale comprend des essais de compression et de traction ainsi que des essais de gel-dégel. Les champs cinématiques issus de la MG ont permis d'étudier la réponse de ces matériaux à des échelles allant de l’échelle du constituant jusqu’à celle de l’éprouvette. Les résultats obtenus ont également permis de valider une approche expérimentale innovante pour l’analyse des enrobés en permettant d’accéder à des informations fiables et riches à l’échelle de la microstructure. Certains aspects liés à l'impact du recyclage sur le comportement local de l’enrobé sont également fournis. / Asphalt mixtures are complex composite materials constituted of several phases, namely aggregates, bituminous binder and voids. The assembly of these phases defines a highly complex microstructure, which drives the macroscopic response of asphalt mixtures. Classically, both the mechanical and the thermal responses of asphalt materials are characterized by using experiments at the scale of the mixture assuming that the material is homogeneous. At the scale of their constituents, these materials require a measurement technique featuring simultaneously both a good spatial resolution and a good strain resolution. To date, there are only few experimental studies available in the literature that describe the thermal and mechanical behavior of bituminous mixes at the scale of the constituent. The aim of this work is, on the one hand, to evaluate the possibilities of using the grid method (GM) for the analysis of the thermo-mechanical properties of asphalt mixtures and, on the other hand, to characterize the effect of the recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) inclusion on the local behavior of these materials. Full-field measurements provided by GM allow to study the response of these materials at scales ranging from the component to the mixture itself. These results enable us to validate an innovative experimental approach for the analysis of asphalts. It gives access to reliable and rich information at the scale of the microstructure. Some aspects related to the impact of RAP on the local behavior of asphalt were also provided.

Les critères de localisation et d’endommagement sont généralement basés sur un cadre dissipatif et ce travail s’intéresse aux couplages thermomécaniques accompagnant les micromécanismes de déformation. Il repose en partie sur des données expérimentales obtenues précédemment dans le laboratoire par Bodelot pour un polycristal d’acier A316L. Ce travail tire profit d'une combinaison de techniques différentes, en particulier de mesures in situ de champs cinématiques et thermiques ainsi que de l’Orientation Imaging Microscopy, de la profilométrie et d’une micrographie de surface. Différents outils ont été développés afin (1) d'identifier automatiquement les systèmes de glissement activés, (2) d’estimer l’émissivité de la surface permettant ainsi une détermination des champs thermiques avec une précision de 30 mK, (3) de projeter les champs bruts expérimentaux sur la microstructure et (4) de permettre la modélisation du polycristal et de ses conditions aux limites thermomécaniques réelles dans un cadre de plasticité cristalline dans le code EF Abaqus. Il a notamment été montré que les variations de température fournissent une estimation précise et aisée de la limite d'élasticité macroscopique ainsi que la détermination de la contrainte de cisaillement critique à l'échelle granulaire. En outre, les mesures cinématiques ont permis l'identification des systèmes de glissement activés. Des bilans énergétiques expérimentaux et numériques ont été réalisés et une grande influence de l'hétérogénéité polycristalline sur les mécanismes de stockage d’énergie a été soulignée. Les méthodes proposées contribueront à améliorer les critères d’endommagement basés sur un cadre dissipatif / Strain localization and damage criteria of materials and structures are commonly based on a dissipative framework and this work investigates the thermomechanical couplings accompanying the deformation micromechanisms. It is partly based on experimental data obtained previously in the laboratory by Bodelot for a A316L austenitic stainless steel polycrystal. This work takes profit of a multi-technique approach combining, in particular, in-situ kinematic and thermal fields measurements as well as Orientation Imaging Microscopy, profilometry and surface micrography. Different tools have been developed (1) to automatically identify the activated slip systems directly from the surface micrography, (2) to approach the surface emissivity field allowing an accurate determination of the thermal fields with a 30 mK precision, (3) to project raw experimental fields on the microstructure and (4) to allow the modeling of the polycrystal aggregate and its real thermomechanical boundary conditions by using a crystal plasticity framework within the Abaqus FE code. It has notably been shown that the temperature variations provides an easy and accurate estimation of the macroscopic yield stress at the specimen scale as well as the determination of the Critical Resolved Shear Stress at the intragranular scale. In addition, the local kinematic measurements allow the in-situ identification of the activated slip systems. Experimental and numerical energy balances have been conducted and a great influence of the polycrystalline heterogeneity on the energy storage mechanism has been underlined. The proposed methods would help improving physical based dissipative criteria for damage analysis

The course of polymer film functioning has been a crucial concern in the advent of packaging technology. The thesis project aims towards obtaining an understanding of mechanical properties for a class of these materials, namely LDPE and PET. A constitutive understanding of this behavior in the case of LDPE is acquired through incorporating a plastic stress strain relationship in an iterative approach with focus put on the sensitivity of a few parameters by following a simple linear curve-fit technique in a way that the global as well as the local response are predictable. FE-models also developed in this way are validated with experimental data. An inverse analysis testing validity or usefulness of DIC technique in identifying a material model is done and some discussions are drawn towards this area. A relative numerical study with respect to experimentally obtained global response for tearing of these polymers is done through use of a similar material model developed from tensile tests and the challenges faced in this area have been addressed.

Teeth trauma has become one of the most serious physical problems that people are suffering from in the past years. Early diagnosis and management are desperately needed to improve tooth survival, functionality and avoid the tooth loss. However, the diagnosis of cracked tooth could be challenging due to the small size of the crack. Therefore, a mechanics understanding of the tooth fracture is demanding from the perspective of developing a framework for failure prediction in clinical research and bio-mimetic restorative materials. This study focuses on characterising the anisotropic fracture behaviour and the crack shielding mechanisms in elephant dentin. This is often used as a structural analogue for human dentin due to the similarities in microstructure and chemical composition, in order to avoid the test-piece size restrictions, given the larger size of ivory than human teeth. Compact tension test-pieces were extracted from different locations on the ivory tusk so as to have different crack growth directions relative to the microstructure to inspect the fracture anisotropies. The fracture toughness as a function of the crack extension was assessed in terms of fracture resistance curves (R-curve). The accumulative crack-tip strain fields were also measured for the first time in dentin using digital image correlation technique (DIC) to investigate the capability of crack-tip elastic/plastic deformation before material failure. Investigation of crack morphologies, the interaction between crack and the microstructures, the fracture surfaces using both 2-D and 3-D techniques could provide with insights into extrinsic shielding mechanisms. Surface and volume crack opening displacement (COD) were measured for the first time optically and by X-ray computed tomography to investigate the effect of extrinsic crack-tip shielding. The displacement fields around the crack-tip obtained by DIC were fitted using Westergaard’s analytical solution to extract the effective stress intensity factor, by comparing this to the applied load, the efficiency of the crack-tip shielding could be evaluated. A novel cohesive element model (traction-separation law) was then established based on the COD results to simulate the physical process of crack-tip shielding. It is the first time the cohesive model has been adapted to studying the direct crack behaviour measured by in-situ experiment to predict the crack growth. This model was then validated using the crack-tip strain field and R-curve obtained from the experiment measurement.