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Neste trabalho propõe-se o projeto e a análise estrutural de uma haste femoral de implante de quadril em material compósito polimérico. No trabalho, realizaram-se algumas etapas com a finalidade de obter parâmetros confiáveis de comportamento do material, visando à consistência dos resultados numéricos e experimentais. Primeiramente, faz-se um levantamento bibliográfico sobre o comportamento mecânico dos materiais compósitos poliméricos reforçados, como também dos critérios de falha existentes para este tipo de material. Em seguida, apresentam-se as etapas experimentais com a descrição dos procedimentos de fabricação dos corpos-de-prova e os resultados obtidos a partir dos ensaios quase-estáticos de tração do poliuretano derivado de óleo de mamona. A etapa seguinte foi desenvolver um dispositivo de ensaio monotônico quase-estático para a haste femoral em poliuretano com o objetivo de levantar a curva força-deslocamento seguindo as especificações das normas ISO 7206-3 e ISO 7206-4. Com base nos resultados experimentais obtidos, foi possível propor um reforço estrutural, na forma de tubo, na haste femoral em poliuretano e adotar uma análise de falha progressiva para determinar o seu comportamento mecânico. Para esta finalidade foi implementado um modelo de material em sub-rotina FORTRAN, compilada em conjunto com um programa de elementos finitos (ABAQUS). Concluiu-se, que o modelo de material implementado e o reforço estrutural proposto para a haste femoral traz contribuições inovadoras, visto que se pode prever com mais precisão o comportamento mecânico da haste femoral reforçada com o tubo em material compósito polimérico. / A design and structural analysis of a femoral stem using a polymeric composite material is proposed in this work. The work had some steps in order to achieve trusty parameters for the material behavior aiming the consistence of numerical and experimental results. In the first step, a bibliographic review of mechanical behavior of reinforced polymeric composite materials as well as failure criterion was done. Following experimental steps are presented with specimen manufacturing procedure description and the results obtained from quasi-statics tension tests of polyurethane derivated from castor oil. The next step was the development of a monotonic quasistatic test device for the polyurethane femoral stem aiming to determine the forcedisplacement curve according to ISO 7206-3 and ISO 7206-4 standards. Considering the experimental results obtained it was possible to propose a structural reinforcement, which consists on a tube, in the polyurethane femoral stem and to adopt a progressive failure analysis in order to determine its mechanical behavior. A material model using FORTRAN sub-routine was developed and compiled joint with a finite element program (ABAQUS). The conclusion is that the model developed and the structural proposed reinforcement for the femoral stem bring innovation for this contribution once it is possible to preview accurately the mechanical behavior of the reinforced femoral stem with tube in polymeric composite material.

Passive safety is a well-known term. This term can be further categorized into different topics of the car passive safety, restraint systems, safety assistants (ABS, ESP, ASR, etc.). One of these topics is passive safety of the fuel system. Safety and tightness of the fuel system must be guaranteed even under non-standard conditions, for example a collision against a fixed obstacle. This issue is not often mentioned in the field of car safety. It is considered a standard. Passive safety of the fuel system is often ensured using various interesting technical solutions and devices, usually patented ones. The development of these solutions is supported by numerical simulations in different stages of development process. The doctoral thesis deals with impact loading of the plastic components of the fuel system, in particular Fuel Supply Module (FSM), which is mounted inside the fuel tank. The flange is the most important part of the fuel supply module from the car safety point of view. The flange closes FSM on the external side of the fuel tank. The thesis focuses on the finite element analysis of the complete or partial FSM, and the flange itself during impact loading. The main objective of this thesis are numerical material models, taking into account important aspects of the mechanical behavior of polymer materials during impact loading. There are a lot of ad hoc invented or standardized experiments described in this thesis. These experiments are used for estimation of the material parameters or comparison of numerical analysis vs real conditions, or tests. The solver LS-DYNA was mainly used for numerical simulations. The final results of this thesis brings new quantified knowledge about behavior of the Typical Semi-Crystal Polymer (TSCP), not only for impact loading. The practical part of this thesis defines new methodology for the numerical simulation approach of impact loading for FSM. This methodology is directly usable for new product development. A lot of numerical material models were developed and tested. The best results were achieved using numerical material model *MAT_24 with combination of *MAT_ADD_EROSION card. The limits and parameters for this numerical material model was estimated empirically during conducting experiments. The numerical material model SAMP-1 was partly solved in this doctoral thesis, but more detail study will be given in future works.

Tato diplomová práce se zabývá posouzením tepelně-mechanické únavy výfukového potrubí. Nejprve byla provedena rešeršní studie, ve které je rozebrán fenomén tepelně-mechanické únavy. Byly prezentovány hlavní mechanismy poškození a přístupy k jejich modelování. Diskutována byla i specifická chování materiálu vystavenému tepelně-mechanickému zatěžování. Byl vypracován přehled vhodných modelů materiálu a modelů únavové životnosti společně s algoritmem predikce tepelně-mechanické únavy komponenty. Poté byl tento teoretický základ aplikován na praktický případ výfukového potrubí podléhajícího tepelně-mechanickému zatěžování. Dva tepelně závislé elasto-plastické modely materiálu byly nakalibrovány a validovány na základě experimentálních dat. Byl vytvořen diskretizovaný konečnoprvkový model sestavy výfukového potrubí. Model tepelných okrajových podmínek byl předepsán na základě výpočtů ustáleného sdruženého přestupu tepla. Slabě sdružená tepelně-deformační úloha byla vyřešena metodou konečných prvků pro oba modely materiálů. Bylo použito paradigma nesvázaného modelu únavy, které je vhodné pro nízkocyklovou únavu. Životnost byla tedy vyhodnocena jako součást post-procesoru. Použity byly dva modely únavové životnosti – energeticky založený model a deformačně založený model. Získané hodnoty životnosti byly porovnány vzhledem k použitým modelům materiálu a modelům únavové životnosti. Nakonec jsou diskutovány závěry této práce, oblasti dalšího výzkumu a navrženy možnosti na zlepšení použitých přístupů.

This diploma thesis deals with the numerical modeling of the nail joint of the timber roof structure and it is based on the already realized physical experiment. Totally twelve various solutions, where the isotropic and ortotropic characteristics of the spruce timber and steel components change, have been created. The final values of the joint shift obtained by using of the numerical modeling are compared with results of physical experiment. Program system ANSYS is used.

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Um die Verwendung der Bauweise „dünne Asphaltschicht auf Tragschicht ohne Bindemittel“ in Bereichen geringer Verkehrsbelastung in Deutschland zu forcieren, wird die Anwendbarkeit des derzeit gültigen Regelwerkes auf die genannte Bauweise überprüft und erarbeitete Hinweise zu notwendigen Anpassungen bzw. Erweiterungen bereitgestellt. Im Speziellen wird das Regelwerk RDO Asphalt unter Berücksichtigung der Anforderungen in dem Regelwerk RStO in Anwendung gebracht und weiterer Forschungsbedarf abgeleitet. Auf Grundlage von umfassenden Berechnungen zu Beanspruchungszuständen und durchgeführten Dimensionierungsberechnungen, die durch eine große Varianz der hierfür erforderlichen Eingangsdaten geprägt sind, werden Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Einsatzes von flexiblen Straßenkonstruktionen mit nur dünnen Asphaltschichten (von ca. 4 cm) aufgezeigt. Das nichtlineare Materialverhalten der granularen Gesteinskorngemische wird dabei durch Anwendung eines nichtlinearen Stoffmodells, des Dresdner Modells, berücksichtigt. Das Dresdner Modell besteht aus zwei Ansatzfunktionen, die sowohl eine spannungsabhängige Formulierung des Elastizitätsmoduls als auch der Querdehnzahl bereitstellen. Um eine sinnvolle bzw. praktikable Anwendung des Dresdner Modells zu ermöglichen, werden zwei Varianten der Parameterbestimmung ausführlich anhand eines umfänglichen Beispiels vorgestellt und diskutiert. Auch werden der Einfluss der Korngeometrie (d. h. anisotropen Materialverhaltens) und des Verdichtungszustandes auf prüftechnisch bestimmtes Materialverhalten und die darauf aufbauende Parameterbestimmung untersucht und somit die Einsatzgrenzen des verwendeten Stoffmodells aufgezeigt. Anhand des Dresdner Modells wird erläutert, wie Stoffmodelle, die ursprünglich unter Voraussetzung homogener Spannungszustände entwickelt wurden, für inhomogene Spannungszustände angepasst werden können. Da Gesteinskorngemische nur über eine sehr begrenzte Fähigkeit verfügen, Zugspannungen aufnehmen zu können und das Dresdner Modell nur für Beanspruchungen im Druck- und nicht im Zugbereich definiert ist, werden zwei von der Autorin erarbeitete Möglichkeiten vorgestellt, um auftretende Zugbeanspruchungen zu reduzieren. Die verschiedenen Modellvarianten werden ausführlich beschrieben und anhand von dimensionierungsrelevanten Kenngrößen und weiteren ausgewählten Beanspruchungszuständen sowie berechneten Nutzungsdauern bzw. Ausfallzeitpunkten bewertet. Zudem wird erklärt, was jeweils bei der Einbindung in Finite Elemente Berechnungsprogramme zu berücksichtigen ist. Die korrekte Einbindung des Dresdner Modells wird anhand der Simulation von Ergebnissen aus Triaxialversuchen nachgewiesen. Aus den verschiedenen Modellvarianten wird eine zu bevorzugende Variante ausgewählt. Für diese Variante werden anschließend die Ergebnisse einer umfassenden Parameterstudie vorgestellt. Variiert werden sowohl Modellbedingungen, wie Geometrie- und Randbedingungen, als auch belastungsspezifische Annahmen und Materialeigenschaften. Das Dresdner Modell (d. h. ein nichtlineares Stoffmodell) wird hierbei erstmalig für eine rechnerische Dimensionierung nach den RDO Asphalt eingesetzt. Anhand umfänglicher Dimensionierungsberechnungen werden die Grenzen der derzeit geforderten Nachweise hinsichtlich deren Anwendbarkeit für Straßenbefestigungen mit dünnen Asphaltschichten auf Tragschichten ohne Bindemittel aufgezeigt und die Notwendigkeit der Berücksichtigung des i. d. R. nichtlinearen Verhaltens von Gesteinskorngemischen analysiert. Als Voraussetzung hierfür wird eine Möglichkeit vorgestellt, nichtlinear elastisches Materialverhalten durch lineares Materialverhalten zu repräsentieren. Die Berechnung von Beanspruchungszuständen erfolgt mit den eigens hierfür in Comsol erarbeiteten Finite Elemente Modellen. Anschließende Dimensionierungberechnungen wurden mittels von der Autorin bereitgestellten Excel-Makros realisiert. Ein Vergleich berechneter Beanspruchungszustände in verschiedenen Befestigungsvarianten mit im Triaxialversuch aufgebrachten Belastungen (zur Bereitstellung von Prüfdaten zur Bestimmung von Modellparametern) bietet Richtwerte zur Ableitung notwendiger Prüfbedingungen. / To demonstrate the capabilities of the construction method „thin asphalt layer on unbound granular base course“ in areas of low traffic load in Germany, the applicability of the current national regulations to the construction method mentioned is examined and information is provided on necessary adaptations and extensions. In particular, the « RDO asphalt » regulations are applied, taking into account the requirements of the RStO regulations, and the need for further research is derived. Based on comprehensive calculations on stress and strain conditions and design life calculations, which are characterised by a large variance in the input data required for this, the possibilities and limits of the use of flexible road constructions with only thin asphalt layers (of approx. 4 cm) are shown. The non-linear material behaviour of the granular aggregate mixtures is taken into account by applying a non-linear material model, the Dresden model. The Dresden model consists of two initial functions, which provide both a stressdependent formulation of the elastic modulus and the Poisson’s ratio. In order to enable a reasonable and practicable application of the Dresden model, two variants of parameter determination are presented and discussed in detail on the basis of a comprehensive example. The influence of the grain geometry (i.e. anisotropic material behaviour) and the state of compaction on the material behaviour - determined by testing - and the parameter determination based on it are also examined. Based on this the limits of the applied material model are presented. Using the Dresden model, it is explained how material models, which were originally developed under the assumption of homogeneous stress conditions, can be adapted for inhomogeneous stress conditions. Since aggregate mixtures have only a very limited ability to absorb tensile stresses, and the Dresden model is only defined for stresses in compression and not in tension, two possibilities, developed by the author, are presented to reduce occurring tensile stresses. The different model variants are described in detail and evaluated on the basis of dimensioning-relevant parameters and other selected stress conditions as well as calculated service lives or failure times. In addition, it is explained what has to be taken into account when integrating the model variants into finite element calculation programs. The correct integration of the Dresden model is demonstrated and verified by simulating results from triaxial tests. From the different model variants a preferred variant is selected. The results of a comprehensive parameter study are then presented for this variant. Model conditions, such as geometry and boundary conditions, as well as load-specific assumptions and material properties are varied. The Dresden model (i.e. a nonlinear material model) is used for the first time for a computational design of flexible pavements following the RDO Asphalt standards. On the basis of extensive design life calculations, the limits of the currently required verifications are shown with regard to their applicability for road pavements with thin asphalt layers on unbound granular base courses and the necessity of taking into account the generally non-linear behaviour of aggregate mixtures is analysed. As a prerequisite for this, an approach is presented to represent non-linear elastic material behaviour by linear material behaviour. The calculation of stress conditions is carried out with the finite element models specially developed for this purpose in Comsol. Subsequent design life calculations were realised using Excel macros created by the author. A comparison of calculated stress conditions in different pavement variants, with measured stresses obtained from triaxial tests provides orientation values for deriving necessary test conditions for future investigations. / Afin de pousser l’utilisation de la méthode de construction „couche d’asphalte mince sur la couche de base sans liant“ dans les zones à faible trafic en Allemagne, l’applicabilité de l’ensemble des règlements actuellement en vigueur à la méthode de construction mentionnée est examinée et des informations sur les adaptations ou extensions nécessaires sont fournies. En particulier, le règlement « RDO Asphalt » est appliqué, en tenant compte des exigences de règlement RStO, et le besoin de recherches supplémentaires en est déduit. Les possibilités et les limites de l’utilisation de constructions routières flexibles avec des couches d’asphalte minces (d’environ 4 cm) sont présentées sur la base de calculs complets des états de contrainte, de déformation et de calculs de dimensionnement (qui sont caractérisés par une grande variance des données d’entrée nécessaires). Le comportement non linéaire des mélanges de granulats est pris en compte en appliquant un modèle de matériau non linéaire : le modèle de Dresde. Le modèle de Dresde se compose de deux fonctions initiales, qui fournissent à la fois une formulation du module d’élasticité et de coefficient de Poisson en fonction de la contrainte. Afin de permettre une application judicieuse et pratique du modèle de Dresde, deux variantes de détermination des paramètres sont présentées et discutées en détail sur la base d’un exemple complet. L’influence de la géométrie des grains (c’est-à-dire le comportement anisotrope du matériau) et de l’état de compactage sur le comportement du matériau déterminé par les essais et la détermination des paramètres qui en découle est également examinée, ce qui permet de montrer les limites d’application du modèle de matériau utilisé. À l’aide du modèle de Dresde, on explique comment les modèles de matériaux, qui ont été développés à l’origine dans l’hypothèse de conditions de contraintes homogènes, peuvent être adaptés à des conditions de contraintes inhomogènes. Comme les mélanges de granulats n’ont qu’une capacité très limitée à absorber les contraintes de traction et que le modèle de Dresde n’est défini que pour les contraintes en compression et non en traction, deux possibilités développées par l’auteur sont présentées pour réduire les contraintes de traction qui se produisent. Les différentes variantes du modèle sont décrites en détail et évaluées sur la base des paramètres de dimensionnement et d’autres conditions de contrainte sélectionnées, ainsi que des durées de vie et des temps de défaillance calculés. En outre, il est expliqué ce qui doit être pris en compte lors de l’intégration du modèle dans les programmes de calcul par éléments finis. L’intégration correcte du modèle de Dresde est vérifiée en simulant les résultats d’essais triaxiaux. Parmi les différentes variantes du modèle, une variante préférée est sélectionnée. Les résultats d’une étude exhaustive des paramètres sont ensuite présentés pour cette variante. Les conditions du modèle, telles que la géométrie et les conditions aux limites, ainsi que les hypothèses spécifiques à la charge et les propriétés des matériaux, sont variées. Le modèle de Dresde (c’est-à-dire un modèle de matériau non linéaire) est utilisé pour la première fois pour des calculs de dimensionnement selon le règlement « RDO Asphalt ». Sur la base de calculs de dimensionnement approfondis, les limites des vérifications actuellement requises sont montrées en ce qui concerne leur applicabilité pour les construction routières avec des couches minces d’asphalte sur des couches de base sans liant et la nécessité de prendre en compte le comportement généralement non linéaire des mélanges de granulats est analysée. Comme condition préalable à cela, une possibilité est présentée de représenter le comportement élastique non linéaire des matériaux par un comportement linéaire des matériaux. Le calcul des conditions de contrainte est effectué avec les modèles d’éléments finis spécialement développés à cet effet dans Comsol. Les calculs de dimensionnement ultérieurs ont été réalisés à l’aide de macros Excel fournies par l’auteur. Une comparaison des conditions de contrainte calculées dans différentes variantes de fixation avec les charges appliquées dans l’essai triaxial (pour fournir des données d’essai permettant de déterminer les paramètres du modèle) fournit des valeurs guides pour dériver les conditions d’essai nécessaires.

A Lagrangian finite-element model of the plunge phase of the friction stir welding process was developed to better understand the plunge. The effects of both modeling and experimental parameters were explored. Experimental friction stir plunges were made in AA 7075-T6 at a plunge rate of 0.724 mm/s with spindle speeds ranging from 400 to 800 rpm. Comparable plunges were modeled in Forge2005. Various simulation parameters were explored to assess the effect on temperature prediction. These included the heat transfer coefficient between the tool and workpiece (from 0 to 2000 W/m-K), mesh size (node counts from 1,200 to 8,000), and material model (five different constitutive relationships). Simulated and measured workpiece temperatures were compared to evaluate model quality. As spindle speed increases, there is a statistically significant increase in measured temperature. However, over the range of spindle speeds studied, this difference is only about 10% of the measured temperature increase. Both the model and the simulation show a similar influence of spindle speed on temperature. The tool-workpiece heat transfer coefficient has a minor influence (<25% temperature change) on simulated peak temperature. Mesh size has a moderate influence (<40% temperature change) on simulated peak temperature, but a mesh size of 3000 nodes is sufficient. The material model has a high influence (>60% temperature change) on simulated peak temperature. Overall, the simulated temperature rise error was reduced from 300% to 50%. It is believed that this can be best improved in the future by developing improved material models.

Ultrasonic measurements of the preload in bolted joints is a very accurate method since it does not depend on the friction and other factors which cause difficulties for common methods. The ultrasonic method works by emitting an ultrasonic pulse into the bolt which is reflected at the end and returned to the transducer, the change in the time of flight (TOF) can be related to the elongation of the bolt and therefore the preload. One must account for the acoustoelastic effect which is the change in sound speed due to an initial stress state. The goal of this thesis project was to implement a Murnaghan hyperelastic material model in order to account for the acoustoelastic effect when conducting a numerical simulation using the finite element method (FEM). An experiment was also performed to validate the numerical simulation. The DeltaTOF as a function of a tensile force was obtained for an M8 and M10 test piece from the experiment. The material model was implemented by creating a user subroutine written in Fortran for the explicit solver Radioss. Hypermesh was used to set-up the numerical simulation. The material model has shown an expected behavior with an increased sound speed with compressive stresses and a decreased speed with tensile stresses. The numerical simulation showed a good correspondence to the experimental results. / Ultraljudsmätning av klämklraften i skruvförband är en väldigt noggrann metod eftersom att metoden inte påverkas av friktion eller andra faktorer som innebär svårigheter för vanliga metoder. Ultraljudsmetoden fungerar genom att skicka in en ultraljudsvåg i skruven som reflekteras i botten och återvänder tillbaka till sensorn. Skillnaden i tiden för ekot att återvända kan relateras till förlängningen av skruven och därmed klämkraften. Det är viktigt att ta hänsyn till den akustoelastiska effekten, som är fenomenet där ljudhastigheten av en våg i en solid förändras med spänningstillståndet. Målet med det här arbetet är att implementera en hyperelastisk Murnaghan modell som tar hänsyn till den akustoelastiska effekten med FEM simuleringar. Ett experiment har också genomförts för att validera beräkningsmodellen. Tidsfördröjningen som en funktion av förspänningskraften togs fram för ett M8 och M10 provobjekt. Murnaghans hyperelastiska materialmodell implementerades genom att skapa ett användar material skriven i programmeringsspråket Fortran för den explicita lösaren Radioss. Hypermesh användes för att ställa upp FEM simuleringen. Materialmodellen har visat ett väntat beteende med en ökad ljudhastighet med tryckspänningar och minskad ljudhastighet med dragspänningar. Beräkningsmodellen visade en god överenstämmelse med resultatet från experimentet.

This master’s thesis is dealing with analysis of fluid flow pulse in a flexible tube representing e.g. an artery in a human body. In ANSYS program, 3D simulations were performed, and these are so-called interrelated FSI analysis. In Maple software, 1D simulations of fluid flow in the tube were performed for various thin-walled and thick-walled variants. The aim is using these programs to determine the flow rates and pressures in the tube, its wall deformation and stress. Therefore, the theoretical part deals mainly with basic equations of flow dynamics, linear and nonlinear models and rotationally symmetric vessels. In the computational part are described individual procedures in the mentioned programs.