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Determination of mechanical properties of light alloys and composites by means of Small Punch Testing
Bártková, Denisa ; Langer, J. ; Dymáček, Petr ; Válka, L.
Nowadays, in many testing areas a volume of experimental material is limited (laboratory-scaled volume, semidestructive approach). Therefore many testing techniques on miniature samples were devised. Principle of Small Punch Test (SPT) method is a penetration of small puncher through thin disc placed on a ring until the disc bursts. In dependence on loading mode it can provide information comparable to uniaxial tensile tests (UTT) and/or conventional constant load creep tests. However clarification of relations between SPT and conventional methods is difficult and empirical formulas are non-universal. The aim of this study is to i) evaluate mechanical properties of aluminium and magnesium alloys and its composites by means of SPT, ii) compare SPT results with UTT, iii) validate correlation formulas from literature, iv) propose more advanced approach to define correlation between UTT and SPT. Measurement were carried out at constant deflection rate (SPT-CDR) in two different laboratoires. Results from both laboratories were compared to evaluate the reproducibility of the method. Better results agreement was reached for the ultimate strength measurements. Yield strength results exhibited greater variance. An influence of pre-deformation of the sample on yield strength and deflection at maximum force was also identified. We can conclude, that for quantitative estimation of strength parameters we can use correlation formulas based on materials with similar composition and fracture behaviour.
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The Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman model calibration from sub-size test specimens by size corresponding to the half of Charpy specimen
Stratil, Luděk ; Šiška, Filip ; Hadraba, Hynek ; Dlouhý, Ivo
The paper deals with a utilization of miniaturized tensile specimens for purposes of local approach application from limited amount of test material. The motivation for application of those miniaturized specimens is the utilization of volume of test material corresponding to the half of Charpy specimen. The tensile testing of miniaturized specimens was conducted at room temperature in ductile regime of the Eurofer97 steel followed by detailed fractography and quantitative analysis of micromechanism of damage. The parameters of Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman micromechanical model of ductile fracture were calibrated. Except for the slight differences in strength and deformation characteristics no other differences between two sizes of tensile specimens were found. The calibrated sets of parameters of GTN model using the same element size were very similar. The application of different calibrated sets of GTN model parameters for simulation of damage in cracked specimen (R-curve) is sensitive to the element size and needs its calibration.
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A calibration of Gurson-Tvergaard- Needleman micromechanical model of ductile fracture
Stratil, Luděk ; Hadraba, Hynek ; Šiška, Filip ; Dlouhý, Ivo
Fracture mechanics characteristics of ductile fracture often depend on geometry and size of specimens. A micromechanical modelling of material damage proposes a tool for treatment of geometry and size effects in fracture mechanics. Application of micromechanical model for certain materiál requires a calibration of model‘s parameters. This contribution presents the calibration procedure of Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman model of ductile fracture for Eurofer97 steel. The identification of ductile damage of the steel and its tensile properties at various level of stress triaxiality by testing smooth and notched bars were determined in the previous study. The calibration procedure was performed by hybrid method as a combination of FEA simulations of tensile tests and fractography analyses. The Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman model performance is greatly influenced by true stress-true strain curve of the material.
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