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Crystalline interface plays a significant role in strengthening lamellar γ-TiAl alloys through reconciling the strength and ductility. Herein, the effects of temperature and strain rate on the tensile deformation of three lamellar γ-TiAl interface models are investigated by molecular dynamics simulations. The three interfaces, pseudo twin (PT), rotational boundary (RB), and true twin (TT), exhibit different tensile responses due to the different interface effects: TT interface only acts as a barrier of dislocation traversing to facilitate crack extension; PT interface acts as both dislocation barrier and emission source and has a stronger release of strain energy than TT interface, retarding the crack extension; RB interface can retard and resist crack extension due to the blunting and deflection of the crack tip and the best interface geometry compatibility. The defect evolution indicates that the elevated temperature suppresses dislocation propagation at low strain rate, while the high strain rate causes small lamellar stacking faults and slit-shaped holes along tensile direction at low temperature. In addition, the dual conditions of high strain rate and low temperature induce the phase transition from FCC to BCC and then BCC to HCP. These findings provide a specific insight to understand the atomistic mechanism of interface-mediated deformation.

Nematic elastomers (NEs) are lightly cross-linked elastomers with nematic mesogens integrated in their polymer networks. Combination of large deformation capability with nematic-isotropic phase transition enables NEs to be the most promising soft materials for impact attenuation, actuation and soft robotics. In this paper, we focus on nematic-genesis polydomain NEs (N-PNEs) where mesogens are cross-linked at nematic states. N-PNEs are capable of absorbing and dissipating energy and easy to synthesize. We present a Voronoi diagram-based finite element model for specimen-scale N-PNEs, and investigate the cyclic tensile and compressive behaviors of N-PNEs at different strain rates. Our simulations reveal a smooth polydomain-monodomain transition during loading, accompanied by a full recovery of polydomain texture after the load is removed, indicating a memory effect of initial disordered mesogen alignment. The predicted behaviors align well with experimental observations, which validates our model. Furthermore, we assess the energy absorption and dissipation capabilities of N-PNEs compared to monodomain NEs, identifying conditions where N-PNEs exhibit superior performance. This study not only enhances our understanding of polydomain-monodomain transitions in N-PNEs, but also lays the groundwork for the development of N-PNE-based energy absorbers.

The diffuse damage and localized cracking of quasi-brittle materials (i.e., rocks and concretes) under compression can be delineated by a matrix-microcrack system, wherein a solid matrix phase is weakened by a large number of randomly oriented and distributed microcracks, and the macroscopic cracking is formed by a progressive evolution of microcracks. Several homogenization-based multiscale models have been proposed to describe this matrix-microcrack system, but most of them are based on a linear friction law on the microcrack surface, rendering a linear strength criterion. In this paper, we propose a new quadratic friction law within the local multiscale friction-damage (LMFD) model to capture the plastic distortion due to frictional sliding along the rough microcrack surface. Following that, a macroscopic Ottosen-type nonlinear strength criterion is rationally derived with up-scaling friction-damage coupling analysis. An enhanced semi-implicit return mapping (ESRM) algorithm with a substepping scheme is then developed to integrate the complex nonlinear constitutive model. The performance of LMFD model is evaluated compared to a wide range of experimental data on plain concretes, and the robustness of ESRM algorithm is assessed through a series of numerical tests. Subsequently, to effectively describe the localized cracking process, a regularization scheme is proposed by combining the phase-field model with the established LMFD model, and the discretization independent crack localization is numerically verified.

Capturing the buckling instability mechanics of multi-layered film/substrate structures is essential for providing theoretical guidelines for designing flexible electronics (e.g., stretchable interconnects and strain-limiting structures) and understanding the morphogenesis in biology and geology. Previous buckling models of tri-layer substrate/film/substrate structures usually assumed infinite substrate thickness and incomplete forms of interfacial shear stress, failing to distinguish between local wrinkling and global buckling. In this work, we extend our previous model (Yuan et al., 2023) by accounting for both finite substrate thickness and a complete form of interfacial shear stress, without assuming uniform membrane strain in the film, to study the buckling instability of tri-layer structures. The local wrinkling versus global buckling is distinguished through energy analysis, yielding phase diagrams for a wide range of geometric parameters and material properties. The effects of finite substrate thickness and moduli on the critical compressive strain and wavelength for the onset of local wrinkling are thoroughly investigated. The high accuracy of current model is demonstrated by the excellent agreement between analytical predictions and finite element analysis. This study provides new insights into the stability analysis of substrate/film/substrate systems, and will aid in the design of flexible electronics.

A finite strain micromechanical analysis is presented for the prediction of the loss of microscopic stability of a class of metal matrix composites that are subjected to axial compressive loading and undergoing large deformations. The metallic constituent behavior is modeled by the single crystal anisotropic plasticity theory in which, due to the resolved shear stresses, plastic deformations occur along certain pre-defined slip planes. Thus, this incremental plasticity theory is capable of providing the effect of the applied axial loading on the induced shear stresses which dominate the microbuckling. The composites are assumed to possess slight imperfections at the interfaces, and in order to satisfy the interfacial conditions, a perturbation expansion is employed which yields zero and first order micromechanical analysis problems. The zero order problem corresponds to the micromechanical modeling of the composite with no imperfections, whereas the solution of the first order problem is utilized to obtain the critical stresses and deformations at which bifurcation buckling occurs. Both problems are solved by employing the finite strain high-fidelity generalized method of cells (HFGMC) micromechanics. Applications are given for various types of single crystal matrix composites including layered, particulate, continuous and short fiber composites. Finally, a comparison between the compressive strengths of a standard metal matrix boron/aluminum and SiC/single crystal composites is presented and discussed.

In this paper, a new algorithm to solve the elastic quarter-space, the eighth-space and the finite-length-space contact problems is proposed. This corresponds to an extension of the Hertz theory. The theoretical foundations of such a problem are limited, due to the presence of displacements at the free edges- or stresses at the virtual edges — resulting to complex boundary conditions. The new approach presented here is 3D and based on Guilbault’s ingenious fast correction method. In this approach, the edge effects are taken into account by introducing two corrective factors ${\psi }_1$, ${\psi }_2$ respectively on the $\left(Ox\right)$ and $\left(Oz\right)$ axes to replace the mirror pressure iterative process of Hetenyi. The exact numerical values of these two correction factors are derived analytically. The results show that the free edge can substantially increase locally the contact pressure and therefore the stresses and displacement fields if close to the contact area. So the pressure field and the contact zone present an asymmetry which is more pronounced as the free edge is getting closer. This study is carried out on spaces with one, two and four free edges which will be respectively called: quarter-space, eighth-space and finite-length-space. A validation is performed using a Finite Element Method (FEM) analysis. A parametric study is also performed to exhibit the differences with the Hertz solution, including in the situation where one expects the truncation of the contact area when the free edge is virtually located within the Hertz contact area.

In this paper, the dynamic shear response and failure of Ti-6Al-4V using four different test specimen geometries, viz. Hat-Shaped Specimen (HSS), Flat Hat-Shaped Specimen (FHSS), Chip Hat-Shaped Specimen (CHSS) and Double Shear Specimen (DSS), are critically examined and compared. Through a combination of experiments (using the standard Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar system), finite-element simulations and metallographic examinations of their fracture morphology, the dynamic shear characteristics (strain hardening, strain rate strengthening effect and failure strain) of Ti-6Al-4V obtained using the different specimen geometries are critically examined, compared and analyzed. It will be shown that differences in the stress/strain uniformity, the plastic deformation zone, and the stress state induced by the different specimen geometries lead to discrepancies in the measured shear response and failure that were observed. The shear stress–strain curve obtained using the DSS will be shown to be more precise than the other specimen geometries.

This work focuses on dynamic continualization of multifield multilayered metamaterials in order to obtain energetically-consistent models able to provide an accurate description of the dispersive behavior of the corresponding discrete system. Continuum models, characterized by constitutive and inertial non-localities, have been identified through a recently proposed enhanced continualization scheme. They are identified by governing equations both of the integro-differential and higher-order gradient-type, whose regularization kernel or pseudo-differential functions accounting for shift operators are formally expanded in Taylor series. The adopted regularization kernel exhibits polar singularities at the edge of the first Brillouin zone, thus assuring the convergence of the frequency spectrum to the one of the Lagrangian system in the entire wave vector domain. The validity of the proposed approach is assessed through the investigation of multilayered discrete lattices with an antitetrachiral topology, where local resonators act as rigid links among the layers. The convergence of dispersion curves of the continuum model to the ones of the Lagrangian model is proved in the whole first Brillouin zone as the adopted continualization order increases, both considering the propagation and the spatial attenuation of Bloch waves inside the metamaterial. A low frequency continualization is also provided, leading to the identification of a first-order medium.

The modeling of the visco-electro-elastic behavior of functionally graded beam benders with PZT constituents is accomplished via a hierarchical framework that is based on the homogenization technique for composite layers and the laminate theory for a composite laminate. The representation of a bulk PZT constituent is based on linear visco-electro-elastic constitutive equations. The resulting bending displacements of PZT-graded bimorph and multimorph are obtained under the assumption of the Euler–Bernoulli beam. The experimental data of the bending displacements versus applied voltage are compared with the predictions for a bimorph and a multimorph, resulting in a good agreement. The responses of a bender to a complete cycle of applied voltage are shown in order to reveal the critical hysteretic actuation due to the presence of a visco-electro-elastic PZT material in a functionally graded piezoelectric beam bender which is made by functionally graded piezoelectric materials.