Poly(phthalazinone ether sulfone ketone)(PPESK)is a new-generation high-performance thermoplastic resin that exhibits excellent thermal stability and mechanical properties.However,its damage and failure mechanisms und...Poly(phthalazinone ether sulfone ketone)(PPESK)is a new-generation high-performance thermoplastic resin that exhibits excellent thermal stability and mechanical properties.However,its damage and failure mechanisms under high-temperature and high-strain-rate coupling conditions remain unclear,significantly limiting the engineering applications of PPESK-based composites in extreme environments such as aerospace.To address this issue,in this study,a temperature-controlled split Hopkinson pressure bar experimental platform was developed for dynamic tensile/compressive loading scenarios.Combined with scanning electron microscopy and molecular dynamics simulations,the thermomechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of PPESK were systematically investigated over the temperature range of 293-473 K.The study revealed a novel"dynamic hysteresis brittle behavior"and its underlying"segmental activation±response lag antagonistic mechanism".The results showed that the strain-rate-induced response lag of polymer chain segments significantly weakened the viscous dissipation capacity activated by thermal energy at elevated temperatures.Although high-strain-rate conditions led to notable enhancement in the dynamic strength of the material(with an increase of 8%-233%,reaching 130%-330%at elevated temperatures),the fracture surface morphology tended to become smoother,and brittle fracture characteristics became more pronounced.Based on these findings,a temperature±strain rate hysteresis antagonistic function was constructed,which effectively captured the competitive relationship between temperature-driven relaxation behavior and strain-rateinduced hysteresis in thermoplastic resins.A multiscale damage evolution constitutive model with temperature±rate coupling was subsequently established and numerically implemented via the VUMAT user subroutine.This study not only unveils the nonlinear damage mechanisms of PPESK under combined service temperatures and dynamic/static loading conditions,but also provides a strong theoretical foundation and engineering guidance for the constitutive modeling and parametric design of thermoplastic resin-based materials.展开更多
A series of centrifuge model tests of sandy slopes were conducted to study the dynamic behavior of pile-reinforced slopes subjected to various motions.Time histories of accelerations,bending moments and pile earth pre...A series of centrifuge model tests of sandy slopes were conducted to study the dynamic behavior of pile-reinforced slopes subjected to various motions.Time histories of accelerations,bending moments and pile earth pressures were obtained during excitation of the adjusted El Centro earthquake and a cyclic motion.Under a realistic earthquake,the overall response of the pile-reinforced slope is lower than that of the non-reinforced slope.The histories of bending moments and dynamic earth pressures reach their maximums soon after shaking started and then remain roughly stable until the end of shaking.Maximum moments occur at the height of 3.5 m,which is the deeper section of the pile,indicating the interface between the active loading and passive resistance regions.The dynamic earth pressures above the slope base steadily increase with the increase of height of pile.For the model under cyclic input motion,response amplitudes at different locations in the slope are almost the same,indicating no significant response amplification.Both the bending moment and earth pressure increase gradually over a long period.展开更多
The dynamic mechanical properties of rock specimens after thermal treatment in the air-filled environment(AE:i.e.,at the free surface)have been extensively investigated,yet they are rarely estimated in the quasi-vacuu...The dynamic mechanical properties of rock specimens after thermal treatment in the air-filled environment(AE:i.e.,at the free surface)have been extensively investigated,yet they are rarely estimated in the quasi-vacuum environment(VE:i.e.,far from free surface),which is of special importance in engineering practice.Several precise laboratory tests(i.e.,split Hopkinson pressure bar test)on marble samples in both AE and VE were performed to investigate physical and dynamic mechanical behaviors of marble after heat treatment(25℃ to 900℃)in AE and VE.The tests results demonstrate that related properties of marble could be divided into three different stages by corresponding critical temperatures of 300℃ and 600℃,at which heat damage factors are 0.29(0.30)and 0.88(0.92)in VE(AE),respectively.The thermal damage developes more fully in AE than in VE.The thermal environment plays an important role,especially in Stage 3.Specifically,a conspicuous difference(greater than 20%)between AE and VE occurs in corresponding dynamic strength and the anti-deformation capacities of tested marble specimen.The influence of heat damage of rock is very important and valuable in engineering practice,particularly when the temperature is very high(greater than 600℃).展开更多
Foundation scour is an important cause for structural failure of sea-crossing bridges. Usually, the sea-crossing bridges operate under the harsh natural environment in which service wind, wave and vehicle loads are st...Foundation scour is an important cause for structural failure of sea-crossing bridges. Usually, the sea-crossing bridges operate under the harsh natural environment in which service wind, wave and vehicle loads are stronger and extreme loads such as earthquake, hurricane, and ship collision, are more frequent. As a result of the foundation scour,the dynamic behavior of bridge under different combined action of service and extreme loads may be further escalated.In particular, this work has investigated the scour effect on a sea-crossing bridge under service wind, wave and vehicle loads as well as extreme seismic loads. The dynamic coupled earthquake-wind-wave-vehicle-bridge(EWWVB) system is established by considering the interactions within the system, and the p-y curve method is used to calculate the loaddisplacement relation of the pile and soil under various levels of foundation scour. After that, a case study has been performed on a cable-stayed bridge with foundation scour. The results indicate that the dynamic characteristics of bridge structure will change after considering bridge scour, and the dynamic responses of bridge and vehicle will be affected to different degrees under service and seismic loads considering bridge scour.展开更多
Reinforced concrete(RC)structures are common in engineering,and usually exposed to air or water,may be subjected to various blast scenarios.This paper aims to investigate the blast resistance of an airbacked RC slab a...Reinforced concrete(RC)structures are common in engineering,and usually exposed to air or water,may be subjected to various blast scenarios.This paper aims to investigate the blast resistance of an airbacked RC slab against underwater contact explosions(UWCEs).A detailed numerical model based on CLE method considering explosive,water,air,and RC slab is developed to examine the structural behavior of the air-backed RC slab due to UWCEs.At first,the reliability of the numerical method is validated by comparing the numerical results of an UWCE test with experimental data.Then,the difference in dynamic behavior of air-backed and water-backed RC slabs due to UWCEs is explored with the calibrated model.The results indicate that the blast response of the air-backed slab induced by UWCE is fiercer than that of water-backed slab with equal charge mass.In addition,parametric studies are also conducted to explore the effects of the charge mass,standoff distance,reinforcement spacing,concrete compression strength,and boundary condition on the blast performance of the air-backed RC slab.展开更多
This paper presents a new 3D mesoscopic model of ultra-high performance cement-based composite(UHPCC)to investigate its dynamic tensile behavior.In this model,the UHPCC is regarded as a two-phase material composed of ...This paper presents a new 3D mesoscopic model of ultra-high performance cement-based composite(UHPCC)to investigate its dynamic tensile behavior.In this model,the UHPCC is regarded as a two-phase material composed of cementitious matrix and randomly distributed fibers.The model is established using the commercial software LS-DYNA and involves generating the randomly distributed fiber elements with considerations of diameter,length,orientation and volume fraction,and then fully constraining them with the matrix.In particular,to capture the slipping effect between fibers and matrix that has a strong influence on the dynamic tensile behavior,the fibers are modelled by a fictitious material represented by the load-slip relation.The strain-rate effect of slipping force neglected in most of previous studies is considered by calibrating constitutive parameters of the fictitious material under different strain-rates based on the single fiber pullout tests.Finally,the 3D mesoscopic model is validated against three sets of tension-dominated experiments covered a wide range of loading intensity.Numerical predictions demonstrate that strain-rate effect of slipping force must be considered,and the neglect of it may lead to a great underestimation of the dynamic tensile strength of UHPCC material and would unavoidably underestimate the blast resistance of UHPCC components.展开更多
基金supported by National Key Research and Development Program"Advanced Structures and Composite Materials"Special Project[Grant No.2024YFB3712800]the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[Grant No.DUT22-LAB605]Liaoning Province's"Unveiling the List and Leading the Way"Science and Technology Research and Development Special Project[Grant No.2022JH1/10400043]。
文摘Poly(phthalazinone ether sulfone ketone)(PPESK)is a new-generation high-performance thermoplastic resin that exhibits excellent thermal stability and mechanical properties.However,its damage and failure mechanisms under high-temperature and high-strain-rate coupling conditions remain unclear,significantly limiting the engineering applications of PPESK-based composites in extreme environments such as aerospace.To address this issue,in this study,a temperature-controlled split Hopkinson pressure bar experimental platform was developed for dynamic tensile/compressive loading scenarios.Combined with scanning electron microscopy and molecular dynamics simulations,the thermomechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of PPESK were systematically investigated over the temperature range of 293-473 K.The study revealed a novel"dynamic hysteresis brittle behavior"and its underlying"segmental activation±response lag antagonistic mechanism".The results showed that the strain-rate-induced response lag of polymer chain segments significantly weakened the viscous dissipation capacity activated by thermal energy at elevated temperatures.Although high-strain-rate conditions led to notable enhancement in the dynamic strength of the material(with an increase of 8%-233%,reaching 130%-330%at elevated temperatures),the fracture surface morphology tended to become smoother,and brittle fracture characteristics became more pronounced.Based on these findings,a temperature±strain rate hysteresis antagonistic function was constructed,which effectively captured the competitive relationship between temperature-driven relaxation behavior and strain-rateinduced hysteresis in thermoplastic resins.A multiscale damage evolution constitutive model with temperature±rate coupling was subsequently established and numerically implemented via the VUMAT user subroutine.This study not only unveils the nonlinear damage mechanisms of PPESK under combined service temperatures and dynamic/static loading conditions,but also provides a strong theoretical foundation and engineering guidance for the constitutive modeling and parametric design of thermoplastic resin-based materials.
基金Project(50639060) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(610103002) supported by the State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering,Tsinghua University,China
文摘A series of centrifuge model tests of sandy slopes were conducted to study the dynamic behavior of pile-reinforced slopes subjected to various motions.Time histories of accelerations,bending moments and pile earth pressures were obtained during excitation of the adjusted El Centro earthquake and a cyclic motion.Under a realistic earthquake,the overall response of the pile-reinforced slope is lower than that of the non-reinforced slope.The histories of bending moments and dynamic earth pressures reach their maximums soon after shaking started and then remain roughly stable until the end of shaking.Maximum moments occur at the height of 3.5 m,which is the deeper section of the pile,indicating the interface between the active loading and passive resistance regions.The dynamic earth pressures above the slope base steadily increase with the increase of height of pile.For the model under cyclic input motion,response amplitudes at different locations in the slope are almost the same,indicating no significant response amplification.Both the bending moment and earth pressure increase gradually over a long period.
基金Projects(51579239,42077240,51979280)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China。
文摘The dynamic mechanical properties of rock specimens after thermal treatment in the air-filled environment(AE:i.e.,at the free surface)have been extensively investigated,yet they are rarely estimated in the quasi-vacuum environment(VE:i.e.,far from free surface),which is of special importance in engineering practice.Several precise laboratory tests(i.e.,split Hopkinson pressure bar test)on marble samples in both AE and VE were performed to investigate physical and dynamic mechanical behaviors of marble after heat treatment(25℃ to 900℃)in AE and VE.The tests results demonstrate that related properties of marble could be divided into three different stages by corresponding critical temperatures of 300℃ and 600℃,at which heat damage factors are 0.29(0.30)and 0.88(0.92)in VE(AE),respectively.The thermal damage developes more fully in AE than in VE.The thermal environment plays an important role,especially in Stage 3.Specifically,a conspicuous difference(greater than 20%)between AE and VE occurs in corresponding dynamic strength and the anti-deformation capacities of tested marble specimen.The influence of heat damage of rock is very important and valuable in engineering practice,particularly when the temperature is very high(greater than 600℃).
基金Project(51908472)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProjects(2019TQ0271,2019M663554)supported by the China Postdoctoral Science FoundationProject(2020YJ0080)supported by the Project of Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province,China。
文摘Foundation scour is an important cause for structural failure of sea-crossing bridges. Usually, the sea-crossing bridges operate under the harsh natural environment in which service wind, wave and vehicle loads are stronger and extreme loads such as earthquake, hurricane, and ship collision, are more frequent. As a result of the foundation scour,the dynamic behavior of bridge under different combined action of service and extreme loads may be further escalated.In particular, this work has investigated the scour effect on a sea-crossing bridge under service wind, wave and vehicle loads as well as extreme seismic loads. The dynamic coupled earthquake-wind-wave-vehicle-bridge(EWWVB) system is established by considering the interactions within the system, and the p-y curve method is used to calculate the loaddisplacement relation of the pile and soil under various levels of foundation scour. After that, a case study has been performed on a cable-stayed bridge with foundation scour. The results indicate that the dynamic characteristics of bridge structure will change after considering bridge scour, and the dynamic responses of bridge and vehicle will be affected to different degrees under service and seismic loads considering bridge scour.
基金The supports from the Natural Science Research of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China(21KJB580001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52209162,51979152)+2 种基金Educational Commission of Hubei Province of China(T2020005)Young Top-notch Talent Cultivation Program of Hubei ProvinceJiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation(20212BAB214044)。
文摘Reinforced concrete(RC)structures are common in engineering,and usually exposed to air or water,may be subjected to various blast scenarios.This paper aims to investigate the blast resistance of an airbacked RC slab against underwater contact explosions(UWCEs).A detailed numerical model based on CLE method considering explosive,water,air,and RC slab is developed to examine the structural behavior of the air-backed RC slab due to UWCEs.At first,the reliability of the numerical method is validated by comparing the numerical results of an UWCE test with experimental data.Then,the difference in dynamic behavior of air-backed and water-backed RC slabs due to UWCEs is explored with the calibrated model.The results indicate that the blast response of the air-backed slab induced by UWCE is fiercer than that of water-backed slab with equal charge mass.In addition,parametric studies are also conducted to explore the effects of the charge mass,standoff distance,reinforcement spacing,concrete compression strength,and boundary condition on the blast performance of the air-backed RC slab.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundations of China(No.52178515,No.51808550 and No.51738011).
文摘This paper presents a new 3D mesoscopic model of ultra-high performance cement-based composite(UHPCC)to investigate its dynamic tensile behavior.In this model,the UHPCC is regarded as a two-phase material composed of cementitious matrix and randomly distributed fibers.The model is established using the commercial software LS-DYNA and involves generating the randomly distributed fiber elements with considerations of diameter,length,orientation and volume fraction,and then fully constraining them with the matrix.In particular,to capture the slipping effect between fibers and matrix that has a strong influence on the dynamic tensile behavior,the fibers are modelled by a fictitious material represented by the load-slip relation.The strain-rate effect of slipping force neglected in most of previous studies is considered by calibrating constitutive parameters of the fictitious material under different strain-rates based on the single fiber pullout tests.Finally,the 3D mesoscopic model is validated against three sets of tension-dominated experiments covered a wide range of loading intensity.Numerical predictions demonstrate that strain-rate effect of slipping force must be considered,and the neglect of it may lead to a great underestimation of the dynamic tensile strength of UHPCC material and would unavoidably underestimate the blast resistance of UHPCC components.
