Study on Size-Related Product Quality of Multiscale Central-Punched Cups Fabricated by Compound Forming Directly Using Brass Sheet

Meso/microforming has gained much more attention in the last decades and is widely used as a reliable method to fabricate meso/micro-scaled metallic components. In this research, a compound meso/microforming system which combines deep drawing, punching and blanking operations was developed to fabricate multiscale central-punched cups by using brass sheets. The parts with three scales were produced by using the brass sheets with various thicknesses and grain sizes to investigate geometrical and grain size effects on the deformation behaviors, dimensional accuracy, and material flow behaviors in the forming process. Through physical experiments and finite element simulations, it is revealed that the ultimate deformation load in the drawing-punching stage is smaller than that in the single deep drawing stage under microscale, but the results in the meso-scaled scenarios are opposite. In addition, the thickness variation is increased with grain size, but the variation of the normalized thickness variation does not show an obvious tendency with different size scales. In the bending area, the material flow is tangential to the thickness direction, leading to the formation of thinning area. In addition, the material flow is almost opposite to the punching direction in the punching area, avoiding the expanding deformation of the hole. Thus, the punching operation barely affects the dimensional accuracy including the thickness and hole diameter of the formed parts. Furthermore, the micro-scaled cups with finer grains have a better surface quality. These findings enhance the understanding of size effect in compound meso/microforming with the combined deep drawing and punching operations.

Studying changes of limit deformations and mechanical properties of steels of different structure under single and multiple explosive loading

The ultimate deformation capacity of stainless high-alloyed austenitic nitrogen-containing steel and low-alloyed chromium-nickel-molybdenum steel up to the moment of failure under single and multiple blast loading in the air has been investigated. The paper presents data on the change in the mechanical properties and structure of these steels as a result of explosive loading to the limit and to the specified level of deformation.

Numerical Modelling of Reinforced Concrete Slender Walls Subjected to Coupled Axial Tension–Flexure

Under strong earthquakes, reinforced concrete (RC) walls in high-rise buildings, particularly in wall piers that form part of a coupled or core wall system, may experience coupled axial tension–flexure loading. In this study, a detailed finite element model was developed in VecTor2 to provide an effective tool for the further investigation of the seismic behaviour of RC walls subjected to axial tension and cyclic lateral loading. The model was verified using experimental data from recent RC wall tests under axial tension and cyclic lateral loading, and results showed that the model can accurately capture the overall response of RC walls. Additional analyses were conducted using the developed model to investigate the effect of key design parameters on the peak strength, ultimate deformation capacity and plastic hinge length of RC walls under axial tension and cyclic lateral loading. On the basis of the analysis results, useful information were provided when designing or assessing the seismic behaviour of RC slender walls under coupled axial tension–flexure loading.

Improving the Structural Characteristics of Heavy Concrete by Combined Disperse Reinforcement

The development of perspective concrete mixes capable of resisting the action of external loads is an important scientific problem in the modern construction industry. This article presents a study of the influence of steel, basalt, and polypropylene fiber materials on concrete’s strength and deformation characteristics. A combination of various types of dispersed reinforcement is considered, and by methods of mathematical planning of the experiment, regression dependences of the strength and deformation characteristics on the combination of fibers and their volume fraction are obtained. It was shown that the increase in compressive strength was 35% in fiber-reinforced concretes made using a combination of steel and basalt fiber with a volume concentration of steel fiber of 2% and basalt fiber of 2%; tensile strength in bending increased by 79%, ultimate deformations during axial compression decreased by 52%, ultimate deformation under axial tension decreased by 39%, and elastic modulus increased by 33%. Similar results were obtained for other combinations of dispersed reinforcement. The studies carried out made it possible to determine the most effective combinations of fibers of various types of fibers with each other and their optimal volume concentration.

Effect of High Velocity Deformation on Strength of ArmoredComposite Materials

This paper considers the problem of determining the strength of carbon fiber reinforced plastic with straight and curved fibers under high-speed loading. High-speed tests of unidirectional CFRP specimens with rectilinear and wavy structure have been carried out. The influence of the structure and high-speed loading on the ultimate strength and ultimate deformation of the material is investigated. For the first time, a detailed study of the effect of fiber curvature on the properties of CFRP under high-speed deformation has been carried out. As a result of dynamic tests, it was shown that the ultimate strength in unidirectional laying is higher than in wavy laying. The effect of increasing the ultimate deformations of specimens with bent fibers was established, which was noted earlier for the case of tensile tests.

VERIFICATION OF DEPENDENCES APPROXIMATING THE DIAGRAMS OF DEFORMATION OF CEMENT AND POLYMER CONCRETE BY THE METHOD OF NORMALIZED INDICATORS

The article verifies some approximating power-law and hyperbolic dependences between stresses σ and deformations ε for experimental deformation diagrams of cement concrete and polymer concrete. When analyzing the state and residual life of reinforced concrete structures, one has to solve the problem of determining the relationship between stresses and deformations in various design sections of structures. The traditional approach, based on the selection of the approximating function "σ – ε" from the numerical values of the deformation diagram obtained by testing samples (cubes, prisms, cylinders), is practically impossible. Therefore, an alternative approach is proposed based on the selection of an approximating function according to standardized indicators: ultimate strength (σ_bu); modulus of elasticity (E_b0); ultimate deformation (ε_bu). The numerical values of the normalized indicators can be determined at a given point by analyzing the results of indentation of the indenter into the material of structures. As approximating ones, consider the power functions that are most preferable for materials with a fractal structure. Various boundary conditions are considered for determining the constant coefficients α and β according to the system of normalized indicators. The graphs of changes in tangent modules are analyzed.

Criteria of Mora-Coulomb with Three Parameters of Material

A modified Mohr – Coulomb criterion is presented. This criterion, in addition to adhesion and the angle of internal friction, contains the third parameter of the material (d). Depending on the value of this parameter (d), the modified criterion can take the form of the original Mohr – Coulomb criterion (with d = 0.5) or the original Treska criterion (with d = 0). For all other values of the parameter (d), varying in the range of 0 <d <0.5, the tangential stresses by the modified criterion are larger than the Mohr – Coulomb criterion, but less than the Tresca criterion. The paper presents the methodology and results of determining this parameter (d) using experiments on the triaxial compression of soils. The technique contains recommendations for the appointment the value of the axial strain of the sample material when determining the value of the parameter d. The value of the ultimate deformation is advisable to take in the range from 8 to 12%. This range is due to the fact that with axial deformation of the sample of 8%, the formation of slip areas begins in it, and with axial deformation of the sample 12%, the slip area is completely formed. In this case, the parameter d varies in the range 0 <d <0.5, having a shear strength bigger than in the Tresca criterion, but less than in the original Mohr – Coulomb criterion. The tangential stresses according to the modified criterion, on the contrary, have a bigger value than according to the Mohr – Coulomb criterion, but the values of the tangential stresses are lower than in the Tresca criterion.

Technological inheritance in metal forming

Ogorodnikov V., Arkhipova T. Technological inheritance in metal forming. Material working by pressure. 2020. № 1 (50). Р. 28-32. Technological heredity in metal forming processes is accompanied by hardening, the appearance of residual stresses, a deformation gradient, residual plasticity and a number of other factors that determine the operational properties of the product. The influence of most factors of technological heredity on the mechanical properties of the material of products has been studied, however, the plasticity of a pre-deformed workpiece remains insufficiently studied. For a quantitative assessment, a calculation method is proposed, with the help of which it seems possible to determine the plasticity resource of pre-deformed blanks. The developed calculation apparatus is based on a fracture model based on a tensor description of damage accumulation. It allows for the known mechanical characteristics to predict the plasticity characteristics of pre-deformed blanks at any type of stress state. The proposed method assumes the use of plasticity diagrams, which describe the change in ultimate deformation depending on the stress state indicators. Plasticity diagrams are constructed for materials tested under conditions of linear or plane stress states (tension, compression, torsion). The practical significance of the results is evidenced by the assessment of the plasticity of steeply curved elbows obtained by the method of cold plastic deformation according to a combined scheme, including deforming pulling of a pre-willed workpiece. In this case, the workpiece in the form of a pipe was subjected to plastic bending. The proposed method makes it possible to assess the residual plasticity of the finished bend. A satisfactory convergence of the calculated and experimental data has been revealed.

A Methodology Towards Mechanical Properties Optimization of Three-Component Polymers by the Gradual Variation of Feed Composition in Semi-Continuous Emulsion-Free Radical Polymerization

In this work, a new methodology for the synthesis of three-component polymers (TCPs) was developed using a seeded, semi-continuous free-radical emulsion polymerization towards the optimization of the moduli–ultimate deformation performance and energy dissipation capacity for a styrene (S), n-butyl acrylate (BA), and 4-vinylbenzyl chloride (VBC) system. The three components were sequentially fed in pairs, varying feed composition along the conversion using S as the common monomer. To prepare a reference material, an industrial method was utilized with those monomers, using an equivalent global composition in a two-stage batch process (TS). Nanophase formation in the particles was observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), while the separation of the phases in the solid samples was observed by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The changes in glass transition temperature were determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). The latter was primarily used to compare mechanodynamic properties as a function of temperature for the two synthesis methods used. Thus, the higher toughness of the forced composition three-component polymeric materials was evaluated by means of their energy dissipation capacity, toughness, and stress–strain measurements at several temperatures.