Creating conditions to implement equilibrium processes of damage accumulation under a predictable scenario enables control over the failure of structural elements in critical states.It improves safety and reduces the ...Creating conditions to implement equilibrium processes of damage accumulation under a predictable scenario enables control over the failure of structural elements in critical states.It improves safety and reduces the probability of catastrophic behavior in case of accidents.Equilibrium damage accumulation in some cases leads to a falling part(called a postcritical stage)on the material’s stress-strain curve.It must be taken into account to assess the strength and deformation limits of composite structures.Digital image correlation method,acoustic emission(AE)signals recording,and optical microscopy were used in this paper to study the deformation and failure processes of an orthogonal-layup composite during tension in various directions to orthotropy axes.An elastic-plastic deformation model was proposed for the composite in a plane stress condition.The evolution of strain fields and neck formation were analyzed.The staging of the postcritical deformation process was described.AE signals obtained during tests were studied;characteristic damage types of a material were defined.The rationality and necessity of polymer composites’postcritical deformation stage taken into account in refined strength analysis of structures were concluded.展开更多
Coal mass consists of matrices and cleats,which exhibits significant difference in mechanical properties,such as uniaxial compressive strength and Young’s modulus.Understanding this difference is critical for a numbe...Coal mass consists of matrices and cleats,which exhibits significant difference in mechanical properties,such as uniaxial compressive strength and Young’s modulus.Understanding this difference is critical for a number of engineering applications,such as assessing the stability of cleated coal seam gas wellbores,underground exca-vation stability in coal seams,and estimating cleat aperture response during gas extraction and surface response to reservoir depletion.The conventional method of measuring coal mechanical properties using strain gauges or displacement transducers is impractical and unreliable as it only captures the value for the installed point.This study explores the use of a two-dimensional Digital Image Correlation(2D-DIC)method to quantify the areal deformation of coal matrix and cleat regions and their contribution to the bulk mechanical properties of coal.Cyclic uniaxial compression tests were performed on coal specimens from the Goonyella Middle Seam,Australia.The results from the DIC technique were initially validated against strain gauge and Advanced Video Exten-someter(AVE)measurements,showing minimal percentage differences:5%with the strain gauge;16.6%with the coal cleat region,12.03%with the coal matrix region,and 9.28%with the coal bulk region compared to AVE.These results demonstrate that DIC is a reliable and accurate method for measuring coal deformation.Comparative analysis of cleat,matrix,and overall coal surface regions revealed distinct variations in Young’s modulus,with ratios of E_(cleat):E_(matrix):E_(overall)=0.24:1.60:1.00.The calculated cleat and matrix moduli are 143.6 MPa and 1785.3 MPa respectively.The contributions of E_(matrix)and E_(cleat)to the overall Young’s modulus(E_(overall))were quantified,revealing that the matrix accounts for 56%(A=0.56)and the cleat for 44%(1-A=0.44)of the overall modulus.The compressibility of the cleat shows six times that of the coal matrix(C_(cleat):C_(matrix):C_(overall)=4.24:0.62:1.00),highlighting the critical role of cleats in coal deformation and stress-induced permeability changes.Furthermore,Poisson’s ratios computed from the DIC for the tested coal samples range from 0.19 to 0.33,showing strong agreement with reported values in the literature.By integrating DIC analysis with traditional mechanical testing,this study offers a robust approach to evaluating full-field deformation mechanisms in fractured materials.These findings advance the understanding of coal’s mechanical properties,which in turn supports more accurate geotechnical modeling,optimizes mining design,and enhances coal seam gas extraction strategies.展开更多
The stratospheric airship is affected by harsh conditions in the stratosphere environment.To ensure the safety of the airship,it is necessary to detect the material state of the airship envelope.Since digital image co...The stratospheric airship is affected by harsh conditions in the stratosphere environment.To ensure the safety of the airship,it is necessary to detect the material state of the airship envelope.Since digital image correlation possesses non-contact strain measurement ability,this paper explores the infuence of different shapes of the subset on measurement accuracy.Through the results,it is found that increasing the aspect ratio of subsets can improve the strain accuracy measured in the c-direction,and reducing the aspect ratio can improve the strain accuracy measured in the y-direction.This trend becomes more obvious as the strain increases.Based on this discovery,a subset adaptive algorithm is proposed.The feasibility of the algorithm is verified by experiments,and the precision of strain measurement can be effectively improved by adjusting the threshold value.Therefore,the algorithm can be utilized to increase the measurement accuracy in the larger strain direction without changing the size of the subset.展开更多
In this paper,we introduce an accelerating algorithm based on the Taylor series for reconstructing target images in the spectral digital image correlation method(SDIC).The Taylor series image reconstruction method is ...In this paper,we introduce an accelerating algorithm based on the Taylor series for reconstructing target images in the spectral digital image correlation method(SDIC).The Taylor series image reconstruction method is employed instead of the previous direct Fourier transform(DFT)image reconstruction method,which consumes the majority of the computational time for target image reconstruction.The partial derivatives in the Taylor series are computed using the fast Fourier transform(FFT)of the entire image,following the principles of Fourier transform theory.To examine the impact of different orders of Taylor series expansion on accuracy and efficiency,we employ third-and fourth-order Taylor series image reconstruction methods and compare them with the DFT image reconstruction method through simulated experiments.As a result of these enhancements,the computational efficiency using the third-and fourth-order Taylor series improves by factors of 57 and 46,respectively,compared to the previous method.In terms of analysis accuracy,within a strain range of 0–0.1 and without the addition of image noise,the accuracy of the proposed method increases with higher expansion orders,surpassing that of the DFT image reconstruction method when the fourth order is utilized.However,when different levels of Gaussian noise are applied to simulated images individually,the accuracy of the third-or fourth-order Taylor series expansion method is superior to that of the DFT reconstruction method.Finally,we present the analyzed experimental results of a silicone rubber plate specimen with bilateral cracks under uniaxial tension.展开更多
In order to evaluate the accumulative of tensile strain in the process of fatigue failure, the digital image correlation（DIC） method was utilized to characterize the tensile strain development of asphalt mixtures in...In order to evaluate the accumulative of tensile strain in the process of fatigue failure, the digital image correlation（DIC） method was utilized to characterize the tensile strain development of asphalt mixtures in the indirect tensile（IDT）fatigue test. Three typical hot mix asphalt（HMA） mixtures with varying nominal maximum aggregate sizes were tested at four stress levels. During the tests, a digital camera was mounted to capture the displacement/strain fields on the surface of the specimen by recording the real-time change of speckle position. The results indicate that the vertical deformation curve can barely evaluate the fatigue performance accurately due to the non-negligible local deflection near the loading point. However, based on the analysis of strain fields,the optimal fatigue cracking zone is determined as a 40mm×40mm rectangle in the middle of the specimens. Also, a reasonable fatigue model based on the tensile strain curves calculated by DIC is proposed to predict the fatigue lives of asphalt mixtures.展开更多
In this paper, uniaxial compression tests were carried out on a series of composite rock specimens with different dip angles, which were made from two types of rock-like material with different strength. The acoustic ...In this paper, uniaxial compression tests were carried out on a series of composite rock specimens with different dip angles, which were made from two types of rock-like material with different strength. The acoustic emission technique was used to monitor the acoustic signal characteristics of composite rock specimens during the entire loading process. At the same time, an optical non-contact 3 D digital image correlation technique was used to study the evolution of axial strain field and the maximal strain field before and after the peak strength at different stress levels during the loading process. The effect of bedding plane inclination on the deformation and strength during uniaxial loading was analyzed. The methods of solving the elastic constants of hard and weak rock were described. The damage evolution process, deformation and failure mechanism, and failure mode during uniaxial loading were fully determined. The experimental results show that the θ = 0?–45?specimens had obvious plastic deformation during loading, and the brittleness of the θ = 60?–90?specimens gradually increased during the loading process. When the anisotropic angle θincreased from 0?to 90?, the peak strength, peak strain,and apparent elastic modulus all decreased initially and then increased. The failure mode of the composite rock specimen during uniaxial loading can be divided into three categories:tensile fracture across the discontinuities(θ = 0?–30?), slid-ing failure along the discontinuities(θ = 45?–75?), and tensile-split along the discontinuities(θ = 90?). The axial strain of the weak and hard rock layers in the composite rock specimen during the loading process was significantly different from that of the θ = 0?–45?specimens and was almost the same as that of the θ = 60?–90?specimens. As for the strain localization highlighted in the maximum principal strain field, the θ = 0?–30?specimens appeared in the rock matrix approximately parallel to the loading direction,while in the θ = 45?–90?specimens it appeared at the hard and weak rock layer interface.展开更多
The complete stress-strain characteristics of sandstone specimens were investigated in a series of quasistatic monotonic uniaxial compression tests.Strain patterns development during pre-and post-peak behaviours in sp...The complete stress-strain characteristics of sandstone specimens were investigated in a series of quasistatic monotonic uniaxial compression tests.Strain patterns development during pre-and post-peak behaviours in specimens with different aspect ratios was also examined.Peak stress,post-peak portion of stress-strain,brittleness,characteristics of progressive localisation and field strain patterns development were affected at different extents by specimen aspect ratio.Strain patterns of the rocks were obtained by applying three-dimensional(3D) digital image correlation(DIC) technique.Unlike conventional strain measurement using strain gauges attached to specimen,3D DIC allowed not only measuring large strains,but more importantly,mapping the development of field strain throughout the compression test,i.e.in pre-and post-peak regimes.Field strain development in the surface of rock specimen suggests that strain starts localising progressively and develops at a lower rate in pre-peak regime.However,in post-peak regime,strains increase at different rates as local deformations take place at different extents in the vicinity and outside the localised zone.The extent of localised strains together with the rate of strain localisation is associated with the increase in rate of strength degradation.Strain localisation and local inelastic unloading outside the localised zone both feature post-peak regime.展开更多
This work is dedicated to the experimental study of the shear properties of three-dimensional reinforced composites taking into account their structural features,in Iosipescu tests.Shear strains have been determined u...This work is dedicated to the experimental study of the shear properties of three-dimensional reinforced composites taking into account their structural features,in Iosipescu tests.Shear strains have been determined using Vic-3D non-contact three-dimensional digital optical system.The evolution of inhomogeneous strain fields on the surface of composite specimens of the structure under study has been analyzed.The variants of strain averaging in the specimen working area have been analyzed using Vic-3D tools.AMSY-6 acoustic emission system has been used to assess the structural integrity of composite materials under loading.展开更多
Beetle wings are very specialized flight organs consisting of the veins and membranes.Therefore it is necessary from a bionic view to investigate the material properties of a beetle wing experimentally.In the present ...Beetle wings are very specialized flight organs consisting of the veins and membranes.Therefore it is necessary from a bionic view to investigate the material properties of a beetle wing experimentally.In the present study,we have used a Digital Image Correlation (DIC) technique to measure the elastic modulus of a beetle wing membrane.Specimens were prepared by carefully cutting a beetle hind wing into 3.0 mm by 7.0 mm segments (the gage length was 5 mm).We used a scanning electron microscope for a precise measurement of the thickness of the beetle wing membrane.The specimen was attached to a designed fixture to induce a uniform displacement by means of a micromanipulator.We used an ARAMISTM system based on the digital image correlation technique to measure the corresponding displacement of a specimen.The thickness of the beetle wing varied at different points of the membrane.The elastic modulus differed in relation to the membrane arrangement showing a structural anisotropy;the elastic modulus in the chordwise direction is approximately 2.65 GPa,which is three times larger than the elastic modulus in the spanwise direction of 0.84 GPa.As a result,the digital image correlation-based ARAMIS system was suc- cessfully used to measure the elastic modulus of a beetle wing.In addition to membrane's elastic modulus,we considered the Poisson's ratio of the membrane and measured the elastic modulus of a vein using an Instron universal tensile machine.The result reveals the Poisson's ratio is nearly zero and the elastic modulus of a vein is about 11 GPa.展开更多
Fused deposition modelling(FDM), a widely used rapid prototyping process, is a promising technique in manufacturing engineering. In this work, a method for characterizing elastic constants of FDM-fabricated materials ...Fused deposition modelling(FDM), a widely used rapid prototyping process, is a promising technique in manufacturing engineering. In this work, a method for characterizing elastic constants of FDM-fabricated materials is proposed. First of all, according to the manufacturing process of FDM, orthotropic constitutive model is used to describe the mechanical behavior. Then the virtual fields method(VFM) is applied to characterize all the mechanical parameters(Q, Q, Q, Q) using the full-field strain,which is measured by digital image correlation(DIC). Since the principal axis of the FDM-fabricated structure is sometimes unknown due to the complexity of the manufacturing process, a disk in diametrical compression is used as the load configuration so that the loading angle can be changed conveniently. To verify the feasibility of the proposed method, finite element method(FEM) simulation is conducted to obtain the strain field of the disk. The simulation results show that higher accuracy can be achieved when the loading angle is close to 30?. Finally, a disk fabricated by FDM was used for the experiment. By rotating the disk, several tests with different loading angles were conducted. To determine the position of the principal axis in each test, two groups of parameters(Q, Q, Q, Q) are calculated by two different groups of virtual fields. Then the corresponding loading angle can be determined by minimizing the deviation between two groups of the parameters. After that, the four constants(Q, Q, Q, Q) were determined from the test with an angle of 27?.展开更多
Polymer bonded explosives (PBXs) are highly particle-filled composite materials.This paper experimentally studies the tensile deformation and fracture behavior of a PBX simulation by using the semi-circular bending (S...Polymer bonded explosives (PBXs) are highly particle-filled composite materials.This paper experimentally studies the tensile deformation and fracture behavior of a PBX simulation by using the semi-circular bending (SCB) test.The deformation and fracture process of a pre-notched SCB sample with a random speckle pattern is recorded by a charge coupled device camera.The displacement and strain fields on the observed surface during the loading process are obtained by using the digital image correlation method.The crack opening displacement is calculated from the displacement fields,the initiation and propagation of the crack are analyzed.In addition,the damage evolution and fracture mechanisms of the SCB sample are analyzed according to the strain fields and the correlation coefficient fields at different loading steps.展开更多
The anisotropy induced by rock bedding structures is usually manifested in the mechanical behaviors and failure modes of rocks.Brazilian tests are conducted for seven groups of shale specimens featuring different bedd...The anisotropy induced by rock bedding structures is usually manifested in the mechanical behaviors and failure modes of rocks.Brazilian tests are conducted for seven groups of shale specimens featuring different bedding angles. Acoustic emission (AE) and digital image correlation (DIC) technologies are used to monitor the in-situ failure of the specimens. Furthermore, the crack morphology of damaged samples is observed through scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Results reveal the structural dependence on the tensile mechanical behavior of shales. The shale disk exhibits compression in the early stage of the experiment with varying locations and durations. The location of the compression area moves downward and gradually disappears when the bedding angle increases. The macroscopic failure is well characterized by AE event location results, and the dominant frequency distribution is related to the bedding angle. The b-value is found to be stress-dependent.The crack turning angle between layers and the number of cracks crossing the bedding both increase with the bedding angle, indicating competition between crack propagations. SEM results revealed that the failure modes of the samples can be classified into three types:tensile failure along beddings with shear failure of the matrix, ladder shear failure along beddings with tensile failure of the matrix, and shear failure along multiple beddings with tensile failure of the matrix.展开更多
An experimental investigation on the mechanical mechanisms of fatigue micro-crack initiation and propagation of a nickel-based superalloy is presented. By coupling digital image correlation method and scanning electro...An experimental investigation on the mechanical mechanisms of fatigue micro-crack initiation and propagation of a nickel-based superalloy is presented. By coupling digital image correlation method and scanning electron microscope, the fatigue residual strain distribution at the grain scale has been obtained. The results showed that there is a trend of accumulation for the residual strain. Micro-cracks are more likely to initiate in or near the areas with particularly large residual strain, and propagate along the large-strain paths.展开更多
Objectives： Polymerization shrinkage of dental composites remains a major concern in restorative dentistry because it can lead to micro-cracking of the tooth and debonding at the tooth-restoration interface. The aim ...Objectives： Polymerization shrinkage of dental composites remains a major concern in restorative dentistry because it can lead to micro-cracking of the tooth and debonding at the tooth-restoration interface. The aim of this study was to measure the full-field polymerization shrinkage of dental composites using the optical digital image correlation （DIC） method and to evaluate how the measurement is influenced by the factors in experiment setup and image analysis. Methods： Four commercial dental composites, Premise Dentine, Z 100, Z250 and Tetric EvoCeram, were tested. Composite was first placed into a slot mould to form a bar specimen with rectangular-section of 4 mmx2 mm, followed by the surface painting to create irregular speckles. Curing was then applied at one end of the specimen while the other part were covered against curing light for simulating the clinical curing condition of composite in dental cavity. The painted surface was recorded by a charge-coupled device （CCD） camera before and after curing. Subsequently, the volumetric shrinkage of the specimen was calculated with specialist DIC software based on image cross correlation. In addition, a few factors that may influence the measuring accuracy, including the subset window size, speckle size, illumination light and specimen length, were also evaluated. Results： The volumetric shrinkage of the specimen generally decreases with increasing distance from the irradiated surface with a conspicuous exception being the composite Premise Dentine as its maximum shrinkage occurred at a subsurface distance of about 1 mm instead of the irradiated surface. Z100 had the greatest maximum shrinkage strain, followed by Z250, Tetric EvoCeram and then Premise Dentine. Larger subset window size made the shrinkage strain contour smoother. But the cost was that some details in the heterogeneity of the material were lost. Very small subset window size resulted in a lot of noise in the data, making it difficult to discern the general pattern in the strain distribution. Speckle size did not seem to have obvious effect on the volumetric shrinkage strain along specimen length; however, larger speckles resulted in higher level of noise or heterogeneity in the shrinkage distribution. Compared with bright illumination, dimmer lighting produced larger standard deviations in the measured shrinkage~ indicating a higher level of noise. The longer the specimen, the greater was the rate of reduction with distance from the irradiated surface, especially for the longitudinal strain. Significance： The image correlation method is capable of producing full-field polymerization shrinkage of dental composites. The accuracy of the measurements relies on selection of optimal parameters in experimental setup and DIC analysis.展开更多
This paper presents the applications of digital image correlation technique to the mesoscopic damage and fracture study of some granular based composite materials including steel- fiber reinforced concrete,sandstone a...This paper presents the applications of digital image correlation technique to the mesoscopic damage and fracture study of some granular based composite materials including steel- fiber reinforced concrete,sandstone and crystal-polymer composite.The deformation fields of the composite materials resulted from stress localization were obtained by the correlation computation of the surface images with loading steps and thus the related damage prediction and fracture parameters were evaluated.The correlation searching could be performed either directly based on the gray levels of the digital images or from the wavelet transform(WT)coefficients of the transform spectrum.The latter was developed by the authors and showed higher resolution and sensitivity to the singularity detection. Because the displacement components came from the rough surfaces of the composite materials without any coats of gratings or fringes of optical interferometry,both surface profiles and the deformation fields of the composites were visualized which was helpful to compare each other to analyze the damage of those heterogeneous materials.展开更多
Uniaxial tension tests were conducted on single-edge-notched tensile specimens of pure molybdenum with a mesh grid pattern in front of the notch. A series of images of crack initialization and propagation with a disto...Uniaxial tension tests were conducted on single-edge-notched tensile specimens of pure molybdenum with a mesh grid pattern in front of the notch. A series of images of crack initialization and propagation with a distorted mesh grid pattern were obtained by means of in situ scanning electron microscopy. Strain fields around the crack tip were mapped successively using geometric phase analysis and digital image correlation techniques, and then compared with the predictions obtained through linear elastic fracture mechanics （LEFM）. The comparison shows that the measured strain distribution ahead of the crack tip is consistent with the LEFM predictions of up to 25 μm from the crack tip.展开更多
This study analyzes the function of different muscles during arm wrestling and proposes a method to analyze the optimal forearm angle for professional arm wrestlers.We built a professional arm-wrestling platform to me...This study analyzes the function of different muscles during arm wrestling and proposes a method to analyze the optimal forearm angle for professional arm wrestlers.We built a professional arm-wrestling platform to measure the shape and deformation of the skin at the biceps brachii of a volunteer in vivo during arm wrestling.We observed the banding phenomenon of arm skin strain during muscle contraction and developed a model to evaluate the moment provided by the biceps brachii.According to this model,the strain field of the area of interest on the skin was measured,and the forearm angles most favorable and unfavorable to the work of the biceps brachii were analyzed.This study demonstrates the considerable potential of applying DIC and its extension method to the in vivo measurement of human skin and facilitates the use of the in vivo measurement of skin deformation in various sports in the future.展开更多
The deformation and residual stress generated by the welding process can seriously affect the use of components.As a result,it is very important to understand the evolution of stress and strain during the welding proc...The deformation and residual stress generated by the welding process can seriously affect the use of components.As a result,it is very important to understand the evolution of stress and strain during the welding process.The strain measurement method based on digital image correlation(DIC)is an excellent method to detect welding strain and residual stress.The out-of-plane translation and out-of-plane rotation introduce errors to the two-dimensional DIC.In this paper,the causes of errors are analyzed theoretically,and the formulas of errors caused by the out-of-plane displacement and the out-of-plane rotation are derived.The out-of-plane translation experiment and the out-of-plane rotation experiment were carried out to verify the theory,and the experimental results are consistent with the theoretical analysis results.The error caused by the out-of-plane translation can be reduced by increasing the object distance;the error caused by the out-of-plane rotation is greatly affected by the rotation angle.展开更多
Surface strain fields of the designed compact tension(CT)specimens were investigated by digital image correlation(DIC)method.An integrative computer program was developed based on DIC algorithms to characterize the st...Surface strain fields of the designed compact tension(CT)specimens were investigated by digital image correlation(DIC)method.An integrative computer program was developed based on DIC algorithms to characterize the strain fields accurately and graphically.Strain distribution of the CT specimen was predicted by finite element method(FEM).Good agreement is observed between the surface strain fields measured by DIC and predicted by FEM,which reveals that the proposed method is practical and effective to determine the strain fields of CT specimens.Moreover,strain fields of the CT specimens with various compressive loads and notch diameters were studied by DIC.The experimental results can provide effective reference to usage of CT specimens in triaxial creep test by appropriately selecting specimen and experiment parameters.展开更多
In thermal-structural testing of hypersonic materials and structures,deformation measurement on the front surface of an object directly heated by quartz lamps is highly necessary and very challenging.This work describ...In thermal-structural testing of hypersonic materials and structures,deformation measurement on the front surface of an object directly heated by quartz lamps is highly necessary and very challenging.This work describes a novel front-surface high-temperature deformation measurement technique,which adopts ultraviolet 3D digital image correlation(UV 3D-DIC)to observe and measure the high-temperature deformation fields on front surfaces directly heated by quartz lamps.Compared with existing blue light DIC techniques,the established UV 3D-DIC,which combines UV CCD camera,active UV illumination and bandpass filter imaging,can effectively suppress the strong disturbing light emitted by the quartz lamps and the heated sample itself during heating process.Two experiments were carried out to verify the robustness and accuracy of the developed technique:(1)direct observation of front surfaces of a hypersonic thermal structure sample heated from room temperature to 1050℃,and(2)front-surface thermal stain and coefficient of thermal expansion(CTE)measurement of an Inconel 718 sample up to 800℃.The well matched strain and CTE results with literature data show that UV 3D-DIC system is an effective technique for front-surface deformation measurement and has great potential in characterizing deformation response of hypersonic materials and structures subjected to transient aerodynamic heating.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation(Grant No.22-19-00765)at the Perm National Research Polytechnic University.
文摘Creating conditions to implement equilibrium processes of damage accumulation under a predictable scenario enables control over the failure of structural elements in critical states.It improves safety and reduces the probability of catastrophic behavior in case of accidents.Equilibrium damage accumulation in some cases leads to a falling part(called a postcritical stage)on the material’s stress-strain curve.It must be taken into account to assess the strength and deformation limits of composite structures.Digital image correlation method,acoustic emission(AE)signals recording,and optical microscopy were used in this paper to study the deformation and failure processes of an orthogonal-layup composite during tension in various directions to orthotropy axes.An elastic-plastic deformation model was proposed for the composite in a plane stress condition.The evolution of strain fields and neck formation were analyzed.The staging of the postcritical deformation process was described.AE signals obtained during tests were studied;characteristic damage types of a material were defined.The rationality and necessity of polymer composites’postcritical deformation stage taken into account in refined strength analysis of structures were concluded.
文摘Coal mass consists of matrices and cleats,which exhibits significant difference in mechanical properties,such as uniaxial compressive strength and Young’s modulus.Understanding this difference is critical for a number of engineering applications,such as assessing the stability of cleated coal seam gas wellbores,underground exca-vation stability in coal seams,and estimating cleat aperture response during gas extraction and surface response to reservoir depletion.The conventional method of measuring coal mechanical properties using strain gauges or displacement transducers is impractical and unreliable as it only captures the value for the installed point.This study explores the use of a two-dimensional Digital Image Correlation(2D-DIC)method to quantify the areal deformation of coal matrix and cleat regions and their contribution to the bulk mechanical properties of coal.Cyclic uniaxial compression tests were performed on coal specimens from the Goonyella Middle Seam,Australia.The results from the DIC technique were initially validated against strain gauge and Advanced Video Exten-someter(AVE)measurements,showing minimal percentage differences:5%with the strain gauge;16.6%with the coal cleat region,12.03%with the coal matrix region,and 9.28%with the coal bulk region compared to AVE.These results demonstrate that DIC is a reliable and accurate method for measuring coal deformation.Comparative analysis of cleat,matrix,and overall coal surface regions revealed distinct variations in Young’s modulus,with ratios of E_(cleat):E_(matrix):E_(overall)=0.24:1.60:1.00.The calculated cleat and matrix moduli are 143.6 MPa and 1785.3 MPa respectively.The contributions of E_(matrix)and E_(cleat)to the overall Young’s modulus(E_(overall))were quantified,revealing that the matrix accounts for 56%(A=0.56)and the cleat for 44%(1-A=0.44)of the overall modulus.The compressibility of the cleat shows six times that of the coal matrix(C_(cleat):C_(matrix):C_(overall)=4.24:0.62:1.00),highlighting the critical role of cleats in coal deformation and stress-induced permeability changes.Furthermore,Poisson’s ratios computed from the DIC for the tested coal samples range from 0.19 to 0.33,showing strong agreement with reported values in the literature.By integrating DIC analysis with traditional mechanical testing,this study offers a robust approach to evaluating full-field deformation mechanisms in fractured materials.These findings advance the understanding of coal’s mechanical properties,which in turn supports more accurate geotechnical modeling,optimizes mining design,and enhances coal seam gas extraction strategies.
文摘The stratospheric airship is affected by harsh conditions in the stratosphere environment.To ensure the safety of the airship,it is necessary to detect the material state of the airship envelope.Since digital image correlation possesses non-contact strain measurement ability,this paper explores the infuence of different shapes of the subset on measurement accuracy.Through the results,it is found that increasing the aspect ratio of subsets can improve the strain accuracy measured in the c-direction,and reducing the aspect ratio can improve the strain accuracy measured in the y-direction.This trend becomes more obvious as the strain increases.Based on this discovery,a subset adaptive algorithm is proposed.The feasibility of the algorithm is verified by experiments,and the precision of strain measurement can be effectively improved by adjusting the threshold value.Therefore,the algorithm can be utilized to increase the measurement accuracy in the larger strain direction without changing the size of the subset.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12272145 and 11972013)the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant No.2018YFF01014200)Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.2022CFB288).
文摘In this paper,we introduce an accelerating algorithm based on the Taylor series for reconstructing target images in the spectral digital image correlation method(SDIC).The Taylor series image reconstruction method is employed instead of the previous direct Fourier transform(DFT)image reconstruction method,which consumes the majority of the computational time for target image reconstruction.The partial derivatives in the Taylor series are computed using the fast Fourier transform(FFT)of the entire image,following the principles of Fourier transform theory.To examine the impact of different orders of Taylor series expansion on accuracy and efficiency,we employ third-and fourth-order Taylor series image reconstruction methods and compare them with the DFT image reconstruction method through simulated experiments.As a result of these enhancements,the computational efficiency using the third-and fourth-order Taylor series improves by factors of 57 and 46,respectively,compared to the previous method.In terms of analysis accuracy,within a strain range of 0–0.1 and without the addition of image noise,the accuracy of the proposed method increases with higher expansion orders,surpassing that of the DFT image reconstruction method when the fourth order is utilized.However,when different levels of Gaussian noise are applied to simulated images individually,the accuracy of the third-or fourth-order Taylor series expansion method is superior to that of the DFT reconstruction method.Finally,we present the analyzed experimental results of a silicone rubber plate specimen with bilateral cracks under uniaxial tension.
文摘In order to evaluate the accumulative of tensile strain in the process of fatigue failure, the digital image correlation（DIC） method was utilized to characterize the tensile strain development of asphalt mixtures in the indirect tensile（IDT）fatigue test. Three typical hot mix asphalt（HMA） mixtures with varying nominal maximum aggregate sizes were tested at four stress levels. During the tests, a digital camera was mounted to capture the displacement/strain fields on the surface of the specimen by recording the real-time change of speckle position. The results indicate that the vertical deformation curve can barely evaluate the fatigue performance accurately due to the non-negligible local deflection near the loading point. However, based on the analysis of strain fields,the optimal fatigue cracking zone is determined as a 40mm×40mm rectangle in the middle of the specimens. Also, a reasonable fatigue model based on the tensile strain curves calculated by DIC is proposed to predict the fatigue lives of asphalt mixtures.
基金supported by the National Basic Research 973 Program of China (Grant 2014CB046905)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant BK20150005)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (China University of Mining and Technology) (Grant 2014XT03)the innovation research project for academic graduate of Jiangsu Province (Grant KYLX16_0536)
文摘In this paper, uniaxial compression tests were carried out on a series of composite rock specimens with different dip angles, which were made from two types of rock-like material with different strength. The acoustic emission technique was used to monitor the acoustic signal characteristics of composite rock specimens during the entire loading process. At the same time, an optical non-contact 3 D digital image correlation technique was used to study the evolution of axial strain field and the maximal strain field before and after the peak strength at different stress levels during the loading process. The effect of bedding plane inclination on the deformation and strength during uniaxial loading was analyzed. The methods of solving the elastic constants of hard and weak rock were described. The damage evolution process, deformation and failure mechanism, and failure mode during uniaxial loading were fully determined. The experimental results show that the θ = 0?–45?specimens had obvious plastic deformation during loading, and the brittleness of the θ = 60?–90?specimens gradually increased during the loading process. When the anisotropic angle θincreased from 0?to 90?, the peak strength, peak strain,and apparent elastic modulus all decreased initially and then increased. The failure mode of the composite rock specimen during uniaxial loading can be divided into three categories:tensile fracture across the discontinuities(θ = 0?–30?), slid-ing failure along the discontinuities(θ = 45?–75?), and tensile-split along the discontinuities(θ = 90?). The axial strain of the weak and hard rock layers in the composite rock specimen during the loading process was significantly different from that of the θ = 0?–45?specimens and was almost the same as that of the θ = 60?–90?specimens. As for the strain localization highlighted in the maximum principal strain field, the θ = 0?–30?specimens appeared in the rock matrix approximately parallel to the loading direction,while in the θ = 45?–90?specimens it appeared at the hard and weak rock layer interface.
基金supported by the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre whose activities are funded by the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centre Programme.This is DET CRC Document 2017/954
文摘The complete stress-strain characteristics of sandstone specimens were investigated in a series of quasistatic monotonic uniaxial compression tests.Strain patterns development during pre-and post-peak behaviours in specimens with different aspect ratios was also examined.Peak stress,post-peak portion of stress-strain,brittleness,characteristics of progressive localisation and field strain patterns development were affected at different extents by specimen aspect ratio.Strain patterns of the rocks were obtained by applying three-dimensional(3D) digital image correlation(DIC) technique.Unlike conventional strain measurement using strain gauges attached to specimen,3D DIC allowed not only measuring large strains,but more importantly,mapping the development of field strain throughout the compression test,i.e.in pre-and post-peak regimes.Field strain development in the surface of rock specimen suggests that strain starts localising progressively and develops at a lower rate in pre-peak regime.However,in post-peak regime,strains increase at different rates as local deformations take place at different extents in the vicinity and outside the localised zone.The extent of localised strains together with the rate of strain localisation is associated with the increase in rate of strength degradation.Strain localisation and local inelastic unloading outside the localised zone both feature post-peak regime.
基金the Russian Foundation for Basic Research within the Projects(Grants 19-31-90148 and 18-01-00763)The experimental studies of shear material properties were conducted within the State Assignment of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation(9.7529.2017/9.10).
文摘This work is dedicated to the experimental study of the shear properties of three-dimensional reinforced composites taking into account their structural features,in Iosipescu tests.Shear strains have been determined using Vic-3D non-contact three-dimensional digital optical system.The evolution of inhomogeneous strain fields on the surface of composite specimens of the structure under study has been analyzed.The variants of strain averaging in the specimen working area have been analyzed using Vic-3D tools.AMSY-6 acoustic emission system has been used to assess the structural integrity of composite materials under loading.
基金supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Grant number: 2009-0083068)
文摘Beetle wings are very specialized flight organs consisting of the veins and membranes.Therefore it is necessary from a bionic view to investigate the material properties of a beetle wing experimentally.In the present study,we have used a Digital Image Correlation (DIC) technique to measure the elastic modulus of a beetle wing membrane.Specimens were prepared by carefully cutting a beetle hind wing into 3.0 mm by 7.0 mm segments (the gage length was 5 mm).We used a scanning electron microscope for a precise measurement of the thickness of the beetle wing membrane.The specimen was attached to a designed fixture to induce a uniform displacement by means of a micromanipulator.We used an ARAMISTM system based on the digital image correlation technique to measure the corresponding displacement of a specimen.The thickness of the beetle wing varied at different points of the membrane.The elastic modulus differed in relation to the membrane arrangement showing a structural anisotropy;the elastic modulus in the chordwise direction is approximately 2.65 GPa,which is three times larger than the elastic modulus in the spanwise direction of 0.84 GPa.As a result,the digital image correlation-based ARAMIS system was suc- cessfully used to measure the elastic modulus of a beetle wing.In addition to membrane's elastic modulus,we considered the Poisson's ratio of the membrane and measured the elastic modulus of a vein using an Instron universal tensile machine.The result reveals the Poisson's ratio is nearly zero and the elastic modulus of a vein is about 11 GPa.
基金the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 11672153, 11232008, and 11227801)
文摘Fused deposition modelling(FDM), a widely used rapid prototyping process, is a promising technique in manufacturing engineering. In this work, a method for characterizing elastic constants of FDM-fabricated materials is proposed. First of all, according to the manufacturing process of FDM, orthotropic constitutive model is used to describe the mechanical behavior. Then the virtual fields method(VFM) is applied to characterize all the mechanical parameters(Q, Q, Q, Q) using the full-field strain,which is measured by digital image correlation(DIC). Since the principal axis of the FDM-fabricated structure is sometimes unknown due to the complexity of the manufacturing process, a disk in diametrical compression is used as the load configuration so that the loading angle can be changed conveniently. To verify the feasibility of the proposed method, finite element method(FEM) simulation is conducted to obtain the strain field of the disk. The simulation results show that higher accuracy can be achieved when the loading angle is close to 30?. Finally, a disk fabricated by FDM was used for the experiment. By rotating the disk, several tests with different loading angles were conducted. To determine the position of the principal axis in each test, two groups of parameters(Q, Q, Q, Q) are calculated by two different groups of virtual fields. Then the corresponding loading angle can be determined by minimizing the deviation between two groups of the parameters. After that, the four constants(Q, Q, Q, Q) were determined from the test with an angle of 27?.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10832003)the National Basic Research Program of China (613830202),the NSAF (11076032)
文摘Polymer bonded explosives (PBXs) are highly particle-filled composite materials.This paper experimentally studies the tensile deformation and fracture behavior of a PBX simulation by using the semi-circular bending (SCB) test.The deformation and fracture process of a pre-notched SCB sample with a random speckle pattern is recorded by a charge coupled device camera.The displacement and strain fields on the observed surface during the loading process are obtained by using the digital image correlation method.The crack opening displacement is calculated from the displacement fields,the initiation and propagation of the crack are analyzed.In addition,the damage evolution and fracture mechanisms of the SCB sample are analyzed according to the strain fields and the correlation coefficient fields at different loading steps.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51934003)the Major Science and Technology Special Project of Yunnan Province,China(Nos.202102AF080001 and 202102AG050024)。
文摘The anisotropy induced by rock bedding structures is usually manifested in the mechanical behaviors and failure modes of rocks.Brazilian tests are conducted for seven groups of shale specimens featuring different bedding angles. Acoustic emission (AE) and digital image correlation (DIC) technologies are used to monitor the in-situ failure of the specimens. Furthermore, the crack morphology of damaged samples is observed through scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Results reveal the structural dependence on the tensile mechanical behavior of shales. The shale disk exhibits compression in the early stage of the experiment with varying locations and durations. The location of the compression area moves downward and gradually disappears when the bedding angle increases. The macroscopic failure is well characterized by AE event location results, and the dominant frequency distribution is related to the bedding angle. The b-value is found to be stress-dependent.The crack turning angle between layers and the number of cracks crossing the bedding both increase with the bedding angle, indicating competition between crack propagations. SEM results revealed that the failure modes of the samples can be classified into three types:tensile failure along beddings with shear failure of the matrix, ladder shear failure along beddings with tensile failure of the matrix, and shear failure along multiple beddings with tensile failure of the matrix.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Nos. 11002048, 10972072)the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, No. 2007CB714104)the Special Fund of State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering at Hohai University (No. 2009585912)
文摘An experimental investigation on the mechanical mechanisms of fatigue micro-crack initiation and propagation of a nickel-based superalloy is presented. By coupling digital image correlation method and scanning electron microscope, the fatigue residual strain distribution at the grain scale has been obtained. The results showed that there is a trend of accumulation for the residual strain. Micro-cracks are more likely to initiate in or near the areas with particularly large residual strain, and propagate along the large-strain paths.
文摘Objectives： Polymerization shrinkage of dental composites remains a major concern in restorative dentistry because it can lead to micro-cracking of the tooth and debonding at the tooth-restoration interface. The aim of this study was to measure the full-field polymerization shrinkage of dental composites using the optical digital image correlation （DIC） method and to evaluate how the measurement is influenced by the factors in experiment setup and image analysis. Methods： Four commercial dental composites, Premise Dentine, Z 100, Z250 and Tetric EvoCeram, were tested. Composite was first placed into a slot mould to form a bar specimen with rectangular-section of 4 mmx2 mm, followed by the surface painting to create irregular speckles. Curing was then applied at one end of the specimen while the other part were covered against curing light for simulating the clinical curing condition of composite in dental cavity. The painted surface was recorded by a charge-coupled device （CCD） camera before and after curing. Subsequently, the volumetric shrinkage of the specimen was calculated with specialist DIC software based on image cross correlation. In addition, a few factors that may influence the measuring accuracy, including the subset window size, speckle size, illumination light and specimen length, were also evaluated. Results： The volumetric shrinkage of the specimen generally decreases with increasing distance from the irradiated surface with a conspicuous exception being the composite Premise Dentine as its maximum shrinkage occurred at a subsurface distance of about 1 mm instead of the irradiated surface. Z100 had the greatest maximum shrinkage strain, followed by Z250, Tetric EvoCeram and then Premise Dentine. Larger subset window size made the shrinkage strain contour smoother. But the cost was that some details in the heterogeneity of the material were lost. Very small subset window size resulted in a lot of noise in the data, making it difficult to discern the general pattern in the strain distribution. Speckle size did not seem to have obvious effect on the volumetric shrinkage strain along specimen length; however, larger speckles resulted in higher level of noise or heterogeneity in the shrinkage distribution. Compared with bright illumination, dimmer lighting produced larger standard deviations in the measured shrinkage~ indicating a higher level of noise. The longer the specimen, the greater was the rate of reduction with distance from the irradiated surface, especially for the longitudinal strain. Significance： The image correlation method is capable of producing full-field polymerization shrinkage of dental composites. The accuracy of the measurements relies on selection of optimal parameters in experimental setup and DIC analysis.
基金The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10125211 and 10072002),the Scientific Committee of Yunnan Province for the Program of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete,and the Institute of Chemical Materials,CAEP at Mianyang
文摘This paper presents the applications of digital image correlation technique to the mesoscopic damage and fracture study of some granular based composite materials including steel- fiber reinforced concrete,sandstone and crystal-polymer composite.The deformation fields of the composite materials resulted from stress localization were obtained by the correlation computation of the surface images with loading steps and thus the related damage prediction and fracture parameters were evaluated.The correlation searching could be performed either directly based on the gray levels of the digital images or from the wavelet transform(WT)coefficients of the transform spectrum.The latter was developed by the authors and showed higher resolution and sensitivity to the singularity detection. Because the displacement components came from the rough surfaces of the composite materials without any coats of gratings or fringes of optical interferometry,both surface profiles and the deformation fields of the composites were visualized which was helpful to compare each other to analyze the damage of those heterogeneous materials.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11562016 and 11672175)
文摘Uniaxial tension tests were conducted on single-edge-notched tensile specimens of pure molybdenum with a mesh grid pattern in front of the notch. A series of images of crack initialization and propagation with a distorted mesh grid pattern were obtained by means of in situ scanning electron microscopy. Strain fields around the crack tip were mapped successively using geometric phase analysis and digital image correlation techniques, and then compared with the predictions obtained through linear elastic fracture mechanics （LEFM）. The comparison shows that the measured strain distribution ahead of the crack tip is consistent with the LEFM predictions of up to 25 μm from the crack tip.
基金This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China(NSFC)(No.11902074).
文摘This study analyzes the function of different muscles during arm wrestling and proposes a method to analyze the optimal forearm angle for professional arm wrestlers.We built a professional arm-wrestling platform to measure the shape and deformation of the skin at the biceps brachii of a volunteer in vivo during arm wrestling.We observed the banding phenomenon of arm skin strain during muscle contraction and developed a model to evaluate the moment provided by the biceps brachii.According to this model,the strain field of the area of interest on the skin was measured,and the forearm angles most favorable and unfavorable to the work of the biceps brachii were analyzed.This study demonstrates the considerable potential of applying DIC and its extension method to the in vivo measurement of human skin and facilitates the use of the in vivo measurement of skin deformation in various sports in the future.
文摘The deformation and residual stress generated by the welding process can seriously affect the use of components.As a result,it is very important to understand the evolution of stress and strain during the welding process.The strain measurement method based on digital image correlation(DIC)is an excellent method to detect welding strain and residual stress.The out-of-plane translation and out-of-plane rotation introduce errors to the two-dimensional DIC.In this paper,the causes of errors are analyzed theoretically,and the formulas of errors caused by the out-of-plane displacement and the out-of-plane rotation are derived.The out-of-plane translation experiment and the out-of-plane rotation experiment were carried out to verify the theory,and the experimental results are consistent with the theoretical analysis results.The error caused by the out-of-plane translation can be reduced by increasing the object distance;the error caused by the out-of-plane rotation is greatly affected by the rotation angle.
基金Projects(51575347,51405297,51204107)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Surface strain fields of the designed compact tension(CT)specimens were investigated by digital image correlation(DIC)method.An integrative computer program was developed based on DIC algorithms to characterize the strain fields accurately and graphically.Strain distribution of the CT specimen was predicted by finite element method(FEM).Good agreement is observed between the surface strain fields measured by DIC and predicted by FEM,which reveals that the proposed method is practical and effective to determine the strain fields of CT specimens.Moreover,strain fields of the CT specimens with various compressive loads and notch diameters were studied by DIC.The experimental results can provide effective reference to usage of CT specimens in triaxial creep test by appropriately selecting specimen and experiment parameters.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11602011,11872009,and 11632010)the National S&T Major Project of China(No.ZX069)+1 种基金the Aeronautical Science Foundation of China(No.2016ZD51034)the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(No.2017M610029)。
文摘In thermal-structural testing of hypersonic materials and structures,deformation measurement on the front surface of an object directly heated by quartz lamps is highly necessary and very challenging.This work describes a novel front-surface high-temperature deformation measurement technique,which adopts ultraviolet 3D digital image correlation(UV 3D-DIC)to observe and measure the high-temperature deformation fields on front surfaces directly heated by quartz lamps.Compared with existing blue light DIC techniques,the established UV 3D-DIC,which combines UV CCD camera,active UV illumination and bandpass filter imaging,can effectively suppress the strong disturbing light emitted by the quartz lamps and the heated sample itself during heating process.Two experiments were carried out to verify the robustness and accuracy of the developed technique:(1)direct observation of front surfaces of a hypersonic thermal structure sample heated from room temperature to 1050℃,and(2)front-surface thermal stain and coefficient of thermal expansion(CTE)measurement of an Inconel 718 sample up to 800℃.The well matched strain and CTE results with literature data show that UV 3D-DIC system is an effective technique for front-surface deformation measurement and has great potential in characterizing deformation response of hypersonic materials and structures subjected to transient aerodynamic heating.
