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NASA NTRS1983

Application of an Uncoupled Elastic-plastic-creep Constitutive Model to Metals at High Temperature

A uniaxial, uncoupled constitutive model to predict the response of thermal and rate dependent elastic-plastic material behavior is presented. The model is based on an incremental classicial plasticity theory extended to account for thermal, creep, and transient temperature conditions. Revisions to he combined hardening rule of the theory allow for better representation of cyclic phenomenon including the high rate of strain hardening upon cyclic reyield and cyclic saturation. An alternative approach is taken to model the rate dependent inelastic deformation which utilizes hysteresis loops and stress relaxation test data at various temperatures. The model is evaluated and compared to experiments which involve various thermal and mechanical load histories on 5086 aluminum alloy, 304 stainless steel and Hastelloy-X.

Haisler, W. E.↗
NASA NTRS1986

Yielding and deformation behavior of the single crystal nickel-base superalloy PWA 1480

Interrupted tensile tests were conducted to fixed plastic strain levels in 100 ordered single crystals of the nickel based superalloy PWA 1480. Testing was done in the range of 20 to 1093 C, at strain rate of 0.5 and 50%/min. The yield strength was constant from 20 to 760 C, above which the strength dropped rapidly and became a stong function of strain rate. The high temperature data were represented very well by an Arrhenius type equation, which resulted in three distinct temperature regimes. The deformation substructures were grouped in the same three regimes, indicating that there was a fundamental relationship between the deformation mechanisms and activation energies. Models of the yielding process were considered, and it was found that no currently available model was fully applicable to this alloy. It was also demonstrated that the initial deformation mechanism (during yielding) was frequently different from that which would be inferred by examining specimens which were tested to failure.

Milligan, W. W., Jr.↗
NASA NTRS1987

Yielding and deformation behavior of the single crystal superalloy PWA 1480

Interrupted tensile tests were conducted to fixed plastic strain levels in 100 ordered single crystals of the nickel based superalloy PWA 1480. Testing was done in the range of 20 to 1093 C, at strain rate of 0.5 and 50 percent/min. The yield strength was constant from 20 to 760 C, above which the strength dropped rapidly and became a strong function of strain rate. The high temperature data were represented very well by an Arrhenius type equation, which resulted in three distinct temperature regimes. The deformation substructures were grouped in the same three regimes, indicating that there was a fundamental relationship between the deformation mechanisms and activation energies. Models of the yielding process were considered, and it was found that no currently available model was fully applicable to this alloy. It was also demonstrated that the initial deformation mechanism (during yielding) was frequently different from that which would be inferred by examining specimens which were tested to failure.

Milligan, Walter W.↗
DOE OSTI2026

Thermal loading effects on chalk hydromechanical behavior for nuclear waste disposal

Safe disposal of heat-generating nuclear waste depends on host rock stability under thermal, hydrological, and mechanical stresses. This study investigates the effect of thermal loading on mechanical behavior of the shallowly buried Ghareb formation chalk through triaxial and hydrostatic constant strain rate and creep tests at temperatures up to 100 ˚C and effective pressures up to 20.7 MPa. Experimental results show that thermal loading reduces the elastic moduli of chalk by 50–75%, and a transition occurs above 60 ˚C where creep rates increase rapidly. Water saturation nearly doubles the thermally induced strain compared to dry conditions and strongly decreases material rigidity. Thermal loading also leads to significant pore pressure increases under undrained conditions and leads to reductions in the apparent permeability during drained conditions. Laboratory experimental data were used to parameterize and develop a preliminary constitutive model for predicting future deformation during repository operations in the Ghareb. The strongly coupled effects – mechanical weakening, fluid pressure fluctuations, and permeability modification – demonstrate that elevated repository temperatures will have a pronounced effect on the near field Ghareb behavior during waste disposal operations. The findings indicate that the coupled interactions must be considered in predictive models and repository design to ensure long-term nuclear waste isolation and safety.

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE W↗
NASA NTRS2012

Asymmetric Magnetosphere Deformation Driven by Hot Flow Anomaly(ies)

We present a case study of a large deformation of the magnetopause on November 26, 2008. The investigation is based on observations of five THEMIS spacecraft located at the dawn flank in the magnetosphere and magnetosheath, on Cluster measurements at the dusk magnetosheath, and is supported by ACE solar wind monitoring. The main revelation of our study is that the interaction of the IMF discontinuity with the bow shock creates either one very elongated hot flow anomaly (HFA) or a pair of them that is (are) simultaneously observed at both flanks. Whereas the dusk HFA is weak and does not cause observable deformation of the magnetopause, the pressure variations connected with the dawn HFA lead to a magnetopause displacement by approx. = 5 R(sub E) outward from its nominal position. This is followed by a rapid inward motion of the magnetopause approx. = 4 R(sub E) inward with respect to the model location. The surface deformation is so large that the outermost THEMIS spacecraft was in the magnetosphere, whereas the spacecraft located 9 R(sub E) inbound entered into the magnetosheath at the same time. The whole event lasted about 5 minutes.

hot flow anomaly↗
NASA NTRS2016

Analysis and Characterization of Damage Utilizing an Orthotropic Generalized Composite Material Model Suitable for Use in Impact Problems

The need for accurate material models to simulate the deformation, damage and failure of polymer matrix composites under impact conditions is becoming critical as these materials are gaining increased usage in the aerospace and automotive communities. In order to address a series of issues identified by the aerospace community as being desirable to include in a next generation composite impact model, an orthotropic, macroscopic constitutive model incorporating both plasticity and damage suitable for implementation within the commercial LS-DYNA computer code is being developed. The plasticity model is based on extending the Tsai-Wu composite failure model into a strain hardening-based orthotropic plasticity model with a non-associative flow rule. The evolution of the yield surface is determined based on tabulated stress-strain curves in the various normal and shear directions and is tracked using the effective plastic strain. To compute the evolution of damage, a strain equivalent semi-coupled formulation is used in which a load in one direction results in a stiffness reduction in multiple material coordinate directions. A detailed analysis is carried out to ensure that the strain equivalence assumption is appropriate for the derived plasticity and damage formulations that are employed in the current model. Procedures to develop the appropriate input curves for the damage model are presented and the process required to develop an appropriate characterization test matrix is discussed.

Impact↗
NASA NTRS2016

Analysis and Characterization of Damage Utilizing an Orthotropic Generalized Composite Material Model Suitable for Use in Impact Problems

The need for accurate material models to simulate the deformation, damage and failure of polymer matrix composites under impact conditions is becoming critical as these materials are gaining increased usage in the aerospace and automotive communities. In order to address a series of issues identified by the aerospace community as being desirable to include in a next generation composite impact model, an orthotropic, macroscopic constitutive model incorporating both plasticity and damage suitable for implementation within the commercial LS-DYNA computer code is being developed. The plasticity model is based on extending the Tsai-Wu composite failure model into a strain hardening-based orthotropic plasticity model with a non-associative flow rule. The evolution of the yield surface is determined based on tabulated stress-strain curves in the various normal and shear directions and is tracked using the effective plastic strain. To compute the evolution of damage, a strain equivalent semi-coupled formulation is used in which a load in one direction results in a stiffness reduction in multiple material coordinate directions. A detailed analysis is carried out to ensure that the strain equivalence assumption is appropriate for the derived plasticity and damage formulations that are employed in the current model. Procedures to develop the appropriate input curves for the damage model are presented and the process required to develop an appropriate characterization test matrix is discussed

Impact↗
NASA NTRS2024

Effects of Alloying Elements on Twinning in Ni-Based Superalloys

Micro-twinning is the major creep deformation mechanism in Ni-based superalloys at temperatures above 700 C. Recent experiments suggest that superlattice stacking faults in   phase may serve as the precursors to twin formation. Segregation of alloying elements to these precursors may have a significant effect on formation and extension of micro-twins. Using atomistic modeling we investigate and explain the effects of Cr and Nb alloying additions on these processes. Our results help to rationalize the experimentally observed puzzling effects of elemental composition of the alloy on creep resistance.

Ni-based superalloys↗
NASA NTRS1995

On Lateral Viscosity Contrast in the Mantle and the Rheology of Low-Frequency Geodynamics

Mantle-wide heterogeneity is largely controlled by deeply penetrating thermal convective currents. These thermal currents are likely to produce significant lateral variation in rheology, and this can profoundly influence overall material behaviour. How thermally related lateral viscosity variations impact models of glacio-isostatic and tidal deformation is largely unknown. An important step towards model improvement is to quantify, or bound, the actual viscosity variations that characterize the mantle. Simple scaling of viscosity to shear-wave velocity fluctuations yields map-views of long- wavelength viscosity variation. These give a general quantitative description and aid in estimating the depth dependence of rheological heterogeneity throughout the mantle. The upper mantle is probably characterized by two to four orders of magnitude variation (peak-to-peak). Discrepant time-scales for rebounding Holocene shorelines of Hudson Bay and southern Iceland are consistent with this characterization. Results are given in terms of a local average viscosity ratio, (Delta)eta(bar)(sub i), of volumetric concentration, phi(sub i). For the upper mantle deeper than 340 km the following reasonable limits are estimated for (delta)eta(bar) approx. equal 10(exp -2): 0.01 less than or equal to phi less than or equal to 0.15. A spectrum of ratios (Delta)eta(bar)(sub i) less than 0.1 at concentration level eta(sub i) approx. equal 10(exp -6) - 10(exp -1) in the lower mantle implies a spectrum of shorter time-scale deformational response modes for second-degree spherical harmonic deformations of the Earth. Although highly uncertain, this spectrum of spatial variation allows a purely Maxwellian viscoelastic rheology simultaneously to explain all solid tidal dispersion phenomena and long-term rebound-related mantle viscosity. Composite theory of multiphase viscoelastic media is used to demonstrate this effect.

Ivins, Erik R.↗
NASA NTRS2003

Hydrostatic Stress Effects Incorporated Into the Analysis of the High-Strain-Rate Deformation of Polymer Matrix Composites

Procedures for modeling the effect of high strain rate on composite materials are needed for designing reliable composite engine cases that are lighter than the metal cases in current use. The types of polymer matrix composites that are likely to be used in such an application have a deformation response that is nonlinear and that varies with strain rate. The nonlinearity and strain rate dependence of the composite response is primarily due to the matrix constituent. Therefore, in developing material models to be used in the design of impact-resistant composite engine cases, the deformation of the polymer matrix must be correctly analyzed. However, unlike in metals, the nonlinear response of polymers depends on the hydrostatic stresses, which must be accounted for within an analytical model. An experimental program has been carried out through a university grant with the Ohio State University to obtain tensile and shear deformation data for a representative polymer for strain rates ranging from quasi-static to high rates of several hundred per second. This information has been used at the NASA Glenn Research Center to develop, characterize, and correlate a material model in which the strain rate dependence and nonlinearity (including hydrostatic stress effects) of the polymer are correctly analyzed. To obtain the material data, Glenn s researchers designed and fabricated test specimens of a representative toughened epoxy resin. Quasi-static tests at low strain rates and split Hopkinson bar tests at high strain rates were then conducted at the Ohio State University. The experimental data confirmed the strong effects of strain rate on both the tensile and shear deformation of the polymer. For the analytical model, Glenn researchers modified state variable constitutive equations previously used for the viscoplastic analysis of metals to allow for the analysis of the nonlinear, strain-rate-dependent polymer deformation. Specifically, we accounted for the effects of hydrostatic stresses. An important discovery in the course of this work was that the hydrostatic stress effects varied during the loading process, which needed to be accounted for within the constitutive equations. The model is characterized primarily by shear data, with tensile data used to characterize the hydrostatic stress effects.

Goldberg, Robert K.↗
DOE OSTI2023

Deformation, dislocation evolution and the non-Schmid effect in body-centered-cubic single- and polycrystal tantalum

A physically-informed continuum crystal plasticity model is presented to elucidate deformation mechanisms, dislocation evolution and the non-Schmid effect in body-centered-cubic (bcc) tantalum widely used as a key structural material for mechanical and thermal extremes. We show the unified structural modeling framework informed by mesoscopic dislocation dynamics simulations is capable of capturing salient features of the large inelastic behavior of tantalum at quasi-static (10 -3 s -1 ) to extreme strain rates (5000 s -1 ) and at low (77 K) to high temperatures (873 K) at both single- and polycrystal levels. Here we also present predictive capabilities of the model for microstructural evolution in the material. To this end, we investigate the effects of dislocation interactions on slip activities, instability and the non-Schmid behavior at the single crystal level. Furthermore, ex situ measurements on crystallographic texture evolution and dislocation density growth are carried out for polycrystal tantalum specimens at increasing strains. Numerical simulation results also support that the modeling framework is capable of capturing the main features of the polycrystal behavior over a wide range of strains, strain rates and temperatures. The theoretical, experimental and numerical results at both single- and polycrystal levels provide critical insight into the underlying physical pictures for micro- and macroscopic responses and their relations in this important class of refractory bcc materials undergoing large inelastic deformations.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2025

Phase-Field Modeling of Damage Evolution in Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) and Environmental Barrier Coating (EBC)

Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) protected by environmental barrier coatings (EBCs) present a promising materials solution for next generation gas turbines. Developments of more robust and efficient EBCs and mechanically tougher CMCs are thus of significant technological importance. Here we develop a phase-field modeling framework that incorporates the thermally grown oxide (TGO), recognized as a critical factor for degradation and failure of EBCs. We simulate crack growth in the TGO and the potential extension into the bond coat / CMC substrate. The model efficiently takes account of the large inelastic deformation induced by the severe volume expansion of TGO, thanks to our recently developed, so-called incremental realization of inelastic deformation (IRID) algorithm. A phase-field model is built for damage evolution in CMCs including crack growth and interfacial sliding. The effects of fiber layout and interfacial sliding on the macroscopic toughness of CMCs are revealed by large-scale simulations and compared to experiments.

advanced energy systems and materials↗
DOE OSTI2022

Simulation of dislocation evolution in microparticle impacts over a wide range of impact velocities

We report the dynamic loading environment created by high velocity microparticle impacts is very difficult to model. The extremely high strain rates, large deformations, and high temperatures affect the flow stress of the material in ways that standard flow stress models cannot capture. Plastic deformation and strain hardening in metals is controlled by the motion of dislocations. Dislocations can be nucleated, stored as forest dislocations, or be annihilated as loading progresses. A comprehensive accounting of dislocation density change is needed to accurately describe rate and temperature dependent dislocation glide and evolution across the wide rage of loading conditions present in microparticle impact problems. Therefore, we implement and apply a newly proposed flow stress model (Hunter and Preston, 2015, 2022) that is then coupled with mobile and immobile dislocation density evolution equations. This model is implemented in Los Alamos National Laboratory’s hydrodynamics code, FLAG, to model copper-on-copper microparticle impacts. This new strength model allows for accurate simulation of particle rebound and flattening across a wide range of impact velocities.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2025

Effects cascade debris and helium bubbles on the strength of aged plutonium

The radioactive decay of aging Pu is dominated by α-decay. This persistent α-decay produces crystalline defects in the form of dislocation loops and helium bubbles that evolve with time. Comparable defects are produced in other metallic alloys when subject to neutron irradiation, and these defects are known to modify the plastic deformation of irradiated materials. Models have been developed for these irradiated materials and validated against experimental confirmations of yield strength and the concomitant microstructural evolution. In this paper, we deploy those previously developed models and apply their mechanics to plutonium aging.

Chemical elements↗
NASA NTRS1982

Edge softening of the Shuttle TPS strain isolation pad

Tensile tests and an analytical investigation were performed to characterize the edge softening behavior of the strain isolation pad (SIP) between the Orbiter skin and thermal protection system. The tensile tests were carried out with varying sizes of disk-shaped specimens bonded between aluminum disks. The specimens strength and stiffness were determined on the basis of specimen size, and an analytical model of the microstructural stress-strain characteristics was developed. Strength and stiffness were found to decrease near the free edges because through-the-thickness fibers located there were not anchored. No size dependence at maximum load was observed in specimens between 0.75-4.0 in. thick. In-plane and out-of-plane coupling in deformation was detected. The model gave accurate predictions of the tensile behavior of the SIP as a function of distance to a free edge.

Ransone, P. O.↗
DOE OSTI2024

A framework for strategic discovery of credible neural network surrogate models under uncertainty

The widespread integration of deep neural networks in developing data-driven surrogate models for high-fidelity simulations of complex physical systems highlights the critical necessity for robust uncertainty quantification techniques and credibility assessment methodologies, ensuring the reliable deployment of surrogate models in consequential decision-making. Here, this study presents the Occam Plausibility Algorithm for surrogate models (OPAL-surrogate), providing a systematic framework to uncover predictive neural network-based surrogate models within the large space of potential models, including various neural network classes and choices of architecture and hyperparameters. The framework is grounded in hierarchical Bayesian inferences and employs model validation tests to evaluate the credibility and prediction reliability of the surrogate models under uncertainty. Leveraging these principles, OPAL-surrogate introduces a systematic and efficient strategy for balancing the trade-off between model complexity, accuracy, and prediction uncertainty. The effectiveness of OPAL-surrogate is demonstrated through two modeling problems, including the deformation of porous materials for building insulation and turbulent combustion flow for ablation of solid fuels within hybrid rocket motors.

42 ENGINEERING↗
DOE OSTI2025

LAROMance Grade 91 Model Integration in NEML2

New reactor designs are targeting higher operating temperatures for increased thermal efficiency when compared to the current fleet of light water reactors. Designing structural components for these high temperature environments with reliable long-term operations requires material models that can accurately capture the deformation mechanisms active in these environments. The LAROMance surrogate material models are based on a database of mechanistic crystal plasticity simulations for high-temperature conditions. Inputs to the LAROMance models reflect the microstructural pedigree of the material, like dislocation densities and precipitate contents. Based on the evolution of these microstructural features, the LAROMance model provides the engineering scale constitutive model response. The LAROMance model was recently parameterized for Grade 91, a high temperature alloy. In the present work, the Grade 91 LAROMance model is implemented in the New Material Model Library, version 2 (NEML2). NEML2 provides a modular way to build material models from smaller blocks and was developed to vectorize the material update to efficiently run on modern computational architectures with graphics processing unit accelerators. NEML2 constitutive models can be used in simulations based on the multiphysics object-oriented simulation environment (MOOSE). This report provides details on the implementation of the Grade 91 LAROMance model in NEML2 and its verification of engineering scale finite element simulations in MOOSE.

42 - ENGINEERING↗
NASA NTRS1987

Deformation, fatigue and fracture behavior of two cast anisotropic superalloys

Tensile and low cycle fatigue (LCF) tests were conducted on two cast anisotropic superalloys. The effects of temperature, strain rate and stress range were investigated. Deformation behavior was extensively characterized and modeled. LCF and fracture behavior were studied and correlated with deformation behavior.

Milligan, Walter W.↗