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Mechanical Reliability of Advanced Materials and Structures for Harsh Applications

Submission Deadline: 30 April 2022 (closed) View: 148

Guest Editors

Prof. Xu Long, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Dr. Kim S Siow, National University of Malaysia, Malaysia
Prof. Chengqing Wu, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Summary

In recent years, there is an increase in demands requiring materials and structures to be designed to withstand harsh environments, such as extreme high and low temperatures, high-speed impacts, high density of power and electric current. The harsh applications anticipate satisfactory service reliability of structures, which nevertheless are challenging to be investigated experimentally at an unaffordable cost. This provides the opportunities to perform numerical simulations or analyses to evaluate the reliability of structures with sufficiently accurate material models in harsh environments.

 

We initiate this Special Issue to report and discuss recent progress in various aspects of mechanical behaviour and reliability of advanced engineering materials and structures for harsh applications in different areas such as microelectronics, aeronautics and astronautics. This Special Issue welcomes original research and review articles on all aspects of advanced materials and structures with the knowledge and understanding of the processes and mechanisms that induce deterioration or failure to predict reliability and improve structural performance. Topics of interest include (but not limited to):

 

• Constitutive models of materials in complicated loading applications

• Novel materials for electronic packaging structures

• Thermal management and advanced interconnection for high power devices

• Life prediction models and failure analysis

• New experimental methods to evaluate constitutive behaviour

• Reliability tests

• Machine learning algorithms and applications


Keywords

Mechanical reliability; advanced materials and structures; harsh applications

Published Papers


  • Open Access

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    Numerical Simulation of Low Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Ti2AlNb Alloy Subcomponents

    Yanju Wang, Zhenyu Zhu, Aixue Sha, Wenfeng Hao
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.136, No.3, pp. 2655-2676, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.025749
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Mechanical Reliability of Advanced Materials and Structures for Harsh Applications)
    Abstract Many titanium alloy subcomponents are subjected to fatigue loading in aerospace engineering, resulting in fatigue failure. The fatigue behavior of Ti2AlNb alloy subcomponents was investigated based on the Seeger fatigue life theory and the improved Lemaitre damage evolution theory. Firstly, the finite element models of the standard openhole specimen and Y-section subcomponents have been established by ABAQUS. The damage model parameters were determined by fatigue tests, and the reliability of fatigue life simulation results of the Ti2AlNb alloy standard open-hole specimen was verified. Meanwhile, the fatigue life of Ti2AlNb alloy Y-section subcomponents was predicted. Under the same More >

  • Open Access

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    Earth Pressure of the Trapdoor Problem Using Three-Dimensional Discrete Element Method

    Qizhi Chen, Chuli Xu, Baoping Zou, Zhanyou Luo, Changjie Xu, Xu Long
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.135, No.2, pp. 1503-1520, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.022823
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Mechanical Reliability of Advanced Materials and Structures for Harsh Applications)
    Abstract Load transformation from the yielding part of the soil to the adjacent part is known as the soil arching effect, which plays an important role in the design of various geotechnical infrastructures. Terzaghi’s trapdoor test was an important milestone in the development of theories on soil arching. The research on earth pressure of the trapdoor problem is presented in this paper using the three-dimensional (3D) discrete element method (DEM). Five 3D trapdoor models with different heights are established by 3D DEM software PFC 3D. The variation of earth pressure on the trapdoor with the downward… More >

  • Open Access

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    Computational Modeling of Intergranular Crack Propagation in an Intermetallic Compound Layer

    Tong An, Rui Zhou, Fei Qin, Pei Chen, Yanwei Dai, Yanpeng Gong
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.135, No.2, pp. 1481-1502, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.022475
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Mechanical Reliability of Advanced Materials and Structures for Harsh Applications)
    Abstract A micromechanical model is presented to study the initiation and propagation of microcracks of intermetallic compounds (IMCs) in solder joints. The effects of the grain aggregate morphology, the grain boundary defects and the sensitivity of the various cohesive zone parameters in predicting the overall mechanical response are investigated. The overall strength is predominantly determined by the weak grain interfaces; both the grain aggregate morphology and the weak grain interfaces control the crack configuration; the different normal and tangential strengths of grain interfaces result in different intergranular cracking behaviors and play a critical role in determining More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Monitoring Study of Long-Term Land Subsidence during Subway Operation in High-Density Urban Areas Based on DInSAR-GPS-GIS Technology and Numerical Simulation

    Yu Song, Xuejun Chen, Baoping Zou, Jundong Mu, Rusheng Hu, Siqi Cheng, Shengli Zhao
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.134, No.2, pp. 1021-1039, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.021164
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Mechanical Reliability of Advanced Materials and Structures for Harsh Applications)
    Abstract During subway operation, various factors will cause long-term land subsidence, such as the vibration subsidence of foundation soil caused by train vibration load, incomplete consolidation deformation of foundation soil during tunnel construction, dense buildings and structures in the vicinity of the tunnel, and changes in water level in the stratum where the tunnel is located. The monitoring of long-term land subsidence during subway operation in high-density urban areas differs from that in low-density urban construction areas. The former is the gathering point of the entire urban population. There are many complex buildings around the project,… More >

  • Open Access

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    Dynamic Mechanical Behavior and Numerical Simulation of an Ancient Underground Rock Mass under Impact Loading

    Baoping Zou, Zhiping Liu, Weifeng Jin, Haonan Ding, Zhanyou Luo
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.134, No.1, pp. 517-539, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.020853
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Mechanical Reliability of Advanced Materials and Structures for Harsh Applications)
    Abstract To study the dynamic mechanical properties of tuff under different environmental conditions, the tuff from an ancient quarry in Shepan Island was prepared. The impact damage to the rock was tested using a triaxial dynamic impact mechanical testing system (TDIMTS) with different ground stresses, temperatures, and groundwater pressures. The time-strain relationship, dynamic stress-strain relationship, energy dissipation law, energy-peak strain relationship, and the impact damage pattern of the tuff specimens under impact air pressures were investigated. The TDIMTS experiment on ancient underground rock mass under impact loading was also simulated using the finite element analysis software… More >

  • Open Access

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    A Hybrid Regional Model for Predicting Ground Deformation Induced by Large-Section Tunnel Excavation

    Shengjun Deng, Yang He, Xiaonan Gong, Jiajin Zhou, Xiangdong Hu
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.134, No.1, pp. 495-516, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.020386
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Mechanical Reliability of Advanced Materials and Structures for Harsh Applications)
    Abstract Due to the large number of finite element mesh generated, it is difficult to use full-scale model to simulate largesection underground engineering, especially considering the coupling effect. A regional model is attempted to achieve this simulation. A variable boundary condition method for hybrid regional model is proposed to realize the numerical simulation of large-section tunnel construction. Accordingly, the balance of initial ground stress under asymmetric boundary conditions achieves by applying boundary conditions step by step with secondary development of Dynaflow scripts, which is the key issue of variable boundary condition method implementation. In this paper, More >

  • Open Access

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    A Frost Heaving Prediction Approach for Ground Uplift Simulation Due to Freeze-Sealing Pipe Roof Method

    Shengjun Deng, Haolin Chen, Xiaonan Gong, Jiajin Zhou, Xiangdong Hu, Gang Jiang
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.132, No.1, pp. 251-266, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.020388
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Mechanical Reliability of Advanced Materials and Structures for Harsh Applications)
    Abstract Freeze-sealing pipe roof method is applied in the Gongbei tunnel, which causes the ground surface uplift induced by frost heave. A frost heaving prediction approach based on the coefficient of cold expansion is proposed to simulate the ground deformation of the Gongbei tunnel. The coefficient of cold expansion in the model and the frost heaving rate from the frost heave test under the hydration condition can achieve a good correspondence making the calculation result closer to the actual engineering. The ground surface uplift along the lateral and longitudinal direction are respectively analyzed and compared with… More >

  • Open Access

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    Visualization Detection of Solid–Liquid Two-Phase Flow in Filling Pipeline by Electrical Capacitance Tomography Technology

    Ningbo Jing, Mingqiao Li, Lang Liu, Yutong Shen, Peijiao Yang, Xuebin Qin
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.131, No.1, pp. 465-476, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.018965
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Mechanical Reliability of Advanced Materials and Structures for Harsh Applications)
    Abstract During mine filling, the caking in the pipeline and the waste rock in the filling slurry may cause serious safety accidents such as pipe blocking or explosion. Therefore, the visualization of the inner mine filling of the solid–liquid two-phase flow in the pipeline is important. This paper proposes a method based on capacitance tomography for the visualization of the solid–liquid distribution on the section of a filling pipe. A feedback network is used for electrical capacitance tomography reconstruction. This reconstruction method uses radial basis function neural network fitting to determine the relationship between the capacitance… More >

  • Open Access

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    A Novel Method for the Reconstruction of Road Profiles from Measured Vehicle Responses Based on the Kalman Filter Method

    Jianghui Zhu, Xiaotong Chang, Xueli Zhang, Yutai Su, Xu Long
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.130, No.3, pp. 1719-1735, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.019140
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Mechanical Reliability of Advanced Materials and Structures for Harsh Applications)
    Abstract The estimation of the disturbance input acting on a vehicle from its given responses is an inverse problem. To overcome some of the issues related to ill-posed inverse problems, this work proposes a method of reconstructing the road roughness based on the Kalman filter method. A half-car model that considers both the vehicle and equipment is established, and the joint input-state estimation method is used to identify the road profile. The capabilities of this methodology in the presence of noise are numerically demonstrated. Moreover, to reduce the influence of the driving speed on the estimation More >

  • Open Access

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    Image Reconstruction for ECT under Compressed Sensing Framework Based on an Overcomplete Dictionary

    Xuebin Qin, Yutong Shen, Jiachen Hu, Mingqiao Li, Peijiao Yang, Chenchen Ji, Xinlong Zhu
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.130, No.3, pp. 1699-1717, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.018234
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Mechanical Reliability of Advanced Materials and Structures for Harsh Applications)
    Abstract Electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) has great application potential in multiphase process monitoring, and its visualization results are of great significance for studying the changes in two-phase flow in closed environments. In this paper, compressed sensing (CS) theory based on dictionary learning is introduced to the inverse problem of ECT, and the K-SVD algorithm is used to learn the overcomplete dictionary to establish a nonlinear mapping between observed capacitance and sparse space. Because the trained overcomplete dictionary has the property to match few features of interest in the reconstructed image of ECT, it is not necessary More >

  • Open Access

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    Numerical and Experimental Investigations of the Thermal Fatigue Lifetime of CBGA Packages

    Borui Yang, Jun Luo, Bo Wan, Yutai Su, Guicui Fu, Xu Long
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.130, No.2, pp. 1113-1134, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.018037
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Mechanical Reliability of Advanced Materials and Structures for Harsh Applications)
    Abstract A thermal fatigue lifetime prediction model of ceramic ball grid array (CBGA) packages is proposed based on the Darveaux model. A finite element model of the CBGA packages is established, and the Anand model is used to describe the viscoplasticity of the CBGA solder. The average viscoplastic strain energy density increment ΔWave of the CBGA packages is obtained using a finite element simulation, and the influence of different structural parameters on the ΔWave is analyzed. A simplified analytical model of the ΔWave is established using the simulation data. The thermal fatigue lifetime of CBGA packages More >

  • Open Access

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    Reliability Analysis for Retaining Pile in Foundation Pit Based on Bayesian Principle

    Yousheng Deng, Chengpu Peng, Jialin Su, Lingtao Li, Liqing Meng, Long Li
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.130, No.2, pp. 1135-1148, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.018349
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Mechanical Reliability of Advanced Materials and Structures for Harsh Applications)
    Abstract Moso bamboo has the advantages of high short-term strength and reproducibility, appropriating for temporary supporting structure of shallow foundation pit. According to the displacement of the pile top from an indoor model test, the reliability of the supporting effect of the moso bamboo pile was analyzed. First, the calculation formula of reliability index was deduced based on the mean-value first-order second-moment (MVFOSM)method and probability theory under ultimate limit state and serviceability limit state. Then, the dimensionless bias factor (the ratio of the measured value to the calculated value) was introduced to normalize the displacement. The… More >

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