A proper understanding of material mechanical properties is important in designing and modelling of components. As a part of a study on the structural integrity, the Digital Image Correlation technique was used to obtain the full-field strain distribution during a tensile test of the specimens. The displacement maps were analyzed using Matlab scripts to compute local stress-strain variations. Consequently the local proof stress values were extracted. In this study, the local extraction of the elastic and plastic properties of Al6061 alloy has been carried out using both the uniform stress method and the virtual fields method involving digital image correlation technique. In uniform stress methodology, full range stress–strain curves are obtained using the whole field strain measurement using Digital Image Correlation. The parameters investigated are Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio, yield strength, strain hardening exponent and strength coefficient. Recently, the virtual fields method is gaining a lot of popularity in domain characterization as it is robust, accurate and faster. Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio, yield strength, strength coefficient and strain hardening exponent are the parameters extracted using both uniform stress method and virtual fields method. The parameter variation obtained by both uniform stress method and the virtual fields method compares very well. Due to various advantages associated with virtual fields method, it is generally recommended for material mechanical properties extraction. تفاصيل المقالة

The thin-walled honeycomb structures are one of the most common energy absorber types. These structures are of particular use in different industries due to their high energy absorption capability. In this article, the finite element simulation of honeycomb energy absorbers was accomplished in order to analyze their crushing behavior. 48 panels with different hexagonal edge length, thickness and branch angle were examined. In the following, the amounts of mean stresses versus the geometric variables using neurotic lattices were considered. Comparison between the finite element results and the obtained neural network model verified the high accuracy of the obtained model. Then the model was optimized by one of the efficient genetic algorithm methods called “Multi-objective Uniform-diversity Genetic algorithm”. The obtained optimum results provide practical information for the design and application of these energy absorbers regards to designer requirement. It was observed that honeycomb energy absorbers with 11.07 mm hexagonal edge length, 0.078 mm wall thickness and 123-degree branch angle have the maximum energy absorption over the panel mass. تفاصيل المقالة

In this paper, stress concentration in the thin cylindrical shell with rectangular cutout subjected to uniform axial pressure was investigated using a parametric finite element model. Design of experiments techniques and statistical analysis was used to provide a model for characterizing the critical stress in these components. The influences of the geometrical parameters and their combinations were studied in detail. It was observed that the length to width ratio of the cutout, the length and the radius to thickness ratio of the cylinder were significant parameters for describing the stress concentration around the cutout, respectively. By increasing the length to width ratio as a main effective geometrical factor in the stress concentration, the stress around the cutout was increased significantly. Based on the statistical analysis conducted in this study, a formula was derived which can predict the stress concentration around the cutout of the cylinder with the accuracy more than 84% (R2 = 88.7%, R2pred = 84.6%, R2adj= 86.7%). تفاصيل المقالة