摘要
As one of the principal failures,ductile fracturing restricts metal forming process.Cockcroft-Latham type fracture criterion is suited for ductile fracture in bulk metal-forming simulation.Finding a way to evaluate the ductile fracture criterion（DFC） and identify the relationship between DFC and deformation conditions for a strain-softening material,7075 aluminum alloy;however,it is a non-trivial issue that still needs to be addressed in a greater depth.An innovative approach is brought forth that the compression tests and numerical simulations provide mutual support to evaluate the ductile damage cumulating process and determine the DFC diagram.One of the results shows that for a fixed temperature,the maximum cumulated damage decreases regularly with increasing strain rate.The most important result shows that DFC of 7075 aluminum alloy at temperatures of 573-723 K and strain rates of 0.01-10 s-1 is not a constant but a change in a range of 0.255-0.453,thus it has been defined with varying ductile fracture criterion（VDFC） and characterized by a function of strain rate and temperature.According to VDFC diagram,the exact fracture moment and position during various forming processes will be predicted conveniently,in addition to which,the deformation domains with lower fracture risk corresponding to higher VDFC can be identified.
韧性断裂作为一种主要的失效形式制约了成形工艺开发。Cockcroft-Latham损伤准则适用于多数合金韧性断裂失效的数值计算。对于应变软化型7075铝合金,确立临界损伤因子并揭示其与变形条件间的内在联系具有重要意义。通过压缩试验与数值模拟相互佐证的途径获得了7075铝合金临界损伤因子及其分布规律。结果表明:温度一定时,最大累积损伤值随着应变速率的增大而单调减小;7075铝合金的临界损伤因子不是常数,而是为在0.255～0.453范围内变化的变量;可由应变速率和温度为自变量表征临界损伤因子的变化规律。根据临界损伤因子规律分布图,可以精确地预测材料加工中发生断裂的时刻和位置,此外,还可识别出稳健的加工工艺参数区间。
基金
Project(2012ZX04010081) supported by the National Key Technologies R & D Program of China
Project(cstc2009aa3012-1) supported by the Science and Technology Committee of Chongqing,China
Project(CDJZR11130009) supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China
