Johnson-Cook Failure Parameters
Johnson-Cook Failure Parameters
Johnson-Cook Failure Parameters
McMaster University
(Mechanical Engineering)
Hamilton Ontario
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ABSTRACT
The finite element analysis (FEA) is a numerical method widely used to predict
the metal-cutting performance in both academic and industrial studies, avoiding the
high expense and time consumption of experimental methods. The problem is how to
calibrate reliable fracture-parameters as chip-separation criterion are implemented into
FEA modelling. This thesis introduces a calibration method of the Johnson-Cook
fracture parameters used in the orthogonal metal cutting modelling with a positive rake
angle for AISI 1045 steel. These fracture parameters were obtained based on a set of
quasi-static tensile tests, with smooth and pre-notched round bars at room temperature
and elevated temperatures. The fracture parameters were validated by low- and highstrain rate simulations corresponding to tensile tests and orthogonal metal-cutting
processes respectively in ABAQUS/Explicit. Compared to literature calibration
methods, this method is simpler, less expensive but valid.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I cannot express enough thanks to all of those who continued support and
encourage me to complete this thesis.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Dr. Eu-Gene Ng for
his patience, motivation, and immense knowledge. Without his guidance and support, I
could not have imagined a better study for the researching and writing of this thesis.
Most importantly, I deeply appreciate this opportunity given to me by Dr. Eu-Gene Ng
to complete this important research.
I would like to thank the Department of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster
University, for financing and sponsoring this research.
I would like to thank Dr. Micheal Bruhis for his excellent help and guidance during
the tensile tests.
I would like to thank Mr. Doug Culley for his help and guidance for the metal heattreatment and the measurement of metallography.
I would like to thank the members in my research group and my friends: Youssef
Ziada, Keyvan Hosseinkhani, Amy Short, Wanlin Zhang, Chenhui Niu and Si Sun for
their help with research discussions and the experimental work.
Finally, I would like to thank my parents and my friends for their encouragement,
patience and support during the whole of this research process.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................... III
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ......................................................................................... IV
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................ V
LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................... IX
LIST OF TABLE CAPTIONS ................................................................................ XV
NOMENCLATURE AND LIST OF SYMBOLS................................................ XVII
1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................... 1
1.1 BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................... 1
1.2 OBJECTIVE ........................................................................................................... 4
2. LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................ 5
2.1 DUCTILE FRACTURE .............................................................................................. 5
2.1.1 Definition and Features of Ductile Fracture ................................................ 5
2.1.2 Effect of Stress State on Ductile Fracture ..................................................... 9
2.1.3 Effects of Temperature and Strain Rate on Ductile Fracture ..................... 14
2.2 DUCTILE FRACTURE MODELS............................................................................... 18
2.2.1 Evaluation Studies of Fracture Models....................................................... 19
2.2.2 Johnson-Cook Fracture Model ................................................................... 22
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OF THE
WITH
CUTTING
SIMULATIONS ............................................................................................................ 79
5.5.1 Chip Formation and Stress Contour ........................................................... 79
5.5.2 Temperature of the Tool-chip Interface ....................................................... 83
5.5.3 Cutting Force .............................................................................................. 87
5.5.4 Chip Thickness ............................................................................................ 89
5.5.5 Strain to Fracture of the Layer ................................................................... 91
6. CONCLUSION .................................................................................................... 94
7. FUTURE WORKS .............................................................................................. 96
BIBLIOGRAPHY...97
APPENDIX A ...................................................... .................................................... 103
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1: Schematic representations of the tensile stress-strain behavior of brittle and
ductile materials loaded to fracture. [William, 2007] .................................................... 5
Figure 2.2: (a) Highly ductile fracture in which the specimen necks down to a point.
(b) Moderately ductile fracture after some necking. (c) Brittle fracture without any
plastic deformation. [ William, 2007] ............................................................................ 6
Figure 2.3: Void nucleation, growth, and coalescence in ductile metals: (a) inclusions
in a ductile matrix, (b) void nucleation, (c) void growth, (d) strain localization
between voids, (e) necking between voids, and (f) void coalescence and fracture.
[Anderson, 2005] ......... ................................................................................................ 7
Figure 2.4: Stages in the cup-and-cone fracture (a) Initial necking. (b) Small cavity
formation. (c) Coalescence of cavities to form a crack. (d) Crack propagation. (e)
Final shear fracture at a 45 angle relative to the tensile direction. [Ralls, 1976] ......... 8
Figure 2.5: (a) Cup-and-cone fracture in aluminum. (b) Brittle fracture in a mild
steel ................................................................................................................................ 8
Figure 2.6: Three types of coordinate systems in the space of principal stresses. [Bai,
2009] ..................................................................... ...................................................... 10
Figure 2.7: Dependence of the equivalents strain to fracture on the stress triaxiality.
[Bao, 2004] ................... .............................................................................................. 12
Figure 2.8: Assumed dependence of the equivalent strain to crack formation on the
stress triaxiality of 1045 steel [Bao, 2005] .................................................................. 13
Figure 2.9: A newly postulated 3D asymmetric fracture locus. [Bai, 2008] ................ 14
Figure 2.10: Average shear strains at fracture for the torsion tests. [Johnson, 1985] .. 15
Figure 2.11: Split Hopkinson device. [Autenrieth, 2009] ............................................ 15
Figure 2.12: Effects of strain rate and temperature on the strain to fracture. [Johnson,
1985] ............................................................................................................................ 16
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Figure 2.13: Comparison between experimental data (dotted lines) and model results
(solid lines) for the target material of Weldox 460 E steel: (a) Fracture strain vs. Log
strain rate, (b) Fracture strain vs. Temperature. [Borvik, 2001] .................................. 17
Figure 3.7: Example of the true strain of the center point with localized strain leading
to necking ..................................................................................................................... 37
Figure 3.8: Example of the gage line of the height of the notch, 2b, in 2D strain map
from ARAMIS system ................................................................................................. 38
Figure 3.9: Comparison of the stress-strain curve under different anneal
temperatures ................................................................................................................. 39
Figure 3.10: Example of the measurement of the geometry of specimen before
testing ........................................................................................................................... 40
Figure 3.11: (a) The area of the central cross section of the fracture surface after
testing. (b) The geometry measurements of the specimen after fracture ..................... 40
Figure 4.1: Meshed models of the tensile tests of un-notched and pre-notched
specimens ..................................................................................................................... 42
Figure 4.2: The initial imperfection in the un-notched model ..................................... 42
Figure 4.3: (a) Schematic representation of tensile test data in stress-displacement
space for elastic-plastic materials [ABAQUS, 2003]; (b) The experimental stress vs.
displacement space result ............................................................................................. 47
Figure 4.4: Linear relationship between d and ..................................................... 48
Figure 4.5: The boundary conditions of the tension model ......................................... 48
Figure 4.6: The conditional link element of the cutting work piece in models ........... 49
Figure 4.7: Geometry and mesh conditions for the work piece with three feed rates . 49
Figure 4.8: Geometry and mesh condition of the cutting tool ..................................... 50
Figure 4.9: The boundary conditions of the cutting model .......................................... 51
Figure 4.10: The contact surfaces as interacted pairs in the cutting models ................ 52
Figure 5.1: The modelling performance with historical constants of the Johnson-Cook
models: (a) Von Misses stress contours with constants from [Borkovec, 2008]; (b)
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Temperature contours with constants from [Borkovec, 2008]; (c) Von Misses stress
contours with constants from [Varizi, 2010]; (d) Temperature contours with constants
from [Varizi, 2010] ...................................................................................................... 55
Figure 5.2: Comparison of the published Johson-Cook fracture curves from Borkovec
[2008] and Varizi [2010] with the experimental results from Bai [2009] ................... 55
Figure 5.3: (a) The strain of the central point of the specimen from ARAMIS; (b) d
calculated from the strain map from (a). ...................................................................... 59
Figure 5.4: (a) Length of the chord of the necking region 2b; (b) The arrow height of
the necking region h; (c) Radius of the curvature of the necking region R ................. 60
Figure 5.5: Comparison of stress-strain data for the tension test and the data adjusted
by Bridgman correction factor ..................................................................................... 61
Figure 5.6: Comparison of the experimental data and the calibrated results of the
Johnson-Cook constitutive model ................................................................................ 62
Figure 5.7: Comparison of the elongation between tension test with notched radius as
9.525 mm specimen at room temperature and its simulation: (a) initial stage, (b) after
fracture ......................................................................................................................... 64
Figure 5.8: Plot of thermal softening fraction vs. dimensionless temperature ............ 65
Figure 5.9: Comparison of the elongation between tension tests with un-notched
specimen and their simulations: (a) at 150C; (b) at 285C ......................................... 66
Figure 5.10: Comparison of the Johnson-Cook constitutive curves between the
experimental results, the calibrated results, and the results from Jaspers and
Dautzenberg [2002]and Borkovec [2008].................................................................... 67
Figure 5.11: The measurements of the geometry of the original specimens of all kinds
of specimens. (mm) (a) Un-notched specimen; (b) R=9.525(mm) pre-notched
specimen; (c) R=6.35(mm) pre-notched specimen; (d) R=3.175(mm) pre-notched
specimen; (e) R=1.5875(mm) pre-notched specimen; where R is the radius of the
curvature of the notch .................................................................................................. 69
Figure 5.12: The measurements of all kinds of the specimen after fracture. (mm) (a)
Un-notched specimen; (b) R=9.525(mm)pre-notched specimen; (c) R=6.35(mm) prexii
notched specimen; (d) R=3.175(mm) pre-notched specimen; (e) R=1.5875(mm) prenotched specimen; where R is the radius of the curvature of the notch....................... 70
Figure 5.13: Experimental stress triaxiality vs. strain at fracture and the calibrated
Johnson-Cook failure model ........................................................................................ 72
Figure 5.14: Comparison of the deformation and the radius of the cross section area
between tension tests at room temperature with their simulations .............................. 73
Figure 5.15: Plot of the ratio of fracture strain and dimensionless temperature .......... 76
Figure 5.16: Comparison of the experimental and numerical views of the failure
specimens at 150C ...................................................................................................... 77
Figure 5.17: Comparison of the experimental and numerical views of the failure
specimens at 285C ...................................................................................................... 78
Figure 5.18: von Misses stresses contour maps around the cutting layer of the cutting
simulations at step 125/250: d1=0.1 mm, d2=0.2 mm, d3=0.3 mm; v1=150 m/min,
v2=250 m/min, v3=350 m/min .................................................................................... 81
Figure 5.19: Temperature contour maps of the cutting simulations: d1=0.1 mm,
d2=0.2 mm, d3=0.3 mm; v1=150 m/min, v2=250 m/min, v3=350 m/min ................. 84
Figure 5.20: Paths used as the tool-chip interface in the work piece and in the tool ... 86
Figure 5.21: Temperatures along the tool-chip interface in the work piece and in the
tool ............................................................................................................................... 86
Figure 5.22: Comparison of the temperatures at the tool-chip interface with different
feeds and cutting speeds ............................................................................................... 87
Figure 5.23: The nodes used for obtaining the cutting forces ...................................... 88
Figure 5.24: Cutting forces of the cutting simulations ................................................ 88
Figure 5.25: Measurement of the chip thickness of the cutting model with depth of cut
0.2mm, velocity 250m/min .......................................................................................... 89
Figure 5.26: Chip thickness with three feeds and cutting speeds from the tension
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models .......................................................................................................................... 89
Figure 5.27: The strains to fracture of the layer at time 0.0012s under different cutting
conditions ..................................................................................................................... 91
Figure 5.28: The stress triaxiality of the element in the layer of the cutting simulations
under different cutting conditions at time 0.0012s ...................................................... 92
Figure 5.29: The top and bottom elements used for the calculation of the stress
triaxiality of the element in the layer ........................................................................... 93
Figure 5.30: The temperatures of the elements in the layers of the cutting simulations
under different cutting conditions ................................................................................ 93
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Table 3.1: Chemical Composition of AISI 1045 steel (wt%) ...................................... 30
Table 3.2: Dimensions and the stress triaxialities of all five kinds of tensile
specimens ..................................................................................................................... 31
Table 4.1: Physical and mechanical properties of the material used in tension
models .......................................................................................................................... 43
Table 4.2: Some temperature-dependent properties of the material use in tension
models .......................................................................................................................... 43
Table 4.3: The material constants of the Johnson-Cook constrictive model of tension
material used in simulation .......................................................................................... 44
Table 4.4: Fracture constants of the Johnson-Cook fracture model used in the
modelling ..................................................................................................................... 45
Table 4.5: Sample calculation results ........................................................................... 46
Table 4.6: Material properties of the carbide tool ........................................................ 50
Table 4.7: Simulation matrix of cutting models ........................................................... 52
Table 5.1: Published Johnson-Cook constants for AISI 1045 steel. (a) Published
Johnson-Cook constitutive constants; (b) Published Johnson-Cook fracture
constants ....................................................................................................................... 53
Table 5.2: Calibrated constants of the Johnson-Cook constitutive model for strain from
tension tests .................................................................................................................. 62
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Table 5.3: Adjusted constants of the Johnson-Cook constitutive model for strain
hardening...................................................................................................................... 63
Table 5.4: Yield stress and the thermal softening fraction of tension tests .................. 65
Table 5.5: Calibrated constants of the Johnson-Cook constitutive models from tension
tests .............................................................................................................................. 67
Table 5.6: Strain at fracture and the stress triaxiality of all five kinds of tensile
specimens. (Dimensions of different types of specimens shown in Table 3.2) ........... 71
Table 5.7: Calibrated D1, D2 and D3 values ................................................................. 72
Table 5.8: Comparison of the experimental and modelling reduction of areas of
tension tests at 25C ..................................................................................................... 74
Table 5.9: Experimental data used to compute Tf and result Tf .............................. 75
Table 5.10: The fracture strains used for obtaining D5 of the Johnson-Cook failure
model from tension test with un-notched specimens at three temperatures ................ 76
Table 5.11: Comparison of the experimental and modelling reduction of areas. (a)
Temperature=150C; (b) Temperature=285C ............................................................ 79
Table 5.12: The cutting conditions used in FE simulations of cutting process ............ 79
Table 5.13: The cutting experimental conditions and results ....................................... 88
Table 5.14: Chip thickness of all cutting simulations .................................................. 90
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: Two dimensional
: Three dimensional
: Radius of the center cross section of the tensile specimen (mm)
: Original central cross section of the tensile specimen
: Average Johnson-Cook material constant adjusted with value (MPa)
: Area of the center cross section of the tensile specimen after fracture (mm2)
: American Iron and Steel Institute
: Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian
: Actural Johnson-Cook material constant adjusted with value (MPa)
: (When described the notched tensile specimen as shown in Figure 3.1) Half
of the chord length of the notch of the tensile specimen (mm)
: Average Johnson-Cook material constant adjusted with value (MPa)
: Actural Johnson-Cook material constant adjusted with value (MPa)
: (When used in the function of stress triaxiality and strain to fracture)
Material constant (-)
: (When used in the function of stress triaxiality and strain to fracture)
Material constant (-)
: Charged-coupled device
: Specific heat capacity (J/kgC)
: (When used in Figure 4.3) overall damage variable (-)
: Accumulated damage (-)
: Diameter of the minimum cross section of the tensile specimen (mm)
: Initial diameter of the center cross section of the tensile specimen (mm)
: (When used in Johnson-Cook fracture equation) Fracture parameter (-)
: (When used in Johnson-Cook fracture equation) Fracture parameter (-)
: (When used in Johnson-Cook fracture equation) Fracture parameter (-)
: (When used in Johnson-Cook fracture equation) Fracture parameter (-)
: (When used in Johnson-Cook fracture equation) Fracture parameter (-)
: Critical accumulated damage (-)
: Diameter of the center cross section of the tensile specimen after fracture
(mm)
: Digital image correlation
: Errors of the cutting force between the cutting experimental result and FEM
(in Figure 5.25)
: Youngs Modulus (MPa)
: Finite element analysis
: Finite element method
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[I]
k
KT
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No.
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p
r
R
R0
RAe
RAm
Rf
[S]
T*
Tc
tc_m
tc_t
Tmelt
to
Troom
Ttf
tu
u
: (When described the notched tensile specimen as shown in Figure 3.1) arrow
height of the notch of the tensile specimen (mm)
: (When used in the deviatoric stress tensor equation) Identity tensor (MPa)
: Thermal Conductivity (W/(mC))
: Thermal softening fraction (-)
: Characteristic length (m)
: Average Johnson-Cook material constant adjusted with value (-)
: Number (-)
: Actural Johnson-Cook material constant adjusted with value (-)
: Oxygen-free high thermal conductivity
: Hydrostatic pressure (MPa)
: (When used in Equation (5.20)) chip thickness ratio (-)
: Radius of the curvature of the profile of the notch of the tensile specimen
(mm)
: Initial radius of the curvature of the profile of the notch of the tensile
specimen (mm)
: Reduction areas from the tension tests (-)
: Reduction areas from the modelling (-)
: Radius of the curvature of the profile of the notch of the tensile specimen
after fracture (mm)
: deviatoric stress tensor (MPa)
: homologous temperature (-)
: Chip thickness after separation (mm)
: Measured chip thickness (mm)
: Theoretical chip thickness (mm)
: Melting temperature ()
: Thickness of the chip prior to chip formation. (mm)
: Room temperature ()
: Transition temperature for failure ()
: Discrete value of the temperature ()
: Discrete value of the homologous temperature (-)
: Uncut chip thickness (mm)
: Displacement space (m)
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1. Introduction
1.1 Background
The finite element method (FEM) is a numerical approach that subdivides a
continuum system to finite simpler elements, and analyzes the element properties
mathematically, assuming the approximate behavior of the entire system. It is widely
applied to predict metal cutting performance such as the wear of the tool and the plastic
deformation of the machined work piece. Klamecki [1973] employed the FEM to model
the 3-dimensional metal cutting process, but only in the initial stages of chip formation.
Usui and Shirakashi [1982] and Iwata et al. [1984] first simulated the chip formation
under steady state cutting by using two dimensional models. Strenkowski and Carroll
[1985] studied the chip separation criteria based on updated Lagrangian modules.
Moreover, Komvopoulos and Erpenbeck [1991] used a distance tolerance criterion to
investigate the chip separation and formation. Lin and Lin [1992] studied the chip
separation, using the argument of strain energy, and analyzed chip geometry, the
residual stresses in the machined surface of the work piece, and the temperature
distributions in the tool and chip and the cutting forces. Ceretti et al. [1996] simulated
the chip separation of the cutting process by deleting elements which reach the critical
value of accumulated damage. In general, four formulations in FEM metal-cutting
simulations are Lagrangian, Eulerian, Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) and
Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics. Lagrangian has the advantage of more convenient
modelling of the evolution of the chip formation from the incipient stage to the steady
form, in which the mesh follows the material which is attached to the workpiece;
meanwhile, the elements move with the material along the cutting process [Soo, 2007].
Hence, an appropriate chip separation criterion is necessary. Chip separation criteria
include two groups: geometrical and physical. A typical geometrical separation
criterion is the distance tolerance criterion, which is based on a predefined critical
distance between the tool tip and the separation node of the workpiece [Komvopoulos,
1991]. On the other hand, physical separation criteria mean the separation of the node
or element occurs based on a predefined-critical-physical-parameter from the material
properties and cutting conditions, such as strain, stress or strain-energy-density.
Strenkowski and Carroll [1985] used the effective plastic strain criterion, that is the
node removed from the workpiece when its effective plastic strain reaches a predefined
critical value, which was also used by Xie et al. [1998], Liu and Guo [2000] and Hortig
and Svendsen [2007]. In addition, other physical criteria include the strain energy
density criterion by Lin and Lin [1992] Usta [1999] and critical stress criterion by
Huang and Black [1996], Shet and Deng [2000], Mamalis et al. [2001] and Li et al.
[2002]. However, Zhang [1999] evaluated above chip separation criteria and concluded
that a single threshold of separation cannot be used for different cutting conditions,
which means a more feasible and comprehensive criterion needs to be organized for a
reliable simulation of the cutting process.
Furthermore, several models based on accumulative damage mechanics were
proposed as the onset of fracture criteria in the Lagrangian based simulation of metal
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cutting processes, such as the Cockroft-Latham model [Cockroft, 1968], the Wilkins
model [Wilkins, 1978], and the Johnson-Cook fracture model [Johnson, 1985]. In this
study, the Johnson-Cook fracture model is used. The problem of using the JohnsonCook fracture model is how to acquire and calibrate the fracture constants for the
proposed material, which is AISI 1045 steel in this study. The Johnson-Cook fracture
model expressed the effects of the stress triaxiality, the strain rate, and the temperature
on the strain to fracture respectively in three brackets. The fracture constants relative to
different effective factors were usually calibrated separately. Firstly, to calibrate the
stress triaxiality relative fracture constants D1, D2 and D3, some researchers obtained
the data based on quasi-static tests, such as tensile tests with smooth and notched round
bars, torsion tests, or tests with specially designed specimens [Johnson, 1985], [Borvik,
2001], [Majzoobi, 2011] and [Dzugan, 2013]. As the strain to fracture is influenced not
only by the stress state but also the stress histories, the numerical data of these tests
were also required. Furthermore, the failure parameters were finally calibrated based
on different optimization methods by different researchers. Secondly, the strain-raterelative-fracture-constant D4 is obtained based mostly on the experimental results from
a dynamic test [Johnson, 1985; Borvik, 2001]. Thirdly, D5, as the temperature-relativefracture-constant, is calibrated from the tests with elevated temperatures [Johnson, 1985;
Borvik, 2001]. Vaziri et al. [2010] calibrated all constants in one approach so that the
data from the ALE finite element simulations were calculated by an optimization
method to obtain several sets of fracture constants, and one of the best sets was selected
based on the performance as input in an updated Lagrangian based simulation of metal
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cutting.
1.2 Objective
The objective of this research is to calibrate reliable fracture constants for the
Johnson-Cook fracture model, which is used as chip separation criteria in the finite
element method simulation of metal cutting for AISI 1045 steel. The sub-objective is
as follows:
1. Design experiments to calibrate the fracture constants of the Johnson-Cook
fracture model with the use of low strain-rate experimental configuration.
2. Build finite element simulations of the corresponding experiments to verify the
obtained fracture constants.
3. Acquire the Johnson-Cook fracture strain-rate coefficient D4 from the metal
cutting simulation and experiment.
4. Perform a parametric metal cutting simulation to verify and identify the
limitation of the approach.
2. Literature Review
2.1 Ductile Fracture
2.1.1 Definition and Features of Ductile Fracture
Ductile fracture, which differs from brittle fracture, is a failure process that the
material sustains in plastic deformation before it separates into pieces due to an imposed
stress at the temperature lower than its melting temperature [Callister, 2007]. Figure 2.1
shows the comparison of the tensile stress-strain curves undergoing with or without a
significant amount of plastic strains loaded to fracture, respectively for ductile and
brittle materials [Callister, 2007]. Ductile fracture surfaces have special features that
present necking regions with rough and irregular surfaces compared to the brittle one,
as shown schematically in Figure 2.2. [Callister, 2007].
Figure 2.1: Schematic representations of the tensile stress-strain behavior of brittle and ductile
materials loaded to fracture. [Callister, 2007]
(a)
(b)
(c)
Figure 2.2: (a) Highly ductile fracture in which the specimen necks down to a point. (b)
Moderately ductile fracture after some necking. (c) Brittle fracture without any plastic
deformation. [Callister, 2007]
Three principal stages were observed in the ductile fracture: nucleation, growth
and coalescence of voids as shown in Figure 2.3. Firstly, micro-voids nucleate at
inclusions or second-phase particle when the interface stress elevates to the enough
level to rupture the inter-facial bonds between the particle or inclusion and the matrix
[Argon, 1975]. Secondly, the voids grow until the matrix attains to the plastic limit-load
state by means of plastic strain and hydro-static stress [Thomason, 1998]. Thirdly, the
inter-voids matrix happens to plastic limit-load failure across the sheet with strain
localization between voids. Then it begins to neck down internally between the adjacent
voids [Cottrell, 1959]. The voids further coalesce and the inter-void matrix cracks with
a knife-edge fracture surface [Thomason, 1998].
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
Figure 2.3: Void nucleation, growth, and coalescence in ductile metals: (a) inclusions in a ductile
matrix, (b) void nucleation, (c) void growth, (d) strain localization between voids, (e) necking
between voids, and (f) void coalescence and fracture. [Anderson, 2005]
A cup and cone shape was a typical ductile fracture feature obtained under uniaxial tensile tests. Figure 2.4 shows the cup and cone fracture process. After necking,
some small micro-voids first form in the interior of the material as shown in Figure
2.4(b) [Callister, 2007]. The micro-voids then enlarge and coalesce to form a crack as
shown in Figure 2.4(c), and the long axis of this elliptical crack perpendicular to the
stress direction [Callister, 2007]. Finally, the crack propagates rapidly by the outer ring
of the specimen, and shear deformation bands are formed at a 45-degree angle from the
tensile stress axis as shown in Figure 2.4(d) [Anderson, 2005]. The central interior
region of the fracture surface appears fibrous and irregular as shown in Figure 2.4(e)
and Figure 2.4(a) [Anderson, 2005]. This characteristic surface is named cup and cone
fracture because one of the fracture surfaces looked similar to a cup and the adjacent
one looked similar to a cone as shown in Figure 2.5(a).
(b)
(a)
(d)
(c)
(e)
Figure 2.4: Stages in the cup-and-cone fracture (a) Initial necking. (b) Small cavity formation. (c)
Coalescence of cavities to form a crack. (d) Crack propagation. (e) Final shear fracture at a 45
angle relative to the tensile direction. [Ralls, 1976]
(b)
(a)
Figure 2.5: (a) Cup-and-cone fracture in aluminum. (b) Brittle fracture in a mild steel.
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1
p m tr([ ]) ( 1 2 3 )
3
3
(2.1)
3
1
[S ] : [S ]
[( 1 2 )2 ( 2 3 )2 ( 3 1 )2 ]
2
2
1
(2.2)
1
9
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r ( [ S ] [ S ] : [ S ]) 3 [ det([ S ])] 3 [ ( 1 m )( 2 m )( 3 m )]3 (2.3)
2
2
2
where [S] is the deviatoric stress tensor as detailed in Equation (2.4)
[ S ] [ ] p[ I ]
(2.4)
where [I] is the identity tensor and 1, 2 and 3 are the principal stresses, assuming
p m
(2.5)
where m is the average of the three normal stresses, is the von Mises equivalent
stress. The Lode angle is expressed by the relationship to the normalized third stress
invariant by Bai et al. [2009], as detailed in Equation (2.6)
r
q
( )3 cos(3 )
(2.6)
The range of is 1 1 , for the range of the Lode angle is 0 3 [Bai, 2009].
Figure 2.6 shows that the stress state of a point consists of three coordinate systems:
Cartesian coordinate system (1, 2, 3), cylindrical coordinate system (m, , ) and
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m
2
c tan
3
(2.7)
Moreover, the Lode angle can be obtained by Equation (2.8) [Bai, 2009].
ar cos
(2.8)
Figure 2.6: Three types of coordinate systems in the space of principal stresses. [Bai, 2009]
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f f ( ) C1e C
2
(2.9)
where C1 and C2 are material constants, and it is typically found that C2 1.5 . The
studies of the void growth models like Equation (2.7) and the extensions are considered
as the foundation of the modern ductile fracture mechanics [Bai, 2009]. Depending on
these fracture mechanics, the criteria for fracture initiation are proved strongly by
means of stress triaxiality by void growth mechanics modelling [Roy, 1981; Sun, 1991].
Similarly, the same conclusions are obtained based on other mechanics such as the
continuum damage mechanics [Rosa, 2001] and are considered initiation and
propagation-toughness-mechanics [Sun, 1991; Henry, 1997].
Additionally, depending on numbers of tests, more specific relationships between
the stress triaxiality and the strain to fracture for different materials have been studied.
Hancock and Mackenzie [1976] used tensile tests with pre-notched round specimens to
f n exp( )
(2.10)
where n is the void nucleation strain and is material constant. This fracture model
has been further extended by combining the effect of temperature and strain rate upon
strain to fracture by Johnson and Cook [1985], which is the most popular fracture model
used in the finite element of machining.
Specifically, the effect of stress triaxiality upon the strain to fracture for some
materials, such as aluminum, is not monotonically in a wide range of stress triaxiality
[Bao, 2003; Bao, 2004a]. Hence, a fracture locus describing different relationships of
the stress triaxiality with a strain to fracture in a different range of the stress triaxiality
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is designed and studied from different tests [Bao, 2004a] as shown in Figure 2.7.
Figure 2.7: Dependence of the equivalents strain to fracture on the stress triaxiality. [Bao,
2004a]
mechanism, and the fitted curve of the experimental results is presented in Equation
(2.11), which is developed based on the study by Wierzbicki and Werner [1998]. The
other two fitted curves are obtained by simple parabolic fit, and they are presented in
Equation (2.12) and Equation (2.13), respectively [Bao, 2004a].
f 0.1225 ( ) 0.46
1
3
1
for 0
3
(2.11)
for 0 0.4
(2.12)
f 0.15 1
(2.13)
It has been mentioned that the stress triaxiality related to the ductile fracture must
be bigger than -0.33, which is so called cut-off value, for no material failure was
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observed when the stress triaxiality was smaller than -0.33 from the results of the
upsetting tests [Bao, 2004a] and the tension tests [Bridgman, 1952].
However, this kind of fracture locus only contributes to a given material. The other
materials have different fracture loci. For example, the fracture locus of AISI 1045 steel
is monotonical as shown in Figure 2.8 [Bao, 2005]. The function of strain to fracture
relates to the pressure for AISI 1045 steel based on the experimental results from Kao
et al. [1990] as shown in Equation (2.14).
f 1.25 exp(
p
)
1000
(2.14)
Figure 2.8: Assumed dependence of the equivalent strain to crack formation on the stress
triaxiality of 1045 steel [Bao, 2005].
In addition, the effect of the stress state, consisting of both the pressure and the
Lode angle, upon the ductile fracture is studied and described by a 3D (threedimensional) fracture locus as shown in Figure 2.9 [Bai, 2008].
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Equation (2.15) presents the 3D fracture locus of the strain to fracture affected by
both stress triaxiality and Lode parameter [Bai, 2008].
1
2
1
2
14
Figure 2.10: Average shear strains at fracture for the torsion tests. [Johnson, 1985]
Figure 2.12 shows the analysis effects of the strain and temperature on the fracture
strain. The fitted straight lines were calculated by the least squares method to cover
the average of temperatures for each test from the beginning to where the fracture
occurs [Johnson, 1985]. Hence, it is shown that the ductility of material increases with
higher temperatures. The effect of the strain rate on ductile fracture is also detailed in
Figure 2.12 when at T*=0where T* is the non-dimensional temperature. The ratio of
the strain to fracture at high-strain-rate to low-strain-rate is greater than 1. In other
words, a higher stain rate will increase the strain to fracture of material.
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Figure 2.12: Effects of strain rate and temperature on the strain to fracture. [Johnson, 1985]
However, the effects of the temperature and strain rate on ductile fracture are not
uniform for different materials. In other words, the influence of these two factors on
ductility strongly depends on the material itself. Figure 2.13 shows totally different
relationships between the strain-rate or the temperature to the strain to fracture for
Weldox 460 E steel compared to the results from Johnson and Cook [1985]. As shown
in Figure 2.13, the strain to fracture decreases with the strain rate increasing, and the
temperature sensitivity of the fracture strain is not monotonous and is neglected.
Especially, the effect of the temperature upon the strain to fracture only starts from
300C up to higher temperatures [Borvik, 2001].
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(a)
(b)
Figure 2.13: Comparison between experimental data (dotted lines) and model results (solid lines)
for the target material of Weldox 460 E steel: (a) Fracture strain vs. Log strain rate, (b) Fracture
strain vs. Temperature. [Borvik, 2001]
Besides, a similar phenomenon appears in the study for AISI 1045 steel as shown
in Figure 2.14, so that the temperature has almost no effect on the strain to fracture up
to a so called transition temperature for failure Ttf =176C [Autenrieth, 2009]. Moreover,
the expression of this phenomenon in a failure model is created as shown in Equation
(2.16) [Autenrith, 2009]. Furthermore, the effect of strain rate on failure strain for AISI
1045 steel is also studied by Autenrith et al. [2009]. As shown in Figure 2.15, the change
of the strain to fracture for different strain rates is too small and it is neglected by
Autenrith et al. [2009].
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f 3 (T ) H ( H 1) (1 ( T Ttf ) H 4 ) H 5
3
3
Tmelt Ttf
forT Ttf
forT Ttf
(2.16)
Figure 2.15: Torsion moment Mt in dependence on title angle for stress triaxiality p/v=0 and
different loading rates . [Autenrieth, 2009]
different fracture models as guides for choosing a suitable fracture model for different
loading conditions and different materials [Bao, 2004b; Wierzbicki, 2005; Teng, 2006;
Liu, 2014; Duan, 2009].
2.2.1 Evaluation Studies of Fracture Models
Bao and Wierzibcki [2004b] compared and evaluated nine fracture models as the
ductile-crack-formation-criteria for 2024-T351 aluminum alloy. The upsetting tests and
round smooth and pre-notched tension tests and their corresponding finite element
simulations were studied with these nine fracture models [Bao, 2004b]. The material
fracture was in a range of negative and low to high stress triaxiality respectively as
shown in Table 2.1 [Bao, 2004b]. They concluded that none of the fracture models
produce a compatible result for the whole range of the considered stress triaxiality [Bao,
2004b]. The reason is the crack forms based on two totally different mechanisms
imposed by the different range of stress triaxiality: void growth and shear decohesion
[Bao, 2004b]. But some fracture models are suitable for narrowing the range of stress
triaxiality. Concretely, the hydrostatic stress criterion and general Rice-Tracey model
are good for a range of low to high stress triaxiality from the smooth and pre-notched
tension tests, while the Cockcroft-Latham-Oh criterion works well for a range of a
negative stress triaxiality from the upsetting tests [Bao, 2004b].
Furthermore, seven fracture models were evaluated for optimal fracture criteria in
the finite element simulations (also for 2024-T351 aluminum alloy) based on a set of
plane-stress tests and their corresponding finite element simulations [Wierzbicki, 2005].
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Figure 2.16 shows the comparison results of seven fracture models, which showed
the Xue-Wierzbicki and CrachFEM models are good according to all tests [Wierzbicki,
2005]. The maximum stress fracture model fits well for all tests except the round bar
tension test [Wierzbicki, 2005]. The Wierzbicki criterion only predicts well either in the
range of stress triaxiality of
[Wierzbicki, 2005]. And the other three fracture criteria are only useful in narrow ranges
of the stress triaxiality [Wierzbicki, 2005]. In addition, it emphasized that all the
evaluations of the fracture models are only made for the material used. In other words,
the choice of the fracture model is strongly dependent on the material itself [Wierzbicki,
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2005].
Figure 2.16: Comparison of prediction of all seven fracture criteria relatively to the set of 12 test
points (plane stress) on 2014-T351 aluminum specimens. [Wierzbicki, 2005]
2009]. As the expected study is used in the finite element simulation of metal cutting,
two optimum fracture models, the Johnson-Cook fracture model and the BaoWierzibcki fracture model, evaluated by [Liu, 2014] and [Duan, 2009] will be further
discussed later.
2.2.2 Johnson-Cook Fracture Model
The Johnson-Cook fracture model is performed including effects of stress
triaxiality, strain rate, and temperature on the strain to fracture respectively, as shown
in Equation (2.17) [Johnson, 1985].
(2.17)
where D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5 are material parameters, * is the ratio of the average of
the three normal stresses to the von Mises equivalent stress assumed * 1.5 , * is
the dimensionless strain rate, and T* is the homologous temperature that
T*
T Troom
where Tmelt and Troom are melting and room temperatures respectively.
Tmelt Troom
The first set of brackets of the formula expresses the effect of stress triaxiality on strain
fracture monotonously, which follows the expression by [Hancock, 1976], and is traced
back to the study of the void growth by McClintock [1968], Rice and Tracy [1969].
This model is based on damage-accumulated criteria assumed in a linear way as
shown in Equation (2.18) [Johnson, 1985].
(2.18)
where is the increment of the equivalent plastic strain, and f is the equivalent strain
to fracture. The fracture occurs when D = 1.0.
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Equation (2.19).
0.46
H 1
0
.
1225
fh 1.9( H ) 2 0.18 H 0.21
H
0.15
1 H
0
3
0 H 0. 4
0.4 H 0.95
(2.19)
This model performed more comprehensive fracture behavior over a wide range
of stress triaxiality that almost cover all kinds of fracture process. However, it is still
required to extend with the strain rate and temperature effects on the ductile fracture.
Hence, Liu et al. [2014] extended the Bao-Wierzibcki fracture model with the parts
expressed strain rate and temperature effects in Johnson-Cook fracture model in
Equation (2.20)
pl
T Troom
1 D5
f fh 1 D4 ln
T
room
0
melt
(2.20)
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f 2 ln(d 0 / d f ) , where d0 and df are the diameters of the initial and fractured cross
section of the necking surface, which were measured by using a photograph of the
specimens. The stress triaxiality used for fitting the curve is the average value of the
stress triaxiality along the loading process. This stress triaxiality is obtained based on
the stress history data of the point in the center of the necking zone from the numerical
simulation of these quasi-static tensile tests. Specifically, the torsion data of 4340 steel
was ignored, for it is so far from the proposed curve. D4 and D5 were calibrated based
on the ratio of the tensile Hopkinson bar test to quasi-static tensile tests as shown in
Figure 2.17. The tensile Hopkinson bar test is a dynamic test with high strain rates and
with elevated temperatures. However, the temperature effects were expressed with a
low degree of accuracy here by Johnson and Cook [1985].
Figure 2.17: Fracture strain vs. Pressure-stress ratio for isothermal quasi-static conditions.
[Johnson, 1985]
Borvik et al. [2001] determined the fracture parameters D1, D2, D3 for Weldox 460
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E steel based on quasi-static tensile tests with smooth and notched round bars without
the use of numerical simulations, and using the method of least squares to minimize the
residual of the fracture strain model, which is expressed in Equation (2.21).
( f )
N N N
1 1 1
exp
f
* D4
where * , , * , T , T* are the discrete value of the stress triaxiality, the strain rate,
the dimensionless strain rate, the temperature and the homologous temperature
respectively. The material data at * 0 is estimated based on Equation (2.22)
[Lemaitre, 1992].
2
3
*
2 1
f exp
fs [ (1 ) 3(1 2 )( max ) ]
(2.22)
where exp
fs is the true fracture strain measured from a smooth specimen test. However,
the extent of the curve with the results of D1, D2, D3 to the range * 0 only depended
on the hydrostatic tests. D4 was calibrated based on data from dynamic tensile tests at
room temperature and minimized the residual of Equation (2.21). D5 was calibrated
based on data from the quasi-static tensile tests at elevated temperatures with smooth
specimens, and D5 0 at range from 0C to 300C as shown in Figure 2.13(b). Figure
2.13(a), 2.13(b), and Figure 2.18 show the comparison between the experimental data
and the model results based on the calculated material parameters, respectively.
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Figure 2.18: Comparison between experimental data to model results for Weldox 460 E steel.
[Borvik, 2001]
Tomasz Wierzbicki et al. [2005] only calibrated the D1, D2, D3 for 2024-T351
aluminum alloy based on the quasi-static round smooth and notched tensile tests as
shown in Figure 2.19. However, the calibrated curve only provides an upper bound
curve for material ductility, and the fracture curve of the same material from Johnson
and Holmquist [1989] provides a low bound curve for material ductility as shown in
Figure 2.19. That means different results were obtained dependent on different
experiments. The Johnson-Cook fracture model is only reliable in a certain range of
stress triaxiality, and the material parameters are calibrated by using the experiments
covering this range of stress triaxiality.
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All above calibrations are dependent on experimental data, and some combined
with the finite element simulated data. However, Vaziri et al. [2010] provided a new
calibration for AISI 1045 steel that used the data from ALE based finite element
simulation of metal cutting. The best set of material parameters were obtained by a
nonlinear least-squares optimization procedure that the objective function is detailed in
Equation (2.23) [Vaziri, 2010].
4
LSE min fi 2 ( x )
x
(2.23)
i 1
where x= [D1, D2, D3, D4, D5] as a vector, and i expresses the different cutting conditions
tests 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. The Johnson-Cook fracture model is based on the
assumption that the elements fail when the accumulate damage value is D = Dc r= 1.0,
as shown in Equation (2.24).
f i ( x ) 1. 0
f ,i
1
d p ,i
[ D1 D2 exp( D3 )][1 D4 ln i* ][1 D 5Ti * ]
*
i
(2.24)
where fi is numerically integrated based on the trapezoidal method. Then the optimized
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sets of fracture parameters were obtained by using a MAPLE code to the program. The
best set of fracture parameters is identified based on an updated Lagrangian simulation
of metal cutting by comparing the predicted cutting forces and thrust forces to
experimental results.
Majzoobi and Dehgolan [2011] calibrated the material parameters of the JohnsonCook constitutive model and fracture model together. A method combining the
experimental, numerical, and optimization technique is used. D1, D2, and D3 were
obtained based on a quasi-static tensile test with a notched bar. D4 was obtained based
on a dynamic test with a notched bar by using a high rate testing device Flying wedge.
However, no test of temperature effects on the fracture is studied here.
Dzugan et al. [2013] calibrated the fracture parameters based on the fracture locus
f ( , ) for the typical steel used in the nuclear power plant industry. They used three
kinds of tests including tensile tests with notched round bars, punch tests, and a
specially designed test with a specimen with a double curvature. All the tests are quasistatic tests at room temperature. Hence, only D1, D2, and D3 were calibrated.
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3. Experimental Procedures
3.1 Materials
The workpiece material investigated was AISI 1045 steel with chemical
composition detailed in Table 3.1.The materials were cold rolled and annealed with a
tensile strength of 758 MPa. The annealing process carried out was 923 K held at two
hours followed by cooling down to room temperature within two hours in the oven.
After the annealing process, the tensile strength was reduced to about 586 MPa.
Table 3.1: Chemical Composition of AISI 1045 steel (wt%).
Materials
Si
Mn
Ni
Cu
Cr
0.30
0.25
0.25
= 3 + ln(1 + 2)
(3.1)
where is the stress triaxiality state, R is the radius of curvature of the profile of the
neck, and a is the radius of its minimum cross section [Bridgman, 1952]. The
description of the specimen after necking or with pre-notched is shown in Figure 3.1.
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Figure 3.1: Description of the specimen at the necking region or pre-notched area.
The four different pre-notched specimens were designed with the same a and
different R to get four different ratios, a/2R, and the corresponding stress triaxiality
states as shown in Table 3.2: Dimensions and the stress triaxialities of all five kinds of
tensile specimens. The ends of the specimens shoulders were the threaded shoulders
which eliminate slippage of the specimen during the test comparing to smooth
shoulders with wedge grips.
Table 3.2: Dimensions and the stress triaxialities of all five kinds of tensile specimens.
Type of
specimen
Local radius of a
notch
Ratio
Stress
triaxiality
a (mm)
R (mm)
a/2R
Un-notched
6.35
0.33
Notched 1
3.81
9.525
0.2
0.52
Notched 2
3.81
6.35
0.3
0.60
Notched 3
3.81
3.175
0.6
0.80
Notched 4
3.81
1.5875
1.2
1.12
The dimensions and the geometries of all five un-notched and pre-notched round
bars are shown in Figure 3.2.
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Un-notched
Notched No.1
Notched No.2
Notched No.3
Notched No.4
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Figure 3.3: Positions of the specimens, upper grip, and bottom grip.
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surface was reached using two lamps, to avoid constant brightness on the center line of
the specimens surface. The fast-image recording was used with the upper limit of the
ARAMIS system, defined as 1000 images for each test. The first image processing steps
defined the macro-image facets. These facets were tracked in each successive image
with a sub-pixel accuracy of 0.02 pixels (0.04 mm per pixel). The facet size was 1313
pixels (with a spatial resolution of 0.04 mm per pixel) with a step size of 11 pixels. In
some cases, the facet size was 911 or 1113 pixels with a step size of 9 pixels to reach
the optimal calculation. The images were calibrated with the diameter of the specimens
6.35 mm before the calculation of the strain map.
(b)
(a)
of the specimen leading to the necking under the tensile tests. The point in the center
with this strain localization was selected.
(a) 2D strain map with a section line to obtain data at different tensile displacements.
(b) True strain plot of the section line with all stages before fracture.
Figure 3.6: Example of results from Aramis system for plotting true stress-strain curve.
Figure 3.7(a) shows the true strain of the selected point through all stages from
ARAMIS system. The data between stages 360 to 402 were unstable because of the
error in the calculation of the grey values of the facet in the center area, which came
from the large deformation after necking. The data were adjusted to be a smoother curve
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as shown in Figure 3.7(b). This adjusted strain epsilon Y (solid line) was used to plot
the true stress-strain curve. Also, this strain was used to calculate the processing
diameter of the center cross section area, d.
(a) Strain of the selected center point from the Aramis system
0.8
Strain
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
0.00
100.00
200.00
300.00
400.00
-0.2
-0.4
Time
(b)Strain of the selected center point adjusted to smooth curve depending on the results
from Aramis system
Figure 3.7: Example of the true strain of the center point with localized strain leading to necking.
To obtain the elongation of the tensile specimens, a line (Line 1) was taken along
the vertical center line at the height of the notch, 2b, as shown in Figure 3.8. Also, this
length, 2b, was used to calculate the radius of the notch, R.
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(a)
(b)
Figure 3.8: Example of the gage line of the height of the notch, 2b, in 2D strain map from
ARAMIS system.
Figure 3.9: Comparison of the stress-strain curve under different anneal temperatures.
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Figure 3.10: Example of the measurement of the geometry of specimen before testing.
(a)
(b)
Figure 3.11: (a) The area of the central cross section of the fracture surface after testing; (b)
The geometry measurements of the specimen after fracture.
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4. Modelling Procedures
4.1 Modelling Procedures of Tensile Tests
To verify the method and the calibration of the obtained constants of the JohnsonCook constitutive and fracture models, the tension tests were simulated by using
ABAQUS/Explicit version 6.10. A dynamic coupled temperature-displacement
analysis was used.
4.1.1 Mesh Conditions
Due to the symmetric nature of the specimens, the models are built as
axisymmetric models as a quarter of the specimens under tension configuration. The
element module CAX4RT is used, which is a coupled temperature-displacement
element with four bilinear nodes and the ability to reduce integration with hourglass
control. The mesh conditions for all the tension tests with different notched type are
shown in Figure 4.1. Un-notched, R0=9.525 mm, R0=6.35 mm, R0=3.175 mm, and
R0=1.5875 mm specimen meshes were generated and comprised of 1640, 490, 490, 460,
412 elements, respectively. The bottom elements of all models are meshed finer, for
considering the fracture performance. The characteristic lengths of these elements were
0.2245 mm, 0.172 mm, 0.172 mm, 0.176 mm, 0.176 mm, respectively.
In a model with un-notched specimens, an initial imperfection is needed to get the
necking performance. The initial imperfection used as 0.1% of the initial radius of the
cross-section area is shown in Figure 4.2. The mesh conditions and element types are
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converged by using the force-displacement data and the reductions of area compared to
the experimental data.
R0=9.525
R0=6.35
R0=3.175
R0=1.5875
Figure 4.1: Meshed models of the tensile tests of un-notched and pre-notched specimens. (mm)
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Table 4.1: Physical and mechanical properties of the material used in tension models.
Density (kg/m3)
7850
Young's modulus (Pa) 2.05e11
Poissons Ratio
0.29
Specific Heat (J/kg C)
486
Inelastic Heat Fraction
0.9
Table 4.2: Some temperature-dependent properties of the material use in tension models.
(4.1)
where is the von Mises flow stress, is the equivalent plastic strain, = /0
is
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Table 4.3: The material constants of the Johnson-Cook constrictive model of tension material used
in the simulation.
A
(Pa)
B
(Pa)
n
(-)
m
(-)
Melting
temperature
Tmelt
(C)
1350
Transition
temperature
Troom
(C)
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Epsilon
C
dot zero
(-)
(-)
0.0134
1
The criterion of the damage property is built as the damage initiation and evolution
criteria in ABAQUS. The damage initiation criterion used was the Johnson-Cook
fracture model as shown in Equation (4.2) [Johnson, 1985].
f = [D1 + D2 exp(D3 )][1 + D4 ln ][1 + D5 T ]
(4.2)
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
Melting
temperature
(C)
1350
Transition
temperature
(C)
25
Reference
Strain rate
1
The damage evolution criterion used is the onset of the displacement of fracture.
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The softening of the yield stress was assumed to be linear. The maximum displacement
is calculated with the following steps.
Step 1: Determine the characteristic length L.
The definition of the characteristic length as shown in Equation (4.3) depends on
the element geometry and formulation; it is a typical length of a line across an element
for a first-order element [ABAQUS, 2003]. The size of the smallest element is 1.33e-4
by 1.51e-4, so L is obtained as shown in Equation (4.3).
L = (1.33 4 )2 + (1.51 4 )2 = 2.01 4 ()
(4.3)
Step 2: Acquire the true stress vs. displacement space as shown in Figure 4.3(b).
Using Equation (4.4), the undamaged part of this curve is transferred from the
experimental true stress-true strain curve. The damaged part of this curve will be
discussed in step 4.
u = L
(4.4)
= 0
where = = (2.01 4) 0.6 = 1.2 4() ,
(4.5)
0 is the onset of the
damage on the line 1 shown in Figure 4.3 (a). Assume the expression of line 1 using
Equation (4.6).
(u) = +
where
2.0511
2.014
(4.6)
= 1.0215 , C is a constant.
The point when it starts necking is in line 1, as shown in Figure 4.3(a). Take the
coordinate value of this point, (0.0982.01e-4, 646.8e6), into the expression of the line,
to get the value of C. Table 4.5 shows a sample calculation.
Table 4.5: Sample calculation results.
0 (m)
(m)
C
1.94510 1.907 5 1.009e-4
Step 4: Acquire the damaged stress-displacement curve.
The damaged stress-displacement space curve is calculated with Equation (4.7):
= (1 d)
(4.7)
(4.8)
= 1.009e4 = 9.9113
= (1
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(4.9)
= (1 9.9113 )
= [1 9.9113 ( 0 )]
= [1 9.9113 ( 0 )]
= (1.189 1.992 )
where and
are from the experimental result, then the damaged curve is obtained
as shown in Figure 4.3(b).
(a)
(b)
Figure 4.3: (a) Schematic representation of tensile test data in stress-displacement space for
elastic-plastic materials [ABAQUS lecture]; (b) The experimental stress vs. displacement space
result.
.
Figure 4.4: Linear relationship between d and
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specimen was modeled. The tensile load was set at 4 m/s on the top edge of the model.
The initial temperatures modeled were 25 C, 150 C, and 285 C.
Figure 4.6: The conditional link element of the cutting work piece in models.
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Figure 4.7: Geometry and mesh conditions for the work piece with three feed rates.
Figure 4.8 shows the geometry of the model of the cutting tool. The rake angle is
5 deg and the clearance angel is 10 deg, assuming that the tool cutting edge is sharp
without the nose radius. The number of elements and nodes in the tool are 689 and 742
respectively. The cutting tool is set up as an elastic body, for the studied object is the
material property of the cutting work piece. Additionally, the wear of tool assumed is
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not considered.
560
0.22
14500
220
5.4(20 C)
5.3(200 C)
Thermal expansion, (C-1106)
5.4(400 C)
5.6(600 C)
34(20 C)
38(250 C)
42(500 C)
Thermal Conductivity, k (W/(mC))
45(750 C)
47(1000 C)
49(1250 C)
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Figure 4.9 shows the boundary conditions of the work piece and the cutting tool
in the cutting models. The part under the cutting layer of the work piece is fixed. The
cutting tool is fixed in a vertical direction and given a velocity to push left in a
horizontal direction that is parallel to the original upper surface of the work piece. The
velocities used in the cutting models are 150 m/min, 250 m/min, and 350 m/min. The
initial temperature for both the work piece and the cutting tool is 25C.
4.2.4 Friction Conditions
Figure 4.10: The contact surfaces as interacted pairs in the cutting models.
Figure 4.10 shows the contact surfaces used in the cutting models. Heat is
generated from the sliding friction in the tool and chip interface. The Coulomb friction
law is applied, and the friction coefficient is 0.22. All the other contact pairs are
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Cutting Speed
(m/s)
Feed rate (mm)
0.1
0.2
0.3
150
Simulation 1
Simulation 4
Simulation 7
52
250
Simulation 2
Simulation 5
Simulation 8
350
Simulation 3
Simulation 6
Simulation 9
A
B
n
C
M
(MPa) (MPa)
(-)
(-)
(-)
375.0 552.0 0.457 0.020 1.400
553.1 600.8 0.234 0.0134 1.000
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Figure 5.1: The modelling performance with historical constants of the Johnson-Cook models: (a)
Von Misses stress contours with constants from [Borkovec, 2008]; (b) Temperature contours with constants
from [Borkovec, 2008]; (c) Von Misses stress contours with constants from [Varizi, 2010]; (d) Temperature
contours with constants from [Varizi, 2010].
However, experimental work published by Bai et al. [2009] showed in Figure 5.2
that the fracture strain measured was between 0 and 0.5. Therefore, the values
determined by Borkovec [2008] and Varizi et al. [2010] were too large.
Figure 5.2: Comparison of the published Johnson-Cook fracture curves from Borkovec
[2008] and Varizi et al. [2010] with the experimental results from Bai et al. [2009].
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The stress triaxiality magnitudes along the conditional link elements were in the
range of 0.3 to 0.5 during metal cutting simulation. With the range of stress triaxiality
values mentioned earlier, uniaxial tensile tests have to be performed to acquire the
Johnson-Cook fracture constant with a different temperature at low strain rates.
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Start
Calibration of the Johnson-Cook constitutive constants
A, B, n, and m by using the tensile tests.
No
Does the elongation of the tensile simulation using the
obtained A, B, n and m agree with the tensile test?
Yes
Calibration of the Johnson-Cook fracture constants
D1, D2, D3 by the tensile tests at room temperature.
No
Does the reduction of area of the tensile
simulation using the obtained D1, D2, D3 agree
with the tensile tests at room temperature?
Yes
Calibration of the Johnson-Cook fracture constant
No
No
Does the reduction of area of the tensile
simulation using the obtained D5 agree with the
tensile tests at elevated temperature?
Yes
Calibration of the Johnson-Cook fracture
constant D4 by the cutting process simulation.
5.3 Calibration
and
Verification
of
the
Johnson-Cook
Constitutive Constants
The constants of Johnson-Cook constitutive model for the material are unique.
These constants can be different for the same materials with different heat treatments.
Hence, the constants of the material used in this research should be determined first.
The Johnson-Cook constitutive model is shown in Equation (4.1). In the Johnson-Cook
constitutive equation, there are three brackets which express the strain effect with A, B,
n, the strain rate effect with C, and the temperature effect with m. In this research,
calibrated constants of the Johnson-Cook constitutive model are obtained from uniaxial
tensile test configurations. To verify the constants of the Johnson-Cook constitutive
model, the comparison of the deformation and elongation is made between the
simulations and experiments.
5.3.1 Calibration and Verification of the Constants A, B, n of the JohnsonCook Strain Hardening Component
The Johnson-Cook hardening term is shown in Equation (5.1), where = 1.0
and = 0 of room temperature.
= A + B
(5.1)
To obtain the constants A, B, and n, stress-strain data are acquired from tension
test with the un-notched specimen at room temperature. The equivalent tension stresses
are computed by using the Bridgman correction factor as shown in Equation (3.1)
[Bridgman, 1952]. The diameter of the central cross section d is computed using
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Equation (5.2), where the local strain map of the central point in the specimen acquired
from the ARAMIS system is shown in Figure 5.3.
0
d=
(5.2)
2.718
(a)
(b)
Figure 5.3: (a) The strain of the central point of the specimen from ARAMIS;
(b) d calculated from the strain map from (a).
The radius of curvature of the profile of the neck is R calculated using Equation
(5.3). The length of the chord, 2b, is measured as the length of the necking region
(Line 1) in the 2D strain map from ARAMIS report. The arrow height,h =
(0 )
2
, is
calculated from the original diameter of the cross section of the specimen, D0, and d as
shown in Figure 5.3. Figure 5.4 shows the data 2b, h, and R during the experiment.
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R=
2 +2
2
(5.3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
Figure 5.4: (a) Length of the chord of the necking region 2b; (b) The arrow height of the
necking region h; (c) Radius of the curvature of the necking region R.
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Then, the true stress, a, and the stress corrected with the Bridgman correction
factor [Bridgman, 1952], effect, are computed from the ARAMIS report using Equation
(3.1), as shown in Figure 5.5, which showed the true stress and the Bridgman corrected
effective stress.
Figure 5.5: Comparison of stress-strain data for the tension test and the data adjusted by the
Bridgman correction factor.
Firstly, the constants of Equation (5.1) in the Johnson-Cook constitutive model are
computed depending on the stress-strain data with the Bridgman correction factor, as
shown in Figure 5.5. A is the yield stress; B and n are obtained depending on the strain
hardening curve by using a sum of squares. The comparison of the experimental stressstrain data and the calibrated results of the Johnson-Cook constitutive model are shown
in Figure 5.6.
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Figure 5.6: Comparison of the experimental data and the calibrated results of the JohnsonCook constitutive model.
The constants of the Johnson-Cook constitutive model of the material for tension
test are shown in Table 5.2.
Table 5.2: Calibrated constants of the Johnson-Cook constitutive model for the strain from tension
tests.
(5.4)
Hence, the stress of the tensile test can be expressed using Equation (5.5).
= A + B = ( + )
(5.5)
where A, B, n are the constants obtained from the tensile test, while Atrue, Btrue, ntrue are
the actual true constants that were adjusted by using value. Hence, the real constants
of the Johnson-Cook constitutive model are expressed using Equation (5.6).
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= , = , =
(5.6)
(5.7)
Therefore, Table 5.3 shows the final results as the constants of the Johnson-Cook
constitutive model for strain hardening.
Table 5.3: Adjusted constants of the Johnson-Cook constitutive model for strain hardening.
667.7
0.255
with pre-notch-radius of 9.525 mm specimen at room temperature and low strain rate.
Figure 5.7 shows the comparison of the deformation between this experimental
geometry by the camera and its computed geometry from strain contours of the
simulation. Figure 5.7 shows the deformation of the specimen at the initial stage and
the end of the test, respectively. The left parts of Figure 5.7(a) and 5.7(b) are the actual
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photos of the specimen from the experiment, and the right parts are from the simulation.
The gage in red represents the experimental result, and the gage in green represents the
computed result. The gage length and the reduction in the cross-sectional area were
similar between both simulation and experiment. That result means the simulation
agrees with the experimental result, which validates the constants A, B, n in the
Johnson-Cook constitutive model.
(a)
(b)
Figure 5.7: Comparison of the elongation between tension tests with a notched radius as
9.525 mm specimen at room temperature and its simulation: (a) initial stage, (b) after fracture.
(5.8)
KT =
y0
K T = 1 T m
(5.9)
(5.10)
Figure 5.8: Plot of the thermal softening fraction vs. dimensionless temperature.
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To verify the constants m in the Johnson-Cook constitutive model, the tension test
with un-notched specimens at 150C and 285C was carried out and compared with the
simulation with the exact conditions. Figure 5.9 (a) and (b) show the comparison
between experiment and simulated results with tests carried out at 150C and 285C
respectively. The gage length and the reduction in the cross-sectional area were similar
to both experiment and simulation. Therefore, the m constant is valid.
(a)
(b)
Figure 5.9: Comparison of the elongation between tension tests with un-notched specimens
and their simulations: (a) at 150C; (b) at 285C.
Figure 5.10 shows the experimental plastic behavior of the AISI 1045 steel
performed in this research and compared with the plasticity constants acquired by
Borkovec [2008] and Jaspers and Dautzenberg [2002]. The experimental plastic
behavior was carried out at room temperature and at a low strain rate. The Jaspers and
Dautzenberg [2002] constants agreed better with the experimental results when
compared to Borkovecs [2008] constants. Therefore, this result shows that it is valid
to apply the Jasper and Dautzenberg [2002] constitutive constant to the current research.
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Table 5.5 shows the calibrated constants acquired from the experimental stress-strain
curve.
Figure 5.10: Comparison of the Johnson-Cook constitutive curves between the experimental
results, the calibrated results and the results from Jaspers and Dautzenberg [2002]and Borkovec
[2008].
Table 5.5: Calibrated constants of the Johnson-Cook constitutive models from tension tests.
A
(MPa)
615.8
B
(MPa)
667.7
C (-)
n (-) m (-)
0.0134 0.255 1.078
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the comparison of the deformation and reductions of areas is made between the
simulations and experiments carried out under tension configuration.
5.4.1 Calibration and Verification of the Johnson-Cook Fracture Constants
D1, D2, D3
First, the effect of the stress triaxiality is considered. When = 1.0 and T =
0, the strain at fracture expressed with the Johnson-Cook fracture model is shown in
Equation (5.11).
f = D1 + D2 expD3
(5.11)
where , as the strain at fracture, is computed from the area of original central cross
section of specimen A0 and the area of central cross section of specimen after fracture
Af, as shown in Equation (5.12).
A
f = ln ( A0 ) = 2ln( d0 )
f
(5.12)
The diameters of the minimum central cross sections were measured using a
microscope. Figure 5.11 showed the measurements of the original size of the specimens
from the tension tests with one un-notched and four different notched specimens under
room temperature conditions.
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Figure 5.11: The measurements of the geometry of the original specimens of all kinds of
specimens. (mm) (a) Un-notched specimen; (b) R=9.525(mm) pre-notched specimen; (c)
R=6.35(mm) pre-notched specimen; (d) R=3.175(mm) pre-notched specimen; (e) R=1.5875(mm)
pre-notched specimen; where R is the radius of the curvature of the notch.
After tensile specimens were fractured, the parts of the specimens are matched
back and measured by using a microscope. Figure 5.12 shows the measurements of the
geometry of all five kinds of the specimen after tension tests under room temperature.
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Figure 5.12: The measurements of all kinds of the specimen after fracture. (mm)
(a) Un-notched specimen; (b) R=9.525(mm) pre-notched specimen; (c) R=6.35(mm) prenotched specimen; (d) R=3.175(mm) pre-notched specimen; (e) R=1.5875(mm) prenotched specimen; where R is the radius of the curvature of the notch.
To get D1, D2, D3 of the Johnson-Cook failure model, both of the stress triaxialities
for the original specimens, 0, and the specimens fracture after tension tests, f, are
required. All these stress triaxialities are computed depending on the measurements by
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using a microscope as shown in Figure 5.13 and 5.14. The experimental data of f, 0,
and f are shown in Table 5.6.
Table 5.6: Strain to fracture and the stress triaxiality of all five kinds of tensile specimens.
(Dimensions of different types of specimens shown in Table 3.2)
Type of
specimen
Un-notched
Un-notched
Notched 1
R0=9.525mm
Notched 2
R0=6.35mm
Notched 3
R0=3.175mm
Notched 4
R0=1.5875mm
Strain at
fracture,
0.69
0.66
Original stress
triaxiality, 0
0.33
0.33
Fracture Stress
triaxiality, f
0.50
0.50
0.66
0.43
0.41
0.50
0.47
0.44
0.45
0.57
0.53
0.39
0.82
0.70
Figure 5.13 shows the results of the experimental data used for the Johnson-Cook
failure model, and the calibrated curve of the Johnson-Cook failure model fitted the
least squares method. The calibrated curve was obtained by using the solver analysis
in Microsoft office Excel. Table 5.7 shows the D1, D2, D3 values.
Figure 5.13: Experimental stress triaxiality vs. strain at fracture and the calibrated JohnsonCook failure model.
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D1 D2
D3
0.04 1.03 -1.39
To verify the constants D1, D2, D3 of the Johnson-Cook failure formula, the tension
test with un-notched and four different notched specimens at room temperature and
corresponding simulations are used to compare with experimental results. Figure 5.14
shows the comparison between the deformation geometries acquired from experiments
and simulations. Figure 5.14 shows the deformations of these specimens after fracture
of these tensile processes. The left column of the Figure 5.14 shows the actual photos
of the specimen from the experiment, and the right column is from the simulation.
Comparing with the length of the radius of the cross section of the fracture surface, the
results are almost the same. That means the simulation agrees with the experimental
result, which validates the constants D1, D2, D3 in the Johnson-Cook failure model.
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Figure 5.14: Comparison of the deformation and the radius of the cross section area between
tension tests at room temperature with their simulations.
Additionally, the reduction areas of the tension tests at room temperature and the
corresponding simulations are compared, as shown in Table 5.8. RAe (%) means the
reduction areas from the tension tests, and RAm (%) is the one from the simulations.
Errors (%) =
That means the models are in good agreement with the tension tests, and the constants
D1, D2, D3 of the Johnson-Cook fracture model were valid.
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Table 5.8: Comparison of the experimental and modelling reduction of areas of tension tests at
25C.
Specimen
Type
RAe (%)
RAm (%)
Errors (%)
Unnotched
48.5
47.2
-2.7
Notched 1
Notched 2
Notched 3
Notched 4
R0=9.525mm R0=6.35mm R0=3.175mm R0=1.5875mm
48.5
39.4
36.4
32.6
46.5
40.0
37.2
32.1
-4.1
1.5
2.3
-1.6
(5.13)
D5 =
where the ratio is
f
f0
f0
(5.14)
strain =0,=1.0
= Fracture
=
=
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0 +
2
(5.15)
The original temperature, 0 , is set prior to the tensile loading surrounding the
specimen in an oven. The fracture temperature, , are computed using Equation (5.16)
changed from Equation (5.10) as shown in the plot of thermal softening fraction vs.
dimensionless temperature in Figure 5.8.
= (1 )
(5.16)
No.
Original
Temperature,
T0 ()
1
2
3
4
5
25
25
150
150
285
Yield
Force,
Area,
stress,
F (N)
A (m2)
y
(MPa)
19450.95 15.9 1223.33
19780.25 16.315 1212.40
17657.6 16.08 1098.11
18587.65 17.085 1087.95
18930.3 17.075 1108.66
Thermal
softening
fraction,
(-)
1
0.991062412
0.897639462
0.889335871
0.906260583
Fracture
temperature,
(-)
0
0.0126
0.1207
0.1298
0.1113
The fracture strains from tension tests with un-notched specimens at three
temperatures and the ratios of these fracture strains are used as shown in Table 5.10.
The result of the No. 2 test is smaller than at original temperature, so this value is
ignored and not used for obtaining D5 value.
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Table 5.10: The fracture strains used for obtaining D5 of the Johnson-Cook failure model from
tension test with un-notched specimens at three temperatures.
Original
temperature
No.
1
2
3
4
5
T0 ()
Original
temperature
0
25
25
150
150
285
0
0
0.0943
0.0943
0.1962
Fracture
temperature
Average
temperature
Fracture
strain
0
0.0126
0.1207
0.1298
0.1113
0
0.0063
0.1075
0.1120
0.1538
0.69
0.66
0.74
0.68
0.68
Ratio
1.0455
1
1.1212
1.0303
1.0303
The plot of the ratio of fracture strains and the dimensionless temperature is shown
in Figure 5.15. The straight line in the plot fits the experimental results with the least
squares method. The value of the slope of this line is D5. Hence, 5 0.46 .
Compared to the published D5 value as shown in Table 5.1 (b), this data is smaller and
more close to the value by Varizi [2010].
Figure 5.15: Plot of the ratio of fracture strain and dimensionless temperature.
(c)
Figure 5.16: Comparison of the experimental and numerical views of the failure specimens
at 150C.
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To prove the constant D5 additionally, the reduction area from the tension tests at
150C and 285C and the corresponding simulations are compared as shown in Table
5.11. The errors between the experimental and modelling results are all in a small scale
2%, that further validate the D5 constant.
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Type of
the tensile
specimen
RAe (%)
RAm (%)
Errors (%)
UnNotched 1
Notched 2
Notched 3
Notched 4
notched R0=9.525mm R0=6.35mm R0=3.175mm R0=1.5875mm
49.3
49.1
-0.5
48.9
48.5
-0.8
42.2
42.3
0.2
38.3
38.2
-0.4
32.0
31.9
-0.3
(b) Temperature=285C
Unnotched
49.5
49.6
0.3
Notched 1
Notched 2
Notched 3
R0=9.525mm R0=6.35mm R0=3.175mm
40.4
35.7
33.4
40.1
36.3
33.5
-0.7
1.8
0.3
Cutting velocity
(m/min)
150 250 350
Feed rate
(mm)
0.1 0.2 0.3
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The crack performance was checked by visual inspection. If the crack tip
propagates ahead of the cutting edge, the Johnson-Cook fracture constant
underestimated the actual fracture strain. However, when the crack tip is at the same
location on the cutting edge, which is a function of time, then the Johnson-Cook fracture
constant is accurately modelling the fracture strain as a function of hydrostatic pressure,
temperature, and strain rate, which is the case in the results shown in Figure 5.18.
In addition, Figure 5.18 also shows the simulated von Mises stress contours during
cutting. Maximum stresses were observed in the workpiece material at the cutting edge
region. High stress magnitude was also observed in the primary shear zone and
secondary deformation zone, and the high stress also supplies enough energy for the
plastic deformations.
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(a)f1 v1
(b)f1 v2
(c)f1 v3
(d)f2 v1
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(e)f2 v2
(f)f2 v3
(g)f3 v1
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(h)f3 v2
(i)f3 v3
Figure 5.18: von Misses stresses contour maps around the cutting layer of the cutting
simulations at step 125/250:
v2=250m/min, v3=350m/min.
(a) f1 v1
(b) f1 v2
(c) f1 v3
(d) f2 v1
(e) f2 v2
(f) f2 v3
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(g) f3 v1
(h) f3 v2
(i) f3 v3
Figure 5.19: Temperature contour maps of the cutting simulations:
interface with different feeds and the cutting speeds, the average temperatures are
shown in Figure 5.22. The temperature increases as the feed rate increase at the same
cutting speed. A similar trend was observed with increasing cutting speed and constant
feed rate [Dhar, 2007]. Furthermore, the range shown in the Figure 5.22 is the
oscillation of the temperature compared to the average data, and the oscillation
increases as the feed rate and the cutting speed increases.
In the tool
Figure 5.20: Paths used as the tool-chip interface in the work piece and in the tool.
Figure 5.21: Temperatures along the tool-chip interface in the work piece and in the tool.
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Figure 5.22: Comparison of the temperatures in the tool-chip interface with different feeds
and cutting speeds.
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E as shown in Figure 5.24 and Table 5.13, obtained from the comparison of the cutting
force between the experimental result and FEM result is 5%.
Table 5.13: The cutting experimental conditions and results.
Figure 5.23: The nodes used for obtaining the cutting forces.
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Figure 5.25: Measurement of the chip thickness of the cutting model with feed of 0.2mm,
velocity of 250m/min.
Figure 5.26: Chip thickness with three feeds and cutting speeds from the tension models.
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Cutting
speed
(m/min)
150
250
350
Feed rate
(mm)
Chip
thickness
measured
from
FEM,
tc_m (mm)
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.33
0.53
0.74
0.28
0.49
0.70
0.27
0.48
0.68
Shear
plane
angle
measured
from
FEM,
(deg)
18
20.8
23.7
20.8
23.5
24.5
21.8
23.4
24.5
Theoretical
chip
Difference,
thickness,
e (%)
tc_t (mm)
0.32
0.54
0.71
0.27
0.48
0.68
0.26
0.48
0.68
4.68
-2.18
4.70
3.36
3.04
2.68
4.77
0.48
-0.26
To further prove that the obtained chip thickness of the cutting model is dependent
on the calibrated material properties, the measured chip thickness tc_m is compared with
the theoretical chip thickness tc_t, which is computed depending on Merchants [1945a;
1945b] model using the equations below.
r=
(5.17)
(5.18)
tan = 1
= ( + )
(5.19)
where r is the chip thickness ratio, to is the thickness of the chip prior to chip formation,
tc is the chip thickness after separation, is the rake angle of the tool, is the shear
plane angle. To obtain the theoretical chip thickness tc_t by using Equation (5.19), is
needed and measured from the equivalent strain contour as shown in Figure 5.18. The
results of , tc_t and the differences (%), which equals
_ _
_
5.14. The differences are in 5%, which means the chip thickness of the cutting models
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depending on the calibrated material properties agree well with the analytical model.
Figure 5.27: The strains to fracture of the layer at time 0.0012s under different cutting
conditions.
Figure 5.28 shows the stress triaxiality of the condition link elements in the layers
of the cutting simulations at 0.0012 s. The stress triaxiality of the element in the layer
is hard to obtain directly from the cutting models, as the element was deleted when it
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failed as the pressure and von Mises stress of the element are both zero. Hence, the
stress triaxiality of the element in the layer assumed equals the sum of the stress
triaxialities of the top element and bottom element as shown in Figure 5.29. As shown
in Figure 5.28, the stress triaxiality of the element in the layer decreases with higher
cutting speed, and it also decreases with the larger feed rate. In other words, the trends
of the stress triaxiality of the element in the layer with the cutting speeds and feed rates
are reversed to the trends of its strains to fracture. With references to both Figures 5.27
and 5.28, with a higher stress triaxiality ratio, the strain to fracture decreases. This trend
was also observed by Johnson and Cook [1985], as detailed in Figure 2.17.
Figure 5.28: The stress triaxiality of the element in the layer of the cutting simulations under
different cutting conditions at time 0.0012s.
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Figure 5.29: The top and bottom elements used for the calculation of the stress triaxiality of
the element in the layer.
Figure 5.30 shows the temperatures of the elements of the layers in the cutting
simulations under different cutting conditions at the same time 0.0012s. As shown in
Figure 5.30, the temperature of the element in the layer increases with the increasing of
the cutting speed and feed rate. Comparing with Figure 5.27, the trends of the
temperatures of the elements in the layers have similar trends of the strains to fracture
of the elements in the layers. Comparing with Figure 5.27, at a higher temperature of
the elements in the layer, the strain to fracture also increases. This finding was due to
higher ductility with higher temperature. This trend was also observed by Borvik et al.
[2001] as shown in Figure 2.13 (b).
Figure 5.30: The temperatures of the elements in the layers of the cutting simulations under
different cutting conditions.
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6. Conclusion
In this thesis, the Johnson-Cook constitutive and fracture parameters were
calibrated for AISI 1045 steel based on a set of quasi-static tensile tests with smooth
and notched round bars at room temperature and elevated temperatures respectively.
The results were validated by the FEM simulations of tensile tests and the orthogonal
cutting process, and both have good agreement with the corresponding experimental
results.
Stress triaxiality is the principal influence factor on the ductile fracture. Depending
on three different fracture mechanisms, including the shear decohesion, the void growth
and the combination of the shear decohesion and void growth, the range of stress
triaxiality was divided into three branches respectively. However, the Johnson-Cook
fracture model is a monotonic function that is only valid in a narrow range of stress
triaxiality with void growth fracture mechanisms. Hence, it may decrease the accuracy
of the Johnson-Cook fracture parameters if more other tests are considered, such as
torsion tests and compression tests. The conclusion is that the tensile tests with smooth
and notched round bars are good enough to calibrate the Johnson-Cook fracture
parameters.
In the metal cutting process, two fracture mechanisms occur in the fracture
elements: shear decohesion and void growth. As the Johnson-Cook fracture model is
only used to predict the onset of fracture, the fracture evolution with these two fracture
mechanisms is necessarily used in the FEM simulations of cutting.
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7.
Future Works
To verify the obtained Johnson-Cook fracture parameters for AISI 1045 steel
in FE simulations of metal cutting with other cutting conditions, such as the cutting
with a negative or zero rake angle or with high cutting velocity.
2.
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APPENDIX A
The grips of the tensile tests used as the fixture were designed at McMaster
University by Dr. Mike Bruhis, as shown in Figure A1. The stainless steel was chosen
as the materials of the grips to reduce the wear during the high temperature tests.
(a)
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Figure A1: (a) Dimensions of the upper grip; (b) Dimensions of the bottom grip.
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