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Detection of Fatigue Damage Prior Crack Initiation with Scanning SQUID Microscopy

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2184685· OSTI ID:20798229
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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
The remanence fields of fatigued ferritic steel specimens were measured using a scanning microscope based on a high transition temperature superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). The results show an overall increase of remanence until dislocation density saturates and an additional local remanence increase after saturation during cyclic loading. Because of the combined magnetic and spatial resolution of the SQUID microscope, these local changes of dislocation structures can be detected before a crack actually initiates, and identify the sites where crack nucleation will occur.
OSTI ID:
20798229
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 820; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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