Noncontact measurement of ultrasonic attenuation during rotating fatigue test of steel
- Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Machikaneyama 1-3, Toyonaka, Osaka 560 (Japan)
Acoustic resonance technique has been applied to monitor the fatigue damage process of steel pipes exposed to rotating bending fatigue. The technique incorporates a superheterodyne spectrometer and an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT). The EMAT was newly developed for this purpose, and uses the magnetostrictive mechanism of ferromagnetic metals and excites and detects axial shear waves traveling around the sample pipe with axial polarization. Noncontact ultrasonic spectroscopy permits the accurate determination of the resonant frequency and the attenuation coefficient throughout the fatigue life. The attenuation coefficient shows a sharp peak around 80{percent}{endash}90{percent} of the life. The evolution is interpreted as reflecting dislocation multiplication, depinning, and formation of cell structures, which is supported by transmission electron microscopy observations. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 496408
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 81, Issue 8; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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