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Title: Residual stress measurement of refractory coatings as a nondestructive evaluation

Journal Article · · J. Mater. Energy Syst.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02833519· OSTI ID:6488915

Due to their good resistance to wear and corrosion, TiC refractory coatings are increasingly applied in certain domains of the nuclear and aerospace industries. Quality control of materials being usually destructive, residual-stress measurements are suggested as a means of a nondestructive quality control. Based on the classical sin/sup 2//PSI/ method, residual stresses are measured for TiC coatings on cemented carbides and steel substrates. Medium tensile residual stresses are obtained in TiC on cemented carbide substrates, while rather large compressive residual stresses appear on steel substrates. A phenomenological interpretation of these stresses is given. The experimental results disprove the generally assumed two-dimensional stress system, confirming thus the existence of stress gradients in the third dimension, and of a threedimensional stress system in the volume sampled by the X-ray beams.

Research Organization:
Laboratoire Suisse de Recherches Horlogeres (LSRH), Neuchatel
OSTI ID:
6488915
Journal Information:
J. Mater. Energy Syst.; (United States), Vol. 6:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English