In-situ fatigue monitoring procedure using nonlinear ultrasonic surface waves considering the nonlinear effects in the measurement system
Abstract
Second harmonic generation using nonlinear ultrasonic waves have been shown to be an early indicator of possible fatigue damage in nuclear power plant components. This technique relies on measuring amplitudes, making it highly susceptible to variations in transducer coupling and instrumentation. This paper proposes an experimental procedure for in-situ surface wave nonlinear ultrasound measurements on specimen with permanently mounted transducers under high cycle fatigue loading without interrupting the experiment. It allows continuous monitoring and minimizes variation due to transducer coupling. Moreover, relations describing the effects of the measurement system nonlinearity including the effects of the material transfer function on the measured nonlinearity parameter are derived. An in-situ high cycle fatigue test was conducted using two 304 stainless steel specimens with two different excitation frequencies. A comprehensive analysis of the nonlinear sources, which result in variations in the measured nonlinearity parameters, was performed and the effects of the system nonlinearities are explained and identified. In both specimens, monotonic trend was observed in nonlinear parameter when the value of fundamental amplitude was not changing.
- Authors:
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- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Ajou Univ., Suwon (Korea, Republic of)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Korea, Republic of)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1512691
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-118962
Journal ID: ISSN 1738-5733
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Engineering and Technology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 51; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1738-5733
- Publisher:
- Korean Nuclear Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; nonlinear ultrasound; surface wave; in-situ monitoring; high-cycle fatigue
Citation Formats
Dib, Gerges, Roy, Surajit, Ramuhalli, Pradeep, and Chai, Jangbom. In-situ fatigue monitoring procedure using nonlinear ultrasonic surface waves considering the nonlinear effects in the measurement system. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.net.2018.12.003.
Dib, Gerges, Roy, Surajit, Ramuhalli, Pradeep, & Chai, Jangbom. In-situ fatigue monitoring procedure using nonlinear ultrasonic surface waves considering the nonlinear effects in the measurement system. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2018.12.003
Dib, Gerges, Roy, Surajit, Ramuhalli, Pradeep, and Chai, Jangbom. Mon .
"In-situ fatigue monitoring procedure using nonlinear ultrasonic surface waves considering the nonlinear effects in the measurement system". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2018.12.003. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1512691.
@article{osti_1512691,
title = {In-situ fatigue monitoring procedure using nonlinear ultrasonic surface waves considering the nonlinear effects in the measurement system},
author = {Dib, Gerges and Roy, Surajit and Ramuhalli, Pradeep and Chai, Jangbom},
abstractNote = {Second harmonic generation using nonlinear ultrasonic waves have been shown to be an early indicator of possible fatigue damage in nuclear power plant components. This technique relies on measuring amplitudes, making it highly susceptible to variations in transducer coupling and instrumentation. This paper proposes an experimental procedure for in-situ surface wave nonlinear ultrasound measurements on specimen with permanently mounted transducers under high cycle fatigue loading without interrupting the experiment. It allows continuous monitoring and minimizes variation due to transducer coupling. Moreover, relations describing the effects of the measurement system nonlinearity including the effects of the material transfer function on the measured nonlinearity parameter are derived. An in-situ high cycle fatigue test was conducted using two 304 stainless steel specimens with two different excitation frequencies. A comprehensive analysis of the nonlinear sources, which result in variations in the measured nonlinearity parameters, was performed and the effects of the system nonlinearities are explained and identified. In both specimens, monotonic trend was observed in nonlinear parameter when the value of fundamental amplitude was not changing.},
doi = {10.1016/j.net.2018.12.003},
journal = {Nuclear Engineering and Technology},
number = 3,
volume = 51,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {1}
}
Web of Science
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