Effect of Off-Center Magnetization Location on Changes in Magnetic Fields under Single Spherical Hertzian Contact
Tribological failure of machine components, such as wear and flaking failure is caused by contact stress concentration. However, observation of stress under contact load is a difficult task. Non-destructive methods that can be related to contact conditions are necessary to study and understand the phenomena caused by the contact stresses. In the present work, a scanning Hall probe microscope (SHPM) equipped with a GaAs film sensor was used to observe the three-dimensional magnetic fields in a long square bar specimen (JIS-SUJ2) before and after contact tests at 196N. It was found that the changes in the three-dimensional magnetic fields caused by spherical Hertzian contact are not affected by the location of the magnetization point on the specimen's surface.