Investigation of Residual Stress Distribution of Wheel Rims Using Neutron Diffraction

2011 ◽  
Vol 681 ◽  
pp. 522-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Alessandroni ◽  
Anna Maria Paradowska ◽  
Enrico Perelli Cippo ◽  
Roberto Senesi ◽  
Carla Andreani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Fatigue Cracks ◽  
Diffraction Method ◽  
Residual Stress Distribution ◽  
Hole Drilling ◽  
Wheel Rim ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Non Destructive

Damage accumulation due to fatigue significantly reduces the safety of railway vehicles. Shattered wheel rim failures are the result of large fatigue cracks that propagate roughly parallel to the wheel tread surface. The large stress, most likely due to wheel/rail impact or material discontinuity, is responsible for the initiation of shattered rims. The voids and inclusions of sufficient size in a stress field will also lead to failure of wheels. Significant improvements have been made in recent years to prevent the shattered rim failure. The ‘new’ wheels have a better resistance to the shattered rim failure, due to the fact that the circumferential residual stress on tread of a new wheel must be compressive to comply with requirements of international standard EN 13262. However, this may not necessarily apply for millions of ‘old’ wheels that are still currently in use. At the moment the residual stress measurements are carried out using destructive methods (such as slitting or hole drilling), or using quantitatively ultrasound method obtaining the average stress across the whole section. The main objective of this research was to apply non-destructive neutron diffraction method to quantitatively measure residual stress distribution of the wheel rim in as manufactured condition.

Characterization of the three-dimensional residual stress distribution in SiC bulk crystals by neutron diffraction

CrystEngComm ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (43) ◽  
pp. 6527-6532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuejian Xie ◽  
Xiaobo Hu ◽  
Xiufang Chen ◽  
Fafu Liu ◽  
Xianglong Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Diffraction Method ◽  
Residual Stress Distribution ◽  
Bulk Crystals ◽  
First Time ◽  
Neutron Diffraction Method

The neutron diffraction method was adopted to study the three-dimensional residual stress distribution in SiC bulk crystals for the first time.

scholarly journals Neutron diffraction and the residual stress distribution of magnesium processed by equal channel angular pressing

2020 ◽  
Vol 1436 ◽  
pp. 012034
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rifai ◽  
Mujamilah ◽  
Muhammad Refai Muslich ◽  
Ridwan ◽  
Mouhamadou Moustapha Sarr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Equal Channel Angular Pressing ◽  
Residual Stress Distribution ◽  
Angular Pressing

Measurement of Residual Stresses within a PWR Swaged Heater Tube

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 279-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.M. Goudar ◽  
Ed J. Kingston ◽  
Mike C. Smith ◽  
Sayeed Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Stress Measurement ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Residual Stress Distribution ◽  
Hole Drilling ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Outer Diameter ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Heater Tube

Frequent failures of the pressuriser heater tubes used in Pressurised Water Reactors (PWRs) have been found. Axial cracks initiating from the tube outer diameter have been detected in some tubes as well as the resulting electrical problems. Replacement of the heater tubes requires an undesirably prolonged plant shutdown. In order to better understand these failures a series of residual stress measurements were carried out to obtain the near surface and through-thickness residual stress profiles in a stainless steel pressuriser heater tube. Three different residual stress measurement techniques were employed namely, Deep-Hole Drilling (DHD), Incremental Centre Hole Drilling (ICHD) and Sachs’ Boring (SB) to measure the through thickness residual stress distribution in the heater tubes. Results showed that the hoop stresses measured using all three techniques were predominantly tensile at all locations, while the axial stresses were found to be tensile at the surface and both tensile and compressive as they reduce to small magnitudes within the tube. The magnitude of the in-plane shear stresses was small at all measurement depths at all locations. The various measurement methods were found to complement each other well. All the measurements revealed a characteristic profile for the through-thickness residual stress distribution.

Residual Stress Relief in the Aluminium Alloy 7075

2017 ◽  
Vol 905 ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy S. Robinson ◽  
Christopher E. Truman ◽  
Thilo Pirling ◽  
Tobias Panzner
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Stress Relief ◽  
Residual Stress Distribution ◽  
Cold Compression ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Minimum Residual

The residual stresses in heat treated 7075 aluminium alloy blocks have been characterised using two neutron diffraction strain scanning instruments. The influence of uniaxial cold compression (1-10%) on relieving the residual stress has been determined. Increasing the magnitude of cold compression from 1 to 10% has been shown to have a beneficial effect on the residual stress distribution by reducing the range between the maximum and minimum residual stresses. The effect of over aging 7075 on residual stress has also been characterised using neutron diffraction and this was found to reduce the residual stress by 25-40%. A relationship between {311} peaks widths and amount of cold compression was also observed.

Modeling and Measurement of Residual Stresses along the Process Chain of Autofrettaged Components by Using FEA and Hole-Drilling Method with ESPI

2013 ◽  
Vol 768-769 ◽  
pp. 79-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Horst Brünnet ◽  
Dirk Bähre ◽  
Theo J. Rickert ◽  
Dominik Dapprich
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Speckle Pattern ◽  
Residual Stress Distribution ◽  
Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry ◽  
Hole Drilling ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Hole Drilling Method ◽  
Drilling Method

The incremental hole-drilling method is a well-known mechanical measurement procedure for the analysis of residual stresses. The newly developed PRISM® technology by Stresstech Group measures stress relaxation optically using electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI). In case of autofrettaged components, the large amount of compressive residual stresses and the radius of the pressurized bores can be challenging for the measurement system. This research discusses the applicability of the measurement principle for autofrettaged cylinders made of steel AISI 4140. The residual stresses are measured after AF and after subsequent boring and reaming. The experimental residual stress depth profiles are compared to numerically acquired results from a finite element analysis (FEA) with the software code ABAQUS. Sample preparation will be considered as the parts have to be sectioned in half in order to access the measurement position. Following this, the influence of the boring and reaming operation on the final residual stress distribution as well as the accuracy of the presented measurement setup will be discussed. Finally, the usability of the FEA method in early design stages is discussed in order to predict the final residual stress distribution after AF and a following post-machining operation.

Uncertainty in Residual Stress Measurements

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Goudar ◽  
S. Hossain ◽  
C. E. Truman ◽  
D. J. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Diffraction Method ◽  
Hole Drilling ◽  
Invasive Technique ◽  
Deep Hole ◽  
Deep Hole Drilling ◽  
Integrity Assessment ◽  
Path Lengths

Accurate characterization of residual stress in engineering components is important in structural integrity assessment. Two commonly used methods of measuring residual stress include the neutron diffraction technique and the deep-hole drilling (DHD) technique. The former is a well-known nondestructive measurement method and the latter is a semi-invasive technique which is readily available and portable. Both these measurement techniques depend on a number of physical quantities and are therefore sensitive to errors associated with the measured data. The resulting stress uncertainties can easily become significant and compromise the usefulness of the results or lead to misinterpretation of the behaviour of stress distribution. This paper describes briefly the error analysis for both techniques. Results from earlier neutron diffraction and deep hole drilling measurements are used to illustrate the errors. It is found that the average error for both techniques is about ±20MPa. In the case of the neutron diffraction method this error is acceptable for path lengths less than a few centimetres. At greater path lengths the errors become unacceptably large. In contrast the error in the DHD is independent of depth.

scholarly journals Non-Destructive Method for Estimating Residual Stress Distribution in Component due to Shot Peening.

1999 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshio TERASAKI ◽  
Jun CHEN ◽  
Tetsuya AKIYAMA ◽  
Katsuhiko KISHITAKE
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Shot Peening ◽  
Residual Stress Distribution ◽  
Non Destructive
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