An Ultrasonic Nondestructive Test Procedure for the Early Detection of Fatigue Damage and the Prediction of Remaining Life.

Abstract

The goal of nondestructive testing may be simply expressed as the detection and complete specification (size, shape, orientation, etc.) of flaws. This is seldom possible, however. The most dangerous flaw is one that is crack-like or that serves as a crack initiation site. A procedure to detect and estimate fatigue damage occurring at such a site is reported. A computer based data acquisition system is used to analyze data from 2024-T4 Al fatigue specimens containing a through hole. Specimens are fatigue loaded to produce a spectrum of damage levels and interrofated using a simple contact 10 MHz shear wave system. Features selected from the signal amplitude time, spectrum, and cepstrum signatures are used in a computer learning network to make an early detection of fatigue damage and a quantitative prediction of remaining life. A scanning microscope is used to examine the damage at the limit of detection. Fatigue damage was sensed with 92% success after 10% of specimen life. Estimates of damage were made within + or - 20 of the actual fatigue life percentage for 76% of the data. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA062574

Entities

People

  • James M. Carson
  • Joseph L. Rose

Organizations

  • Drexel University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Fatigue Tests (Mechanics)
  • Feature Selection
  • Fracture (Mechanics)
  • Information Theory
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Nondestructive Testing
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Methods
  • Ultrasonic Tests

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