Experimental Methods in Residual Stress Measurement Using a Position-Sensitive Single-Exposure Scintillation Detection System.

Abstract

In the Denver D-1000-A single-exposure position-sensitive scintillation detection (PSSD) system, surface residual stress measurement in any chosen direction is based on crystalline plane spacings determined in two directions normal to the surface made simultaneously in a single psi tilt. This technical allows fast, noncontacting, and nondestructive biaxial stress analysis. In this report, system performance is characterized by studying the noise, gain, and diffraction peak profiles as a function of diode array element. A four-point bend experiment was performed to determine the elastic constant of the 211 plane of body-centered cubic martensitic steel. Residual stress measurements were performed in several steel specimens and compared to measurements made on a similar system at Pennsylvania State University. Local software development allowed the single-exposure PSSD to run in a multiple-exposure mode for improved accuracy in biaxial stress analysis. (MM)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA289803

Entities

People

  • G. P. Capsimalis
  • M. Doxbeck
  • S. L. Lee

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Biaxial Stresses
  • Correlation Techniques
  • Crystal Structure
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Radiation
  • Residual Stress
  • Software Development
  • Stress Analysis
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.

Technology Areas

  • Space