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EDDY CURRENT SPECTROSCOPY FOR NEAR-SURFACE RESIDUAL STRESS PROFILING IN SURFACE TREATED NONMAGNETIC ENGINE ALLOYS

ABU-NABAH, BASSAM ABDEL JABER

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2007, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Engineering : Aerospace Engineering.
Recent research results indicated that eddy current conductivity measurements can be exploited for nondestructive evaluation of near-surface residual stresses in surface-treated nickel-base superalloy components. Most of the previous experimental studies were conducted on highly peened (Almen 10-16A) specimens that exhibit harmful cold work in excess of 30% plastic strain. Such high level of cold work causes thermo-mechanical relaxation at relatively modest operational temperatures; therefore the obtained results were not directly relevant to engine manufacturers and end users. The main reason for choosing peening intensities in excess of recommended normal levels was that in low-conductivity engine alloys the eddy current penetration depth could not be forced below 0.2 mm without expanding the measurements above 10 MHz which is beyond the operational range of most commercial eddy current instruments. As for shot-peened components, it was initially felt that the residual stress effect was more difficult to separate from cold work, texture, and inhomogeneity effects in titanium alloys than in nickel-base superalloys. In addition, titanium alloys have almost 50% lower electric conductivity than nickel-base superalloys; therefore require proportionally higher inspection frequencies, which was not feasible until our recent breakthrough in instrument development. Our work has been focused on six main aspects of this continuing research, namely, (i) the development of an iterative inversion technique to better retrieve the depth-dependent conductivity profile from the measured frequency-dependent apparent eddy current conductivity (AECC), (ii) the extension of the frequency range up to 80 MHz to better capture the peak compressive residual stress in nickel-base superalloys using a new eddy current conductivity measuring system, which offers better reproducibility, accuracy and measurement speed than the previously used conventional systems, (iii) the lift-off effect on high frequency eddy current spectroscopy, (iv) the development of custom-made spiral coils to allow eddy current conductivity characterization over the whole frequency range of interest with reduced coil sensitivity to lift off, (v) the benefits of implementing a semi-quadratic system calibration in reducing the coil sensitivity to lift-off, and (vi) the feasibility of adapting high-frequency eddy current residual stress characterization for shot-peened titanium alloys.
Dr. Peter Nagy (Advisor)
170 p.

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  • ABU-NABAH, B. A. J. (2007). EDDY CURRENT SPECTROSCOPY FOR NEAR-SURFACE RESIDUAL STRESS PROFILING IN SURFACE TREATED NONMAGNETIC ENGINE ALLOYS [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186763648

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • ABU-NABAH, BASSAM. EDDY CURRENT SPECTROSCOPY FOR NEAR-SURFACE RESIDUAL STRESS PROFILING IN SURFACE TREATED NONMAGNETIC ENGINE ALLOYS. 2007. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186763648.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • ABU-NABAH, BASSAM. "EDDY CURRENT SPECTROSCOPY FOR NEAR-SURFACE RESIDUAL STRESS PROFILING IN SURFACE TREATED NONMAGNETIC ENGINE ALLOYS." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186763648

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)