Papers by Keyword: Incremental Hole Drilling Method

Abstract: The aim of this study is the characterization of hot-dip galvanized S355K2+N steel plates used as components for engineering civil structures. Two thin zinc coatings with a thickness of 145+/-14 μm and 329+/-23 μm, were developed at the surface of the plates. Several experimental techniques were performed to study the microstructure, the chemical composition at the surface of the galvanized plates. The residual stress field was also evaluated in the coatings and the top surface of the plates using the incremental hole drilling method, in the rolling and the transverse directions. The results show the presence of tensile stresses and compressive stresses respectively in the coating and the substrate.

Abstract: The incremental hole-drilling method is the method of choice to determine residual stress depth distributions with limited costs and minor destruction of the investigated component. With a spatial resolution of commonly two millimeters in diameter and one millimeter in depth especially the effects of frequently used surface treatments like e.g. shot peening or deep rolling can be reliably detected if the in depth residual stress gradients are relatively smooth. Nevertheless up to now the quantitative accuracy of the method is poor for residual stress analyses close to the materials surface up to depths of approximately 0.2 mm and in the case of steep in-depth residual stress gradients or oscillating residual stress depth distributions. In this paper, residual stress depth distributions of a broad range introduced by mechanical surface-treatments in flat specimens were analyzed with the hole-drilling method and compared with the results measured by X-ray diffraction as the reference. It comes out, that arbitrary residual stress depth distributions can be successfully determined with a modified differential evaluation formalism. For this purpose, often neglected well known weak points of the hole-drilling method were considered and improved, e.g. hole geometry, numerical calibration and data conditioning. Especially, the proposed strategy of data conditioning results in an almost user-independent evaluation formalism.

Abstract: In order to study the residual stress distribution in the titanium alloy laser rapid forming parts, the incremental-step hole drilling method is improved. Choose a calibration sample which has the same material as the test sample to conduct internal residual stress measurement by incremental-step hole drilling method. Conduct stress-release heat treatment (insulation 4 hours in 750 centigrade, furnace cooling) to the calibration sample before the measurement to uniform the internal stress. Calculate calibration compensation coefficient according to the calibration sample stress measurement result, and use the compensation coefficient to compensate the stress measurement result of the laser rapid forming sample. This method improves the reliability of internal residual stress measurement by incremental-step hole drilling method. Then use this method to measure the stress of laser rapid forming sample. The result shows that both the residual stress in the X direction and the Y direction is larger when the depth ranges from 1 mm to 3 mm. When the depth is greater than 3 mm, the residual stress decreases gradually with the hole depth increasing. The maximum value in the X direction is 147.13 MPa, and the maximum value in the Y direction is 236.32 MPa.

Abstract: Residual stress depth profiling can be performed by means of non-destructive diffraction methods as well as semi destructive mechanical techniques like the hole drilling method. By none of these methods is it possible to cover the complete depth range being affected by residual stress fields which extend from the surface into the volume of the material. In this paper it is demonstrated that the combined application of surface sensitive X-ray methods and neutron diffraction used normally for bulk stress analysis allows for the study of residual stress gradients generated by mechanical surface treatment. Furthermore, it is shown that the hole drilling method can bridge the information gap between X-ray and neutron diffraction.

Abstract: Due to the fact that no analytical solution exists to determine residual stresses in components with geometrical deviations from an ideal plate with the well known semi-destructive incremental hole-drilling method, calibration functions are required. Currently, such available functions, generated in an experimental or numerical manner are strictly speaking only valid for the reference case of a wide and thick plate and are only applicable if the surrounding field of the geometry at the measurement point is similar to the ideal one. Consequently, accuracy and reliability of assessing residual stresses by means of the incremental hole-drilling method can be improved if geometry specific calibration functions adapted to real geometries are used. This work deals with the determination of specific calibration functions by means of numerical simulations according to the MPA II standard (differential method) for three different components, violating the geometric restrictions of the reference.

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to determine the incremental residual stress profile in depth of a complex shape. The authors have adapted the hole drilling method in a crankshaft and more precisely in the filet area. A new set of calibration coefficients have been determined using the finite elements method in order to analyse residual stresses in the structure.

Abstract: For measuring in-depth residual stress in 3D cylinder structure easily in this paper, the semi-destructive incremental hole drilling technique combined with finite element method is used, the calibration coefficients of 3D cylinder components are calculated, and the relationship between strain and stress is determined, the changes of calibration coefficients are analysed, the residual stress of one steering joint of automobile is measured, and the errors of residual stress are discussed.