Discrimination of Nuclear Grade Steel Samples Subjected to Different Heat Treatment Procedures Based on Acoustic Emission (AE) Data Profiling at Crack Initiation

Murthy, CRL and Jayakumar, T and Raj, Baldev and Phaniraj, C and Rajasekhar, P and Bhat, MR (2006) Discrimination of Nuclear Grade Steel Samples Subjected to Different Heat Treatment Procedures Based on Acoustic Emission (AE) Data Profiling at Crack Initiation. In: Proc. National Seminar on Non-Destructive Evaluation, Dec 7-9 2006, Hyderabad.

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Abstract

The present work is an attempt to study crack initiation in nuclear grade, 9Cr-1Mo ferritic steel using AE as an online NDE tool. Laboratory experiments were conducted on 5 heat treated Compact Tension (CT) specimens made out of nuclear grade 9Cr-1Mo ferritic steel by subjecting them to cyclic tensile load. The CT Specimens were of 12.5 mm thickness. The Acoustic emission test system was setup to acquire the data continuously during the test by mounting AE sensor on one of the surfaces of the specimen. This was done to characterize AE data pertaining to crack initiation and then discriminate the samples in terms of their heat treatment processes based on AE data. The AE signatures at crack initiation could conclusively bring to fore the heat treatment distinction on a sample to sample basis in a qualitative sense.Thus, the results obtained through these investigations establish a step forward in utilizing AE technique as an on-line measurement tool for accurate detection and understanding of crack initiation and its profile in 9Cr-1Mo nuclear grade steel subjected to different processes of heat treatment.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Keywords:	Acoustic emission (AE);Crack initiation;Heat treatment
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering)
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2011 05:38
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2011 05:38
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/42220

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