H. Chen, B. Xu, Z.-X. Shen, Y.-P. Niu, J. Zhou, J.-D. Zhu, G.-M. Cao, Q. Wang
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Abstract
For the structural health monitoring of in-service structural components, an important topic is to accurately assess the changes in their microstructure and performance through effective methods. Conventionally, magnetic non-destructive testing technology is very sensitive to changes in microstructure, making it highly suitable for online monitoring of product quality. Based on hysteresis loop and X-ray diffraction techniques, the relationships between microstructure, residual stress and magnetic properties of the full-scale 35CrMo steel components during the heat treatment were studied. Compared to the original state, the quenching and tempering heat treatment processes resulted in significant variations in the magnetic coercive force and the surface residual stresses, which were effectively characterized by the X-ray diffraction cosα method with the Debye–Scherer ring. It was found that the increment in the coercive field has occurred due to the domain wall pinning caused by grain refinement, precipitated carbides and compressive residual stress, while the hardness was increased mainly by precipitation hardening. In particular, the coercivity exhibited a good fit with the hardness and strength, and the correlation coefficients were 0.96 and 0.98, respectively. The current state of the arts allows to forecast the possibility to apply magnetic coercivity measurements for monitoring the microstructure and properties of steel products. However, in order to ensure the reliability of the measurement, it is recommended to establish a standardized procedure for magnetic measurement to reduce the influence of external interference.
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Experimental Techniques is a bimonthly interdisciplinary publication of the Society for Experimental Mechanics focusing on the development, application and tutorial of experimental mechanics techniques.
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