Stress evaluation method and apparatus therefor
First Claim
1. A stress evaluation method comprising the steps of:
- propagating a longitudinal wave in a thickness direction at a non-loaded portion of a test piece to be tested;
measuring a propagation time of the longitudinal wave in the test piece at the non-loaded portion upon reception of a reflection wave reflected in the thickness direction from a bottom surface of the test piece at the non-loaded portion;
propagating a longitudinal wave and a shear wave in a thickness direction at a loaded portion of the test piece;
measuring a respective propagation time of said longitudinal wave and said shear wave in said test piece at the loaded portion upon reception of a respective reflection wave reflected in the thickness direction from a bottom surface of said test piece at the loaded portion;
calculating a thickness at said loaded portion using a longitudinal wave acoustic velocity at the non-loaded portion which is obtained from a ratio between a thickness at the non-loaded portion and the propagation time of the longitudinal wave at the non-loaded portion;
calculating a shear wave acoustic velocity based on a relationship between said thickness at the loaded portion and said propagation time of said shear wave at said loaded portion; and
evaluating a magnitude of an internal average stress in said thickness direction acting in said loaded portion based on said shear wave acoustic velocity and a predetermined relationship between shear wave acoustic velocities and corresponding stresses.
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Abstract
A stress evaluation method for evaluating stress acting on a test piece includes the steps of transmitting acoustic waves including a surface wave, a longitudinal wave, and a shear wave through the test piece; receiving the acoustic waves after they have propagated through the test piece; obtaining acoustic velocities of the surface wave at a non-loaded portion and a loaded portion of the test piece based on the received acoustic waves; evaluating a stress in a surface layer of the test piece based on a difference between the surface wave acoustic velocities at the non-loaded portion and the loaded portion and a predetermined relationship between surface wave acoustic velocities and stresses; obtaining an acoustic velocity of the longitudinal wave at the non-loaded portion based on the received acoustic waves; calculating an acoustic velocity of the shear wave at the loaded portion based on the received acoustic waves and the longitudinal wave acoustic velocity at the non-loaded portion; evaluating an internal average stress in the test piece based on the shear wave acoustic velocity at the loaded portion; evaluating an internal stress distribution in the test piece by correcting a hypothetical internal stress distribution in the test piece based on the stress in the surface layer and the internal average stress; and conducting a diagnosis of the test piece based on the internal stress distribution.
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9 Claims
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1. A stress evaluation method comprising the steps of:
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propagating a longitudinal wave in a thickness direction at a non-loaded portion of a test piece to be tested; measuring a propagation time of the longitudinal wave in the test piece at the non-loaded portion upon reception of a reflection wave reflected in the thickness direction from a bottom surface of the test piece at the non-loaded portion; propagating a longitudinal wave and a shear wave in a thickness direction at a loaded portion of the test piece; measuring a respective propagation time of said longitudinal wave and said shear wave in said test piece at the loaded portion upon reception of a respective reflection wave reflected in the thickness direction from a bottom surface of said test piece at the loaded portion; calculating a thickness at said loaded portion using a longitudinal wave acoustic velocity at the non-loaded portion which is obtained from a ratio between a thickness at the non-loaded portion and the propagation time of the longitudinal wave at the non-loaded portion; calculating a shear wave acoustic velocity based on a relationship between said thickness at the loaded portion and said propagation time of said shear wave at said loaded portion; and evaluating a magnitude of an internal average stress in said thickness direction acting in said loaded portion based on said shear wave acoustic velocity and a predetermined relationship between shear wave acoustic velocities and corresponding stresses. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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2. A stress evaluation method comprising the steps of:
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assuming a hypothetical stress distribution in a thickness direction of a test piece to be tested; correcting said hypothetical stress distribution in said thickness direction of said test piece such that a surface stress of said hypothetical stress distribution is corrected by a stress value in the surface layer evaluated by a stress evaluation method including the steps of changing a propagational direction of a surface wave which propagates in a surface layer of said test piece both at a non-loaded portion and a loaded portion of the test piece, measuring an acoustic velocity of said surface wave, and evaluating stress at the loaded portion of said test piece based on a difference in acoustic velocities of said surface wave between the non-loaded portion and the loaded portion of said test piece; correcting an average stress in the thickness direction of said hypothetical stress distribution by an internal average stress value evaluated by a stress evaluation method including the steps of propagating a longitudinal wave in a thickness direction at the non-loaded portion of said test piece, measuring a propagation time of the longitudinal wave in the test piece at the non-loaded portion upon reception of a reflection wave reflected in the thickness direction from a bottom surface of the test piece at the non-loaded portion, propagating a longitudinal wave and a shear wave in a thickness direction at the loaded portion of the test piece, measuring a respective propagation time of said longitudinal wave and said shear wave in said test piece at the loaded portion upon reception of a respective reflection wave reflected in the thickness direction from a bottom surface of said test piece at the loaded portion, calculating a thickness at said loaded portion using a longitudinal wave acoustic velocity at the non-loaded portion which is obtained from a ratio between a thickness at the non-loaded portion and the propagation time of the longitudinal wave at the non-loaded portion, calculating a shear wave acoustic velocity based on a relationship between said thickness at the loaded portion and said propagation time of said shear wave at said loaded portion, and evaluating a magnitude of an internal average stress in said thickness direction acting in said loaded portion based on said shear wave acoustic velocity and a predetermined relationship between shear wave acoustic velocities and corresponding stresses; and verifying a stress distribution thus obtained in the thickness direction of said test piece.
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9. A stress evaluation apparatus comprising:
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acoustic wave propagation means for propagating a longitudinal wave through a test piece under inspection in a thickness direction at a non-loaded portion of said test piece, and propagating a longitudinal wave and a shear wave through the test piece in a thickness direction at a loaded portion of said test piece; receiver means for receiving each acoustic wave which has propagated through the test piece; propagation time measuring means for measuring a propagation time of the longitudinal wave in the test piece at the non-loaded portion, and measuring a respective propagation time of said longitudinal wave and said shear wave in said test piece at the loaded portion, each propagation time being obtained upon reception of a respective reflection wave reflected in the thickness direction from a bottom surface of said test piece; longitudinal wave acoustic velocity calculating means for calculating a longitudinal wave acoustic velocity at the non-loaded portion from a ratio of a thickness at the non-loaded portion and the propagation time of the longitudinal wave at the non-loaded portion; thickness calculating means for calculating a thickness at said loaded portion based on said longitudinal wave acoustic velocity; shear wave acoustic velocity calculating means for calculating a shear wave acoustic velocity of the shear wave which has propagated at the loaded portion based on said thickness at said loaded portion and the propagation time of said shear wave at said loaded portion; and evaluation means for evaluating a magnitude of an average stress acting internally at said loaded portion in said thickness direction based on said shear wave acoustic velocity and a predetermined relationship between shear wave acoustic velocities and corresponding stresses.
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