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Development of two-dimensional strain mapping technique around a fatigue crack using the pulsed neutron Bragg-edge transmission imaging and neutron diffraction

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K20106
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 80040:Quantum beam science-related
Research InstitutionJapan Atomic Energy Agency

Principal Investigator

SU Yuhua  国立研究開発法人日本原子力研究開発機構, 原子力科学研究部門 J-PARCセンター, 技術副主幹 (20644264)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords疲労 / 中性子ブラッグエッジイメージング / 中性子回折 / 残留ひずみ / ステンレス鋼 / fatigue damage / Bragg-edge imaging / neutron diffraction / strain mapping / fatigue crack
Outline of Research at the Start

It is essential to understand the residual strain/stress distribution around a fatigue crack under different conditions, which is important for improving the fatigue lifetime and helpful for the design of engineering components. We will perform the energy-resolved neutron imaging and neutron diffraction experiments at the advanced pulsed neutron source MLF/J-PARC using the compact-tension fatigue specimens. The information obtained by the direct measurements of residual strain in the bulk sample around the crack will provide complementary information to other typical methods.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Fatigue damage is known as one of the major concerns in maintaining the integrity of large-scale engineering components. The nonlinear strain/stress distribution around a fatigue crack tip has a great impact to understand the fatigue and crack growth behavior of engineering component. This research is devoted to develop the fatigue evaluation technique by a combination of two neutron methods: Bragg-edge transmission imaging and diffraction.Two-dimensional maps of inhomogeneous residual strain and microstructure for the compact tension samples, which had been under different fatigue loading conditions, were determined by Bragg-edge spectral analysis. The obtained Bragg-edge imaging results were quantitatively compared with those determined by diffraction. The obtained original information of the strain and crystalline structure state inside the bulk gives a greater understanding on crack tip elastic and plastic strain evolution mechanisms in engineering materials.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまでの研究では、実工業製品における高周波焼入歯車の結晶組織構造・残留ひずみが評価できた。その一方で、構造材料における事故の 8 割を占めているのが疲労破壊であり、材料の疲労き裂発生及び進展挙動の理解は実用上の最重要課題であった。疲労き裂の進展特性の定量評価技術を開発するために、中性子ブラッグエッジイメージング法及び中性子回折法を用いて、繰り返し負荷によるひずみの進展の計測が可能となった。中性回折法によって疲労き裂先端近傍の残留応力分布が測定できた。また、相応力解析において疲労き裂周辺の残留応力分布は、材料の相違によって異なることが確認された。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2022 2021

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Neutron Bragg-edge transmission imaging for microstructure and residual strain in induction hardened gears2021

    • Author(s)
      Su Yuhua、Oikawa Kenichi、Shinohara Takenao、Kai Tetsuya、Horino Takashi、Idohara Osamu、Misaka Yoshitaka、Tomota Yo
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 11 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-021-83555-9

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Strain and Microstructure Distributions around a Fatigue Crack Tip by Neutron Bragg-edge Imaging and Diffraction2022

    • Author(s)
      Yuhua Su, Joseph Don Parker, Takenao Shinohara, Kenichi Oikawa, Tetsuya Kai, Wu Gong, Stefanus Harjo, Takuro Kawasaki, Kazuya Aizawa, Yoshiaki Kiyanagi
    • Organizer
      the The 9th International Topical Meeting on Neutron Radiography (ITMNR-9)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Strain and Microstructure Distributions around a Fatigue Crack Tip Studied by Neutron Diffraction2021

    • Author(s)
      Yuhua Su, Wu Gong, Stefanus Harjo, Takuro Kawasaki, Kazuya Aizawa
    • Organizer
      10th International Conference on Mechanical Stress Evaluation by Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation - MECASENS 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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