PSI - Issue 39

Riccardo Cappello et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 39 (2022) 179–193 Author name / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000–000

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Thermoelastic Signal

T

Thermoelastic Signal

T

Thermoelastic Signal

T

[°C]

[°C]

[°C]

Sample #1: N = 368250

Sample #1: N = 137280

Sample #1: N = 503445

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.76

0.76

0.76

0.72

0.72

0.72

50

50

50

0.68

0.68

0.68

0.64

0.64

0.64

100

100

100

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.56

0.56

0.56

0.52

0.52

0.52

150

150

150

0.48

0.48

0.48

0.44

0.44

0.44

200

200

200

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.36

0.36

0.36

0.32

0.32

0.32

250

250

250

0.28

0.28

0.28

0.24

0.24

0.24

300

300

300

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.16

0.16

0.16

350

350

350

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.08

0.08

0.08

0.04

0.04

0.04

400

400

400

0

0

0

50

100

150

200

50

100

150

200

50

100

150

200

mm

Figure 3 – Thermoelastic signal maps of FH amplitude at three successive instants

Williams LSF

Williams LSF

Williams LSF

2

2

2

I [MPa]

I [MPa]

= 0.976

= 6 mm; R

= 0.8mm ; r

r

= 1.6 mm ; r

= 9 mm; R

= 0.98

r

= 2.1 mm ; r

= 13 mm; R

= 0.97

r

I [MPa]

max

min

max

min

max

min

500

500

500

Fitted data

Fitted data

Fitted data

Experimental data

Experimental data

Experimental data

450

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450

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400

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100

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50

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200

Figure 4 – Contour plots of the fitted and Experimental data. The number of terms used in the Williams’ series is N w =7

4.1.2. Thermoelastic second harmonic signal The SH thermoelastic maps (in terms of both amplitude and phase) of the tests shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4are here discussed. This time the maps are further zoomed near the crack tip area to better highlight the relevant features. Also, the crack tips as obtained from the optical images and from the numerical fitting are pinpointed in the amplitude maps. The SH amplitude signal in the crack tip area, shown in Figure 5, present a peculiar shape resembling a turtle shape . Whenever this shape is detected, it is a clear signal of the presence of crack closure, as also reported in previous works [3], [5], [6], [8] . The origin of this “signature” is, in-fact, well explained by analyzing the influence of rising compression stresses, localized in the wake of the crack, during a specific portion of the loading cycle. It is in particular possible to distinguish two areas:

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