2012 Volume 6 Issue 3 Pages 201-212
In establishing a system to evaluate residual stress, it is important to design the system so that it can also evaluate the stress anisotropy, since this is introduced into metallic materials by surface processes such as grinding and polishing. The shearing stress is also an important parameter when the shear strength has to be considered, since tensile stress can cause stress corrosion cracking. Thus, a method to nondestructively evaluate the stress anisotropy and shearing stress in a short time is required. In this paper, a nondestructive eddy current method using a tangential-rectangular coil was used to accomplish this. The material under test was stainless steel, Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) SUS316L, ground or polished by an angle grinder. The stress anisotropy caused by the grinding and polishing processes was evaluated by the eddy current method with the tangential-rectangular coil. To vary the stress state, some specimens were treated with cavitation peening after grinding with the angle grinder. The results demonstrate that the stress anisotropy, shearing stress and peening intensity can be evaluated by the eddy current method using the tangential-rectangular coil. From the results, it was concluded that the maximum shearing stress and the direction of the principal stress could be determined.
