Analysis of Surface Roughness Influence in Non-Destructive Magnetic Measurements Applied to Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels

Autor: Gábor Vértesy, Antal Gasparics, James M. Griffin, Jino Mathew, Michael E. Fitzpatrick, Inge Uytdenhouwen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 24, p 8938 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app10248938
Popis: The influence of surface roughness on magnetic measurements of Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels was investigated by applying two types of magnetic, non-destructive measurement on nuclear reactor pressure vessel steel samples: magnetic adaptive testing (MAT) and magnetic Barkhausen noise measurement (MBN). The surface roughness was modified by primary and secondary machine cutting forces. Different settings of machine cutting produced different surface conditions. It was found that for both measurements a monotonic correlation was found to exist between magnetic parameters and surface roughness. Results of the MAT measurements found that the correlation depends on the speed (i.e., on the applied slew rate) of the magnetizing current. In a similar fashion, results from the MBN method show good agreement with MAT, where the response diminishes with an increase in surface roughness. The results show the importance of accounting for surface condition in the interpretation of results of non-destructive magnetic testing.
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