Residual stress profiling of an aluminum alloy by laser ultrasonics

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2004-01-11
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Aresidual-stressprofilealongthethicknessofanaluminumalloysheetisdeterminedbylaser-ultrasonictechnique.SurfaceacousticwavesaregeneratedbyaNd:YAGpulselaseranddetectedbyaHeterodyneinterferometeronalateralfreesurfaceofthesheet.Thedistributionofresidualstressisdeterminedbymeasuringtherelativevariationofthewavevelocitiesatdifferentlocationofthesamplealongitsthickness.Thistechniqueisvalidatedbythreedifferentresidualstressprofilesobtainedexperimentally.