Assessing the Hardness of Quenched Medium Steel Using an Ultrasonic Nondestructive Method
Developing new materials or improving their heat treatment techniques is key to industrial upgrades for increasing fastener product quality. Nowadays, high tensile strength bolts are heat-treated to achieve desired mechanical properties such as hardness, strength, toughness, and resistance to fatigu...
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| description | Developing new materials or improving their heat treatment techniques is key to industrial upgrades for increasing fastener product quality. Nowadays, high tensile strength bolts are heat-treated to achieve desired mechanical properties such as hardness, strength, toughness, and resistance to fatigue and wear. Ultrasound detection is one widely used nondestructive inspection technique. Based on the characteristics of wave transmission, the refraction, diffraction, and scattering of ultrasound wave velocity and attenuation in a material are governed by its grain boundary characteristics. In this study, C1045 middle carbon steel was heat-treated at various temperatures and then water-quenched, and the relationships among grain size, ultrasonic velocity, attenuation, and material hardness were then determined using two ultrasound sources. Our experimental results show that a smaller average grain size as well as higher hardness can be obtained from higher quenching temperatures. Faster acoustic velocities and slower attenuation coefficients are caused by higher material hardness. A scattering effect is more obvious for higher transducer frequencies. Our results demonstrate another nondestructive test that can assess the quenching process in the fastener industry. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d15f52b60c15491d92b34d860866aa762025-02-03T06:10:50ZengWileyAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84341687-84422015-01-01201510.1155/2015/684836684836Assessing the Hardness of Quenched Medium Steel Using an Ultrasonic Nondestructive MethodShao-Yi Hsia0Yu-Tuan Chou1Department of Mechanical & Automation Engineering, Kao Yuan University, Kaohsiung 821, TaiwanDepartment of Applied Geoinformatics, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science, Tainan 717, TaiwanDeveloping new materials or improving their heat treatment techniques is key to industrial upgrades for increasing fastener product quality. Nowadays, high tensile strength bolts are heat-treated to achieve desired mechanical properties such as hardness, strength, toughness, and resistance to fatigue and wear. Ultrasound detection is one widely used nondestructive inspection technique. Based on the characteristics of wave transmission, the refraction, diffraction, and scattering of ultrasound wave velocity and attenuation in a material are governed by its grain boundary characteristics. In this study, C1045 middle carbon steel was heat-treated at various temperatures and then water-quenched, and the relationships among grain size, ultrasonic velocity, attenuation, and material hardness were then determined using two ultrasound sources. Our experimental results show that a smaller average grain size as well as higher hardness can be obtained from higher quenching temperatures. Faster acoustic velocities and slower attenuation coefficients are caused by higher material hardness. A scattering effect is more obvious for higher transducer frequencies. Our results demonstrate another nondestructive test that can assess the quenching process in the fastener industry.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/684836 |
| spellingShingle | Shao-Yi Hsia Yu-Tuan Chou Assessing the Hardness of Quenched Medium Steel Using an Ultrasonic Nondestructive Method Advances in Materials Science and Engineering |
| title | Assessing the Hardness of Quenched Medium Steel Using an Ultrasonic Nondestructive Method |
| title_full | Assessing the Hardness of Quenched Medium Steel Using an Ultrasonic Nondestructive Method |
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| title_short | Assessing the Hardness of Quenched Medium Steel Using an Ultrasonic Nondestructive Method |
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