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Ultrasonic Characterization of Texture and Formability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2013

Alfred V. Clark Jr.
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There are now theories which predict the effect of texture on elastic properties and hence on the velocities of bulk, surface, and guided ultrasonic waves. Furthermore, there is a relation between texture and formability. These relationships can be potentially exploited to make ultrasonic measurements of formability, and partial pole figures can be made with ultrasonic techniques.

This article presents results of various ultrasonic measurements made to characterize the formability of rolled steel and aluminum alloy sheet. A good correlation generally exists between ultrasonic velocity measurements and formability. Furthermore, there is a good possibility of on-line formability measurement using a noncontacting ultrasonic transducer.

The influence of texture on material properties has been long recognized, and several excellent texts have been wholly or partly devoted to the subject. Texture classically has been measured with either x-rays or neutron diffraction. Lately, there has been interest in characterizing texture with ultrasound (high-frequency sound) as well.

Ultrasound has several potential advantages over x-ray and neutron diffraction techniques. Ultrasonic systems are nondestructive, can rapidly scan large volumes of material, require no radiation sources, and can be devised to measure either surface or bulk textures. There is a distinct possibility that ultrasonic texture monitoring can be implemented in real-time in a production environment such as a rolling mill.

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On-Line Nondestructive Evaluation
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MRS Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , April 1988 , pp. 40 - 43
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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