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Practical Optical Characterization Of Fretted Surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. C. Gustafson ,
J. R. Mehta  and
G. N. Frantziskonis
S. C. Gustafson
Affiliation:
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.
J. R. Mehta
Affiliation:
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
G. N. Frantziskonis
Affiliation:
Visiting Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, when this work was performed.
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Abstract

Nominally smooth surfaces subjected to repeated contact may develop characteristic fretted textures. An important example concerns fretted surfaces that may develop on disk dovetail joints that secure fan blades in turbine engines. These surfaces may form sites for crack nucleation and subsequent catastrophic disk and engine failure. Thus a practical and reliable method for the nondestructive evaluation of such fretted surfaces is critically needed. In this paper straightforward optical techniques are considered for identifying and quantifying fretted (and other surface damaged) regions. For example, digital images of candidate surfaces may be processed to separate fretted from unfretted regions and to evaluate the relative degree of fretting. Ideally, optical characterization should be rapid, convenient, inexpensive, reliable, and insensitive to details of lighting and image capture.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 503: Symposium JJ – Nondestructive Characterization of Materials in Aging Systems , 1997 , 25
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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