Measuring and testing – Specimen stress or strain – or testing by stress or strain... – Specified electrical sensor or system
Patent
1985-03-21
1986-06-24
Ruehl, Charles A.
Measuring and testing
Specimen stress or strain, or testing by stress or strain...
Specified electrical sensor or system
7386236, 324209, 374176, G01B 724, G01K 736, G01L 310
Patent
active
045961506
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for contact-free measurements of stress, temperature, torque, or other physical conditions which affect the magnetic properties of a non-ferromagnetic test object 10. The non-contacting magnetic sensor detects the large Barkhausen effect. Magnetic layers 12,14 of thin magnetic material are formed on surface 16 of test object 10. An easy axis of magnetization is formed on the magnetic layers 12,14 making them susceptible to the large Barkhausen effect. A physical condition, such as stress 17,17', is applied to test object 10 and magnetic field 18 is generated by source 19. Magnetic field 18 causes large Barkhausen effects to be generated in magnetic layers 12,14 which are detected by detector 20. The level of the physical condition is a function of the time required for the large Barkhausen effect to occur in the different magnetic layers 12,14. The level of the physical condition is calculated by comparing the time difference required for the large Barkhausen effect to take place in magnetic layers 12,14 with time differences measured while using magnetic layers similarly formed on a calibration object subjected to known levels of the physical condition.
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Field Harry B.
Ginsberg Lawrence N.
Hamann H. Fredrick
Rockwell International Corporation
Ruehl Charles A.
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