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Scanning electron acoustic microscopy of residual stresses in ceramics: Theory and experimentSeveral reviews have highlighted a number of applications of scanning electron acoustic microscopy (SEAM) to metals and semiconductors which show that SEAM can provide new information on surface and near-surface features of such materials, but there have been few studies attempting to determine the capabilities of SEAM for characterizing ceramic materials. We have recently observed image contrast in SEAM from residual stress fields induced in brittle materials by Vickers indentations that is strongly dependent on the electron beam chopping frequency. We have also recently developed a three-dimensional mathematical model of signal generation and contrast in SEAM, appropriate to the brittle materials studied, that we use as a starting point in this paper for modeling the effect of residual stress fields on the generated electron acoustic signal. The influence of the electron beam chopping frequency is also considered under restrictive assumptions.
Document ID
19950059247
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Cantrell, John H.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, US, United States)
Qian, Menglu
(Tongji Univ. Shanghai, China)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publisher: Plenum Press (Acoustical Imaging, Vol. 19)
Subject Category
Nonmetallic Materials
Accession Number
95A90846
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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