The Estimation of the Stress State of the Iron Alloy Strip Material by the Barkhausen Noise Method

This paper presents the effect of the complex strain state resulting from the asymmetric rolling of TRB products on the changes and distribution of the stress state in the material. The evaluation of the stress state in the material was based on measurements of the magnetoelastic parameter (MP) using the Barkhausen magnetic noise method. The key characteristics of the material under study that enabled the use of changes in the MP parameter to assess the stress state were ferromagnetism and a lack of texture. The first of these enabled the detection of the magnetic signals produced when a magnetic field is applied to the material, causing magnetic domains to align and sudden changes in magnetization. On the other hand, the absence of texture in the material precluded the occurrence of magnetocrystalline anisotropy, which could disturb the results of measurements of the magnetoelastic parameter in the material. In order to determine these features in the material under study, its chemical composition was determined, and a phase analysis was carried out using the X-ray diffraction method. The results of these tests showed the possibility of determining the stress state of the material by means of changes in the values of the MP parameter. On this basis, it was shown that in the TRB strips studied, there is a complex state of stress, the values of which and the nature of the changes depending on the direction of the measurements carried out, as well as on the amount of rolling reduction in the studied area of the strip.