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Gradient Residual Strain Measurement Procedure in Surface Impacted Railway Steel Axles by Using Neutron Scattering

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High-speed railway S38C axles undergo surface induction hardening for durability, but are susceptible to fatigue cracks from foreign object impact. The neutron diffraction method was employed to measure the residual strain in S38C axles, obtaining microscopic lattice distortion data, for the gradient layer at a depth of 8 mm under the surface. The results showed that after induction-hardening, the microscopic lattice distortion had a gradient distribution, decreasing with the distance from the surface. However, in the case of impacting speed of 600 km/m, the average microscopic lattice distortion increased with the distance from the surface, reaching a maximum augmentation of 55 pct. These findings indicate a strong experimental basis, and improve our understanding of the relationship between macroscopic residual stress and decision-making, in regard to operation and maintenance.

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Acknowledgments

Sincere thanks are given to the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2023YFA1609200), and the Independent Research Project of State Key Laboratory of Rail Transit Vehicle System (2024RVL_T06). This work was performed under the Shared Use Program of JAEA Facilities (JRR-3: 2022A-A07), with the instrumental support from Dr. Satoshi Morooka and the Shared Use Program of CSNS Facilities (GPPD: P1821122300034 and P1822113000076), with the instrumental support of Dr. Feiran Shen.

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  1. Institute of High Energy Physics, China Academy of Science, Beijing, 100049, P.R. China

    Liang Zhou, Xiaohu Li & Junrong Zhang

  2. Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, P.R. China

    Liang Zhou, Lunhua He, Xiaohu Li & Junrong Zhang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Rail Transit Vehicle System, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, P.R. China

    Han Zhang, Tianyu Qin, Feifei Hu, Ni Ao & Shengchuan Wu

  4. Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan

    Pingguang Xu & Takahisa Shobu

  5. J-PARC center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan

    Yuhua Su

  6. The Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P.R. China

    Lunhua He

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Zhou, L., Zhang, H., Qin, T. et al. Gradient Residual Strain Measurement Procedure in Surface Impacted Railway Steel Axles by Using Neutron Scattering. Metall Mater Trans A (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-024-07352-5

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