To easily detect a crack having occurred in a steel material. A current measurement device 10 measures a value of a current flowing through a target steel material 100 that is immersed in an electrolyte aqueous solution 30 and applied with tensile stress while subjected to hydrogen charging, and a device 20 for detecting the occurrence of a crack or the like uses the measured current value to determine the occurrence of a crack in the target steel material 100 when the amount of change in the current flowing through the target steel material 100, the change rate of the amount of change in the current, or the change rate of the change rate of the amount of change in the current exceeds a threshold value. The device 20 for detecting the occurrence of a crack or the like determines the occurrence of a crack in the steel material when the change rate of the change rate of the amount of change in the current is less than a negative value of an absolute value of the threshold value, and determines the occurrence of fracture in the steel material when the change rate exceeds the absolute value of the threshold value.

A testing system for causing a physical change in a crack tip region of a crack within a specimen. The testing system includes a load application system for applying a load to the specimen having the crack formed therein, an electrothermal system for applying an electrical current through the specimen and comprising a power supply and a controller operably coupled to the load application system and the electrothermal system. The load application system configured to perform a crack growth test on the specimen. A method of thermally influencing a crack tip region of a crack within a specimen includes applying at least one pulse of current to the specimen to generate flux tangentially around the crack within the specimen and at the crack tip region and causing the crack tip region of the crack within the specimen to reach a predetermined activation temperature.

A system for composite material delamination testing at elevated temperatures is disclosed. The system includes a testing machine, means for increasing temperature of a test article, a specimen made from composite material, and a specimen mount for coupling the specimen to the testing machine. The specimen mount is configured to endure temperatures greater than ambient applied to the specimen so as to enable elevated temperature testing.

A state quantity acquisition unit acquires a state quantity of a target apparatus including a temperature of the target apparatus. A load specification unit specifies a load history of the target apparatus, based on the state quantity. A remaining life calculation unit calculates a parameter related to a remaining life of the target apparatus for each of a plurality of degradation types, based on the load history specified by the load specification unit.

A method for controlling the crystallographic orientation of at least one grain of a turbo engine part. The method includes emitting a beam of electromagnetic radiation through an elementary volume of the part and record diffraction information on the electromagnetic radiation passing through the part. This step is repeated on a given area of the part. The method further includes determining the crystal spatial orientation of each of said elementary volumes and deducing the presence of at least one first crystallographic grain for which the elementary volumes are oriented according to the same crystallographic orientation. The method further includes calculating the angular difference between the crystal spatial orientation of said first grain and a predetermined direction taken from the part and comparing it to a first predetermined threshold value and determining a state of use of the part.

A multi-functional support capable of transferring a horizontal and multi-point local vertical load is provided. The multi-functional support is mainly formed by detachably assembling a distribution beam capable of transferring a vertical load locally and independently at multiple points, detachable upright columns, a template beam and a support base. The distribution beam capable of transferring a vertical load locally and independently at multiple points is located between tops of the two upright columns. The two upright columns are mounted on the support base. The template beam is located between the two upright columns, arranged on the support base and connected to the support base. The support base is fixed on a ground. The distribution beam capable of transferring a vertical load locally and independently at multiple points, the detachable upright columns, the support base and the template beam are located in the same plane. The multi-functional support can perform various experiments such as vertical loading, horizontal reciprocating loading and multi-point local independent vertical loading. By means of the detachable upright columns, loading and constraint fixing of an experimental wall can be realized step by step, thus reducing damage to a specimen by a moving specimen. The damage form of the loaded specimen can be kept effectively.

A testing system for causing a physical change in a crack tip region of a crack within a specimen. The testing system includes a load application system for applying a load to the specimen having the crack formed therein, an electrothermal system for applying an electrical current through the specimen and comprising a power supply and a controller operably coupled to the load application system and the electrothermal system. The load application system configured to perform a crack growth test on the specimen. A method of thermally influencing a crack tip region of a crack within a specimen includes applying at least one pulse of current to the specimen to generate flux tangentially around the crack within the specimen and at the crack tip region and causing the crack tip region of the crack within the specimen to reach a predetermined activation temperature.

A multi-functional support capable of transferring a horizontal and multi-point local vertical load is provided. The multi-functional support is mainly formed by detachably assembling a distribution beam capable of transferring a vertical load locally and independently at multiple points, detachable upright columns, a template beam and a support base. The distribution beam capable of transferring a vertical load locally and independently at multiple points is located between tops of the two upright columns. The two upright columns are mounted on the support base. The template beam is located between the two upright columns, arranged on the support base and connected to the support base. The support base is fixed on a ground. The distribution beam capable of transferring a vertical load locally and independently at multiple points, the detachable upright columns, the support base and the template beam are located in the same plane. The multi-functional support can perform various experiments such as vertical loading, horizontal reciprocating loading and multi-point local independent vertical loading. By means of the detachable upright columns, loading and constraint fixing of an experimental wall can be realized step by step, thus reducing damage to a specimen by a moving specimen. The damage form of the loaded specimen can be kept effectively.

A method for controlling the crystallographic orientation of at least one grain of a turbo engine part. The method includes emitting a beam of electromagnetic radiation through an elementary volume of the part and record diffraction information on the electromagnetic radiation passing through the part. This step is repeated on a given area of the part. The method further includes determining the crystal spatial orientation of each of said elementary volumes and deducting the presence of at least one first crystallographic grain for which the elementary volumes are oriented according to the same crystallographic orientation. The method further includes calculating the angular difference between the crystal spatial orientation of said first grain and a predetermined direction taken from the part and comparing it to a first predetermined threshold value and determining a state of use of the part.

The present invention provides a supercritical carbon dioxide core fracturing holder under pore pressure saturation, including a holding sleeve; a left end sleeve and a right end sleeve are correspondingly embedded at the two end ports of the holding sleeve, and a fixed plug is docked to the left end sleeve; a moving plug movably passes through the right end sleeve, and a piston ring is formed on the outer side face of the moving plug; a sealing rubber sleeve for holding a test sample is disposed; two axial fluid injection pipelines are correspondingly disposed within the fixed plug and the moving plug; and an axial displacement measuring device is disposed between the outer end of the right end sleeve and the moving plug, and a fluid injection chamber is formed between the inner wall of the holding sleeve and the outer side face of the sealing rubber sleeve.