REFERENCE SAMPLE WITH MONITORED DISTRIBUTION OF STRESSES THROUGH THICKNESS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G01L1/00 G01N1/28 

FIELD: electricity.

SUBSTANCE: reference sample comprises a metal base with a central zone of reference complex stressed condition through the base thickness. At the edges of the base at one or different sides there is one or several zones of pad welds from another metal, coefficient of linear expansion and yield point of which is lower than the coefficient of linear expansion and yield point of the base metal. The base is first exposed to high-temperature tempering, afterwards control marks or a grid of measurement bases are applied onto surfaces of the central zone of the base at two sides, for two test measurements after high-temperature tempering of the base before applying pad welds and in the end of thermal treatment of the base already with pad welds. The form of the base, locations of pad welds and the mode of thermal treatment are defined in advance as a result of computer simulation modelling by the method of finite elements with account of grades of the base metal and pad welds metals and the required reference complex stressed condition of the central zone of the base through its thickness.

EFFECT: increased validity of results of measurements of mechanical stresses in cross sections of various thick-walled metal structures.

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