Abstract
More than 20 years of research progress regarding the nondestructive testing method of metal magnetic memory is reviewed and summarized in detail. Consequently, this overview is selective, covering what we feel are the most important trends of experimental phenomena, mechanism explanations, quantitative theories, simulations, testing, evaluation and application. From analyzing the current state of research on the method of metal magnetic memory, some key problems and future developmental trends are proposed. Although the research on magnetic memory method has made great progress, the practical application still faces problems such as complex influencing factors and less quantitative research. In the future, for magnetic memory method, it is necessary to strengthen the microscopic observations of magnetic domains, experiments of magnetomechanical constitutive, establishment of quantitative models, modeling of complex influencing factors, and the study of identification, inversion and criteria. In addition, the combination of other non-destructive testing methods can greatly improve the practical application of the magnetic memory method.
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1 Introduction
Ferromagnetic materials represented by steel have good mechanical properties, and engineering structures made from them are used widely in aerospace, railways, pipelines, pressure vessels, and the petrochemical industry. However, because of either the level of preparation process or fatigue during use, the damage that forms in ferromagnetic materials has a direct effect on the service safety of engineering structures and can even cause catastrophic accidents. In engineering applications, the location and degree of damage in an engineering structure must be determined in a timely manner, whereupon measures such as grinding, welding, and replacement must be taken to avoid an accident due to material damage. Nondestructive testing refers to the detection of damage without affecting the performance of the structure or material, and for many industries the nondestructive testing of ferromagnetic materials is very important both theoretically and practically [1,2,3,4,5].
The relationship between the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic materials and the stress and damage therein has long been a research focus. Experimental studies have shown that the residual magnetization at welds in ferromagnetic materials is closely related to the magnitude of the residual stress [6]. Furthermore, Atherton et al. [7, 8] showed that changes in the magnetic field around a buried pipeline can reflect changes in the stress state of the pipeline. This means that the distribution of the magnetic signal is related to the stress state of the material, thereby making it possible to evaluate the stress state of a ferromagnetic material by using its magnetic signal [9]. It is worth pointing out that for the earlier studies [7, 8] mentioned above, the magnetic signal was measured with a relatively large lift-off distance.
The method of evaluating material stress and damage based on the self-magnetization field measured near the surface is called the metal magnetic memory (MMM) method proposed by Doubov [10]. If the magnetic signal is measured near the material surface with small lift-off under the geomagnetic environment, the measured signal can be used to evaluate the stress concentration state and damage degree of the specimen near the measurement position. For example, the magnetic domain in the stress concentration zone can be regularly oriented because of the high load and geomagnetic field, and the self-magnetization field measured near the surface can be reserved even if the load is released. The MMM signal has some basic characteristics. As shown in Fig. 1 [11], the MMM signal near the defect or stress concentration has obvious non-linear characteristics. The tangential component Hx has a maximum value near the position of the stress concentration or defect zone, where the normal component Hy is usually equal to 0. Therefore, the location of the stress concentration or defect zone can be identified using the position of the maximum value of the tangential component Hx and the zero-value characteristic of the normal component Hy. In addition, the signal characteristics such as the peak-to-valley interval of the normal component Hy and the peak value of the tangential component Hx are related to the size of defect or stress concentration. This means that the measurement of the signal characteristics can theoretically quantify the size of the damage.
The MMM method is regarded as being a new nondestructive testing technology and is considered to be an effective NDT method for detecting early damage of ferromagnetic materials. The research to date on the mechanism and theory of the MMM method has involved the magnetomechanical coupling effect of ferromagnetic materials [11, 12], the basic characteristics of MMM signals induced by stress concentration and defects, and other basic issues related to the weak magnetic field and external forces. This series of studies helped to clarify the magnetomechanical behavior of ferromagnetic materials and enable quantitative evaluation of stress and damage based on the MMM method. In that way, the development of fatigue damage in ferromagnetic materials or structures in engineering applications can be monitored effectively. Research related to the MMM method is important both scientifically and for engineering applications. Such studies aid understanding of the damage phenomena and laws of ferromagnetic materials and contribute to the scientific determination of damage detection. Related research will also help resolve common scientific problems in the disciplines of mechanics and other sciences, such as multi-field coupling behavior and its applications.
The MMM method was proposed more than 20 years ago. Since then, there have been many studies and developments regarding the MMM method, but few comprehensive reviews [13,14,15,16]. The present paper introduces in detail the research progress that has been made since the MMM method was proposed, and it identifies some key issues to be addressed according to the current state of research. It is hoped that this review will allow more researchers to understand and enter this research field, thereby enabling the MMM method to better serve engineering applications and promoting the development of applied physics, ferromagnetics, mechanics, and nondestructive testing.
2 Basic Principle and Signal Characteristics
2.1 Basic Principle of Magnetomechanical Effect
Since 1997, Doubov and his colleagues proposed the NDT method known as the metal magnetic memory (MMM) method to detect stress concentrations and defects in ferromagnetic structures such as pipes [16,17,18,19]. The metal magnetic memory method is mainly applicable to soft ferromagnetic materials such as medium carbon steel commonly used in engineering. The basic principle is that a ferromagnetic material exhibits a force-magnetic coupling effect in which mechanical energy and magnetic energy are mutually converted as shown in Fig. 2 [20]. The basic theory of ferromagnetism suggests that the length of ferromagnetic materials placed in an external magnetic field changes due to variations in its magnetization state, as shown in Fig. 2a. That is, ferromagnetic materials have magnetostrictive property, which is also known as the Joule effect [21]. As shown in Fig. 2b, the applied stress changes the orientations of the magnetic domains inside the ferromagnetic material, which alters its magnetic properties. Thus, ferromagnetic materials have an inverse magnetostrictive effect, also known as the Villaiy effect [22] or the magnetomechanical effect [12]. The magnetostrictive and inverse magnetostrictive effects reflect a mutual conversion between the stress and magnetism in ferromagnetic materials [23].
The principle of the MMM method is shown schematically in Fig. 3 [24]. Based on the Villaiy effect [22] or the magnetomechanical effect [12], the MMM method can evaluate the residual stress state inside of the ferromagnetic specimen. When a ferromagnetic material in a geomagnetic environment is subjected to an external force, its magnetic properties change because of the magnetomechanical effect of the material. Any defect or stress concentration affects the magnetomechanical effect, which in turn generates an MMM signal measured near the surface. By measuring the MMM signal near the surface of the specimen, the location and degree of the stress concentration zone or defect can be determined, allowing early diagnosis of the ferromagnetic material and its structural damage [25].
In 1970, Craik and Wood [26] performed the experimental measurement of magneto-mechanical curves with varying applied stress under the constant weak magnetic fields (the magnetic fields were 26.4 A/m, 80 A/m, and 132 A/m) for the polycrystalline ferromagnetic materials. Figure 4 shows the experimental results of changes in the magnetization with the varying stress under a weak constant magnetic field environment. It can be seen from the experimental results that: (i) with the increasing of stress, the magnetization increases at first, then drops, much slower for tension than for compression; (ii) on removing the tensile stress, the magnetization does not change along the original way, but increases at first and then drops; (iii) for the compression case, the magnetization always increases on the stress removing and reaches its maximum value when the compressive is released opportunely. The experimental results prove that under a weak magnetic field environment such as the geomagnetic field, the change in stress causes change in the magnetization of the material. The magnetomechanical coupling effect is considered to be the basic principle of magnetic memory signal formation.
2.2 MMM Signal Characteristics
In Fig. 1, some non-linear characteristics of MMM signals near the stress concentration zone have been introduced. Researchers have been seeking various features of MMM signals to characterize the type and degree of damage. Figure 5 shows schematics of the main feature quantities of MMM signals [20], and the characteristic parameters of the MMM signals that can reflect the stress concentration zone or damage mainly include the peak-valley interval and peak-valley value of the MMM signal component and its gradient.
Table 1 gives the relationship between each feature quantity and the defect size, lift-off value, and stress state [20]. Here, the three-dimensional volume defect with length, width and depth is discussed, and the lift-off value refers to the distance from the magnetic memory testing probe to the specimen surface. Researchers have proposed various characteristics to evaluate damage, stress, and defects of the materials. For example, Jian et al. [27] found that the gradient coefficient of the MMM signal can be used to judge the critical state of materials. As shown in Fig. 6a, when a ferromagnetic material exhibits necking, the gradient of the MMM signal at the necking position appears nonlinear. Long et al. [28] showed the MMM method is effective for evaluating the effect of tempering and judging the degree of damage in each stage of the tempering process of tempered steel. Shui et al. [29] showed experimentally that the gradient of the MMM signal is effective for characterizing the stress–strain state of a ferromagnetic material during elastic deformation. Chen et al. [30] proposed a multi-lift method for accurate defects detection. To improve the reliability of the MMM method, Chen et al. [31] proposed the magnetic gradient tensor measurement and some analysis methods. Xu et al. [32] used the tangential component of the MMM signal to characterize the location and extent of buried cracks. Su et al. [33] proposed the difference of magnetic induction to reflect the fatigue state of the specimen by bending fatigue test of 45# steel as shown in Fig. 6b.
It should be noted that there are three magnetic vectors, magnetic field H, magnetization M, and magnetic induction B. There is some confusion in the literature over units. Confusion prevails because there are two ways that magnetostatics is presented. One is fictitious magnetic poles using the CGS (centimeter, gram, second) units, and the other is the current sources using the SI (International System) units. One can transform the physical quantity from one unit system into the other one according to the Table 2. Therefore, the magnetic induction strength in the air satisfies B = μ0H, μ0 where is the magnetic permeability of air, and the value is often taken as vacuum permeability 4π × 10−7.
3 Methods Proposal and Experimental Observations
3.1 Methods Proposal and Validation
Doubov and colleagues examined the normal MMM signal measured near the surface of a ferromagnetic material under the combined action of tensile stress and magnetic field. The results showed that the position where the ferromagnetic material would eventually break was close to the zero point of the normal MMM signal, which meant that the characteristics of MMM signals could be used to determine the location of early damage in a ferromagnetic material. Based on this experimental phenomenon, Doubov and colleagues proposed the MMM method [10].
Immediately afterwards, Lin et al. [35] used the EMS-2000 intelligent MMM diagnostic equipment to detect welds in power-plant reheat pipes. By comparing the MMM results with those from ultrasonic testing, they confirmed that the MMM method could solve the problem of early damage diagnosis that conventional nondestructive testing methods could not. Huang et al. [36] compared the MMM method with the blind-hole method and acoustic emission technology. As shown in Fig. 7a, the test results showed that the magnetic induction intensity of the ferromagnetic material and the stress distribution therein varied in the same manner, thereby showing the feasibility of the MMM method for detecting the stress distribution in a weld zone. Zhang et al. [37] conducted preliminary discussions on the MMM phenomenon of high-strength steel such as gun steel and elastic steel, and their experimental results (see Fig. 7b) showed that the MMM method allowed the residual stress state to be analyzed quantitatively. Furthermore, Wilson et al. [38] confirmed the feasibility of evaluating the internal stress state of a material through the residual magnetic field measured near its surface in the absence of an external excitation magnetic field. Those early studies verified the feasibility of the MMM method and helped in its development.
Subsequently, researchers have tried to explain how the MMM signal is formed from macroscopic magnetomechanical effects and microscopic magnetic domains. Doubov [39] noted that when a ferromagnetic material is subjected to cyclic loading in a geomagnetic environment, the material generates a spontaneous magnetization and forms a spontaneous MMM signal measured near its surface. Ren et al. [40] observed how the internal magnetic domains of alloy-20 stainless steel varied under stress, as shown in Fig. 8a. The results showed that the magnetic domains in a region of stress concentration in a ferromagnetic specimen change under the action of stress. When the stress is not concentrated or the stress concentration is small, the magnetic domains in the grains are mainly sheet-like domains, and the domain walls in the same crystal grain are parallel to each other. As the degree of stress concentration increases, the length and spacing of the domain walls change and labyrinth domains appear. Furthermore, as the number of labyrinth domains increases, the magnetization at the position of stress concentration becomes large, and a spontaneous leakage magnetic field forms near the surface. Qiu et al. [41, 42] investigated the characterization of applied tensile stress with in-situ magnetic domain imaging and their dynamic behaviors by using magneto-optical Kerr effect microscopy. The experimental results show a good correlation between the microscopic magnetic domain structure and the applied tensile stress, as shown in Fig. 8b. These results indicate to some extent that the microscopic mechanism of MMM signal generation is the change of magnetic domains inside the material caused by the magnetomechanical effect.
3.2 Basic Morphology of MMM Signals
The mentioned researches show that the MMM method is effective for detecting stress concentration and early damage in ferromagnetic materials. Since then, there have been many experimental observations of MMM signals from non-defective and defective ferromagnetic materials under different working conditions [43,44,45,46,47]. The basic characteristics of MMM signals under different working conditions are shown in Table 3. As shown in Table 3, the normal component of magnetic memory signals for non-defective specimens is always almost linear change, and the tangential component is closer to a constant function under the action of elastic load [43]. When local plastic deformation of the material occurs, non-linear abrupt changes occur in the magnetic memory signals near the location of the plastic zone [44]. For ferromagnetic materials with defects, the normal component of magnetic memory signals exhibits a non-linear change near the defect, with maximum and minimum values appearing at the edge of the defect, and the absolute value of the tangential component reaches the minimum value near the defect location [45]. Compared with the circular hole defect, the non-linear change of the magnetic memory signal at the crack position is more obvious [46], and the signal change of the small defect such as the notch is the most obvious [47].
3.3 Experimental Observations of MMM Method
3.3.1 MMM Signals of Non-defective Materials
Many researchers have studied how MMM signals from non-defective ferromagnetic materials vary under the combined effects of stress and magnetic field [48,49,50,51,52,53]. Figure 9 shows measured MMM signals from non-defective plate specimens under static loading with different stress levels [43], where Fig. 9a shows the normal component of the MMM signal and Fig. 9b shows the tangential component. The normal MMM signal from a non-defective test piece is always almost linear, the tangential MMM signal is close to a flat line, and (i) the slope and absolute values of the normal component and (ii) the tangential component of the MMM signal all increase with stress.
Figure 10 shows experimental results for non-defective specimens of different materials under static loading conditions [54]. For different ferromagnetic materials, how the MMM signal varies with stress remains essentially unchanged. For non-defective specimens of different ferromagnetic materials, the absolute value of the slope of the normal component of the MMM signal increases with stress. However, because the materials, dimensions, and experimental environments differ, so do the experimental values of the slope of the normal component of the MMM signal for different materials. Ren et al. [55] studied the magnetic induction intensity measured near the surface of no. 45 cold-rolled steel during stress loading and unloading.
There has also been much experimental research into how MMM signals change under other loads. Zhang et al. [56] studied how the MMM signals of the elastoplastic state of A3 steel varied under torsion. As shown in Fig. 11, the MMM signal at the center of the specimen remained basically constant with increasing torque, while those on either side had opposite trends with increasing torque. In addition, the signal strength of the elastic state of the test piece increased with torque, whereas that of the plastic state decreased. Xing et al. [57] studied how the MMM signal from Q235B varied under three-point bending and complex stress. The results showed that the MMM signals of the tensile and compressive layers of a ferromagnetic material are opposite and that the MMM signal is effective for evaluating the three-point bending deformation state of the material. Roskosz et al. [58,59,60] studied the relationship between the MMM signal distribution and the stress distribution of ferromagnetic materials in static tensile tests. Comparing the distributions in Fig. 12 shows that the correlation between the gradient of the MMM signal and the stress is better than that between the surface MMM signal and the stress. Hu and Yu [61] analyzed the variations in magnetic induction intensity with the surface residual compressive stress of 304 stainless steel specimens. Yao et al. [62] measured the relationship between the contact damage of no. 45 steel and its surface MMM signal under the action of ferromagnetic and nonferromagnetic indenters. And they proposed that the gradient eigenvalue of the MMM signal can be used as a parameter for early contact-damage evaluation.
In addition, some studies have been conducted on how the MMM signal from a ferromagnetic material varies under plastic deformation. Li et al. [63] studied how the MMM signals of non-defective 1045 and A3 steel specimens varied under different plastic deformations; the results in Fig. 13 show that the slope of the normal component of the MMM signal decreased gradually with increasing plastic deformation. Li et al. [64] studied the MMM signal from AISI 1045 steel under tensile load and analyzed the loading influence on the MMM signal in the elastoplastic state through the magnetomechanical effect and the magnetoplastic model. Leng et al. [65] studied the MMM signals of Q235 steel under different deformation states; the results showed that the MMM signals differed greatly under elastic and plastic deformation and that small plastic deformation could decrease the MMM signal dramatically. Guo et al. [66] studied the MMM signal from 35CrMo steel under tensile load. The results showed that when the stress was less than the yield strength, the normal component of the MMM signal and its slope increased gradually with the stress, and when the stress approached the yield strength, the maximum value of the MMM signal was reached. Upon increasing the stress further, the normal component of the MMM signal and its slope both decreased drastically. Usarek et al. [67] also studied how plastic deformation affected the MMM signal. Qiu et al. [68] studied the MMM signal of Q235 steel entering yield failure from a lossless state; the results showed that the gradient of the normal component of the MMM signal could be used to determine whether the material had reached yield failure.
3.3.2 MMM Signals of Defective Materials
The basic characteristics of the MMM signals measured near the surfaces of defective ferromagnetic materials have also been observed, as shown in Fig. 14. The experimental results in Fig. 14b [69] show that the MMM signal on a defect-induced measurement line exhibits a typical nonlinear change: (i) the normal component of the MMM signal appears to increase first and then decrease; (ii) near the defect center, the tangential component of the MMM signal reaches its maximum value and the normal component crosses the zero point; (iii) the degree of the nonlinear change of the MMM signal increases with the size of the defect. Furthermore, the experimental results in Fig. 14c show how the peak-to-valley characteristics of the normal component of the MMM signal vary because of a defect; the experimental results show that the peak-to-valley values of the normal component of the MMM signal increase with stress [70]. Yao et al. [71] studied how the MMM signal measured near the surface of Q235 steel specimens with circular hole defects varies under compressive stress; the results show that the slope of the normal component of the MMM signal increases with the compressive stress, and the MMM signal exhibits nonlinear behavior near the defect. In addition, Bao et al. [43, 72] studied how the MMM signals in U75V steel and Q345 steel with hole defects vary under static stress, and Li et al. [73] studied the MMM signals of Q235 steel with hole defects under tensile stress.
The above experiments all gave the distribution of the MMM signal on a certain measurement line but could not give the two-dimensional (2D) appearance of the MMM signal near a defect. Roskosz and Gawrilenko [45] measured experimentally the morphology of the MMM signal near a round hole defect in a plate, as shown in Fig. 15. The distribution of the MMM signal near the defect has the following characteristics: (i) the axial component of the MMM signal reaches its maximum value at the center of the defect, and there is a notched changing area either side of the defect; (ii) the tangential component of the MMM signal has four extreme points and 180° rotational symmetry; (iii) the tangential component of the MMM signal remains constant on the lines x = 0 or y = 0; (iv) the normal component of the MMM signal has two positive and negative extreme values, is symmetric about y = 0, and the plus and minus extreme value reaches maximum on y = 0; (v) in addition, the position of the peak or valley extreme value of normal component coincides roughly with the edge of the round hole defect.
As well as the MMM signal induced by a circular hole defect as discussed above, researchers have also made experimental measurements of the MMM signals induced by secant, groove, and welding defects. Leng et al. [47] studied how the MMM signals induced by V-shaped defects varied under static tension and explained them through a magnetic-dipole theoretical model, as shown in Fig. 16a. Ren et al. [74] studied the variation of the MMM signal induced by line cutting defects, as shown in Fig. 16b. Yu et al. [75] studied the variation of the MMM signal measured near the surface of an aluminum alloy sheet containing grooves. Li et al. [76] studied how the surface MMM signal from an alloy steel with groove defects varied under tensile stress and analyzed the influence of multiple loading on the signal, as shown in Fig. 16c. Kolokolnikov et al. [77] studied the variation of MMM signals near welded joints in ferromagnetic materials. Li et al. [78] studied how the MMM signal from L80 steel with semi-cylindrical notches varied under static tension. Roskosz [79] studied the variation of the MMM signal at a weld in austenitic steel and concluded that defects could be detected accurately based on the MMM method in a service pipeline. Bao et al. [80] studied MMM signals measured near the surface of Q235 steel specimens with rectangular defects, analyzed the relationship between the signals and the degree of stress concentration, and studied how the tangential component of the MMM signal changed with the stress state of the surface of a welding defect [81].
4 Qualitative Interpretation and Simulation
Through many MMM experiments, researchers have learned some basic rules regarding MMM signals and have tried to explain the underlying mechanisms. In this section, the existing work on the qualitative interpretation and simulation of MMM signals is summarized.
4.1 Interpretation of MMM Signal Law
Some magnetomechanical models are commonly used to link mechanical and magnetic physical quantities. For example, based on magnetic-domain theory and magnetic-domain wall shift, the Jiles model [23], Zheng–Liu model [82] and Shi et al.’s model [83] are often used in the qualitative interpretation of MMM signals because of their clear physical mechanism.
4.1.1 Inversion Phenomenon of MMM Signal
Yang et al. [84] used the expression for the effective field in the Jiles magnetomechanical model to explain the inversion phenomenon of the MMM signal from the defect surface as the stress increases as shown in Fig. 17a. Based on the Jiles model, the effective field Heff can be described as [23]
where H is the magnetic field, M is the magnetization, α is the strength of the coupling of the individual magnetic moments to the magnetization M, σ is the applied stress, μ0 is the vacuum permeability, λ is the bulk magnetostriction, θ is the angle between the axis of the applied stress and the axis of the magnetic field, and ν is Poisson’s ratio. An empirical model can be used to describe the bulk magnetostriction [23], namely
where γi are coefficients related to the material. In their experiment, θ=26.5° [84]. Then, using the magnetostriction data, the additional effective field can be given.
By studying the physical meaning of the above equation, Fig. 17b was plotted by giving the relationship among initial magnetization, stress, and resultant magnetization [84]. The above formula shows that when the initial magnetization is lower than 1.54 × 106 A/m, applying a tensile stress of 70 MPa or more and applying all the compressive stress can decrease the magnetization. Only a tensile stress of less than 70 MPa leads to an increase in the magnetization. This is consistent with the experimental results.
4.1.2 Influence of Initial Magnetization State
Guo et al. [85] analyzed how the initial magnetization affects MMM signals by comparing the effects of initial magnetization and stress magnetization. As shown in the two sets of experimental results in Fig. 18a, b, stress influences the magnetic signal differently depending on the initial magnetization. In one experiment, the absolute value of the MMM signal first decreased and then increased with the stress. And MMM signal increases monotonically with increasing stress in another experiment. Guo et al. [85] explained this phenomenon as shown in Fig. 18c. Because the manner in which the surface magnetic field intensity changes is consistent with the material magnetization, only the law for how the material magnetization changes needs to be analyzed. Here, Mi is the initial magnetization and Mθ is the stress-induced magnetization. If Mi is as weak as the nonhysteretic magnetized Man, then the former has little effect on the surface magnetization, and the surface magnetization increases with the stress. However, if Mi is strong and Mθ is weaker than Mi because of low stress, then the surface magnetization decreases initially. As the difference due to M0 becomes smaller, the demagnetization state is reached when Mθ is equal to Mi. Moreover, if the stress increases, then Mθ predominates and the amount of surface magnetization reverses. Leng et al. [86] discussed how the initial magnetization influences the MMM signal by experimenting on 45# steel, and they explained the experimental phenomena qualitatively through the Jiles model. Ren et al. [87] measured surface MMM signals under static tension and explained the effects of different initial magnetization states using the magnetization model.
4.1.3 Local Equilibrium Under Cyclic Loading
Xu et al. [88] introduced the concept of local equilibrium to explain how the MMM signal from a ferromagnetic material varies with the number of stress cycles. By observing a rotating bending fatigue specimen, they found that the MMM signal in Fig. 19 gradually approached a local equilibrium state as the number of stress cycles increased. The MMM signal along the measurement line presented a stable loop within cyclic loading as shown. Xu et al. [88] explained this phenomenon by considering the local equilibrium state M0 based on the Jiles model. The relationship between the local equilibrium state M0 and the ideal magnetization state Man is
where δ is the symbol parameter and k1 is the pinning coefficient for the local equilibrium state M0.
4.1.4 Plastic Deformation Effects
Li et al. [89] made a plastic correction to the Jiles model so that as the plastic deformation increases, the MMM signal first decreases rapidly and then stabilizes, as shown in Fig. 20. They improved the expression of the effective field in the Jiles model to
where \(M\) is the magnetization; \(\sigma_{r}\) is the stress; \(\varepsilon_{p}\) is the plastic deformation; \(\lambda\) represents magnetostriction; \(k^{\prime}\) denotes the average density of pinning points per unit volume.
Leng et al. [90] used a similar approach to discuss how plastic deformation affects the MMM signal or magnetization effects. Yao et al. [91] showed how plastic deformation affects the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic materials through coercive force and magnetic permeability. Combined with ANSYS software, they analyzed how the size and location of the plastic zone, the lift-off value, and the detection direction influence the MMM signal. However, in the model of Li et al. [89] the magnetization is infinite at zero plastic strain and negative with increasing plastic strain; these features are obviously inconsistent with the common-sense view of how plasticity affects the magnetization. Shi et al. [92] further developed the magnetization model to achieve an accurate description of the effects of plastic deformation.
4.1.5 Effect of Stress on Magnetization
Roskosz et al. [58] used the Jiles model to explain some of the laws of MMM signals. Ren et al. [55] designed an MMM experiment to study the law governing stress magnetization during the loading and unloading of materials, and they used the Jiles model for experimental interpretation. Zeng et al. [93] used the magneto-optical method to observe and analyze the change of magnetic domain pattern of high permeability oriented electrical steel under different stress conditions. Results show that domain wall displacement is repeatable and stable both under cyclic stress round and during relaxation time after release of stress.
4.1.6 Magneto-elastoplastic Coupling Effect
Shi et al. [94] introduced an experimental progress of the magneto- elastoplastic coupling phenomenon on MMM signal for ferromagnetic materials. The MMM signal was measured near the surface of medium carbon steel under the combined action of elastic load and plastic deformation. The experimental results show the magneto-elastoplastic coupling phenomenon as shown in Fig. 21a. The MMM signal increases with the increase of the elastic load, and the MMM signal increases first and then decreases with the increase of plastic deformation. As the elastic load increases, the effect of plastic deformation on the MMM signal gradually increases. They proposed an analytical theoretical expression of magnetization as [94]
where \(M\) is the magnetization; H is the environmental magnetic field; \(M_{s}\) is the saturation magnetization; \(\lambda_{s}\) is the saturation magnetostriction; \(m\) is used to describe the non-linear relationship between pinning density and plasticity; \(\sigma_{e}\) is the applied elastic stress; \(\varepsilon_{p}\) is the plastic strain; \(E\) is the Young's modulus of the material; \(a\) and \(\alpha\) are a magnetization parameter; \(k\) is the conversion ratio of plastic strain energy; \(k^{\prime}\) denotes the average density of pinning points per unit volume.
Equation 6 is an analytical theoretical expression of magnetization. When the magnitude of the external magnetic field and the elastoplastic conditions on the material are known, the theoretical value of the magnetization of the ferromagnetic material can be directly obtained through this expression. Figure 21b shows the theoretical result of the magnetization of the ferromagnetic material with the applied stress under constant plastic deformation. The variation of the magnetization with the elastoplastic state shown in Fig. 21b can well explain the magneto-elastoplastic coupling effect in the measurement result of MMM signal shown in Fig. 21a.
4.2 Simulation Work
Section 4.1 gives only a preliminary explanation of the experimental rules of MMM. Some researchers have also tried to simulate MMM signals using methods such as magnetic charge and magnetic dipole.
4.2.1 Magnetic Dipole Model
Based on the magnetic dipole model, Shi [95] obtained analytical expressions of MMM signals caused by four different surface defects, and discussed the effect of the complex shape of the defects on the strength and distribution of MMM signals near the surface. Huang et al. [96] studied MMM signals induced by cracks by referring to the processing method of magnetic flux leakage. Assuming a constant distribution of magnetic charge density measured near the crack surface, the MMM signal was analyzed using the dipole method. Leng et al. [47] studied the characteristics of the MMM signal from a V-groove through experiments, as shown in Fig. 22; the results show that the MMM signal becomes nonlinear near the groove, and this nonlinearity increases with the load. Comparing the graphs in Fig. 22 shows that the simulation and the experiment give signals with similar morphologies. Recently, Shi et al. [94] present an analytical expression based the magnetic dipole theory to explain the abrupt phenomenon of MMM signal when ferromagnetic materials break.
4.2.2 Two-Dimensional Signal Simulation Based on Magnetic-Charge Model
By assuming a linearly distributed magnetic charge density in the surface stress concentration region of the material, Wang et al. [97, 98] used the dipole method to establish a theoretical model for the MMM signal near the stress concentration region. First, by the aforementioned assumption, they established a theoretical model of a one-dimensional (1D) stress concentration line using the dipole method. They also extended the 1D model to a 2D stress concentration model in further work, as shown in Fig. 23. Figure 24 shows the results of simulating the MMM signal in a 2D stress concentration zone [98]. The simulation results reflect qualitatively the nonlinear characteristics of the surface MMM signal near the stress concentration area. It is worth pointing out that there are some errors in the analytical expression of 1D stress concentration line [97]. Shi and Zheng [11] proposed a new analytical solution for the 1D stress concentration line problem, and confirmed the correctness of the new analytical solution by comparing it with the numerical solution.
4.2.3 Three-Dimensional Signal Simulation Based on Magnetic-Charge Model
In engineering practice, the actual geometry of the stress concentration zone usually has width. To cope with the shortcomings of the existing 2D stress concentration models, Shi and Zheng [11] proposed a three-dimensional (3D) stress concentration model of magnetic charge to advance and correct the previous 1D and 2D stress concentration models. As shown in Fig. 25, the plastic deformation is assumed to reach a maximum (resp. zero) on the axis of the stress concentration zone and decrease (resp. increase) linearly to zero (resp. maximum). By assuming a linear relationship between magnetic charge density and stress or plastic deformation, the 3D MMM Hm signal can be expressed as
where \(\rho = - \nabla \cdot {\varvec{M}}\) and the magnetization M under stress and magnetic field can be calculated by various magnetization constitutive relations.
As shown in Fig. 26a, the magnetic-charge model in the stress concentration area is compared with experimental results [11]. The simulation results obtained using the magnetic-charge model are consistent with the experimental results, thereby confirming the effectiveness of the magnetic-charge model for simulating stress concentration and other damage. Figure 26b compares the new analytical solution [11], the previous analytical solution [97], and the results of numerical integration, indicating that there are problems with the analytical expressions in the existing literature [97].
Furthermore, theoretical results for the MMM signals measured near the surfaces of materials with long elliptical defects were obtained by using the magnetic-charge model. Figure 27 shows that the theoretical results for the MMM signal given by the magnetic-charge model agree well with the experimental results of Roskosz et al. [99]. Su et al. [100] used the magnetic-charge model proposed by Shi and Zheng [11] to reveal the effect of stress on MMM signals around defect by a tension tests of steel wire.
4.2.4 First-Principles Method
Yang et al. [101] used a first-principles method to elaborate the mechanism for the magnetization of materials from a microscopic perspective. They used the first-principles plane-wave pseudopotential algorithm to establish the first-principles model. Then, by calculating the relationship among the lattice structure, atomic magnetic moment, and system energy and force, they studied how force influences the magnetic properties of materials and the relationship between atomic magnetic moment and pressure. Wang et al. [102] used the first-principles method to analyze theoretically the MMM signal from X52 pipe steel under stress. Liu et al. [103,104,105,106] studied the quantitative relationship between stress concentration and MMM signals by first-principles means and analyzed how material doping influences MMM signals. Figure 28 shows that the theoretical simulation results based on first principles reflect qualitatively the phenomenon whereby the MMM signal decreases with stress, but the theoretically predicted reduction of atomic magnetic moment is less than 1%, which is quite different from the experimental results. Therefore, this method requires further development to achieve a theoretical description of the law governing the MMM signal measured near the surface of a structure.
5 Quantitative Theory, Fatigue Process, and Natural Magnetization
5.1 Quantitative Theory
5.1.1 Magnetostrictive and Inverse Magnetostrictive Effects
Because of the mutual transformation between stress and magnetism, the ferromagnetic materials have a typical nonlinear magneto-elastic coupling effect including the magnetostrictive and inverse properties. Researchers have carried out a lot of theoretical researches on the magnetostrictive constitutive model for ferromagnetic materials, and the nonlinear constitutive model based on thermodynamic model has been widely concerned. For instance, Carman et al. [107] proposed a standard square model based on the internal energy expansion and thermodynamic relationship of ferromagnetic materials. Wan et al. [108] proposed a hyperbolic tangent model by modifying the standard square model. Based on the assumption that the magnetostrictive strain is proportional to the square of the magnetization, a model is proposed by Duenas and Hsu [109]. In addition, Zheng and Liu [82] established a nonlinear constitutive model of ferromagnetic materials based on the macroscopic thermodynamic relationship and the microscopic physical mechanism. The Zheng-Liu model can accurately reflect the magnetic, magnetostrictive and elastic nonlinear characteristics of ferromagnetic materials, such as magnetization and magnetostriction saturation, and the prestress effects on magnetization and magnetostriction. Based on the Zheng-Liu model, subsequently, Zheng and her research team proposed a one-dimensional coupled hysteresis model of ferromagnetic materials considering temperature effects [110,111,112]. The one-dimensional coupled hysteresis model can well describe the effect of prestress on magnetization and magnetostriction of ferromagnetic materials at a given temperature. Jin et al. [113] established a magneto-thermo-elastic coupled hysteretic constitutive model of ferromagnetic materials by considering the reaction of the magnetization to magnetic field and the hysteresis effect. Further, Jin et al. [114] established a nonlinear structural dynamic model of ferromagnetic materials under dynamic magnetic field loading which can reflect the effect of excitation frequency.
The model mentioned above considers the magnetostrictive effect. Based on the Villaiy effect [22] or the magnetomechanical effect [23], the MMM method can evaluate the residual stress state inside of the ferromagnetic specimen. As early as 1900, Ewing, a professor of Cambridge University, have published the monograph "Magnetic induction in iron, and other metals", which also included experimental results of magnetomechanical behavior of ferromagnetic materials in a constant magnetic field [115]. The study of magnetomechanical behavior under a constant weak environmental magnetic field plays an important role in quantitatively revealing the correspondence between MMM signals and damage in MMM method. To establish the relationship among stress, defects, and MMM signals more effectively, researchers have conducted forward modeling of MMM methods based on magnetomechanical relationships. Using the principle of energy conservation, a theoretical magnetomechanical formula for ferromagnetic materials was obtained [116]. Based on either this formula or similar empirical formulae for permeability [116], researchers have simulated MMM signals measured near the surfaces of various types of defect [116,117,118,119,120]. Li and Xu [121] considered the asymmetry of magnetomechanical behavior under tensile and compressive loads and proposed a modified Jiles–Atherton–Sablik model. Li et al. [70] analyzed theoretically the MMM signals caused by circular hole defects based on the Jiles model and the finite element method; the theoretical results and experimental data were well matched. Based on the Jiles model, Wang et al. [122] and Yao et al. [123] enhanced the effective field with that due to plastic deformation, established a magnetic–elastic–plastic coupling model, simulated the MMM signal using the remanence variation caused by plastic deformation, and studied the MMM signal generated by the plastic deformation of ferromagnetic material. Bai et al. [124] also explained the MMM signal using the concept of remanence based on the Jiles hysteresis model. Avakian et al. [125] extended the magnetomechanical coupling model to multiaxial loading and analyzed how the loading direction affects the magnetization of the material. Moonesan et al. [126] analyzed how the initial magnetization of the material influences the magnetic signal through the magnetomechanical coupling model.
5.1.2 Magnetomechanical Coupling Forward Model for MMM Method
In 2017, Shi et al. [54] established a nonlinear magnetomechanical coupling forward model. The finite element method was used to achieve the forward analysis of the MMM method, which describes quantitatively how surface MMM signals vary because of stress concentration and defects. Table 4 compares the prediction of MMM signals for several existing classical forward models. Comparing with the experimental data for the non-defective U75V test specimens of Bao et al. [43], it is found that the new magnetomechanical forward model established by Shi et al. [54] has an advantage in quantitative analysis of MMM signals. The theoretical model is good at predicting how the MMM signal varies with the stress measured near the surface of an non-defective specimen during the elastic phase, as shown in Table 4. The theoretical results from the energy conservation model, the mean value of tangential component and the slope of normal component of magnetic memory signals do not vary with the stress. The theoretical results from residual magnetization model and Jiles magnetomechanical model can both reflect the variation trend of characteristic value with the increasing stress, but there has a significant difference between the theoretical results and the experimental data for the low stress state. Compared with other classical models, the new calculated results agree quantitatively well with experimental data, and the MMM signals are described quantitatively well.
In addition, combining with the finite element method, the theoretical analysis of magnetic memory method can be obtained for ferromagnetic specimens with defects. The results from the proposed magnetomechanical model [54] were more coincident with the experimental data for different size of defects as shown in Fig. 29a. The validity of proposed magnetomechanical model to different load case was performed as shown in Fig. 29b. Comparison with the previous Jiles model shows that proposed magnetomechanical model is quite coincident with the experimental data for different stress states [54]. Figure 30 also showed the comparison of the theoretical prediction and the experimental results for slope change behavior of magnetic memory signal normal component for various ferromagnetic materials, which shows that the proposed magnetomechanical model is applicable for various ferromagnetic materials.
The new nonlinear forward model can reflects accurately how the MMM signals of ferromagnetic materials vary under various operating conditions. This is because the magnetomechanical constitutive relationship that the established reflects accurately how the magnetization of ferromagnetic materials varies under the combined action of magnetic field and stress [83]. Starting from the Gibbs free energy of ferromagnetic materials and combined with the magnetization of ferromagnetic materials and Rayleigh’s law, Shi et al. [83] proposed a magnetomechanical constitutive relation for weak magnetic fields. Comparing with the classic experiments by Craik and Wood [26] shows that the new constitutive relation agrees well with experiment and reflects accurately the magnetization behavior of ferromagnetic materials under compressive stress. Figure 31 compares the predictions of the new constitutive relation with Craik and Wood’s experimental results [26] and with the predictions of other theoretical models. Compared with the Jiles constitutive relation, the theoretical results of the new constitutive relation are more consistent with the experimental results, especially under compressive stress. In addition, the new constitutive relationship reflects more accurately how the magnetization varies with stress in a weak magnetic field. In Fig. 32, the magnetomechanical curves of ferromagnetic materials under different initial magnetization states predicted by the newly constructed constitutive relation are compared with experimental data. It can be seen that this model reflects well how different initial magnetization states influence the magnetomechanical curve of ferromagnetic materials and agrees well with the experimental results.
Based on the magnetomechanical constitutive relation [83] and nonlinear forward model [54], Wu et al. [127] performed a theoretical analysis to perfectly explain the influence of stress distributions on 3D MMM signals for a wide plate tensile specimens without and with a defect. Shi et al. [92] further established a magnetomechanical constitutive relation for ferromagnetic materials considering the effects of temperature, elastoplastic state, and a weak magnetic environment. Using this constitutive relation, they established a nonlinear thermal–magnetic–elastic–plastic coupling forward model for MMM detection. Comparison with experimental data confirmed that the theoretical model is accurate in describing how thermal–magnetic–elastic–plastic coupling factors influence the MMM signal in a complex environment. Recently, Zhang et al. [128] extended the magnetomechanical model to be applicable to magnetocrystalline anisotropy to study the angle effect on the MMM method.
5.2 Fatigue Process
The MMM method faces some new challenges in practical applications. For example, the components in actual situations are often subjected to long-term cyclic loading, and MMM signals often change with the number of cycles. This means that the selection of feature quantities for damage determination and the formulation of quantitative schemes must also consider the effect of the number of cycles. Therefore, it is necessary to study how MMM signals evolve under cyclic loading.
5.2.1 MMM Signals in Fatigue Tests of Non-defective Specimens
First, the results of measuring MMM signals in fatigue tests of non-defective specimens are introduced. Yuan et al. [129] conducted dynamic tensile tests on Q235 steel specimens and found that the number of cycles of elastic loading had no significant effect on the MMM signal; when the load amplitude was increased to produce plasticity, how the MMM signal varied with stress was opposite to that of elastic loading. Yan et al. [130] studied how the MMM signal from 20G pipe steel varied in a tensile fatigue test; the results showed that the MMM method was effective at determining the location of stress concentration in the material. Duan et al. [131] performed repeated loading–unloading tensile tests on round bar specimens made of 40Cr steel to determine the relationship between the MMM signal and tensile stress, and they found a magnetomechanical reversal when a specimen was subjected to a force that exceeded the yield strength. Shi et al. [132] studied the law governing the variation of the MMM signal from the surface of an 18CrNi4A specimen based on a tensile fatigue test, as shown in Fig. 33; for an non-defective test piece, the slope of the normal component of the MMM signal increased gradually with the number of loadings.
5.2.2 MMM Signals in Fatigue Tests of Defective Specimens
Here, the results of measuring MMM signals in fatigue experiments with defective specimens are introduced. Wang et al. [133] measured and analyzed how the MMM signal from no. 45 steel varied during the propagation of fatigue cracks. Wang et al. [134] investigated the mechanism for the generation and accumulation of MMM signals based on cyclic-loading experiments on Q235 specimens. Dong et al. [135] studied (i) how the MMM signal from low-carbon steel varied under cyclic stress and (ii) how that from a defective 18CrNiWA specimen varied during the entire defect expansion [136]. Shi et al. [137] studied how the normal component of the MMM signal varied under tensile fatigue for defective 18CrNi4A specimens. Chen et al. [138] conducted tensile fatigue tests on no. 45 steel with dents. They found that the MMM signal first increased gradually with the number of cycles, then stabilized, and finally increased rapidly until fracture. Leng et al. [139] studied how the MMM signal varied during tension fatigue for no. 45 steel with V-groove defects; the results showed that local shaping strain or microscopic damage could cause nonlinear changes in the MMM signal. Xing et al. [140] conducted fatigue tests on Q235 steel with rectangular defects; the results showed that the gradient tensor of the MMM signal was effective for characterizing the degree of damage in the ferromagnetic material. Huang et al. [141,142,143,144] measured the MMM signal from Q345 steel during crack propagation under cyclic compressive stress. Li et al. [145] studied how the MMM signal from the surface of no. 45 steel with penetrating flaws varied during fatigue loading, as shown in Fig. 34. The MMM signal increased gradually with the number of loadings and turned over when the specimen break. Kolarik et al. [146] combined the MMM method and the magnetic Barkhausen method to examine the fatigue behavior of S355J2G3 steel with rectangular grooves. Li et al. [147] conducted an experimental study of the MMM signals from X80 pipe steel during fatigue.
5.2.3 Fatigue Tests Under Other Loading and Signals Evolution
The above experiments were focused mainly on fatigue under tension and compression. However, researchers have also conducted fatigue tests under bending and torque. Hu et al. [148] studied how the MMM signals from specimens with grooves varied during bending fatigue. Huang et al. [149, 150] measured and analyzed the MMM signal from structural steel undergoing dynamic bending during the propagation of fatigue cracks. Leng et al. [151] measured the MMM signal from the surface of an non-defective specimen of no. 45 steel in a bending fatigue test, and the results are shown in Fig. 35. It can be seen that the amplitude and slope of the normal component of the MMM signal decreased gradually and then increased with the number of bending loadings. Subsequently, Xu et al. [152, 153] also studied how the MMM signal from specimens of no. 45 steel with flaws varied with the number of bending loadings and how the MMM signals from non-defective Q235 steel specimens varied under tensile fatigue. Li et al. [154] studied the MMM signal from 1045 steel under rotational torque, and Hu et al. [155] studied the MMM signal from 35CrMo steel during four-point bending fatigue. Qian et al. [156] established an interface force-magnetic constitutive model based on Timoshenko beam theory and the Jiles magnetization constitutive relation, and they explained the MMM signal caused by an interfacial crack under a three-point bending load. Moreover, Qian and Huang [157] further established a fatigue cohesive zone-magnetomechanical coupling model to evaluate the interfacial crack. The model confirms that the interfacial crack propagation length a and the maximum magnetic field intensity Hmax both increase with increasing loading cycles.
In addition, Bao et al. [158,159,160,161,162] studied how the magnetic induction intensity measured near the surface of steel varies under strain control fatigue loading, as shown in Fig. 36. Bao et al. [163] measured the magnetic induction during the fatigue loading of specimens, as shown in Fig. 37. The results showed that the curve of strain (stress) versus magnetic induction strength at any point near the material surface was a loop during any cyclic loading. With more cyclic loadings, the magnetic induction intensity at any point increased rapidly and then stabilized. As such, the magnetic induction characterizes well the three stages of cyclic fatigue of ferromagnetic materials.
5.3 Natural Magnetization Method
In 1997, a research team at the Japan Nuclear Energy Research and Development Agency found that after introducing fatigue cracks in SUS304 austenitic stainless steel, no artificial magnetic field was applied to the external magnetic field and a significant change in magnetic field was detected near the crack. That is, magnetization induced by fatigue damage occurred in the material [164]. Chen et al. [164,165,166,167] conducted theoretical and experimental research into this magnetization induced by damage in austenitic stainless steel. They applied different plastic deformations and fatigue damage to specimens of no. 304 austenitic stainless steel and used ultra-small fluxgate sensors to measure how the leakage magnetic field changed in the vicinity of the specimen after loading/unloading. The results showed that for large plastic deformation, a local austenite–martensite (magnetic) phase transition occurred at the cross-slip point in SUS304 stainless steel, which may have been the inducement of magnetization by austenitic stainless-steel damage. Based on the method of magnetic-charge-distribution inversion, the correlation among damage distribution, damage degree, and magnetic-charge distribution and amplitude was studied.
The mechanisms whereby magnetization is induced by damage in austenitic stainless steel and ordinary carbon steel may be quite different. Li et al. [166] studied the relationship between the induced magnetic field and different forms and degrees of damage. They analyzed by various means how plastic deformation affected the damage-induced magnetization, and investigated how the magnetic environment influenced the damage-induced magnetic field. In particular, they established the relationship between plastic deformation and the ferromagnetic martensitic phase content induced by deformation under experimental conditions, and found a linear correlation between the deformation-induced ferromagnetic martensite phase content and the damage-induced magnetization amplitude as shown in Fig. 38. This work shows that the degree of damage to austenitic stainless-steel materials can be detected and evaluated by detecting the strength of the natural-magnetization leakage magnetic field. They also proposed various nondestructive testing methods [168] for testing the mechanical damage in austenitic stainless-steel materials.
6 Problems and Research Trends
6.1 Influencing Factors
Many factors influence MMM signals, and there has also been experimental research into those factors. Yan et al. [169] designed an experiment to study how the detection time-interval and position influence the MMM signal; the results showed that while the detection time interval had no effect on the MMM signal, the signal different greatly according to the detection position. Zhong et al. [170] and Hu et al. [171] studied how environmental magnetic fields affect MMM signals; they concluded that the MMM signal from a ferromagnetic material under a given stress will invert as the environmental magnetic field gradually increases, as shown in Fig. 39a. Bao et al. [172, 173] found that the MMM signal from U75V steel depended on not only the existing damage state but also the plastic deformation caused by the load history; as shown in Fig. 39b, they found that the loading speed also affected the MMM signal measured near the surface of the specimen. Li et al. [117] designed an experiment to study how the lift-off value affects the MMM signal, as shown in Fig. 39c; the amplitude of the MMM signal from the surface of the test piece decreases gradually with the lift-off value. Recently, Huang et al. [174] showed experimentally that temperature is another key factor affecting MMM signals, as shown in Fig. 39d. Xu et al. [175] studied experimentally how welding-defect depth, stress state, and heat-treatment type influence the MMM signal, and Singh et al. [176] showed that the deformation-induced MMM signal is influenced also by shot peening.
Therefore, a key aspect that is restricting further development of the MMM method is how to avoid the interference of external environmental factors and thereby obtain an MMM signal that reflects accurately the location and degree of the damage in ferromagnetic materials. In summary, although experiments have shown that many factors affect MMM signals, the current theoretical models of MMM signals are not effective at describing how temperature, initial magnetization, and loading speed affect MMM signals. Therefore, further study is necessary of multi-field coupling constitutive relation and quantitative theories of MMM signals in complex detection environments.
6.2 Quantitative Identification of Defects
It is necessary to determine whether a ferromagnetic structure contains defects, and the defect size and morphology must be given accurately to confirm whether the structure is safe. A basic problem in quantitative MMM research is quantitative analysis of the location and size of defects based on MMM signals. Table 5 summarizes the progress that has been made in quantifying defects using electromagnetic nondestructive testing methods.
The most direct method for determining defects quantitatively is linear mapping, but that method has been found to be unsuitable for the combined changes of multiple defect parameters [177]. This is because the linear relationship between defect parameters and signal characteristics is no longer satisfied when multiple defect parameters change together. When there are multiple defect parameters, the relationship between those parameters and the signal characteristics becomes more complicated, in which case intelligent algorithms such as neural networks [178] and machine learning [179, 180] are commonly used. Relevant research results show that when a neural network is used to construct the mapping relationships, the inversion accuracy depends on the level of neural network constructed strongly, and the signal noise that is inevitable in practice can seriously affect the inversion accuracy.
In addition, researchers often use optimization inversion methods to determine defects quantitatively, as shown in Fig. 40. By using an optimization algorithm, the defect parameters can be adjusted to minimize the error between the theoretical signals and the prediction signals, whereupon the defect parameters can be evaluated theoretically. Researchers have established various algorithms for solving the inverse problem of electromagnetic nondestructive testing methods such as the magnetic-flux-leakage testing method and the eddy-current testing method. The commonly used optimization inversion method is a stochastic optimization algorithm such as a genetic algorithm [181], Bayesian estimation [182], particle swarm algorithm [183, 184], the Monte Carlo Markov-chain algorithm of Bayesian theory [185]. When these stochastic optimization algorithms perform inversion analysis on the defect parameters, the inversion result depends on the search range and the search step length, and the amount of calculation increases exponentially with the number of inversion parameters. In addition, other important methods for solving the inverse problem are based on the gradient optimization algorithm [186,187,188,189,190,191]. These inversion methods are compared in Table 5. Compared with other algorithms, the gradient optimization algorithm has the advantages of (i) being suitable for multi-parameter inversion, (ii) having fast convergence and high accuracy, (iii) undergoing small changes in computational complexity with more inversion parameters, and (iv) signal noise having a little influence on the inversion results.
Chen et al. used the conjugate-gradient iterative algorithm to study systematically the reconstruction of the complex defect topography encountered in eddy-current testing and magnetic-flux-leakage detection. The flow of this algorithm is shown in Fig. 40. However, for the lack of quantitative quantification of MMM methods, it remains impossible to analyze quantitatively the extent, morphology, and size of stress-concentration areas or defects, which seriously restricts the application of MMM methods in engineering. Analyzing the gradient iterative algorithm proposed by Chen et al. [188] shows that it cannot guarantee that the search direction satisfies the conjugate feature, and the values of the iterative parameters in the defect topology estimation affect the convergence of the iterative algorithm. Shi et al. [25] established a method for reconstructing the identification of stress and defects based on conjugate-gradient inversion and described the inversion problem of the MMM method in detail. The objective function to be optimized for the inversion problem was determined and an iterative algorithm for inversion was established. In combination with previous MMM experimental signal reconstruction analysis of defects, it was confirmed that a hole defect of 6 mm in radius could be effectively reconstructed using the MMM signal, as shown in Fig. 41. In particular, the feasibility of quantifying early damage using MMM signals was verified for the first time. To date, researchers have conducted only preliminary studies of the quantitative identification of stress and defects, and further relevant quantitative research is needed. Such researches will have important theoretical and practical significance for promoting the application of MMM methods.
6.3 MMM Applications
The method of MMM testing has been widely used as a strictly defect detection method focused on finding the existing material discontinuities, and has been used to define the areas in the component which are most prone to the potential development of discontinuities. The MMM method has been widely used in residual life assessment and engineering inspection of the power equipment, oil and gas pipeline, chemical industry; metal structures; mechanical engineering and other fields.
Dubov [192] presented a comprehensive examination of blade slots, disks, blade roots, and their attachment assemblies using the MMM method. As shown in Fig. 42a, the checking scheme according to disk rims and Fig. 42b given the typical distribution of the MMM field in the stress concentration zone revealed on the disk rim in the all forged part of a rotor. The experimental results confirmed the good efficiency of using MMM methods. Dubov and his colleagues [193,194,195] considered the possibilities for the application of the MMM method for assessment of the stress–strain state and non-destructive testing of oilfield pipeline and gas pipelines, as shown in Fig. 43. Li et al. [196] studied the calculation scheme of MMM signal for pipeline defect detection with a relatively large lift-off distance based on magnetic dipoles. By comparing the calculation results with the measured signals, the phenomenon of signal abruptness caused by defects was initially explained. Liu et al. [197,198,199] studied the application of MMM method in the internal stress damage and axial crack in long-distance oil and gas pipelines.
Gear is the basic component of a mechanical transmission system. The detection of gear cracks is critical to ensuring the safety and reliability of the entire mechanical transmission system. Kang et al. [200] studied the application of MMM method in gear micro crack detection. Based on the static testing and dynamic detection with load, the detection position and load effect on detection results of micro crack on the side of an actual gear are analyzed. Roskosz and his colleagues [201,202,203] investigated how to use MMM method to find defects of the toothed gears in the early stages of the development. Figure 44 shows the actual toothed gears after failure and its MMM signal. Studies have shown that there are some correlations between the number of cycles of load change, the value of the load and the distribution on the tooth width, and the value of the magnetic field component. And then, some symptoms of anticipated dental fatigue damage can be observed in the distribution of MMM signal.
Welding technology is an indispensable processing technology in high-quality and high-efficiency manufacturing technology in modern industry. Non-destructive testing of welding quality based on MMM method has been applied to ensure the safe operation of welded structures. Dubov and Kolokolnikov [204, 205] carried out comprehensive MMM testing of base metal and welded joints of welded steel structures and steam turbine parts, as shown in Fig. 45. By comparing with the small hole stress testing method, Li et al. [206] demonstrated that the magnetic field abnormality near the ferromagnetic material surface could be used for residual stress inspection of a welding seam in the tube specimen. Li et al. [207] introduced a method based on continuous wavelet transform energy spectrum to analyze the locating of welding cracks. Yang et al. [208] carried out the fatigue tests for Q345B and Q345qC welding and non-welding specimens and tested the MMM signal. Qi et al. [209] used the MMM technique to locate the region with high residual stress, and tested the stress in a welded steel ship plate based on the magnetic Barkhausen Noise technique. Su et al. [210] measured the normal component of the MMM field for the defective and non-defective butt welded Q345 steel specimens.
The MMM method has been also applied to the non-destructive testing of metal structures in mechanical and civil engineering and other fields. Agnieszka et al. [211] considered the continuous inspection of crane's structure using the MMM method, and analyzed the influence of varying load and trolley position on the MMM signal components. Wang et al. [212] measured the MMM signals of four-point flexural tests under different loads for a flange and web of a steel beam, as shown in Fig. 46a. As shown in Fig. 46b, Su et al. [213] carried out a four-point bending tests for a inclined steel box girder to distinguish the effect of normal stress and shear stress on MMM field. Dong et al. [214] carried out a bending fatigue bench tests to collect MMM signal during fatigue process, as shown in Fig. 47. In addition, Lesiak and Radziszewski [215, 216] discussed the application of the MMM method in rail transport.
7 Conclusions
As a nondestructive testing technology, the MMM method has been under development for over 20 years. It has shown excellent application prospects in early diagnosis and life prediction for ferromagnetic components, and it has been recognized widely by experts and researchers. To date, researchers from all over the world have made some progress in theoretical research, instrument and equipment research and development, experimental research, damage assessment, and engineering inspection applications of the MMM method. However, the method still has many problems to be solved in the analysis of influencing factors, detection repeatability and reliability, and quantitative evaluation. (1) Systematic research is still needed on the theoretical system of the MMM method, as does on the corresponding quantitative relationship between the MMM signal and the defect geometry for use in detection. (2) Experiments have shown that many factors affect MMM signals. To date, theoretical models of MMM signals cannot yet consider fully the combined effects of temperature, environmental magnetic field, initial magnetization, loading form, and other factors on the MMM signal. (3) Existing criteria for damage determination often fail in practical applications. One of the main reasons is that because the tested structure is often subjected to long-term cyclic loading in actual situations, the MMM signal and its characteristic quantity both change with the number of cycles.
Given the current research problems, follow-up studies are required. (1) There is an urgent need to establish a systematic and complete theoretical system for the MMM method, from magnetomechanical modeling based on microscopic phenomena to quantitative analysis of macroscopic MMM signals and finally to quantitative evaluation of residual stress/defects for inspection-oriented applications. (2) More research is needed into the multi-field coupled constitutive relation and a quantitative theory of MMM signals in complex detection environments. Research is also needed into how temperature, the external magnetic environment, loading form and velocity, initial magnetization, elasto-plastic state, and other factors influence the MMM signal, as well as the physical mechanism whereby these factors are coupled. (3) An in-depth quantitative theoretical study is required of how MMM signals evolve during fatigue, whereupon the MMM detection data obtained during a long fatigue process could be described quantitatively. In combination with the law for how MMM signals evolve and using the correlation of data in the fatigue process to predict how the damage develops, some new criterion of the MMM method for damage considering fatigue would be developed, and this would greatly improve the practical applicability of the method.
The MMM method is a nondestructive testing method that can detect early damage in a material, and it has wide application prospects. Continued pioneering in-depth studies are expected to make more breakthroughs in the detection mechanism of the MMM method, the establishment and extraction of MMM signal features, and quantitative evaluation and damage assessment. These advances will allow the MMM method to contribute fully to the early damage pre-diagnosis of ferromagnetic materials and enable the method to better serve engineering applications. In addition, taking this opportunity of studying the MMM method will promote the development of applied physics, ferromagnetics, mechanics, nondestructive testing, and other disciplines.
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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant Nos. 11802225] and the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in the Shaanxi Province of China [Program Nos. 2019JQ-261]. We also thank two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. Particularly, Dr. Pengpeng Shi is deeply indebted to his supervisor Professor Xiaojing Zheng, who encouraged the author to write this review and provided some important guidance.
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Shi, P., Su, S. & Chen, Z. Overview of Researches on the Nondestructive Testing Method of Metal Magnetic Memory: Status and Challenges. J Nondestruct Eval 39, 43 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-020-00688-z
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