Publications - M. B. Prime

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Residual Stress
contour, crack compliance, x-ray and neutron diffraction, finite element modeling

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Journals

• W. Woo, H. Choo, M. B. Prime, Z. Feng, and B. Clausen, “Microstructure, texture and residual stress in a friction-stir-processed AZ31B magnesium alloy,” Acta Materialia, 56(8), 1701-1711, 2008. preprint (pdf), DOI link. (LA-UR-08-0012).

• M. B. Prime, “Editorial for Special Issue on Residual Stress in Fatigue & Fracture,” Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 30, 172-172, 2007. preprint (pdf) (LA-UR-07-041)

• G. S. Schajer and M. B. Prime, “Residual Stress Solution Extrapolation for the Slitting Method using Equilibrium Constraints,” Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 129(2), 227-232, 2007. preprint (pdf) (LA-UR-06-2946)
• Prime, M. B., Gnäupel-Herold, T., Baumann, J. A., Lederich, R. J., Bowden, D. M., Sebring, R.J., “Residual Stress Measurements in a Thick, Dissimilar Aluminum Alloy Friction Stir Weld,” Acta Materialia, 54(15), 4013-4021, 2006. preprint (pdf) (LA-UR-06-0512)
• Schajer, G. S., and Prime, M. B., 2006, "Use of Inverse Solutions for Residual Stress Measurements," Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 128(3), 375-382. preprint (pdf). (LA-UR-04-5890)
• Prime, M. B., and Hill, M. R., 2006, "Uncertainty, Model Error, and Order Selection for Series-Expanded, Residual-Stress Inverse Solutions," Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 128(2), pp. 175-185. preprint (pdf). (LA-UR-05-2597)
• Rangaswamy, P., Griffith, M. L., Prime, M. B., Holden, T. M., Rogge, R. B., Edwards, J. M., and Sebring, R. J., "Residual Stresses in Lens (R) Components Using Neutron Diffraction and Contour Method," Materials Science and Engineering A, 399(1-2), pp. 72-83, 2005. preprint (pdf) . (LA-UR-03-3105)
• M.B. Prime and M.R. Hill, 2004, "Measurement of Fiber-Scale Residual Stress Variation in a Metal-Matrix Composite," Journal of Composite Materials, 38(23), pp. 2079-2095. preprint (pdf) . (LA-UR-03-4452)
• M. B. Prime, R. J. Sebring, J. M. Edwards, D. J. Hughes, P. J. Webster, "Laser Surface-Contouring and Spline Data-Smoothing for Residual Stress Measurement," Experimental Mechanics, 44(2), pp. 176-184, April 2004. (LA-UR-02-7241) preprint (pdf)
• J. Kelleher, M.B. Prime, D. Buttle, P.M. Mummery, P.J. Webster, J. Shackleton, P.J. Withers, "The Measurement of Residual Stress in Railway Rails by Diffraction and Other Methods," Journal of Neutron Research, 11(4), 187-193, 2003. (LA-UR-03-7128) preprint (pdf)
• R. L. Martineau, M. B. Prime, and T. Duffey, “Penetration of HSLA-100 Steel with Tungsten Carbide Spheres at Striking Velocities Between 0.8 and 2.5 km/sec,” International Journal of Impact Engineering, 30(5), 505-520. 2004. (LA-UR-03-0760) preprint (pdf)
• P. Rangaswamy, I. J. Beyerlein, M. A. M. Bourke, M. B. Prime, A. K. Saigal and T. O. Williams, “Residual stresses in continuous-tungsten-fibre-reinforced Kanthal-matrix composites,” Philosophical Magazine, 83(19), 2267-2292, 2003.
• M. B. Prime, M. A. Newborn, J. A. Balog, “Quenching and Cold-Work Residual Stresses in Aluminum Hand Forgings: Contour Method Measurement and FEM Prediction,” Materials Science Forum, 426-432, 435-440, 2003. (LA-UR-03-0585) preprint (pdf)
• C. C. Aydiner, E. Üstündag, M. B. Prime and A. Peker, "Modeling and Measurement of Residual Stresses in Bulk Metallic Glass Plate," Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 316, pp. 82-95, 2003.
• M. B. Prime, R. L. Martineau, "Mapping Residual Stresses After Foreign Object Damage Using The Contour Method," Materials Science Forum, Vols. 404-407, pp. 521-526, 2002. (LA-UR-02-0556) preprint (pdf)
• C. C. Aydiner, E. Üstündag, M. B. Prime and A. Peker, "Residual Stresses in Bulk Metallic Glasses – II: Measurement," Materials Science Forum, Vols. 404-407, pp. 257-262, 2002.
• M. B. Prime and M. R. Hill, "Residual Stress, Stress Relief, and Inhomogeneity in Aluminum Plate," Scripta Materialia, 46, pp. 77-82, 2002. preprint (pdf) (LA-UR-01-4723)
• M. B. Prime, "Cross-Sectional Mapping of Residual Stresses by Measuring the Surface Contour After a Cut," J. Engineering Materials and Technology, 123, 162-168, 2001. preprint (pdf) (LA-UR-00-205)
• M. B. Prime, V. C. Prantil, P. Rangaswamy and F. P. Garcia, "Residual Stress Measurement and Prediction in a Hardened Steel Ring," Materials Science Forum, Vols. 347-349, 223-228, 2000. preprint (pdf) (LA-UR-99-5103)
• M. B. Prime, "Residual Stress Measurement by Successive Extension of a Slot: The Crack Compliance Method," Applied Mechanics Reviews, 52(2), 75-96, 1999. preprint (pdf) (LA-UR-98-3757)
• M. B. Prime, "Measuring Residual Stress and the Resulting Stress Intensity Factor in Compact Tension Specimens,"Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 22(3), 195-204, 1999. abstract   preprint (pdf). (LA-UR-98-0782)
• P. Rangaswamy, M. B. Prime, M. Daymond, M. A. M. Bourke, B. Clausen, H. Choo, N. Jayaraman, "Comparison of Residual Strains Measured by X-ray and Neutron Diffraction in a Titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) Matrix Composite," Materials Science & Engineering, A259, 209-219, 1999. abstract (LA-UR-98-2817)
• M.B. Prime and I. Finnie, "Surface Strains due to Face Loading of a Slot in a Layered Half-Space," J. Engineering Materials and Technology, 118, 410-418, 1996.   abstract (LA-UR-95-2876)
• M. Gremaud, W. Cheng, I. Finnie, and M.B. Prime, "The Compliance Method for Measurement of Near Surface Residual Stresses - Analytical Background," J. Engineering Materials and Technology, 116, 550-555, 1994.
• W. Cheng, I. Finnie, M. Gremaud, and M.B. Prime, "Measurement of Near Surface Residual Stresses Using Electrical Discharge Wire Machining," J. Engineering Materials and Technology, 116, 1-7, 1994.

Selected Conference Papers

• P. Pagliaro, M.B. Prime, B. Zuccarello, "Multiple Stress Components From Multiple Cuts For the Contour Method", Proceedings of the XXXV AIAS Conference, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, September 13-16, 2006, Associazione Italiana per l'Analisi delle Sollecitazioni.(LA-UR-06-5610) preprint (pdf)
• M.B. Prime, T.J. Lienert, W.L. Stellwag, “Residual Stress Measurement in Friction Stir Welded Ti-6Al-4V,” Fabtech International and AWS Welding Show 2005, November 13–16, 2005, Chicago, Illinois. (LA-UR-05-8693). preprint (pdf)
• M. B. Prime, R. J. Sebring, J. M. Edwards J. A. Baumann, R. J. Lederich, "Contour-Method Determination of Parent-Part Residual Stresses Using a Partially Relaxed FSW Test Specimen," Proc. of the 2004 SEM X Int. Congress & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 7-10, 2004, Costa Mesa, CA, paper number 144 (CD-ROM proceedings). preprint (pdf)  (LA-UR-04-2131)
• M.B. Prime, M.R. Hill, A. T. DeWald, R. J. Sebring, V.R. Dave, M.J. Cola, “Residual Stress Mapping in Welds Using the Contour Method,” Trends in Welding Research, Proc. of the 6th Int. Conf., 15-19 April 2002, Pine Mountain, GA, eds.: S. A. David et al., ASM International, 2003, pp. 891-896. preprint (pdf) (LA-UR-02-1071)
• M. B. Prime, D. J. Hughes, P. J. Webster, "Weld Application of a New Method for Cross-Sectional Residual Stress Mapping," Proc. 2001 SEM Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 4-6, Portland, Oregon, 608-611. preprint (pdf) (LA-UR-01-1244)
• P. Rangaswamy, H. Choo, M. B. Prime, et al., "High Temperature Stress Assessment in SCS-6/Ti-6Al-4V Composite using Neutron Diffraction and Finite Element Modeling," THERMEC 2000, December 4-8, 2000, Las Vegas. preprint (pdf) (LA-UR-00-5277)
• M. B. Prime, "The Contour Method: Simple 2-D Mapping of Residual Stresses," Proc. 6th Int. Conf. on Residual Stresses, Oxford, U.K., July 10-12, 2000, 1, 617-624.
• (Invited) M.B. Prime, P. Rangaswamy, and M.A.M. Bourke, "Measuring Spatial Variation of Residual Stresses in a MMC Using Crack Compliance," Proc. 7th Int. Conf. on Composites Engineering, July 2-8, 2000 Denver, Colorado, Editor: D. Hui, pp. 711-712. preprint (pdf) . (LA-UR-00-2084)
• M. B. Prime, L. A. Jacobson, and M. A. Pacheco, "Residual Stresses Measured Before and After Stress Relief in Rolled Aluminum Plate," Book of Abstracts, 1999 ASME Mechanics & Materials Conf., June 27-30, Blacksburg, VA, 241-242. preprint (pdf). (LA-UR-99-3288)
• (Invited) M. B. Prime, P. Rangaswamy, M. R. Daymond, and T. G. Abeln, "Several Methods Applied to Measuring Residual Stress in a Known Specimen," Proc. SEM Spring Conf. on Experimental & Applied Mechanics, Houston, Texas, June 1-3, 1998, pp. 497-499. 101K pdf. (LA-UR-98-0904)
• M.B. Prime and Ch. Hellwig, "Residual Stresses in a Bi-Material Laser Clad Measured Using Compliance," The Fifth Int. Conf. on Residual Stresses, T. Ericsson et al., Eds., 1, 127-132, 1997. abstract    download 194K pdf file (LA-UR-97-1495)
• M. Gremaud, W. Cheng, M. Prime, and I. Finnie, "Measurement of Residual Stresses in Laser Treated Layers Using the Crack Compliance Method," Proc. Int. Conf. on Laser Advanced Materials Processing, eds.: A. Matasunawa and S. Katayama, 713-718, 1992.