Measurement of Residual and Applied Stress Using Neutron Diffraction

ISBN-13: 9780792318095 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 588 str.

Michael T. Hutchings; Aaron D. Krawitz; M. T. Hutchings

Opis

The relevence of residual stresses in engineering components is being increasingly appreciated by modern engineers concerned with design and performance. The non-destructive evaluation of such stresses has provided a challange which has been addressed by the use of x-ray diffraction to characterize near-surface stresses. The extension of diffraction stress measurements to include neutron diffraction represents a major advance. Use of the penetrating power of neutrons is ideally suited to the determination of macrostress variation through thick components and of microstresses in composites and multiphase alloys.

Spis treści

Preface. 1. Overview. 2. Background. 3. Aspects of Fundamental Principles. 4. Aspects of Experimental Measurement. 5. Instrumentation. 5.a. Instrumentation: Steady State Reactor. 5.b. Instrumentation: Pulsed Neutron Source. 6. Composites. 7. Measurements on Bulk Components. 8. Comparison of Neutron with X-Rays and Other Stress Probes. Author Index. Subject Index.

O autorze

AARON D. KRAWITZ is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.