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Methods for Depth Profiling Complete Stress Tensors Using Neutron Diffraction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

R.A. Winholtz  and
A.D. Krawitz
R.A. Winholtz
Affiliation:
Research Reactor Center and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211
A.D. Krawitz
Affiliation:
Research Reactor Center and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211
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Neutron diffraction has proved to be a useful tool for measuring residual and applied stresses in materials. Aspects of experimental design and methods for the mapping of complete triaxial stress tensors in a large component are discussed in the context of a comprehensive set of stress measurements made within the interior of the circumferential weld on a 0.91 m diameter cylinder. The cylinder is a subscale model of the casings for the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor being designed for the space shuttle. The subscale model was fabricated in order to characterize the residual stresses created in the welding process and to determine the effect of post weld heat treatment on the residual stresses. Control of the residual stresses in this application is necessary to eliminate possible problems with stress corrosion cracking in a salt water environment. Some illustrative results are also presented.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 37: Forty-Second Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 2-6, 1993 , 1993 , pp. 253 - 264
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1993

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