High-resolution strain mapping through time-of-flight neutron transmission diffraction with a microchannel plate neutron counting detector

Strain

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 296-305

  Tremsin, A S ^a   McPhate, J B ^a   Steuwer, A ^b,c   Kockelmann, W ^d   M Paradowska, A ^d   Kelleher, J F ^d   Vallerga, J V ^a   Siegmund, O H W ^a   Feller, W B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SPALLATION SOURCE ERIC   (Sweden)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e NOVA Scientific Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg edge transmission; neutron counting detectors; neutron transmission analysis; non destructive strain measurement

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BEAM LINES; BRAGG EDGES; COMPACT TENSION; DIFFRACTION MODES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; MICRO CHANNEL PLATE; NEUTRON COUNTING; NEUTRON TRANSMISSION; NON DESTRUCTIVE; PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE EXPERIMENTS; PULSED NEUTRON SOURCES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; RESIDUAL STRAINS; STRAIN MAPPING; STRAIN MAPS; STRAIN VALUES; STRESS FIELD; TEXTURE VARIATION; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIME-OF-FLIGHT TECHNIQUES; TRANSMISSION MODE;

DETECTORS; DIFFRACTION; NANOCANTILEVERS; NEUTRON EMISSION; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY;

STRAIN;

EID: 84864431594     PISSN: 00392103     EISSN: 14751305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1305.2011.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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