Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1584831 | Materials Science and Engineering: A | 2006 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Residual stresses are very hard to predict and if undetected can lead to premature failure or unexpected behaviour of engineering materials or components. This paper describes the operation of a new residual strain-mapping instrument, Strain Analyser for Large and Small scale engineering Applications (SALSA), recently commissioned at the public user facility, the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France. A unique feature of this neutron diffraction instrument is the sample manipulator, which is the first of its kind, allowing precise scanning of large and heavy (<500 kg) samples along any trajectory involving translations, tilts and rotations. Other notable features of the instrument are also described.
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Authors
Thilo Pirling, Giovanni Bruno, Philip J. Withers,