SALSA - A new instrument for strain imaging in engineering materials and components

Thilo Pirling, Giovanni Bruno, Philip J. Withers

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    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 (
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)139-144
    Number of pages5
    JournalMaterials Science and Engineering A
    Volume437
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 10 Nov 2006

    Keywords

    • Double-focusing monochromator
    • Radial collimators
    • Residual stress
    • Stewart platform
    • Strain scanning diffractometer

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