ANALYSIS OF NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION PEAK BROADENING CAUSED BY INTERNAL-STRESSES IN COMPOSITE-MATERIALS

Neutron diffraction is an essential tool in the study of internal stresses in composite materials. In most work only the peak shifts caused by the related elastic strains are considered, but other valuable information exists in the form of peak shape changes. The conditions under which the pure diff...

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Main Authors: Todd, R, Borsa, C, Derby, B, Bourke, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1995
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Borsa, C
Derby, B
Bourke, M
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description Neutron diffraction is an essential tool in the study of internal stresses in composite materials. In most work only the peak shifts caused by the related elastic strains are considered, but other valuable information exists in the form of peak shape changes. The conditions under which the pure diffraction profile of the composite (i.e. the profile when all sources of broadening not caused by the residual stresses are removed) represents the probability distribution of the peak shifts corresponding to the strains are examined. It is shown that in these conditions, the pure diffraction profile has no attributes of particle size broadening (and vice versa), thereby providing a test for the validity of results interpreted in this way. The experimental derivation of measured strain distributions in Al2O3/SiCp composites using neutron diffraction is described. No apparent particle size broadening was detected, demonstrating the validity of the results, which also satisfied other tests for consistency.
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spelling oxford-uuid:863a751a-d3d7-4b2a-bb1d-1c51c44fd62c2022-03-26T22:02:37ZANALYSIS OF NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION PEAK BROADENING CAUSED BY INTERNAL-STRESSES IN COMPOSITE-MATERIALSJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:863a751a-d3d7-4b2a-bb1d-1c51c44fd62cEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1995Todd, RBorsa, CDerby, BBourke, MNeutron diffraction is an essential tool in the study of internal stresses in composite materials. In most work only the peak shifts caused by the related elastic strains are considered, but other valuable information exists in the form of peak shape changes. The conditions under which the pure diffraction profile of the composite (i.e. the profile when all sources of broadening not caused by the residual stresses are removed) represents the probability distribution of the peak shifts corresponding to the strains are examined. It is shown that in these conditions, the pure diffraction profile has no attributes of particle size broadening (and vice versa), thereby providing a test for the validity of results interpreted in this way. The experimental derivation of measured strain distributions in Al2O3/SiCp composites using neutron diffraction is described. No apparent particle size broadening was detected, demonstrating the validity of the results, which also satisfied other tests for consistency.
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ANALYSIS OF NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION PEAK BROADENING CAUSED BY INTERNAL-STRESSES IN COMPOSITE-MATERIALS
title ANALYSIS OF NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION PEAK BROADENING CAUSED BY INTERNAL-STRESSES IN COMPOSITE-MATERIALS
title_full ANALYSIS OF NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION PEAK BROADENING CAUSED BY INTERNAL-STRESSES IN COMPOSITE-MATERIALS
title_fullStr ANALYSIS OF NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION PEAK BROADENING CAUSED BY INTERNAL-STRESSES IN COMPOSITE-MATERIALS
title_full_unstemmed ANALYSIS OF NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION PEAK BROADENING CAUSED BY INTERNAL-STRESSES IN COMPOSITE-MATERIALS
title_short ANALYSIS OF NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION PEAK BROADENING CAUSED BY INTERNAL-STRESSES IN COMPOSITE-MATERIALS
title_sort analysis of neutron diffraction peak broadening caused by internal stresses in composite materials
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