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Advanced Mechanical Testing and Analysis Methods

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Developments in materials testing, analysis and in physical interpretation of materials properties led to attempts to understand damage as a multi-scale process (in time and in space). Today’s materials testing remains not confined to traditional samples but it also employs millimeter-, micro- and even nano-sized samples. With remarkable improvements of analyses based on electron microscopes and the availability of very powerful synchrotron light sources and neutron techniques new possibilities for analysis of materials became available. Increasing capacity of advanced computers (parallel processing, storage capacity) made it possible to model materials on an atomistic basis and to perform extended calculations on micro-, meso- and macroscale. Advanced testing- and analysis are a necessary tool for validation of materials models. The present chapter provides an introduction into advanced testing, analysis and modeling techniques with particular emphasize on solution of problems of structural materials for nuclear applications.

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