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Non-destructive Neutron Surface Residual Stress Analysis

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Diffraction is a powerful tool for investigation of residual as well as applied stresses in engineering materials and components. Both X-ray and neutron diffraction can be used for this purpose. The interest in neutron stress analysis stems from the high penetrating power of neutrons when compared to laboratory X-ray sources, i.e. several cm instead of a few tens of µm in metallic materials. This contribution gives an overview on current instrumental and methodical developments for non-destructive through surface strain measurements, which bridges the gap between X-rays and neutrons analysis.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Project HO 3322/2-1, HO3322/2-2 and Czech Science Foundation Project No. 16-08803J, and by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Project HO 3322/4-1 and GI 376/11-1.

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  1. Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) FRM II, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

    J. Rebelo Kornmeier & M. Hofmann

  2. German Engineering Materials Centre at MLZ, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany

    W. M. Gan

  3. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Applied Materials, Kaiserstr. 12, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    J. Gibmeier

  4. Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, v.v.i., 250 68, Rez, Czech Republic

    J. Saroun

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Rebelo Kornmeier, J., Hofmann, M., Gan, W.M. et al. Non-destructive Neutron Surface Residual Stress Analysis. J Nondestruct Eval 38, 79 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-019-0617-2

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