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Elastic-Strain Tensor by Rietveld Refinement of Diffraction Measurements

Published

Author(s)

Davor Balzar, R B. Voneele, K Bennett, H M. Ledbetter

Abstract

By collecting diffraction patterns at different specimen orientations, the procedure to obtain all components of the elastic-strain tensor by Rietveld refinement is described. It is shown that the refined lattice parameters yield the hydrostatic strain component. if the lattice constants of the unstrained standard are not known, the deviatoric strain tensor can still be determined. An anisotropic strain component may be refined for cubic and hexagonal crystal structures along with the isotropic. The method is applied to Al/SiC (short whisker) composites.
Citation
Applied Physics
Volume
84
Issue
No. 9
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

composite materials, elasticity, neutron diffraction, refinement, Rietveld, strain

Citation

Balzar, D. , Voneele, R. , Bennett, K. and Ledbetter, H. (1998), Elastic-Strain Tensor by Rietveld Refinement of Diffraction Measurements, Applied Physics (Accessed May 11, 2025)

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Created November 1, 1998, Updated February 17, 2017