Nondestructive Three-Dimensional Microtexture/Strain Quantification in Al-Li 2090

Abstract

Micro- and meso-textures" roles in defining fatigue crack path in Al-Li 2090 T8E41 compact tension samples was the central focus of the research. Near-single crystal volumes up to 0.4 mm x 1 mm x 2 mm, i. e. stacks of five or more adajacent, pancake-shaped grains, comprise over 40 vols of the center portions of 2090 plates; two other Al alloys showed little to near-single crystal volumes. The synchrotron microbeam diffraction techniques (polychromatic x-radiation) developed in this research were also found to be useful in heavily-deformed copper and Ti-6Al-4V samples.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA389882

Entities

People

  • Stuart R. Stock

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advanced Materials
  • Aluminum
  • Cracks
  • Crystals
  • Diffraction
  • Engineering
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Radiation
  • Single Crystals
  • Synchrotron Radiation
  • Synchrotrons
  • Three Dimensional
  • Tomography
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.