Papers by Keyword: Diffraction

Abstract: A mathematical model of diffraction of electromagnetic microwaves on explosive materials with different physical and electromagnetic parameters has been developed. The model was constructed by solving Maxwell's equation for two surfaces separating three dielectric materials, in particular air, explosive material, and the substrate on which the explosive material is located. Different types of soil and wood are considered as the substrate material, which meets the conditions for demining large areas of the locality. The results of the numerical calculation showed that 67 % to 92 % of the energy of electromagnetic radiation is concentrated in the explosive material. In this case, trinitrotoluene, which is placed on dry sand, has the highest absorption rates, while wet wood, due to its high coefficient of dielectric permittivity, successfully transmits electromagnetic microwaves through its surface. The obtained models and numerical results are considered as theoretical basis for predicting the effectiveness of remote methods of detection and disposal of explosive materials using electromagnetic microwaves. The obtained results showed that this method will be least effective for explosive materials placed on wet wood. In this case, the lowest reflection coefficient is observed that complicates the search for explosive material and the lowest absorption coefficient that complicates the artificial detonation of explosive material due to its heating under the influence of electromagnetic microwaves.

Abstract: A synergic combination of neutron techniques was applied to characterize non-invasively the laminated structure of a set of ancient katana, part of the East Asian Collection of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) in Sydney. Neutron tomography, diffraction, residual stress and Bragg-edge transmission analyses were undertaken on samples of well-known origin, time period and authorship to create a reference database on the main manufacturing methods developed by Japanese swordsmiths. In the attempt to attribute mumei (no-signature) blades basing on a scientific analytical method rather than a stylistic analysis, data from the reference samples were benchmarked against the results obtained from the unknown blade to identify differences and commonalities in the production process.

Abstract: The measuring of internal stress has not only a great scientific aspect, but is particularly important for nondestructive description of component or products in industry. It is expected that exceeding of local mechanical limits in the material can have catastrophic consequences. In this paper is mapped the deformation field of amorphous material under the nanoindenter tip using diffraction in Debye-Scherrer geometry. Using the FEM analysis, it was modeled the deformation field in such material. There is a great match in between measured and calculated data. The result is pointing out on large limits of internal stresses measuring by conventional standard methods.

Abstract: Scattering of elastic waves in calcium molybdate films is considered. The transformation of elastic waves as a result of six-beam diffraction in an anisotropic layer is analyzed. This analysis is based on the transfer matrix method. The distribution of incident wave energy between six scattered waves is characterized by conversion coefficients. The method for conversion coefficients calculations is presented. It does not require solving algebraic problem on eigenvalues for waves in an anisotropic layer. Features of dependencies of conversion coefficients of CaMoO₄ layers on angles of incidence, frequency and the thickness of the layer are demonstrated.

Abstract: Lead hafnate single crystals were characterized using single crystal x-ray diffraction under simultaneous application of hydrostatic pressure and high temperatures. The information on the structure of two intermediate phases, situated between antiferroelectric and paraelectric phases in the pressure-temperature phase diagram, has been obtained. The lower-temperature intermediate phase is characterized by incommensurate displacive modulations in Pb sublattice. The higher-temperature intermediate phase is characterized by oxygen framework distortion, primarily in the form of anti-phase tilts of the oxygen octahedra, which is also present in the lower-temperature intermediate phase.

Abstract: It is shown that one of the express-methods for studying the internal structure and phase composition of geomaterial samples is broadband acoustic spectroscopy with laser sources of ultrasound. Theoretical assessment of time profiles and spectrums of opto-acoustic signals are presented. Numerical modelling of the spectrums and time profiles of ultrasound signals generated in opto-acoustic generators made of a different material is performed. The influence of diffraction and damping in rocks on the above characteristics is studied. The amplitude spectrum and time profiles of ultrasonic pulses transmitted through samples of marble of various thicknesses in which the most part of the characteristic grain sizes lies in the range of 500 μm - 1 mm are constructed. It has been established that, according to the amplitude spectrum of the original signal and the transmitted through the sample signal, it is possible to restore the characteristic dimensions of the grains.

Abstract: The rapid development of new materials and their application in an extremely wide variety of research and technological fields has lead to the request of increasingly sophisticated characterization methods. In particular residual stress measurements by neutron diffraction, small angle scattering of X-rays and neutrons, as well as 3D imaging techniques with spatial resolution at the micron or even sub-micron scale, like micro-and nano-computerized tomography, have gained a great relevance in recent years.Residual stresses are autobalancing stresses existing in a free body not submitted to any external surface force. Several manufacturing processes, as well as thermal and mechanical treatments, leave residual stresses within the components. Bragg diffraction of X-rays and neutrons can be used to determine residual elastic strains (and then residual stresses by knowing the material elastic constants) in a non-destructive way. Small Angle Scattering of neutrons or X-rays, complementary to Transmission Electron Microscopy, allows the determination of structural features such as volume fraction, specific surface and size distribution of inhomogeneities embedded in a matrix, in a huge variety of materials of industrial interest. X-ray microtomography is similar to conventional Computed Tomography employed in Medicine, allowing 3D imaging of the investigated samples, but with a much higher spatial resolution, down to the sub-micron scale. Some examples of applications of the experimental techniques mentioned above are described and discussed.

Abstract: Among the severe plastic deformation techniques, the equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) has drastically improved the mechanical properties of the processed alloys. However, information regarding friction phenomenon, which modifies the deformation at the surface and the heterogeneity microstrain state produced by the process itself, is still scarce. In the present work, the deformation heterogeneity and the friction effect, at the surface in the bulk material of the 6061-T6 aluminum alloy processed by ECAP, is presented and discussed. The residual stress (RS) measurements were performed by means of X-Ray diffraction. By means of synchrotron diffraction, volumetric sections of the ECAPed samples were characterized. Finite element analysis showed a good agreement with the experimentally obtained residual stress and microhardness mapping results. The study also showed that the highest deformation zones were located at the outer parts of the deformed samples (top and bottom), while the inner zone showed strain oscillations of up to 49±2 MPa.

Abstract: The laser beam welding (LBW) process has many advantages for industrial production; however, it still has to be optimized for two-phase Ti alloys. Phase transformations and residual stresses play a crucial role for welding these alloys. Specific questions about the development of phase content during fast heating with a laser and rapid cooling can only be addressed with time-resolved in-situ experiments, avoiding artefacts from quenching. Also the residual stress development during cooling depends on the occurring phase transformations. Thus, an LBW chamber employing a fibre laser was developed for use with high-energy X-rays from a synchrotron source. Bead-on-plate welding experiments with 2.5 mm thick samples were carried out at the HZG high-energy materials science beamline (HEMS) at DESY, Hamburg. The first experiments focused on the solid-solid phase transformations in a Ti-6Al-4V alloy. Moreover, residual stresses developing during cooling were studied.

Abstract: This paper describes a fundamental experiment on X-ray stress measurement of austenitic stainless steel (JIS SUS316L) with a new equipment which was developed in this study. An image plate (IP) as a two-dimensional X-ray detector and the cosα method as a principle of the measurement of stress were used in it. An experiment was conducted with CrKβ characteristic X-ray and γFe-311 diffraction line, and the results were compared to those that were obtained with the conventional sin²ψ method under the similar X-ray conditions. It was found that the accuracy of stresses obtained with the equipment developed are almost as same as those of the sin²ψ method. However, the measuring time can be shorten by several times by using it.