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Trans Tech Publications, Materials Science Forum, (524-525), p. 393-398, 2006

DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.524-525.393

Trans Tech Publications, Materials Science Forum, p. 393-398

DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-414-6.393

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A comparison of strain measurements on an inertia friction weld using the ENGIN-X and SALSA neutron strain mapping instruments

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Abstract

In this study we present a direct comparison between residual strain measurements carried out on the same inertia friction weld using ENGIN-X at ISIS, UK and the new strain scanner SALSA at ILL, France. ENGIN-X is a time of flight (TOF) instrument, which receives neutrons from a neutron spallation source, while the SALSA Strain-Imager, a high resolution diffractometer, is based at a research reactor source with a continuous neutron flux and is operated with a constant wavelength. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate a confidence in cross-comparing future strain measurements to be performed at ENGIN-X and SALSA. Measurements were carried out on medium size inertia friction welded nickel superalloy test-piece, which show no significant crystallographic texture across the weld line. The results demonstrate that, even though residual stresses determined on SALSA only rely on a single peak analysis (in this case the (111) reflection), the results show excellent agreement with the measurements carried out on ENGIN-X, where strain is determined from multi-peak Rietveld analysis. ; Karadge, M. Grant, B. Bruno, G. Santisteban, J. Withers, P. J. Preuss, M.