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• Residual Stress User Center (RSUC)
  • Instruments
    • X-Ray Diffraction Facilities Overview
      
      • 4-Axis Goniometer/18-kW Rotating Anode
        X-ray Source
        
      • 4-Axis Goniometer/2-kW X-ray Tube
        
      • X14A Synchrotron 6-Axis Goniometer
      • Large Sample X-Ray Unit
        
      • Large Specimen X-ray Residual Stress Mapping Facility
      
      
    • Neutron Diffraction Facilities Overview
    • Neutron Residual Stress Mapping Facility (NRSF2) Upgrades
    •  Neutron Diffraction NRSF2 Residual Stress Mapping Facility
  • Applications
  • Recent Projects
    X-ray stress and texture analyses
    
    • Residual Stresses in TiN Coatings (University of Arkansas)
    • Stress Mapping of the Journal Region of Cast Aluminum Engine Blocks (hio State University and Honda)
    • Residual Stress Profiles in Novel Coatings (University of Connecticut)
    • Valve Springs Study (Richard Childress Racing)
    • Crystallite size Analysis of Catalysts (Cummins Engine Co)
    Macro stress mapping by neutron diffraction
    • Residual Strains within Engine (Ohio State University)
    • Neutron Diffraction Strain Mapping of 6061-T67 Aluminum Friction Stir Weld Plates (University of Tennessee, Los Alamos National Laboratory)
    • NRSF2 Phase mapping Measurements of H-Charged Zircaloy-4 (University of Tennessee
    Combined X-ray and neutron stress and texture analyses
    • Residual Stress Mapping of Nuclear Reactor Components (North Carolina State University)
  • Posters
  • Residual Stress Measurements of Cast Aluminum Engine Blocks Using X-Ray Diffraction
  • Non-Destructive Measurement of Residual Stress Versus Depth Using Diffraction
  • Residual Stress Facilities at ORNL-X-ray, Synchrotron, and Neutron Diffraction
• • Publications
  • User Center Staff
    • Camden R. Hubbard
    • E. Andrew Payzant
      
    • Fei Tang
      
    • Ke An
    • William B. Bailey
      
    • Thomas R. Watkins
      
    • Geneva Worley, Group Secretary