Output details
13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
Open University
Article title
A non-destructive method for the measurement of residual strains in semi-crystalline polymer components
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Materials Letters
Article number
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Volume number
65
Issue number
3
First page of article
530
ISSN of journal
0167-577X
Year of publication
2011
Number of additional authors
2
Additional information
This was the first application of this non-destructive diffraction technique to semi-crystalline polymer components. Similar methods of determining residual strains using diffraction techniques have only been used in metals in the past. However, this paper is significant in applying the technique successfully to polymers for the first time. The advantage of this non-destructive method allows the locked-in residual strains to be determined post processing, which can be used to predict a materials physical properties and hence understand how to control the processing conditions to give optimal material performance.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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