X-Ray Diffraction Studies on the Deformation and Fracture of Solids (Current Japanese Materials Research ; Vol. 10)

This volume covers current research findings and engineering applications of X–ray methods by the Japanese X–ray group members. The first part of the volume deals with fundamental problems in the methods for X–ray stress measurement. Phase stresses in the constituent phases of ceramic composites and ceramic-fiber reinforced metal-matrix composites are separately measured by X–rays, while three-dimensional stresses and thermal stresses in composites measured by X–rays are compared with the theoretical and numerical analyses. This work will therfore provide significant information for designing high-performance composites. Other topics covered include synchrotron X–ray radiation and the analysis of X–ray data by the Guassian curve method.Part two is devoted to the application of X–ray diffraction methods for various engineering purposes, the residual stress and half-value breadth (the full width at half the maximum) of the diffraction profiles being the two main X–ray parameters utilized in those applications. Chapters are included on X–ray fractography, a powerful technique for failure analysis, which is applied to the brittle fracture of ceramics and to the fatigue fracture of steels under various service conditions. Content: CURRENT JAPANESE MATERIALS RESEARCH , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Foreword , Page v , HIROSHI MUGURUMA Preface , Pages vii-ix , KEISUKE TANAKA, SHOTARO KODAMA, TORU GOTO List of Contributors , Pages xiii-xv X-ray Stress Measurement of Alumina/Zirconia Composites , Pages 1-27 , KEISUKE TANAKA Evaluation of Thermal Stresses in Continuous Alumina Fiber-Reinforced Aluminum Composites by X-ray Stress Measurement , Pages 29-46 , YASUKAZU IKEUCHI, TAKAO HANABUSA, HARUO FUJIWARA Influence of Microstress on X-ray Residual Stress Analysis , Pages 47-72 , TAKAO HANABUSA, HARUO FUJIWARA Method for the X-ray Analysis of Multiaxial Stress in Materials with a Steep Stress Gradient , Pages 73-94 , TOSHIHIKO SASAKI, MAKOTO KURAMOTO, YASUO YOSHIOKA X-ray Strain Analysis and Elastic Anisotropy of Textured Metals , Pages 95-108 , KAZUO HONDA, TAKAAKI SARAI, MOTOSHI OMORI X-ray Stress Measurement by Using Synchrotron Radiation Source , Pages 109-134 , YASUO YOSHIOKA X-ray Stress Measurement by the Gaussian Curve Method , Pages 135-151 , MASANORI KURITA X-ray Studies on the Mechanical Properties of Boronized Steel , Pages 153-169 , TAKASHI ENDOH, MAMORU KAWAKAMI X-ray Study of the Relationship between Strength and Residual Stress in Cemented Carbides Coated with TiN , Pages 171-189 , KAZUYOSHI KAMACHI, TSUTOMU YAMAMOTO X-ray Fractographic Approach to the Brittle Fracture of Ceramics and Ceramic Composites , Pages 191-210 , YUKIO HIROSE, ZENJIRO YAJIMA, KEISUKE TANAKA Applications and Problems in an X-ray Fractographic Study of Fatigue Fracture Surfaces , Pages 211-231 , YOSHIO MIYOSHI, KEIJI OGURA Study on the Fatigue Fracture Surface of Highly Hardened Material by Microbeam X-ray Techniques , Pages 233-255 , YOSHITAKA NATSUME, SUSUMU MIYAKAWA Application of X-ray Measurements to Rolling Bearing Technology , Pages 257-281 , NORIYUKI TSUSHIMA Fatigue Life Assessment of High-Temperature Cr-Mo-V Rotors by X-ray Diffraction , Pages 283-299 , TORU GOTO, TAKASHI KONISHI, NIROU HARUKI, TAKESHI IKUNO, MASAMICHI YAMAMOTO Fracture Analysis of a Power Generating Machine Part by X-ray Fractography , Pages 301-316 , MAKOTO HAYASHI Index , Pages 317-321