Scientific Review: ENGIN-X: A Fully Refined Diffractometer Designed Specifically for Measurement of Stress

Abstract

Neutron stress measurement is a non-destructive technique that provides insights into strain and stress fields deep within engineering components and structures. As such, it has become an increasingly important tool within engineering, leading to improved manufacturing processes to reduce stress and distortion as well as to the definition of more precise structural integrity lifing procedures. Furthermore, it is often the only non-destructive means of measuring the stress state deep within engineering components and structures under conditions (temperature, stress, atmosphere, etc.) representative of those which might be experienced in service.