Extracting mechanical properties from a small volume of material by combining nano X-ray tompgraphy, digital volume correlation and finite element modleling

(a) Scanning electron microscope image of a FIB milled micropillar (b) surface rendering of tomographic data to highlight the indentation as the impressed region. (c) Displacement field measured by digital volume

correlation of X-ray computed tomograms. (d) an example of a fitted finite element simulation to the nanoindentation experiment.

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Measuring time-resolved dynamic contact strain in a rotating ball bearing using high energy synchrotron energy dispersive X-ray diffraction

(a) Bearing loading rig mounted on Diamond Light Source’s I12 stage (b) Fast X-ray radiography (c) X-ray diffraction data from stationary and rotating bearing

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detectorsincidentbeam 3D DIC system

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Investigating the effects of overload on fatigue crack propagation

(a) Fatigue crack propagation at Diamond Light Source’s I12 (b) Elastic strain field map from X-ray diffraction of overloaded compact tension specimen (c) Elastic-plastic strain field of the sample from digital image

correlation