Texture School @ FRM II

Texture Analysis in Material Science

October 15-17, 2013 in Garching

Organiser is the Institut für Werkstoffkunde und Werkstofftechnik of Technische Universität Clausthal under the direction of Prof. Dr. Heinz-Günther Brokmeier.

15. October: From Area Detector pictures to Pole Figures

Time Programme    
       
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome address    
09:10 - 09:50 Lecture: Introduction in crystallographic textures    
09:50 - 10:20 Lecture: Pole figure measurement using area detectors    
10:20 - 10:50 Lecture: Principle ways of data treatment (individualpeak, Rietveld refinement)    
10:50 - 11:10 Coffee break    
11:10 - 11:40 Introduction in pole figure extraction by STECA - Software    
11:40 - 12:40 Practical: STECA    
12:40 - 14:00 Lunch break    
14:00 - 14:30 Introduction in pole figure extraction by SABO    
14:30 - 15:30 Practical: SABO    
15:30 - 16:30 Coffee break    
16:30 - 17:00 Introduction in MAUD (Materials Analysis Using Diffraction)    
17:00 - 18:00 Practical: MAUD    

16. October: Interpretation of Pole Figures

Time Programme    
       
9:00 - 9:45 Lecture: Definition ofthe pole figure (type of projection, pole figure window, pole figure statistics, number of pole figures,normalisation, RP-values ...)    
09:45 - 10:15 Lecture: Basic information’sof pole figures    
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee break    
10:45 – 12:45 Practical:Pole figure extractionfor a later interpretation-STECA, SABO or MAUD    
12:45 - 14:00 Lunchbreak    
14:00 - 15:00 Practical: Interpretation of pole figure symmetry and its meaningExample 1, 2, 3    
15:00 - 15:30 Introduction in Ideal components, fibers and orientation bands    
15:30 - 16:30 Practical: Ideal components (hkl) , ideal fiber texture and orientation bands    
16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break    
16:45 - 17:45 Crystallographic relation between pole figures(cubic, hexagonal)    
18:30 - ???? Social evening    

17. October: Interpretation of the Orientation Distribution Function

Time Programme    
       
09:00 - 09:45 Lecture: Introduction in the orientation distribution function (ODF)    
09:45 - 10:00 Basic informations on how to calculate the ODFs    
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break    
10:30 - 12:45 MTEXa MATLAB™ toolbox for quantitative texture analysis    
12:45 - 14:00 Lunchbreak    
14:00 - 14:20 ODF calculation by the iterative series expansion method    
14:20 - 15:30 Practical: ODF calculation by the iterative series expansion method    
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break    
16:00 - 17:00 Practical: Interpretation of ODFs (ideal components φ1,φ, Φ2) ideal fiber texture and orientation bands)    
17:00 STRESS-SPEC visite    

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