Texture evaluation in ductile fracture process by neutron diffraction measurement

Sunaga, Hideyuki*; Takamura, Masato*; Ikeda, Yoshimasa*; Otake, Yoshie*; Hama, Takayuki*; Kumagai, Masayoshi*; Suzuki, Hiroshi  ; Suzuki, Shinsuke*

A neutron diffraction measurement was performed to reveal microstructural aspects of the ductile fracture in ferritic steel. The diffraction patterns were continuously measured at the center of the reduced area while a tensile specimen was loaded under tension until the end of the fracture process. The measurement results showed that the volume fraction of (110)-oriented grains increased when the texture evolved as a result of plastic deformation. But the mechanism of texture evolution may be changed during necking, decreasing an increase rate of the volume fraction.