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neutron diffraction mapping measurement山下 享介*; 柳樂 知也*; Gong, W.; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.; 潮田 浩作*; 藤井 英俊*
ISIJ International, 66(5), p.673 - 684, 2026/04
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering)In this study, neutron diffraction mapping was performed on linear friction welded (LFW) joints of 12 mm thick high-phosphorus weathering steel (SPA-H) to evaluate residual stress, dislocation density, and crystallographic orientation. Welding was conducted under applied pressures of 100 and 250 MPa. The weld interface mainly consisted of refined ferrite with minor retained austenite and martensite, indicating reverse transformation to austenite during welding. The 250 MPa condition resulted in a lower welding temperature. Elongated grains were observed near the surface along the oscillation direction, while equiaxed grains appeared at the center. Both joints showed high tensile residual stresses at the weld center and compressive stresses near the surface. Higher applied pressure increased dislocation density because of suppressed dynamic recovery. Strong texture formation due to plastic flow was observed, while the effect of applied pressure on texture development was limited.
neutron diffraction study山下 享介*; 小山 元道*; Gong, W.; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.; 潮田 浩作*; 藤井 英俊*
ISIJ International, 66(4), p.477 - 488, 2026/03
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering)This study investigated strengthening mechanisms in friction stir welded (FSW) duplex stainless steel (DSS) using in situ neutron diffraction during tensile testing. Two welding conditions, FSW300 and FSW600, produced significant grain refinement, with 
grains below 1 
m in FSW300. Both conditions increased yield and tensile strength but reduced elongation compared with the base metal (BM), while FSW300 retained higher total elongation than FSW600. Neutron diffraction revealed that was the harder phase in the BM, whereas 
became the harder phase after FSW. Phase stress analysis showed that was more sensitive to grain refinement strengthening, shifting the dominant strengthening contribution from to . Although stacking faults in increased after FSW, work hardening of decreased, while showed enhanced texture development and dislocation accumulation.
花咲 徳亮*; 服部 崇幸*; 薦田 匠*; 源 拡栄*; 鳥越 秀平*; 山下 智史*; 中澤 康浩*; 中野 岳仁*; 吉見 光平*; 八島 光晴*; et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(1), p.e2517926123_1 - e2517926123_6, 2026/01
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：86.56(Multidisciplinary Sciences)In ice, it is well-known that the orientation of H
O molecules is disordered by geometrical frustration. Ice-analogous materials having a pyrochlore lattice display interesting phenomena such as the spin-ice state and the magnetic monopole. In the spinel titanate MgTiO
, the Ti ions have a quantum spin in the pyrochlore lattice. The Ti ions are displaced, accompanied by the spin-singlet formation. Since this displacement pattern follows the ice rule, the title compound is a material analogous to ice. When a small quantity of Ti ions are replaced with Mg ions, the ice-type structural fluctuation exists. In this structural ice-type state, the spins are also fluctuating at a nanosecond scale down to 0.3K. We ascribed this phenomenon to the gapless frustrated random-singlet state, in which the spin-singlet pairs are resonating, and the orphan spins are hopping.
山下 享介*; 柳樂 知也*; Gong, W.; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.; 潮田 浩作*; 藤井 英俊*
鉄と鋼, 111(17), p.1057 - 1071, 2025/12
Neutron diffraction mapping was conducted on linear friction welded joints of 12 mm thick high-phosphorus weathering steel (SPA-H) to evaluate residual stress, dislocation density, and crystallographic orientation. Welding was performed at 100 MPa and 250 MPa. The weld interface mainly comprised refined ferrite with retained austenite and martensite, indicating temperatures exceeded A1 and induced reverse transformation. The 250 MPa joint showed a lower welding temperature. Elongated grains formed near the surface along the oscillation direction (OD), while equiaxed grains appeared at the center. High tensile residual stresses were found at the weld center, with compressive stress near the surface perpendicular to the weld. Pressure had little effect on overall stress trends. Dislocation density increased with pressure due to suppressed dynamic recovery. Strong texture developed at the interface, with limited pressure dependence.
neutron diffraction study山下 享介*; 古賀 紀光*; Mao, W.*; Gong, W.; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.; 藤井 英俊*; 梅澤 修*
Materials Science & Engineering A, 941, p.148602_1 - 148602_11, 2025/09
被引用回数：3 パーセンタイル：35.08(Nanoscience & Nanotechnology)Ferrite-austenite duplex stainless steels offer excellent strength and ductility, making them suitable for extreme environments. In this study, 
neutron diffraction during tensile testing at 293 K and 200 K was used to investigate stress partitioning and phase-specific deformation. Phase stress was calculated using a texture-compensated method. At both temperatures, ferrite showed higher phase stress than austenite, acting as the harder phase. At 200 K, both phases exhibited increased strength and work hardening. Austenite showed significant stacking fault formation alongside dislocation migration, while ferrite retained its dislocation-based deformation mode, becoming more effective. Stress contributions from both phases were comparable. No martensitic transformation occurred. Strengthening and enhanced work hardening in both phases led to high strength at 200 K, with ductility similar to that at 293 K.
neutron diffraction and digital image correlation strain analysis川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.; Gong, W.; Mao, W.*; 山下 享介*; 伊東 達矢; 相澤 一也
Review of Scientific Instruments, 96(9), p.093901_1 - 093901_6, 2025/09
被引用回数：4 パーセンタイル：77.79(Instruments & Instrumentation)A cryogenic tensile testing system for neutron diffraction measurement, incorporating macroscopic strain distribution measurement through the Digital Image Correlation (DIC) method, was developed. By integrating this system with a versatile horizontal load frame, tensile tests can be conducted within the temperature range from room temperature to 20 K. A tentative measurement combining neutron diffraction and the DIC technique was performed on an ultrafine-grained 304 stainless steel during tensile deformation at 77 K. It revealed that the deformation-induced martensitic transformation can be characterized more accurately by considering the local macroscopic strain in the neutron-irradiated gauge region, as determined by the DIC method, rather than the overall sample strain. The developed system enables accurate measurement of macroscopic strain, particularly in cases of non-uniform deformation, while simultaneously capturing associated crystallographic structure changes, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of neutron data for materials research.
Mao, W.*; Gong, W.; 川崎 卓郎; Gao, S.*; 伊東 達矢; 山下 享介*; Harjo, S.; Zhao, L.*; Wang, Q.*
Scripta Materialia, 264, p.116726_1 - 116726_6, 2025/07
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：56.52(Nanoscience & Nanotechnology)An ultrafine-grained 304 austenitic stainless steel exhibited pronounced serrated Luders deformation at 20 K, with stress and temperature oscillations reaching 200 MPa and 20 K. 
neutron diffraction and digital image correlation revealed discontinuous Luders band propagation and burst martensite formation. During deformation, austenite phase stress remained lower than at upper yielding, indicating elastic behavior. Notably, martensite phase stress stayed lower than austenite until fracture, likely due to stress relaxation from burst martensitic transformation at 20 K. The low martensite stress delayed brittle fracture until austenite plastically yielded during uniform deformation.
neutron diffraction measurement during tensile deformation山下 享介*; 諸岡 聡; Gong, W.; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.; 北條 智彦*; 興津 貴隆*; 藤井 英俊*
ISIJ International, 64(14), p.2051 - 2060, 2024/12
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：11.50(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering)An Fe-0.15C-5Mn-0.5Si-0.05Nb steel annealed at 660
C and 685C showed L
ders deformation followed by high work hardening, with variations in Lders strain and hardening behavior. neutron diffraction during tensile tests analyzed phase stresses, strength contributions, and austenite orientation. Deformation-induced martensite contributed 
1000 MPa to strength near tensile failure, while austenite mainly enhanced ductility via transformation-induced plasticity. Austenite transformed to martensite during Lders deformation regardless of orientation, though 311-oriented grains tended to remain along the tensile direction.
小野 綾子; 坂下 弘人*; 山下 晋; 鈴木 貴行*; 吉田 啓之
Mechanical Engineering Journal (Internet), 11(4), p.24-00188_1 - 24-00188_12, 2024/07
原子力機構では、VOF法に基づく詳細二相流解析手法による炉内二相流評価手法の開発を行っており、燃料集合体を対象とした大規模二相流解析に適合する簡易沸騰モデルを開発着手した。簡易沸騰モデルでは、気泡の径や離脱までの時間を知るために、シミュレーションのグリッドサイズ以下となる気泡成長および運動の方程式を解く。一方で、JUPITERは、マイクロメートルオーダー以上の気泡挙動を計算する。本研究では、垂直面での強制対流沸騰が開発した簡易沸騰モデルを用いて解析される。実験データとの比較により、蒸気泡通過時間の流速依存性や熱流束依存性について実験データの傾向をよく説明できる結果となった。
小山 元道*; 山下 享介*; 諸岡 聡; 澤口 孝宏*; Yang, Z.*; 北條 智彦*; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.
鉄と鋼, 110(3), p.197 - 204, 2024/02
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：23.02(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering)The local plasticity and associated microstructure evolution in Fe-5Mn-0.1C medium-Mn steel (wt.%) were investigated in this study. Specifically, the micro-deformation mechanism during Lders banding was characterized based on multi-scale electron backscatter diffraction measurements and electron channeling contrast imaging. Similar to other medium-Mn steels, the Fe-5Mn-0.1C steel showed discontinuous macroscopic deformation, preferential plastic deformation in austenite, and deformation-induced martensitic transformation during Lders deformation. Hexagonal close-packed martensite was also observed as an intermediate phase. Furthermore, an in-situ neutron diffraction experiment revealed that the pre-existing body- centered cubic phase, which was mainly ferrite, was a minor deformation path, although ferrite was the major constituent phase.
neutron diffraction measurement during tensile deformation山下 享介*; 諸岡 聡; Gong, W.; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.; 北條 智彦*; 興津 貴隆*; 藤井 英俊*
鉄と鋼, 110(3), p.241 - 251, 2024/02
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering)A Fe-0.15C-5Mn-0.5Si-0.05Nb medium Mn steel annealed at 660C and 685C both exhibited inhomogeneous deformation with Luders deformation and extremely high work hardening rates, but with different Luders strain and work hardening behavior. neutron diffraction measurements during tensile test were performed to investigate changes in the phase stresses and in the contributed stresses to the strength of the constituent phases, and crystal orientation of austenite. The role of each constituent phase in the deformation and the effect of crystallographic orientation on austenite stability were discussed. Deformation induced martensite showed excellent phase stress and contributed to the strength approximately 1000 MPa, which is close to macroscopic tensile strength.
小山 元道*; 山下 享介*; 諸岡 聡; Yang, Z.*; Varanasi, R. S.*; 北條 智彦*; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.
鉄と鋼, 110(3), p.205 - 216, 2024/02
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering) deformation experiments with cold-rolled and intercritically annealed Fe-5Mn-0.1C steel were carried out at ambient temperature to characterize the deformation heterogeneity during Lders band propagation. Deformation band formation, which is a precursor phenomenon of Lders band propagation, occurred even in the macroscopically elastic deformation stage. The deformation bands in the Lders front grew from both the side edges to the center of the specimen. After macroscopic yielding, the thin deformation bands grew via band branching, thickening, multiple band initiation, and their coalescence, the behavior of which was heterogeneous. Thick deformation bands formed irregularly in front of the region where the thin deformation bands were densified. The thin deformation bands were not further densified when the spacing of the bands was below 10 m. Instead, the regions between the deformation bands showed a homogeneous plasticity evolution. The growth of the thin deformation bands was discontinuous, which may be due to the presence of ferrite groups in the propagation path of the deformation bands. Based on these observations, a model for discontinuous Lders band propagation has been proposed.
neutron diffraction during cryogenic cooling山下 享介*; Harjo, S.; 川崎 卓郎; 諸岡 聡; Gong, W.; 藤井 英俊*; 友田 陽*
ISIJ International, 64(2), p.192 - 201, 2024/01
被引用回数：3 パーセンタイル：23.02(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering) neutron diffraction measurements were performed on Fe-33Ni-0.004C alloy (33Ni alloy) and Fe-27Ni-0.5C alloy (27Ni-0.5C alloy) during cooling from room temperature to the cryogenic temperature (4 K) to evaluate changes in the lattice constants of austenite and martensite, and changes in the tetragonality of martensite due to thermally induced martensitic transformation. As the martensitic transformation progressed, the lattice constants of austenite in both alloys deviated to smaller values than those predicted considering the thermal shrinkage, accompanied by an increase in the full width at half maximum of austenite. The fresh martensite formed in both alloys had a body-centered tetragonal (BCT) structure, regardless of the carbon content. The tetragonality of martensite decreased with progressive martensitic transformation during cooling in the 33Ni alloy, but was almost constant in the 27Ni-0.5C alloy. This suggests that carbon is necessary to maintain the tetragonality of martensite during cooling. The tetragonality of martensite in the 27Ni-0.5C alloy decreased during room temperature aging because of carbon mobility.
西田 真之*; Harjo, S.; 川崎 卓郎; 山下 享介*; Gong, W.
Quantum Beam Science (Internet), 7(1), p.8_1 - 8_15, 2023/03
In this study, the thermal stress alterations generated in a tungsten fiber reinforced titanium composite (W/Ti composite) were evaluated by the neutron stress measurement method at cryogenic temperatures. The W/Ti composite thermal loads were repeated from room temperature to the cryogenic temperature (10 K), and alterations in thermal residual stress were evaluated using the neutron in situ stress measurement method. In this measurement, the stress alterations in the titanium matrix and the tungsten fibers were measured. This measurement was carried out by TAKUMI (MLF-BL19) of J-PARC, a neutron research facility in the Japan Atomic Agency. The measurement method of TAKUMI is the time-of-flight (TOF) method. Owing to this measurement method, the measurement time was significantly shortened compared to the angle-dispersion type measurement by a diffractometer. As a result of the measurement, large compressive stresses of about 1 GPa were generated in the tungsten fibers, and tensile stresses of about 100 MPa existed in the titanium matrix. The thermal stresses due to the temperature change between room temperature and cryogenic temperature is caused by the difference of thermal expansions between the tungsten fibers and the titanium matrix, and these stress values can be approximated by a simple elastic theory equation.
ders band propagation in an Fe-5Mn-0.1C medium Mn steel clarified through scanning electron microscopy小山 元道*; 山下 享介*; 諸岡 聡; Yang, Z.*; Varanasi, R. S.*; 北條 智彦*; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.
ISIJ International, 62(10), p.2043 - 2053, 2022/10
被引用回数：13 パーセンタイル：59.72(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering) deformation experiments with cold-rolled and intercritically annealed Fe-5Mn-0.1C steel were carried out at ambient temperature to characterize the deformation heterogeneity during Lders band propagation. Deformation band formation, which is a precursor phenomenon of Lders band propagation, occurred even in the macroscopically elastic deformation stage. The deformation bands in the Lders front grew from both the side edges to the center of the specimen. After macroscopic yielding, the thin deformation bands grew via band branching, thickening, multiple band initiation, and their coalescence, the behavior of which was heterogeneous. Thick deformation bands formed irregularly in front of the region where the thin deformation bands were densified. The thin deformation bands were not further densified when the spacing of the bands was below 10 m. Instead, the regions between the deformation bands showed a homogeneous plasticity evolution. The growth of the thin deformation bands was discontinuous, which may be due to the presence of ferrite groups in the propagation path of the deformation bands. Based on these observations, a model for discontinuous Lders band propagation has been proposed.
ders deformation in an Fe-5Mn-0.1C medium-Mn steel小山 元道*; 山下 享介*; 諸岡 聡; 澤口 孝宏*; Yang, Z.*; 北條 智彦*; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.
ISIJ International, 62(10), p.2036 - 2042, 2022/10
被引用回数：26 パーセンタイル：83.23(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering)The local plasticity and associated microstructure evolution in Fe-5Mn-0.1C medium-Mn steel (wt.%) were investigated in this study. Specifically, the micro-deformation mechanism during Lders banding was characterized based on multi-scale electron backscatter diffraction measurements and electron channeling contrast imaging. Similar to other medium-Mn steels, the Fe-5Mn-0.1C steel showed discontinuous macroscopic deformation, preferential plastic deformation in austenite, and deformation-induced martensitic transformation during Lders deformation. Hexagonal close-packed martensite was also observed as an intermediate phase. Furthermore, an in-situ neutron diffraction experiment revealed that the pre-existing body-centered cubic phase, which was mainly ferrite, was a minor deformation path, although ferrite was the major constituent phase.
Harjo, S.; Gong, W.; 川崎 卓郎; 諸岡 聡; 山下 享介*
ISIJ International, 62(10), p.1990 - 1999, 2022/10
被引用回数：5 パーセンタイル：27.04(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering)Two mechanisms inconsistent each other, a relaxation of type II internal stress and a presence of mobile dislocation, were previously proposed to describe the low elastic limit of as-quenched lath martensite steels. In this study, neutron diffraction experiments were performed to revisit the deformation behavior of lath martensite steel. The highly dense random arrangement dislocations easily moved at the beginning of deformation, then accumulated, annihilated and changed the arrangement differently depending on the orientation of the packet with respect to the deformation direction. The movement of highly dense random arrangement dislocations played an important role as a mechanism at the beginning of deformation, and can be a true feature of mobile dislocations.
小野 綾子; 坂下 弘人*; 山下 晋; 鈴木 貴行*; 吉田 啓之
Proceedings of 12th Japan-Korea Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS12) (Internet), 7 Pages, 2022/10
本研究では、新しい機構論に基づいた限界熱流束予測手法を提案する。適切な安全評価を行うため、また、設計コストを削減するために、メカニズムに基づくCHFの予測方法の確立が、長い間望まれてきた。核沸騰の高熱流束域からCHFまでの加熱面付近の気液挙動に関するいくつかの実験結果から、われわれは、加圧水型軽水炉でのCHFを予測するにはマクロ液膜ドライアウトモデルが適用できると考えている。マクロ液膜ドライアウトモデルを用いてCHFを予測するには、燃料表面のマクロ液膜の厚さとその上面を覆う蒸気泡の通過期間を予測することが必要となる。本研究では、著者らが提案したマクロ液膜の厚さの予測手法と蒸気泡の通過期間の予測手法を組み合わせることで、強制対流沸騰におけるCHFを評価する。評価した結果と強制対流沸騰におけるCHFの実験データを比較することで、その妥当性を検証する。
小野 綾子; 山下 晋; 坂下 弘人*; 鈴木 貴行*; 吉田 啓之
Proceedings of 13th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Operation and Safety (NUTHOS-13) (Internet), 12 Pages, 2022/09
原子力機構ではVOF法に基づいた詳細熱流動解析手法を開発している。詳細解析において壁面からの沸騰を再現するには、ミクロスケールの気液挙動を考慮するがあり、膨大計算コストを必要とする。そこで、本研究では、計算コストを削減した簡易的な沸騰モデルを開発し、開発したモデルを用いてJUPITERで沸騰の再現解析を行い、実験から取得した気液挙動のデータと比較した結果を示す。
小野 綾子; 山下 晋; 坂下 弘人*; 鈴木 貴行*; 吉田 啓之
第26回動力・エネルギー技術シンポジウム講演論文集(インターネット), 4 Pages, 2022/07
原子力機構では、原子炉心部の二相流挙動に対して界面追跡法に基づく機構論的熱流動解析手法であるJUPITERやTPFITを適用する試みを行っている。より詳細な炉内熱流動を把握する計算手法を得ることで、安全評価の適正化や新型燃料の最適設計に資するため、開発が望まれている。しかしながら、界面追跡を用いた解析手法において、伝熱面から沸騰させるためには極めて微小な解析格子を設定する必要があり、原子炉燃料集合体などの大規模な計算体系への適用は不可能であることが大きな課題であった。そこで本研究では、大規模計算体系に対して計算コストを削減した、新しい簡易的な沸騰モデルを開発して、強制流動沸騰について熱流束および流速を変えた再現解析を実施した結果について報告する。
