DEVA Steca Workshop

Wednesday 10 May 2023, 09:00 → 17:00 Europe/Berlin

UYG 02 22 - Pforte (MLZ)

Neelima Paul (Technical University of Munich, Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ)), Joana Rebelo-Kornmeier

The Data Evaluation Group is pleased to announce a 1-day joint DEVA-STRESS SPEC workshop on Steca software on 10th May 2023 in the Glaspalast at FRM II, organised with support of the MLZ Science Group “Material Science”. This workshop is intended to familiarize participants with basic concepts of material characterization such as evaluation of textures and residual stresses in materials from their neutron diffraction patterns. It will include lectures and detailed demonstration of the Steca software tool to analyse the 2D-detector data of neutron strain scanner STRESS-SPEC and x-ray materials diffractometers, to obtain peak positions, widths, and intensities, which will then be exported and processed to calculate strains/stress and texture. The participants will have the possibility to gain experience in using this software at a beginner's level and learn to interpret the analytical results on practical examples. 

It is proposed for students and scientists of the MLZ and is limited to 15 participants on a first come, first served basis. Participants are expected to bring laptops, notebook and pens. The Steca software can be downloaded from https://jugit.fz-juelich.de/mlz/steca/-/jobs/164924/artifacts/file/build/Steca-Installer.exe

09:00 → 09:15 Theory: Welcome

Convener: Dr Neelima Paul (Technical University of Munich, Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ))

09:15 → 09:30 Coffee

09:30 → 10:30 Theory: Lectures

09:30 Organizational issues

Introduction of our group, download of software & data files

09:45 Residual Stresses

Speaker: Michael Hofmann

10:30 → 12:30 Hands-on tutorial: Steca practical session Part 1

Convener: Joana Rebelo-Kornmeier

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 14:15 Theory

13:30 Texture

Speaker: Dr Weimin Gan (Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon)

14:15 → 14:35 Coffee

14:35 → 16:30 Hands-on tutorial: Steca practical session Part 2

Convener: Joana Rebelo-Kornmeier

16:30 → 17:00 Hands-on tutorial: Discussion of results