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Title: Analytical representations of deformation texture gradients in ceramic superconductors

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OSTI ID:43029
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Engineering
  2. Univ. of Auckland (New Zealand)

A new approach to represent crystallographic texture associated with deformation of ceramic superconductors is presented. This approach differs from the classical Eulerian projection in a number of ways, the most notable being the representation of misorientation data by a single three dimensional vector known as the Rodrigues-Frank vector. In this paper the authors outline a procedure to derive orientation distribution functions in Rodrigues-Frank space. This is applied as a simulation technique to assess local crystallographic misalignments associated with deformation induced textures in bulk ceramic superconductors which are composed of grains macroscopically aligned on average along the c-axis. The application of these simulation studies to continuum mechanics descriptions of deformation processing of long lengths of superconducting ceramics is also discussed.

OSTI ID:
43029
Report Number(s):
CONF-9310224-; ISBN 0-87339-271-X; TRN: IM9521%%194
Resource Relation:
Conference: Materials Week `93, Pittsburgh, PA (United States), 17-21 Oct 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Processing of long lengths of superconductors; Balachandran, U. [ed.] [Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)]; Collings, E.W. [ed.] [Battelle Columbus Division, Columbus, OH (United States)]; Goyal, A. [ed.] [Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)]; PB: 371 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English