Kowari

Kowari has proven to be fast and reliable for users: a number of residual stress measurements (by Michael Law, ANSTO-IME) have been made on a variety of samples, the most challenging being a very thick steel pipe intersection (see sample below) with complex geometry which is still in the beam. This specimen requires careful manipulation to measure four stress directions at 15 points; each measurement has long counting times due to attenuation through the material.

Kowari-Michael