Passive Strain Measurements for Experiments in Radiation Environments

This project will develop passive instrumentation to determine permanent strains induced by irradiation and extract critical parameters using modeling and simulation as well as machine learning algorithms. An irradiation experiment will be conducted that will benefit from engineered anisotropic materials and characterize the directional deformation in response to neutron radiation. The results of the experiment will be incorporated into the model so that the material response can be predicted for future uses as a probe material.