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    • X-ray Micro-Tomography (micro-CT)

    Metadata Updated: May 31, 2025

    X-ray micro-tomography (micro-CT) is a non-destructive imaging technique that provides resolution of material microstructures in three dimensions at scales from hundreds of nanometers to centimeters. The technique is used at NASA Ames Research Center to investigate a variety of advanced materials, including lightweight composite heatshields for atmospheric entry, woven materials, parachute textiles and meteoroids. Data are collected using both synchrotron and laboratory-based X-ray sources. Synchrotron micro-CT is performed in collaboration with the beamline 8.3.2 at the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. High-fidelity digital representations of microstructures obtained from micro-CT are used as framework to perform predictive simulations of effective material properties and material response using high performance computing.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date May 15, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date May 31, 2025

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 15, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date May 31, 2025
    Publisher Francesco Panerai
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.nasa.gov/api/views/f7qz-8dsr
    Data First Published 2018-10-01
    Data Last Modified 2025-05-29
    Category Aerospace
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://data.nasa.gov/dataset/x-ray-micro-tomography-micro-ct
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash e64b9b2ff7e61b982e3c575b3d8501cfd0cba6762e51c68f59078cfa040bf089
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