DISPERSION CURVE ANALYSIS OF LASER-GENERATED LAMB WAVES

被引:32
作者
COSTLEY, RD [1 ]
BERTHELOT, YH [1 ]
机构
[1] GEORGIA INST TECHNOL,SCH MECH ENGN,ATLANTA,GA 30332
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
LASER ULTRASONICS; LAMB WAVES; DISPERSION CURVES;
D O I
10.1016/0041-624X(94)90002-7
中图分类号
O42 [声学];
学科分类号
070206 ; 082403 ;
摘要
Experiments have been conducted with a Q-switched ruby laser to study thermoelastic generation of Lamb waves in plates. The objective of this study was to resolve experimentally the various modes that propagate in a thick plate after absorption of a short laser pulse at its upper surface. The methodology consists of acquiring several laser-generated waveforms at various points on the plate. These waveforms are processed with a two-dimensional fast Fourier transform, in space and time, to obtain the dispersion curves of the plate, in wave-number and frequency. The technique can be used to determine which modes propagate in the structure as well as their relative amplitudes. This method, which is commonly used in structural acoustics, has not previously received much attention in laser ultrasonics even though it is particularly well adapted for measuring dispersion curves, because optical methods alleviate the problem of irreproducible coupling that exists with conventional piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers.
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页码:249 / 253
页数:5
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