On Acousto-Elastic Measurements of the Difference of Principal Stresses

It is shown that the spectrum analysis of ultrasonic transverse waves is a useful tool for the acousto-elastic measurement of the difference and directions of principal stresses. The stress distribution chosen for the experiment is that in a center-holled plate specimen under tension. Ultrasonic tra...

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Published inTransactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series A Vol. 52; no. 475; pp. 752 - 757
Main Authors OZE, Hirokazu, IWASHIMIZU, Yukio
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 1986
Subjects
Acoustic Birefringence
Acousto-Elasticity
Spectrum Analysis
Stress Analysis
Ultrasonic Wave
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Summary:It is shown that the spectrum analysis of ultrasonic transverse waves is a useful tool for the acousto-elastic measurement of the difference and directions of principal stresses. The stress distribution chosen for the experiment is that in a center-holled plate specimen under tension. Ultrasonic transverse waves are incident normal to the specimen, and spectrums of the echos are analyzed. The transducer commonly used for sending and receiving waves is rotated to find the direction of incident vibration for which the spectral amplitude vanishes at some frequency. Such transducer direction and frequency are measured not only in a stressed state but also in a reference state of the specimen, and used for the acousto-elastic law in a slightly orthotropic material to determine the directions and difference of the principal stresses. In this experiment, the polarization directions of transverse waves changes only a little by the stress, and the precise measurement of this is required in a further study.
ISSN:0387-5008
1884-8338
DOI:10.1299/kikaia.52.752