Ultrasonic Measurements Research: Improved Acoustic Emission Methods.

Abstract

Developments on new transducers for high fidelity measurement of normal and tangential displacement are summarized. Improvements in calibration techniques are outlined. The transducer aperture effect is measured and compared to theories. Keywords: Acoustic Emission; Transducer Calibration; Aperture; Deconvolution; Green's Function; Surface Pulse; Rayleigh Wave; Elastic Plate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA172726

Entities

People

  • D. G. Eitzen
  • F. R. Breckenridge
  • M. Greenspan
  • T. M. Proctor

Organizations

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Emissions
  • Amplifiers
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Calibration
  • Data Processing
  • Displacement
  • Emission
  • Frequency
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Reliability
  • Standards
  • Transducers
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waveform Generators
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics