scholarly journals High Temperature Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy: A Review

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Li ◽  
J. R. Gladden
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Elastic Constants ◽  
Resonance Spectrum ◽  
Condensed Matter ◽  
Amorphous Solid ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Resonant Ultrasound

The measurement of elastic constants plays an important role in condensed matter physics and materials characterization. This paper presents the resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS) method for the determination of elastic constants in a single crystal or amorphous solid. In RUS, the measured resonance spectrum of a properly prepared sample and other information such as geometry, density, and initial estimated elastic constants are used to determine the elastic constants of the material. We briefly present the theoretical background and applications to specific materials; however, the focus of this review is on the technical applications of RUS, especially those for high-temperature measurements.

scholarly journals Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy: Sensitivity Analysis for Anisotropic Materials with Hexagonal Symmetry

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Christopher Sevigney ◽  
Onome Scott-Emuakpor ◽  
Farhad Farzbod
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Constants ◽  
Material Properties ◽  
Free Vibrations ◽  
Hexagonal Symmetry ◽  
Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy ◽  
Cubic Symmetry ◽  
Complete Set ◽  
Resonant Ultrasound ◽  
Non Destructive

Abstract Resonance ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS) is a non-destructive technique for evaluating elastic and an-elastic material properties. The frequencies of free vibrations for a carefully crafted sample are measured, and material properties can be extracted from this. In one popular application, the determination of monocrystal elasticity, the results are not always reliable. In some cases, the resonant frequencies are insensitive to changes in certain elastic constants or their linear combinations. Previous work has been done to characterize these sensitivity issues in materials with isotropic and cubic symmetry. This work examines the sensitivity of elastic constant measurements by the RUS method for materials with hexagonal symmetry, such as titanium-diboride. We investigate the reliability of RUS data and explore supplemental measurements to obtain an accurate and complete set of elastic constants.

scholarly journals Increasing contribution of grain boundary compliance to polycrystalline ice elasticity as temperature increases

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (246) ◽  
pp. 669-674
Author(s):  
COLIN M. SAYERS
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Orientation Distribution ◽  
Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy ◽  
Wave Velocities ◽  
Polycrystalline Ice ◽  
Resonant Ultrasound ◽  
Increasing Temperature ◽  
Shear Compliance

ABSTRACTMeasured elastic stiffnesses of ice polycrystals decrease with increasing temperature due to a decrease in grain boundary stiffness with increasing temperature. In this paper, we represent grain boundaries as imperfectly bonded interfaces, across which traction is continuous, but displacement may be discontinuous. We express the additional compliance due to grain boundaries in terms of a second-rank and a fourth-rank tensor, which quantify the effect on elastic wave velocities of the orientation distribution as well as the normal and shear compliances of the grain boundaries. Measurement of the elastic stiffnesses allows determination of the components of these tensors. Application of the method to resonant ultrasound spectroscopy measurements made on ice polycrystals enables determination of the ratio BN/BS of the normal to shear compliance of the grain boundaries, which are found to be more compliant in shear than in compression. The ratio BN/BS is small at low temperatures, but increases as temperature increases, implying that the normal compliance increases relative to the shear compliance as temperature increases.

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