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https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-5-187-2016
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07 Jun 2016
Regular research article |  | 07 Jun 2016

Determination of the material properties of polymers using laser-generated broadband ultrasound

Leander Claes, Thorsten Meyer, Fabian Bause, Jens Rautenberg, and Bernd Henning

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We present a non-destructive method to determine the material properties, for example elastic constants, of metal and polymer plates using laser-generated ultrasound. The ultrasonic signals are detected using an ultrasonic transducer that shows high sensitivity over a wide rage of frequencies. A method of signal processing to determine material properties is described and can be expanded upon to characterize more complex samples, such as fibre reinforced composites.
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