Measurement of elastic constants in composite materials using air-coupled ultrasonic bulk waves

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 4 I, 1996, Pages 2116-2123

  Hosten, Bernard ^a   Hutchins, David A ^b   Schindel, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GONIOMETRY; MATERIALS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SHEAR RATE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

EID: 0029945641     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.415398     Document Type: Article

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