Laser-generated thermoelastic waves in an anisotropic infinite plate: Exact analysis

Journal of Thermal Stresses

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 569-583

  Al Qahtani, Hussain M ^a   Datta, Subhendu K ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Lamb wave; Laser; Thermoelastic

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELASTIC WAVES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; INTEGRATION; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SILICON NITRIDE; THERMOELASTICITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; WAVES;

(100) SILICON; (140.3500) LASERS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; (R ,S)-SYMMETRIC; ANALYTICAL METHODS; AND DETECTION; ANTISYMMETRIC MODES; CAUCHY'S RESIDUE THEOREMS; DEFECT CHARACTERIZATION; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; EXACT ANALYSIS; FOURIER; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; GUIDED WAVES; INFINITE PLATES; LAMB MODES; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE); NONCONTACT (NC); NUMERICA L RESULTS; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; PULSED LASERS; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; SPATIAL DOMAINS; TIME DOMAIN (OCT); TRANSIENT RESPONSES; TRANSIENT ULTRASONIC; WAVENUMBER FREQUENCY DOMAIN;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 45849125407     PISSN: 01495739     EISSN: 1521074X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01495730801978380     Document Type: Article

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