ISSN:
0272-8397
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
An electronic speckle pattern interferometer (ESPI) is used to determine modes of vibration in rectangular, orthotropic, free-free plates; that is using a noncontact, nondestructive, optical method. It is shown, using the finite element method (FEM), that each of the first three modes of vibration in rectangular orthotropic plates has a strong dependence upon only one of the main material parameters, namely the in-plane shear modulus and the two Young's moduli, respectively. With this one-variable dependence it is a simple task to determine the effective material parameters. This method has several obvious advantages compared to the use of test bars and it can be extended to give a measure of the damping parameters and probably also be used for production control. Preliminary results are presented and discussed.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pc.750080206
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