Tt. Wu et Jh. Gong, APPLICATION OF TRANSIENT ELASTIC-WAVES TO THE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF PLATE STRUCTURE WITH CAVITY OR INCLUSION, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 94(3), 1993, pp. 1453-1460
This paper utilized the heterogeneous finite difference formulation to
study the propagation of transient elastic waves in media with intern
al interfaces due to a steel ball impact. The media considered in this
paper include a parallel layered half-plane, a dipping layered half-p
lane, and a plate with a hole or circular inclusion. Transient elastic
waves generated by dropping a steel ball on the layered (both paralle
l and dipping) plates are recorded to check the validity of the result
s simulated from the present numerical scheme. In order to detect a vo
id or inclusion in a plate structure, the near-offset seismogram and p
oint-source/array-receiver (PS/AR) seismogram are simulated numericall
y. The simulated results of the near-offset seismogram suggested that
the bottom-reflected P wave can be utilized to estimate the diameter o
f a circular inclusion. The unique features in the PS/AR seismogram su
ggested that the PS/AR seismogram can be utilized to identify a void o
r inclusion in plate structures. In combination with recent laser ultr
asound developments, the present study can also serve as a basis for t
he detection of fine voids or inclusions in materials.