Y. Okabe et al., Determination of the orthotropic elastic constants of thin PET film by an ultrasonic micro-spectrometer, IEEE ULTRAS, 46(5), 1999, pp. 1269-1275
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL
The elastic constants of a thin polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, whos
e thickness was 12 mu m, were determined from the acoustic reflection coeff
icients. The reflection coefficients were measured by an ultrasonic micro-s
prectrometer (UMSM), and all of the elastic constants were obtained through
the fitting of a theory to the dip points of the magnitude of the reflecti
on constants where leaky Lamb waves were excited. As a result, the film was
found to be an orthotropic material, and the observed elastic constants we
re consistent with those measured by tensile tests. Besides, the in-plane s
hear modulus was found to be much larger than the out-of-plane shear moduli
. Then, the reflection coefficients were calculated using the obtained stif
fness matrix. The calculated values reproduced not only the dip points but
also the change in magnitude of measured reflection coefficients depending
on the frequency and the incident angle. These agreements suggest that the
stiffness matrix components were determined accurately.