New Green's functions to analyze scattering by flaws in thick composites

C. Y. Wang*, Jan Drewes Achenbach

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The analytical treatment of propagation of ultrasound in thick layers of fiber-reinforced composites simplifies greatly when the characteristic length scales of the propagating signal are much larger than the diameters of fibers and the thicknesses of plies. The inhomogeneous composite may then be modeled as a homogeneous but anisotropic solid. To investigate scattering of ultrasound by discrete flaws or regions of damaged material in such an effectively homogeneous solid it is convenient to formulate boundary integral equations and to solve these equations by the boundary element method. This formulation, is, however, based on basic singular solutions which for anisotropic solids are difficult to obtain in sufficiently simple form.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMechanics of Thick Composites
PublisherPubl by ASME
Pages25-37
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)0791811417
StatePublished - Jan 1 1993
EventSummer Annual Meeting of the Applied Mechanics Division of ASME - Charlottesville, VA, USA
Duration: Jun 6 1993Jun 9 1993

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, AMD
Volume162
ISSN (Print)0160-8835

Other

OtherSummer Annual Meeting of the Applied Mechanics Division of ASME
CityCharlottesville, VA, USA
Period6/6/936/9/93

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering

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