Abstract
A method is presented to evaluate quantitatively the reflection of elastic waves by a distribution of coplanar cracks. The method is based on a novel calculation of crack-opening volumes. For a plane containing a large number of cracks, closed form expressions have been derived for the reflection and transmission coefficients as well as for the stress-intensity factors, in terms of the crack-opening volumes. Based on the solution of the direct problem, a solution to the inverse problem is proposed, which can be used to predict quantitatively the stress intensity factors for an anticipated static stress state.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 79-83 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1988 |
| Event | New Directions in the Nondestructive Evaluation of Advanced Materials - Chicago, IL, USA Duration: Nov 27 1988 → Dec 2 1988 |
Other
| Other | New Directions in the Nondestructive Evaluation of Advanced Materials |
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| City | Chicago, IL, USA |
| Period | 11/27/88 → 12/2/88 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)