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Simulation of incoherent and coherent backscattered wave fields from cavities in a solid matrix

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posted on 2013-01-08, 12:23 authored by Valerie PinfieldValerie Pinfield, Richard E. Challis
This paper reports a study of the backscattered ultrasonic signal from a solid layer containing spherical cavities, to determine the conditions in which an effective medium model is a valid description of the response. The work is motivated by the need to model the response of porous composite materials for ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques. The numerical simulation predicts the response of a layer containing cavities at a single set of random locations, and compares it to the predicted response from a homogeneous layer with ensemble-averaged material properties (effective medium model). The study investigates the conditions in which the coherent (ensembleaveraged) response is obtained even from a single configuration of scatterers. Simulations are carried out for a range of cavity sizes and volume fractions. The deviation of the response from effective medium behavior is modeled, along with the trends as a function of cavity radius, volume fraction, and frequency, in order to establish an acceptability criterion for application of an effective medium model.

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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Chemical Engineering

Citation

PINFIELD, V.J. and CHALLIS, R.E., 2012. Simulation of incoherent and coherent backscattered wave fields from cavities in a solid matrix. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132 (6), pp.3760-3769.

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© Acoustical Society of America

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

Publication date

2012

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This article was published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America [© Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America]. The article may be found at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4763985

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0001-4966

Language

  • en

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