Title :
Rayleigh wave absorption via acoustic microscopy
Author_Institution :
University of Oxford, Department of Metallurgy & Science of Materials, Oxford, UK
Abstract :
The acoustic material signature(AMS) model may be used to extract acoustic propagation loss for Rayleigh waves via the reflection acoustic microscope. Attenuation measurements for two metallic material examples are consistent with published results on bulk wave scattering losses.
Keywords :
Rayleigh waves; acoustic microscopes; acoustic wave absorption; Rayleigh wave absorption; acoustic material signature model; acoustic propagation loss; attenuation measurement; metallic materials examples; reflection acoustic microscope;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820015
