Suppression of Higher Acoustic Harmonics by Application of Solid-Solid Periodic Layered Structure in Nonlinear Ultrasonics Nondestructive Evaluation Field

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Nondestructive testing (NDT) using ultrasound band 1-5 MHz, has been widely used for the early-stage detection of structural failure; however, it fails to detectf material degradation, fatigue, and microcracks. NDT with nonlinear ultrasound (NLU) can detect a microscopic discontinuity or imperfection that may be a source of the second harmonic in the reflected signal. In this research, we focus on creating a metamaterial band filter that filters out nonlinearities induced by the instrument itself. A 1D elastic superlattice (SL) acoustic filter is designed with a bandgap in its frequency spectrum that covers the frequency range of second harmonic. The SL … continued below

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Kang, Jinho May 2023.

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Nondestructive testing (NDT) using ultrasound band 1-5 MHz, has been widely used for the early-stage detection of structural failure; however, it fails to detectf material degradation, fatigue, and microcracks. NDT with nonlinear ultrasound (NLU) can detect a microscopic discontinuity or imperfection that may be a source of the second harmonic in the reflected signal. In this research, we focus on creating a metamaterial band filter that filters out nonlinearities induced by the instrument itself. A 1D elastic superlattice (SL) acoustic filter is designed with a bandgap in its frequency spectrum that covers the frequency range of second harmonic. The SL is made of periodically alternating Cu and Sn-Pb solder layers. We conducted analytical and numerical calculations to obtain the appropriate thickness of each layer. The metamaterial in this study has the pass band for the fundamental frequency of 5 MHz and the first stop band centered near the frequency of 10 MHz; 5 MHz was chosen because the second harmonic at 10 MHz can detect 200μm micro-scale damage. Experiments with aluminum as the reference specimen and with SL filter were conducted. A function-generator generates 3 pulses sine signal, within the frequency range from 2.5 MHz to 20MHz. Spectral analysis of the signal through the SL filter shows 100 times voltage suppression of the second harmonic as compared to the signal transmitted through the Al specimen. By filtering out the device's inherent nonlinearity with the SL ultrasonic filter, one can detect microcracks, fatigue and material degradation with much higher accuracy.

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Kang, Jinho. Suppression of Higher Acoustic Harmonics by Application of Solid-Solid Periodic Layered Structure in Nonlinear Ultrasonics Nondestructive Evaluation Field, thesis, May 2023; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2137584/: accessed December 5, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

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