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Apparatus for checking the direction of polarization of shear-wave ultrasonic transducers

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5268805
An apparatus for checking the direction of polarization of shear-wave ultrasonic transducers comprises a first planar surface for mounting the shear-wave transducer, a second planar surface inclined at a predetermined angle to the first surface to generate longitudinal waves by mode conversion, and a third planar surface disposed at a second predetermined angle to the first for mounting a longitudinal-wave ultransonic transducer. In an alternate embodiment, two second planar surfaces at the predetermined angle are placed at an angle to each other. The magnitude of the shear wave is a function of the angle between the direction of polarization of the transducer and the mode-conversion surface.
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
Assignee:
TIC; EDB-80-085163; ERA-05-029473
Patent Number(s):
None
OSTI ID:
5268805
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English