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Title: RUScal: Software for the analysis of resonant ultrasound spectroscopy measurements

Abstract

Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy is used to nondestructively measure the elastic resonances of small solids to elucidate the material's elastic properties or other qualities like size, shape, or composition. In this work, we introduce the software RUScal for the purpose of determining elastic properties by analyzing the eigenfrequencies of solid specimens with common shapes, such as rectangular parallelepipeds, cylinders (solid and hollow tube), ellipsoids, and octahedrons, as well as irregularly shaped ellipsoids that can be described analytically. All symmetry classes are supported, from isotropic to triclinic, along with the option to add or remove up to three orthogonal mirror planes as well as the ability to reorient the crystal axes with respect the sample edges via Euler angles. Additional features include tools to help find initial sets of elastic constants, including grid exploration and Monte Carlo methods, a tool to analyze frequencies as a function of sample length or crystal orientation, an error analysis tool to assess fit quality, and formatting of the input and output files for batch fitting, e.g., as a function of temperature. This software was validated with published resonant ultrasound spectroscopy data for various materials, shapes, and symmetries with noted improvements in calculation time compared to finitemore » element methods.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
OSTI Identifier:
1876321
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1872364
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-22-23263
Journal ID: ISSN 0001-4966
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; 89233218CNA000001
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 151; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher:
Acoustical Society of America
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; acoustic spectroscopy; elastic modulus; Euler angles; ultrasound; Monte Carlo methods; computer software; finite-element analysis; crystal orientation; crystal structure; graphical user interface; resonant ultrasound spectroscopy

Citation Formats

Torres, James Robert, Flores-Betancourt, Alexis, and Hermann, Raphaël P. RUScal: Software for the analysis of resonant ultrasound spectroscopy measurements. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1121/10.0011397.
Torres, James Robert, Flores-Betancourt, Alexis, & Hermann, Raphaël P. RUScal: Software for the analysis of resonant ultrasound spectroscopy measurements. United States. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0011397
Torres, James Robert, Flores-Betancourt, Alexis, and Hermann, Raphaël P. Tue . "RUScal: Software for the analysis of resonant ultrasound spectroscopy measurements". United States. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0011397. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1876321.
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