Conventional contact ultrasonic methods suffer from large variability, which is known to originate from a number of sources such as coupling variability, and the surface roughness at the transducer/specimen interface. The inherently small higherharmonic signals can be significantly influenced by the changes in contact conditions, especially in nonlinear ultrasonic measurements. For this reason, the noncontact generation and detection techniques are very attractive. This research first focuses on the optical generation of tone-burst surface acoustic waves in a metallic specimen. Two methods that use laser light as an optical source are compared for generating surface acoustics waves in the 5 MHz range. Both the shadow mask and diffraction grating are used to convert a laser pulse to a tone-burst signal pattern on the specimen. The generated signals are detected by a wedge transducer at a fixed location and then the harmonic contents in the generated signals and the repeatability of the methods are evaluated. Finally, the developed method is used to characterize the material nonlinearity of aluminum (Al 6061) and steel (A36). The results showed repeatable measurements for ablative signal excitation on aluminum.

Orientador: Odilon Divino Damasceno Couto Júnior / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-28T03:39:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Covacevice_AllanCassioTrevelin_M.pdf: 15137963 bytes, checksum: 6269264b01d872c4b40e0034a1575cf5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: Neste trabalho, implementamos cálculos feitos através do método de elementos finitos no estudo de propriedades mecânicas e ópticas de microcavidades ópticas planares (POMCs) quando estas estão sob os efeitos de modulação induzidos por ondas acústicas de superfície (SAWs). Começamos resolvendo separadamente os problemas de modulação mecânica e caracterização de modos ópticos. Após isso, fundimos esses dois modelos em um terceiro, permitindo a caracterização da modulação acusto-óptica do sistema, o que nos permite também calcular as alterações induzidas nas propriedades ópticas das POMCs devido às SAWs. Concentramos nossa atenção em POMCs que possuem refletores de Bragg (DBRs) compostos por camadas de materiais fortemente piezoelétricos, como o ZnO e o LiNbO3. Mostramos que, usando em torno de 10 DBRs acima e abaixo da cavidade óptica, POMCs baseadas em ZnO/SiO2 e LiNbO3/SiO2 poderiam, em princípio, apresentar fatores de qualidade excedentes a 104. O alto confinamento de luz na cavidade permite-nos observar efeitos relacionados ao forte acoplamento fóton-fônon induzido pelas SAWs. Em particular, mostramos como a presença de SAWs confere a formação de super-redes ópticas dinâmicas induzidas acusticamente, as quais são caracterizadas pela dobradura ("folding") da dispersão dos fótons na cavidade, e pelo surgimento de "mini" zonas de Brillouin. Nossos resultados estão de acordo com resultados experimentais presentes na literatura. Eles abrem a possibilidade de caracterização de modulações acusticamente induzidas em sistemas de camadas arbitrários e criam uma plataforma muito boa para interpretação de resultados experimentais / Abstract: In this work, we implement finite element method calculations to study the mechanical and optical properties of planar optical microcavities (POMCs) under the strain modulation induced by surface acoustic waves (SAWs). We start by solving separately the problems of mechanical modulation and optical mode characterization. Afterwards, we merge the two models in a single one which enables the characterization of the acousto-optic modulation in the system and allows us to calculate the SAW induced modification in the optical properties of POMCs. We concentrate our attention in POMCs which have distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) composed of layers of highly piezoelectric materials like ZnO and LiNbO3. We show that, using around 10 DBRs on top and below the optical cavity layer, POMCs based on ZnO/SiO2 and LiNbO3/SiO2 could, in principle, have Q-factors exceeding 104. The strong light confinement in the cavity allows us to the observe effects related to the strong photon-phonon coupling induced by the SAW. In particular, we show how the presence of SAWs leads to the formation of acoustically induced dynamic optical superlattices, which are characterized by the folding of photon dispersion in the cavity and the appearance of "mini" Brillouin zones. Our results are in very good agreement with experimental results reported in literature. They open the possibility of characterization of acoustically induced modulation in arbitrary layered systems and create a very good platform for interpretation of experimental results / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física / 2013/118635-2 / 2012/11382-9 / CAPES / FAPESP

Thesis (S.M. in Electrical Engineering)--Joint Program in Oceanography and Oceanographic Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-65). / by James Willard Partan. / S.M.in Electrical Engineering

Cold rolled carbon steel 1018C is widely used in pressurized fuel pipelines. For those structures, stress corrosion cracking (SCC) can pose a significant problem because cracks initiate late in the lifetime and often unexpectedly, but grow fast once they get started. To ensure a safe operation, it is crucial that any damage can be detected before the structural stability is reduced by large cracks. In the early stages of SCC, microstructural changes occur which increase the acoustic nonlinearity of the material. Therefore, an initially monochromatic Rayleigh wave is distorted and measurable higher harmonics are generated. Different levels of stress corrosion cracking is induced in five specimens. For each specimen, nonlinear ultrasonic measurements are performed before and after inducing the damage. For the measurements, oil coupled wedge transducers are used to generate and detect tone burst Rayleigh wave signals. The amplitudes of the received fundamental and second harmonic waves are measured at varying propagation distances to obtain a measure for the acoustic nonlinearity of the material. The results show a damage-dependent increase in nonlinearity for early stages of damage, indicating the suitability for this nonlinear ultrasonic method to detect stress corrosion cracking before structural failure.

Comparative studies of nondestructive evaluation methods have shown that nonlinear ultrasonic techniques are more sensitive than conventional linear methods to changes in material microstructure and the associated small-scale damage. Many of the material degradation processes such as carbonation in concrete, corrosion in metals, etc., begin at the surface. In such cases, ultrasonic Rayleigh surface waves are especially appropriate for detection and characterization of damage since their energy is concentrated in the top layer of the test object. For the civil engineering infrastructure, only a limited number of field applicable nonlinear ultrasonic techniques have been introduced. In this paper a nonlinear ultrasonic measurement technique based on the use of Rayleigh waves is developed and used to characterize carbonation in concrete samples. Wedge transducer is used for the generation and an accelerometer for detection of the fundamental and modulated ultrasonic signal components. The measurements are made by varying the input voltage and along the propagation distance. The slope of the normalized modulated amplitudes is taken as the respective nonlinearity parameter. Concrete samples with two different levels of damage are examined, and the difference of the two fundamental frequencies is used to quantify damage state.

Velocity-coupled combustion instability is a major issue facing lean combustor design in modern gas turbine applications. In this study, we analyze the complex acoustic field excited by a transverse acoustic mode in an annular combustor. This work is motivated by the need to understand the various velocity disturbance mechanisms present in the flame region during a transverse instability event. Recent simulation and experimental studies have shown that much of the flame response during these transverse instabilities may be due to the longitudinal motion induced by the fluctuating pressure field above the nozzles. This transverse to longitudinal coupling has been discussed in previous work, but in this work it is given a robust acoustic treatment via computational methods in order to verify the mechanisms by which these two motions couple. We will provide an in-depth discussion of this coupling mechanism and propose a parameter, Rz, also referred to as the Impedance Ratio, in order to compare the pressure/velocity relationship at the nozzle outlet to quasi one-dimensional theoretical acoustic approximations. A three-dimensional inviscid simulation was developed to simulate transversely propagating acoustic pressure waves, based on an earlier experiment designed to measure these effects. Modifications to this geometry have been made to account for lack of viscosity in the pure acoustic simulation and are discussed. Results from this study show that transverse acoustic pressure excites significant axial motion in and around the nozzle over a large range of frequencies. Furthermore, the development of Rz offers a defined physical parameter through which to reference this important velocity-coupled instability mechanism. Therefore, this study offers an in-depth and quantifiable understanding of the instability mechanism caused by transversely propagating acoustic waves across a combustor inlet, which can be applied to greatly improve annular combustor design in future low-emissions gas turbine engines.

Advancing the field of nanotechnology to incorporate the unique properties observed at the nanoscale into functional devices has become a major scientific thrust of the 21st century. New fabrication tools and assembly techniques are required to design and manufacture devices based on one-dimensional nanostructures. Three techniques for manipulating nanomaterials post-synthesis have been developed. Two of them involve direct contact manipulation through the utilization of a physical probe. The third uses optically generated surface acoustic waves to reproducibly control and assemble one-dimensional nanostructures into desired locations. The nature of the third technique is non-contact and limits contamination and defects from being introduced into a device by manipulation. While the effective manipulation of individual nanostructures into device components is important for building functional nanosystems, commercialization is limited by this one-device-at-a-time process. A new approach to nanostructure synthesis was also developed to site-specifically nucleate and grow nanowires between two electrodes. Integrating synthesis directly with prefabricated device architectures leads to the possible mass production of NEMS, MEMS and CMOS systems based upon one-dimensional nanomaterials. The above processes have been pursued to utilize piezoelectric ZnO nanobelts for applications in high frequency electronic filtering as well as biological and chemical sensing. The high quality, single crystal, faceted nature of these materials make them ideal candidates for studying their properties through the designs of a bulk acoustic resonator. The first ever piezoelectric bulk acoustic resonator based on bottom-up synthesized belts will be demonstrated. Initial results are promising and new designs are implemented to scale the device to sub-micron dimensions. Multiple models will be developed to assist with design and testing. Some of models presented will help verify experimental results while others will demonstrate some of the problems plaguing further investigations.

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In this study the description and development of intensity-based laser interferometric techniques for the detection and measurement of ultrasonic stress waves and their small displacement amplitudes is presented. The dynamic displacement sensitive interferometers described in the following chapters allow the quantitative point-by-point measurement of both in-plane and out-of-plane components of surface displacement motion. These uniquely developed interferometric sensors are: 1) an optical system design for the detection of the surface acoustic wave (Rayleigh wave). The technique is based on the Fourier analysis of coherent light and diffraction imaging properties of an illuminated grating; 2) the design and construction of a two-beam unequal-path laser interferometer for the measurement of out-of-plane surface displacement of ultrasonic waves; 3) extension of a flexible fiber optic probing device which is optically coupled to the test arm of the above two-beam interferometer. This permits scanning of the test surface which may be at some distance from the main optical system components; 4) the design and construction of a laser speckle interferometer for retro-reflective diffusing surfaces in which the in-plane displacements of the ultrasonic wave are interrogated. The inherent advantages of these newly designed optical configurations in terms of their greater simplicity, feasibility, and sensitivity over the conventional counterparts (classical/speckle laser interferometers) are explained. The function-response limitations of these interferometric sensors on lateral displacement resolution, on upper and lower-bound displacement sensitivity (dynamic range), on high-frequency bandwidth probing capability, on low-frequency environmentally associated noise disturbance, and on specularly reflective or diffusively retro-reflective specimen surface preparation are also mentioned. Finally, in a series of experimental observations, the application of a couple of these acoustic sensors in pulsed-excitation ultrasonic Specifically, the optically testing methods is cited. detected ultrasonic signals revealing the true nature of the various surface displacement modes of vibration are presented. / Ph. D.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / No presente trabalho, um algoritmo algébrico sequencial é utilizado para descrever a propagação de ondas acústicas ao longo de uma barra e utilizado na identificação de danos. Esse algoritmo é validado com base nos conficientes de sensibilidade dos ecos correspondentes aos diferentes cenários de danos apresentados. Na formulação do problema de identificação de dano, o campo de impedância generalizada, que minimiza o funcional definido como a distância entre o eco calculado e o eco experimental sintético é procurado. Os tempos de percurso da resposta, obtidos a partir de experimentos numéricos, são utilizados para identificar a posição, intensidade e forma do dano. Para simular dados corrompidos, diferentes níveis de ruído - variando de 30 a 0 dB - são introduzidos. O processo de identificação foi avaliado com os seguintes métodos de otimização: Otimização por Enxame de Partículas (PSO); Luus-Jaakola (LJ); Algoritmo de Colisão de Partículas (PCA); Algoritmos Genéticos (GA) e Recozimento Simulado (SA); e a hibridização desses métodos com o método determinístico de Levenberg-Marquardt. É mostrado que o processo de identificação de dano construído sobre a abordagem de propagação de ondas acústicas foi bem sucedido, mesmo para dados ruidosos altamente corrompidos. Os resultados dos casos testes são apresentados e algumas observações sobre as vantagens dos métodos determinísticos e estocásticos e sua combinação também são relatados. / In the present work, a sequential algorithm is used for describing the acoustic wave propagation along a bar and applied for damage identification purposes. The algorithm is validated based on the sensitivity coefficients of the corresponding echoes to the adressed damage scenarios. In the formulation of the damage identification problem, the generalized impedance field, that minimizes the functional defined as the distance between the calculated echo and the synthetic experimental one is sought. Time history responses, obtained from pulse-echo experiments, are used to identify damage position, severity and shape. In oder to account for noise corrupted data, different levels of signal to noise ratio - varying from 30 to 0 dB - are introduced. In the identification procedure the following optimization methods were applied: Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO); Luus-Jaakola (LJ); Particle Collision Algorithm (PCA); Genetic Algorithms (GA); and Simmulated Annealing (SA): and the hybridization of these methods with the deterministic Levenberg-Marquardt method. It is shown that the damage identification procedure built on the acoustic wave propagation approach was successful, even for highly corrupted noisy data. Test case results are presented and a few comments on the advantages of deterministic and stochastic methods and their combination are also reported.