HIGH FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS OF THE CONTACT BETWEEN MACHINE ELEMENTS USING ULTRASOUND

摘要

This paper describes a study of the experimental interaction of ultrasound with real rough surfaces, and the modeled interaction of ultrasound with an infinite array of holes, using Finite Element Analysis, in an attempt to discover the limit of applicability of the quasi-static spring model. The relationship between reflected amplitude of the scattered wave, and the size of the hole acting as reflector, was found and used to create a finite element independent scatter model. This was compared to the quasi-static model and it was found that the two models diverge at a ka value of approximately 0.6.