This research focuses on measuring the mode transformation and energy attenuation of wedge waves for different apex angle wedges by using laser ultrasound techniques.Pulsed laser excitation and optical deflection beam methods for detection were used to measure the wedge waves.In experiment,various wedge waves at different locations were recorded by scanning the excitation laser along the wedge tip,and different orders of wedge waves were observed.By fixing the distance between the excitation and detection positions and scanning the samples along the direction normal to the wedge tip,the modes transformation process was obtained.It was found that the energy of the acoustic waves for 20°,25° and 30° wedges decreased exponentially to a steady energy of Rayleigh wave within the main wavelength range of the acoustic modes,while the energy of acoustic waves of 45° and 60° wedge remained stable as the propagation line was scanned away from the wedge tip.
This letter reports the application of the scanning heating laser source technique to detect microcracks that may be undetected by conventional methods. In the proposed approach, we monitor changes in the transmitted surface acoustic waves （SAWs） as a heating source is scanned over the crack. The experimental system for microcrack detection by a scanning heating laser source is obtained by exploiting the strong dependence of the transmission efficiency of acoustic pulses on the state of the contacts, whether open or closed, between the crack faces. Microeracks can be detected successfully by confirming the heating position at the point of maximal improvement of the transmission efficiency of the SAWs.
