a b s t r a c tThe flexural waves propagating in a beam can be efficiently absorbed if one extremity is tapered with a power law profile and covered by a thin layer of additional damping material. Such a termination induces the so-called "Acoustic Black Hole effect" (ABH): if the thickness decreases locally, flexural waves slow down and the amplitude of the displacement field increases, leading to efficient energy dissipation if an absorbing layer is placed where the thickness is minimum. This paper presents a specific study of the reflection coefficient of ABH beam terminations. A Kundt-like measurement method of the reflection coefficient of a beam termination is proposed. The method is validated using theoretical results in the case of a beam free end. Results for several ABH extremities show a clear decrease of the modulus of the reflection coefficient R. The phase of R due to the decreasing thickness profile is also investigated and is interpreted by defining a correction length for the tapered termination. These experimental results are compared with several models: geometrical acoustics based model, beam waveguide model and plate model.

This paper describes a digital holographic setup based on in-line holography and a high-speed recording to get a multipoint vibrometer. The use of a high-speed sensor leads to specificities that enable the in-line configuration to be used. The case of transient vibrations is investigated through a full simulation of the holographic process. The simulation shows that the first instants are critical since distortion may occur, resulting in errors in the phase measurement. Experimental results are provided by exciting an aluminum beam with a transient signal. A comparison with the velocity measured by a pointwise vibrometer is provided. Frequency response functions are extracted and the experimental results confirm the ability of the method to provide full-field contactless measurements at the high-speed time scale evolution of the vibration.

this paper discusses on the influence of decorrelation noise induced by quantization and shot-noise when recording digital holograms at very high frame rate. A criterion based on the coherence factor of the hologram phase difference is proposed. The main parameters of interest are the ratio between the reference and the object waves and the sensor dynamics, depending on the photo-electron capacity of pixels. The study is based on a full numerical simulation of the holographic process, which provides useful rules. This leads to define the optimal conditions for recording at very-high frame rate with minimization of the decorrelation noise. Experimental results obtained with frame rate at 50kHz confirm the proposed approach.