Material parameters in anisotropic rectangular plates are determined in a nondestructive way. Real‐time, TV‐holography is used to determine frequencies and shapes of the first five modes of vibration of plates with free‐free boundary conditions. According to rules given in the paper, finite element analysis is then used to determine two effective Young's moduli, the shear modulus, and the Poisson's ratio.
Material parameters of anisotropic plates are determined. Rectangular anisotropic plates are tuned by changing the quotient between the length of the sides, so that the second and third modes of vibration, for free‐free boundary conditions, degenerate into the well‐known cross‐shaped and ring‐shaped modes, respectively. The first three modes of vibrations for these plates are determined by optical methods. The propagation of bending waves, generated by the impact of a ballistic pendulum on the plates, has also been optically studied. It is found that bending waves generated in the middle of the tuned plates will reach the boundaries of the plates simultaneously. This gives a relationship between main material parameters. Using this relation and Rayleigh's method for the first three modes of vibrations, the main material parameters for the plates, that is, the effective two Young's moduli, the shear modulus, and the Poisson's ratio, are determined.
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