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Analytical solutions to the diffraction of elastic waves by elliptical cracks in titanium are compared with experimental results. The analysis is based on physical elastodynamic theory and is valid forka≫1 and in the far field. A digitized ultrasonic spectrum analysis system is used to measure the frequency components of broadband waves diffracted from elliptical cracks with aspect ratios (ratio of major to minor axes) ranging from 1 to 8. The amplitude spectra show good agreement between experiment and theory.
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Adler, L., Achenbach, J.D. Elastic wave diffraction by elliptical cracks: Theory and experiment. J Nondestruct Eval 1, 87–99 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00566117
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