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The distortion of a sinusoidal acoustic wave at unbonded interfaces has been determined in terms of the first and second harmonic amplitudes. The results demonstrate for the first time that the second harmonic can reach the theoretically predicted maximum value. As also predcted, the harmonic generation efficiency at unbonded interfaces first increases and then decreases with an externally applied compressive load. The technique has been applied to diffusion bonded specimens in an attempt to quantify their achieved strength. As already demonstrated earlier, the energy reflected from such diffusion bonds is also useful to characterize their strength. Indications are that a combination of reflected energy and harmonic generation data could be a powerful tool to quantify the strength of diffusion bonds, particularly those of nearly perfect strength. A strength determination of diffusion bonds by nondestructive evaluation is a necessity for the qualification of such bonds in critical applications.
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Barnard, D.J., Dace, G.E., Rehbein, D.K. et al. Acoustic harmonic generation at diffusion bonds. J Nondestruct Eval 16, 77–89 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02683880
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