Single crystal elastic constants evaluated with surface acoustic waves generated and detected by lasers within polycrystalline steel samples

We report on a laser generated and detected surface acoustic wave method for evaluating the elastic constants of micro-crystals composing polycrystalline steel. The method is based on the measurement of surface wave velocities in many micro-crystals oriented randomly relative to both the wave propagation direction and the sample surface. The surface wave velocity distribution is obtained experimentally thanks to the scanning potentiality of the method and is then compared to the theoretical one. The inverse problem can then be solved, leading to the determination of three elastic constants of the cubic symmetry micro-crystals. Extensions of the method to the characterization of texture, preferential orientation of micro-crystals or welds could be foreseen.

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