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    Bi-angular lens for material characterization
    (IEEE, 1994) Yaralıoğlu, Göksen Göksenin; Atalar, Abdullah; Köymen, Hayrettin
    In this paper a new lens design is proposed for characterization of layered materials. Lamb wave lens employs Lamb waves for this purpose since these waves propagate along interfaces. However, below cut-off angle, the critical angles of Lamb wave modes are low and the generated V(z) curves have small number of oscillations, which in turn causes measurement difficulties and accuracy degradation. Bi-angular lens described in this paper, generates an extra obliquely incident wave, instead of normally incident beam, in order to provide the reference specular reflection. Simulation results as well as experimental results are presented and it is shown that a high sensitivity can be obtained by using this new lens.
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    Characterization of layered materials by the lamb wave lens
    (IEEE, 1990) Atalar, Abdullah; Köymen, Hayrettin; Değertekin, F. Levent
    The Lamb wave lens is a type of lens that can replace the conventional lens of an acoustic microscope for some applications. When it insonifies a layered solid structure, it excites a single mode in the structure, provided that the frequency is properly adjusted. Measuring the return signal as a function of frequency results in a characteristic curve showing the excited modes. Since the number of excited modes, the frequencies at which they are excited, and the efficiency of excitation are highly dependent on the elastic and physical parameters of the layered solid, a characterization method emerges. The authors describe this characterization method for the layered structures using the Lamb wave lens. Theoretical and experimental results are presented.