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Volume 41 Number 3
  • E-ISSN: 1365-2478

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An approximation to plane‐wave propagation through a composite material is examined using a physical model with oriented but randomly distributed penny‐shaped rubber inclusions within an isotropic epoxy resin matrix. A pulse transmission method is used to determine velocities of shear and compressional waves as a function of angle of incidence and crack density. The experimental and theoretical results of Hudson were compared and limitations within the crack parameters used in this study have been determined. Results from both polarized shear waves (S1, S2) compare favourably with the theory for a composite with up to 7% crack density, but theory and experiment diverge at higher crack densities. On the other hand, compressional‐wave velocities at low crack densities (1% and 3%) compare favourably with the theory. It is also shown that the velocity ratio / for two extreme cases, i.e. propagation normal and parallel to the cracks, as a function of crack density and porosity, has a strong directional dependence.

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