Resonant frequency method for the measurement and uncertainty analysis of acoustic and elastic properties

A resonant frequency method is proposed to determine the bar speed and the Poisson's ratio of a rod several meters long of the kind often used for manufacturing power sonic transducers and mechanical horns in mass production. This method is shown to be robust in a field test and with high resolution for estimation of the bar speed. The uncertainty (standard deviation/average) for the bar speed and the Poisson's ratio can be reduced by appropriately selecting the mode number pairs and increasing the mode number. In this study, the uncertainties of the bar speed and Poisson's ratio are less than 0.043% and 2.9%, respectively. The resonant frequency method is verified by comparing the dilatational wave speeds calculated by elastic theory with those from experiments, the difference between them being less than 0.17%.