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Diffusive wave spectroscopy applied to the spatially resolved deformation of a solid
Marion Erpelding1, Axelle Amon, Jérôme Crassous
1Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR UR1-CNRS 6251, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35042 Rennes cedex, France.
Abstract:
We propose an experimental setup based on diffusive wave spectroscopy for studying deformations of a solid material. The scattered waves are measured during the deformation of the solid material at different locations of its surface. The correlations of the scattered intensities are measured. The loss of correlation can be related to the invariants of the strain tensor of the solid, giving us a spatially resolved determination of the deformation near the surface. Experiments dealing with a point stress on plate for two kinds of elastic materials are presented and compared with the theoretical predictions.
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