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Observing dual-mode second-harmonic generation in an isotropic nonlinear elastic plate
Krishnadas V Kanakambaran1, Krishnan Balasubramaniam1
1Centre for Nondestructive Evaluation and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abstract:
In this paper, we discuss the observation of simultaneously propagating dual-mode second-harmonic fundamental symmetric (s0) mode and a vertical-shear horizontal (sh0⊥) mode generated on an aluminium plate of 1 mm thickness while excited with a fundamental shear horizontal (SH0) mode in a large domain. The experimental observations, and numerical models, were used to confirm the presence of dual-mode second-harmonics. The two wavemodes would separate from each other in the time-domain, wherein the travel length exceeded a minimum cut-off length of 40λ. This approach can provide important implications for more versatile early state defect detection.
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