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Theoretical Aspects of Applying Lamb Waves in Nondestructive Testing of Anisotropic Media

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Theoretical aspects of applying Lamb waves to nondestructive testing of layered anisotropic media are considered. Propagation of Lamb waves is analyzed using a six-dimensional complex Cauchy formalism that allows one to obtain a closed-form equation for determining the dispersion of Lamb waves in media with arbitrary elastic anisotropy. The possibility for applying the higher modes of Lamb waves to nondestructive testing is noted.

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Ilyashenko, A.V., Kuznetsov, S.V. Theoretical Aspects of Applying Lamb Waves in Nondestructive Testing of Anisotropic Media. Russ J Nondestruct Test 53, 243–259 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061830917040039

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