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UT Testing-Section 2 Physics of Ultrasound

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The following applet can be used to calculate the acoustic impedance for any<br />

material, so long as its density (p) and acoustic velocity (V) are known. The<br />

applet also shows how a change in the impedance affects the amount <strong>of</strong><br />

acoustic energy that is reflected and transmitted. The values <strong>of</strong> the reflected<br />

and transmitted energy are the fractional amounts <strong>of</strong> the total energy incident<br />

on the interface. Note that the fractional amount <strong>of</strong> transmitted sound energy<br />

plus the fractional amount <strong>of</strong> reflected sound energy equals one. The<br />

calculation used to arrive at these values will be discussed on the next page.<br />

http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/CommunityCollege/Ultrasonics/<strong>Physics</strong>/applet_2_6/applet_2_6.htm

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