Abstract
The standard surface pre-treatment used on aluminium adherends in aerospace applications produces a porous oxide structure on the adherend surface. The adhesive penetrates some distance into the pores to form a microcomposite. The thickness of these interlayers in a typical aluminium-epoxy joint is in the order of 1 μm only. Surface acoustic wave measurements have been carried out with an acoustic microscope at frequencies between 220 and 980 MHz for different thicknesses of oxide layer. A good agreement has been found between the predictions and the acoustic microscope measurements. Attention has been focused on the anomalous behaviour of the attenuation around the cutoff.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 803-806 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium |
Volume | 2 |
State | Published - 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. Part 2 (of 2) - San Antonio, TX, USA Duration: 3 Nov 1996 → 6 Nov 1996 |