Influence of adhesive interaction on the sound speed in layered composites
There are the adhesive interaction parameters influence between soft polymer and steel layers to the
velocity of the longitudinal sound wave in this paper. Numerical and experimental tests of the sound speed
in two composite and one polymer samples are considered. The mixture formula was used to determine
the elastic parameters in numerical calculations with contact layer. The model, which included the contact
layer, allows calculating the layered composites elastic modulus with certain geometric and mechanical
parameters of adhesive interaction. Authors have compared the results of numerical calculations and
physical experiment. It was found that the adhesive interaction parameters in the calculation of layered
structures is necessary to consider because the adhesive connecting polymer layers with the steel layers
have experience comprehensive stretching which affects to the elastic and acoustic parameters of the
samples.