Accession Number:

AD0755695

Title:

Polymer Sound Speeds and Elastic Constants

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB WHITE OAK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Hartmann, Bruce
• Jarzynski, Jacek

Report Date:

1972-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

Sound speed measurements were made on 25 polymers at room temperature and on five of these polymers as a function of temperature. On 15 of the polymers, both longitudinal and shear sound speeds were measured. Using these sound speeds and measured densities, the elastic constants of the polymers were calculated.

Descriptors:

• *POLYMERS
• TEMPERATURE
• ELASTIC PROPERTIES
• ELASTOMERS
• ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES

Subject Categories:

• Plastics
• Acoustics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE