Use of the ultrasonic transparency technique to calculate the elastic and physical properties of flat glass

Abstract

The elastic properties of soda lime silicate float glass were analyzed by transmission technique ultrasonic. Four samples of glass in white, smoked and green color were obtained commercially and investigated with ultrasonic velocities at 125 kHz frequency. As a result, properties such as shear modulus, Young’s modulus, bulk modulus, Poisson’s ratio, microhardness, acoustic impedance, fractal bond connectivity and anisotropy factor were assessed by longitudinal and transverse velocities data and density measurements in the samples. The results were compared with reference values published in the literature attesting the viability of the proposed method.