This paper deals with a quantitative study of the conversion of a Lamb wave at the bevelled edge of a plate. A harmonic wave (successively the A1 and S0 Lamb modes) is generated using a wedge. The normal displacements at the surface of the plate are measured with a laser vibrometer and used to compute an energy evaluation. In order to determine a good mean value of incident and reflected wave amplitudes, the signals are isolated by a Fourier treatment. Then, the energy flow repartition among the converted modes is computed in both cases and for different values of the bevel angle.
Laboratoire d'Acoustique Ultrasonore et d'Electronique, LAUE-CNRS (UMR 6068), Université du Havre, Place Robert Schuman, BP 4006, 76610 Le Havre, France. wilkie@iut.univ-lehavre.fr
