Abstract:
The specimen consisted of a 1-cm-diam monocrystal silicon sphere. Voigt elastic stiffnesses C[inf 11], C[inf 12], C[inf 44] were determined from the macroscopic eigenvibration frequencies. The C[inf ij] results agree closely with previous measurements by conventional acoustic methods. The internal frictions Q[sup -1] were determined for two nondegenerate eigenfrequencies. One depends only on the shear modulus C[inf 44]. The other, composed of 0.64C[inf 11]+0.32 C[inf 12]+0.04 C[inf 44], is nearly independent of C[inf 44]. Granato--Lucke plots of ln (epsilon) Q[sup -1] vs ln (epsilon)[sup -1] showed two regions. The higher strain region showed a slope of approximately 3.5 times that of the lower strain region. A dislocation-model explanation will be offered for higher Q[sup -1] at higher (epsilon).