The normalized change in ultrasonic "natural" velocity as a function of stress and temperature was measured in a unidirectional laminate of T300/5208 graphite/ epoxy composite using a pulsed phase locked loop ultrasonic interferometer. These mea surements were used together with the linear (second order) elastic moduli to calculate some of the nonlinear (third order) moduli of this material.
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