SONIC METHOD

Domain	Definition
Mining	A method of measuring underground rock pressure by determining the velocity of sound through the rock. Sonic velocity is a function of the elastic modulus of the rock traversed by the wave, and this, in turn, is a function of the pressure. A hammer blow on the rock face is used to initiate the sound waves, which are picked up by a microphone placed at the site of the blow and by a second microphone at the other end of the path through the rock under test. The difference between the times of the signals received from the two microphones will equal the time taken by the sonic pulse to pass through the rock. The signals are converted into visible waveforms on the screen of an oscillograph, and these are photographed or otherwise recorded to form a permanent record. (references)
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Anagrams: SONIC METHOD

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