Publications of Dr. G. Blessing

  Slotwinski, John, A., Blessing, Gerald V. , Ultrasonic Measurement of the Dynamic Elastic Moduli of Small Metal Samples , Journal of Testing and Evaluation, American Society for Testing and Materials , Vol. 27(2) , pp. 164-166 , (1999).

  Hwang, T.W., Whitenton, Eric, P., Hsu, Nelson, N., Blessing, Gerald V. , Acoustic Emission Monitoring of High Speed Grinding of Silicon Nitride, Ultrasonic, 38 ,pp. 554-559 , (1999). 

Blessing, Gerald V., Fick, Steven, E., Slotwinski, John, A., Xiang, Dan , Ultrasonic Research and Applications in the NIST Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, Acta Physica Sinica (Chin. Phys. Soc.), 8, Supplement , August , S16-S21, (1999).

Xiang, Dan, Hsu, Nelson, N., Blessing, Gerald V. , Imaging of Surface Wave Slowness , Applied Physics Letters, 74 (15),pp. 2236-2238 , (1999).

  Ahn, H.S., Jahanmir, S., Slotwinski, John, A., Blessing, Gerald V., Detection of Contact Damage in Ceramics by an Ultrasonic Method, J. Mater. Res., Vol. 13, No. 7, 1899-1904, (1998).

  Davies, M.A., Fick, Steven, E., Evans, Chris J., Blessing, Gerald V., Ultrasonic Detection of Unstable Plastic Flow in Hard Metal Cutting, Nondestructive Characterization of Materials VIII, ed. R. E. Green, Jr. (Plenum Press) NY, 205-209, (1998).

  Hsu, Nelson, N., Xiang, Dan, Blessing, Gerald V., Time Domain Waveforms of a Line-Focus Transducer Probing Anisotropic Solids, Nondestructive Characterization of Materials VIII, R.E.Green, Jr. (plenum Press) NY, 779-804, (1998).

  Hsu, Nelson, N., Xiang, Dan, Blessing, Gerald V., Time-Resolved Ultrasonic Body Wave Measurements of Materials Anisotropy Using a Lensless Line-Focus Transducer, Proc. IEEE 1998 International Ultrasonics Symposium - Sendai/Japan, p. 1261, (1998).

Slotwinski, John, A., Fick, Steven, E., Sydnor, G.V., Lopez-Sanchez, C., Blessing, Gerald V., A Methodd for Calibrating Ultrasonic Aluminum Reference Blocks with Nominally-Identical Ceramic-Element Transducers, 1998 ASNT Spring Conference,  Americ. Soc. For Nondestructive Testing, Inc., Columbus, OH, 247-249, (1998).

  Xiang, Dan, Hsu, Nelson, N., Blessing, Gerald V., A Simplified Ultrasonic Immersion Technique for Materials Evaluation, Materials Evaluation, Vol. 56 (7), 854--859, (1998).

Xiang, Dan, Hsu, Nelson, N., Blessing, Gerald V., Spatial Resolution with Time-and-Polarization-Resolved Acoustic Microscopy, Proceedings of the 24th Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Editor D. O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti (Plenum Press) New York, Vol 27, 1734-1744, (1998).

Xiang, Dan, Hsu, Nelson, N., Blessing, Gerald V., Statistical Error Analysis of Time and Polarization Resolved Ultrasonic Measurements, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, . 45(4), 1006-1016, (1998).

  D. Xiang, N. N. Hsu and G. V. Blessing, "The Design, Construction and Application of a Large Aperture Lens-Less Line-Focus PVDF Transducer,"  Ultrasonics 34(6): 641-647, (August 1996).

  N.N. Hsu, D. Xiang, S. E. Fick and G. V. Blessing, "Time and Polarization Resolved Ultrasonic Measurements Using a Lensless Line-Focus Transducer," 1995 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings,Vol. 2, pp. 867-871, (1996).

  J.A. Slotwinski and G. V. Blessing, "Ultrasonic NDE of Sprayed Ceramic Layers,"   Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 15B, pp. 1613-1620, (1996).

  J.A. Slotwinski and G. V. Blessing, "Ultrasonic Evaluation of Ceramic Grinding Damage," NISTIR 5578, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, pp. 44-48, (1995).

  J.A. Slotwinski and G. V. Blessing,  "NIST Calibration of ASTM E127-Type Ultrasonic Reference Blocks, " NISTIR 5430, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 41 pp., (May 1994).

  G.V. Blessing, J.A. Slotwinski, D.G. Eitzen and H.M. Ryan, "Ultrasonic Measurements of Surface Roughness," Applied Optics, Vol. 32, No.19, pp. 3433-3437, (July 1993).

  N.N. Hsu, S.E. Fick and G.V. Blessing, "Greens Function of a Liquid/Solid Interface and Application to Fluid Coupled Ultrasonic Materials Testing,"   IEEE 1992 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, 92CH3118-7, B.R. McAvoy (ed.), pp. 395-398, (1992).

  G.V. Blessing, A. Wolfenden, V.K. Kinra, Y.T. Chen, V. Dayal, M.R. Harmouche and P. Terranova, "Dynamic Shear Modulus Measurements in Nickel-Based Alloys," Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 321-323, (July 1992).

  G.V. Blessing, D.G. Eitzen, J.F. Henning, R.H. Kodama, A.V. Clark and R.E. Schramm, "Precision Ultrasonic Thickness Measurements on Thin Steel Parts," Materials Evaluation, Vol. 49, pp. 982-986, (August 1991).

  A.V. Clark, R.B. Thompson, Y. Li, R.C. Reno, G.V. Blessing, D.V. Mitrakovic, R.E. Schramm and D. Matlock, "Ultrasonic Measurement of Sheet Texture and Formability: Comparison with Neutron Diffraction and Mechanical Measurements," Res. Nondestr. Eval., 2:239-257, (1990).

  G.V. Blessing, "The Pulsed Ultrasonic Velocity Method for Determining Material Dynamic Moduli," ASTM STP 1045, Dynamic Elastic Modulus Measurements in Materials, A. Wolfenden (ed.), Philadelphia, PA, pp. 47-57, (May 1990).

  A.V. Clark, R.B. Thompson, G.V. Blessing and D. Matlock, "Ultrasonic Measurement of Formability in Thin Ferritic Steel,"  Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 8A, Plenum Press: D.O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti (eds.), New York, NY, pp. 1031-1038, (1989).

  M.P. Jones and G.V. Blessing, "Ultrasonic Evaluation of Spray-Dried Ceramic Powders During Compaction,"  International Advances in Nondestructive Testing, Vol. 13. Gordon & Breach Science Publishers, Inc.: Warren J. McGonnagle (ed.), New York, NY, pp. 179-191, (1988).

  A.V. Clark, Jr., R.C. Reno, R.B. Thompson, J.F. Smith, G.V. Blessing, R.J. Fields, P.P. Delsanto and R.B. Mignogna, "Texture Monitoring in Aluminum Alloys: A comparison of Ultrasonic and Neutron Diffraction Measurement," Ultrasonics, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 189-197, (July 1988).

  D.G. Eitzen and G.V. Blessing, "Ultrasonic Reference Blocks," Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering, M.B. Bever (ed.), Pergamon Press, Oxford, England , pp. 5l82-5l86, (1986).

  M.P. Jones, G.V. Blessing and C.R. Robbins, "Dry-Coupled Ultrasonic Elasticity Measurements of Sintered Ceramics and Their Green States," Materials Evaluation, Vol. 44, pp. 859-862, (June 1986).

  G.V. Blessing, N.N. Hsu and T.M. Proctor, "Ultrasonic Shear Wave Measurement of Known Residual Stress in Aluminum," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 24, No.3, pp. 218-221, (September 1984).

  G.V. Blessing, P.P. Bagley and J.E. James, "The Effect of Surface Roughness on Ultrasonic Echo Amplitude in Steel,"  1983 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, 83CH1947-1, pp. 923-927, (November 1983). Also: Materials Evaluation, Vol. 42, pp.1389-1400, (October 1984).

  G.V. Blessing, "An Assessment of Ultrasonic Reference Block Calibration Methodology," NBSIR 83-2710. National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD, (June 1983).

  N.N. Hsu, T.M. Proctor and G.V. Blessing, "An Analytical Approach to Reference Samples for Ultrasonic Residual Stress Measurement,"  J. Test & Eval, Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 230-234, (September 1982).

  G.V. Blessing and W.L. Elban, "Aluminum Matrix Composite Elasticity Measured Ultrasonically,"  J. Appl. Mech., Vol. 48, pp. 965-966, (December 1981).

  G.V. Blessing, J.R. Cullen and S. Rinaldi, "Isotropy Breaking Magnetoelastic Behavior in Highly Magnetostrictive Compounds,"   Physics Letters, 66A(6), pp. 498-500, (1978).

  G.V. Blessing and J.M. Warren, "Ultrasonic Inspection of Cast Explosive Billets for Air Voids," Materials Evaluation, Vol. 35, pp. 69-75, (September 1977).

  G.V. Blessing, J.R. Leibowitz and E.M. Alexander, "Anomalous Normal State Acoustic Attenuation in Niobium,"   Physics Letters, 46A(7), pp. 489-490, (1974).

  J.R. Leibowitz, G.V. Blessing and E.M. Alexander, "Niobium Fermi Surface and the Magnetoacoustic Interaction: Polarization Selectivity," Phys. Rev. B, 9(6), pp. 2457-2466, (1974).

  G.V. Blessing, "High Pressure Shock Waves in Metals: The Spallation Effect," TN-T/17, Naval Weapons Laboratory, 39, (August 1968).