Buzz-o-sonic: MItools
We are pleased to offer MItools as an add-on to the Buzz-o-sonic testing system. Click here to download the brochure.
Click here to see an example of MItools being used with the Buzz-o-sonic testing system.
MItools™1 is a third party software application. The mixed numerical-experimental techniques (MNETs) implemented in MItoolsTM determine the elastic properties of a material in an iterative way, by fine-tuning the material parameters of a set of finite element models (FEM) so as to reproduce the experimentally determined resonant frequencies of the test specimens. MItoolsTM provides a general solver for resonant-based MNETs, which allows the use of any combination of specimen geometries and measured resonant frequencies. The MNET approach provides identification routines that can identify the elastic properties of more complex engineering materials, such as orthotropic or layered materials, using samples with nearly any shape. Additionally, FEM-based sensitivity analysis can provide additional insight on how to optimize the test configuration (i.e. sample geometry and selected resonant frequencies) and, hereby, improve the reliability of the identified material properties. MItools is a natural fit with Buzz-o-sonic. Now, shapes not covered in ASTM E1876/C1259 (bars and disks of uniform cross-section) can be tested and analyzed.
1MItools is a trademark of T. Lauwagie