ABSTRACT
This article reports on the analysis of the vibration modes (central eigenfrequencies) observed on a dry steel sphere clamped between two planes, under static compression and subjected to an acoustic excitation. The experimental technique is based on the analysis of the ultrasonic resonance spectrum (RUS); compression or transverse excitations are used. Two types of vibrations are observed. The first occurring in the low frequency range corresponds to modes of movement conditioned by the contacts; the second corresponds to the internal, toroidal and spheroidal deformation modes. In this article we limit our research to the modes observed in the low frequency regime and our objective is to study the influence of the static force on the position of the peaks observed in the frequency spectra. In the case of a longitudinal excitation, only one mode is observed; the transverse excitation makes it possible to detect two modes. The experimental results are compared to theoretical calculations based on theoretical models of Hertz and Hertz-Mindlin, on a development of the JKR model based on adhesion due to Van der Waals forces. In this work, the mechanical coefficients are considered to be independent of time and we do not study the phenomena of hysteresis of these coefficients.
