ABSTRACT This paper deals with a precise measurement of amplitude frequency and intermodulation effects, and its application to the evaluation of nonlinear elastic constants of quartz and gallium orthophosphate (GaPO4). An evaluation is based on the methods used previously concerning determination of the higher-order material constants in the quartz. Using a measurement of the intermodulation products and measurement of drive level dependence of resonant frequency of quartz resonators, we have determined some effective elastic constants of fourth order. The computer-based method of solution of the set of equations gives an access to obtain a number of effective nonlinear stiffnesses of fourth order. The measurements and computer solutions are performed on different Y-cuts resonators, both for quartz and gallium orthophosphate resonators, vibrating in fundamental thickness shear mode. The experimental results are discussed.
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