Kawasaki Steel Corporation

Lasson Technologies, Inc.

Makoto Okuno

Marvin B Klein

Bruno F Pouet

Hideo Sato

Longitudinal and shear ultrasonic waves are generated inside a material by irradiating a laser beam onto a first surface, e.g., incident surface, of the material. An ultrasonic longitudinal wave and a mode converted wave reflected by a second surface, e.g., a bottom surface, of the material are detected, and times of flight of the ultrasonic longitudinal wave and the mode converted wave are measured. A thickness of the material is measured based on the times of flight and a correlation, obtained in advance, between longitudinal and shear wave velocities of the material and temperature of the material.

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Chiba, Japan

Makoto Okuno