Abstract The determination of the elastic constants of unidirectional carbon fibre composite via immersion based ultrasound is an established area with much literature. Existing literature reviews in this area discuss the extant literature but do not offer a deep review of the seminal publications during this period, but instead focus on reporting the contributions of the published literature. Thus, a gap in knowledge exists for a comprehensive literature review charting the evolution of how the elastic constants of uni-directional carbon fibre composite are determined via immersion based ultrasonic through transmission. This work addresses this. Building on previous literature, this paper reviews seminal publications in chronological order, with the benefits, drawbacks and contributions to knowledge of each reviewed publication identified within this work. This review is bounded from 1970 to 2015, (some 45 years of literature), and maps the progression of technological and scientific advancement of the through transmission technique; that is, seminal literature during this period is both identified and reviewed in chronological order thus demonstrating how each paper builds on previous work. This paper also documents two novel information tables, which for the first time allow the significant contributions to knowledge during this period to be quickly identified.

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通过超声波体波通过透射测量确定单向复合材料的弹性常数：综述

摘要 通过浸入式超声确定单向碳纤维复合材料的弹性常数是一个已有大量文献的领域。该领域的现有文献评论讨论了现存文献，但并未对这一时期的开创性出版物进行深入评论，而是侧重于报告已发表文献的贡献。因此，对于描绘单向碳纤维复合材料的弹性常数如何通过基于浸没的超声波传输确定的演变的综合文献综述存在知识空白。这项工作解决了这个问题。本文在先前文献的基础上，按时间顺序回顾了开创性的出版物，其优点是：在这项工作中确定的每个审查出版物的缺点和知识贡献。这篇综述以 1970 年到 2015 年为界（大约 45 年的文献），并描绘了透传技术的科技进步进程；也就是说，这一时期的开创性文献都按时间顺序进行了识别和审查，从而展示了每篇论文如何建立在以前的工作基础上。本文还记录了两个新颖的信息表，首次允许快速识别这一时期对知识的重大贡献。这一时期的开创性文献按时间顺序进行了识别和审查，从而展示了每篇论文如何建立在以前的工作基础上。本文还记录了两个新颖的信息表，第一次可以快速识别这一时期对知识的重大贡献。这一时期的开创性文献按时间顺序进行了识别和审查，从而展示了每篇论文如何建立在以前的工作基础上。本文还记录了两个新颖的信息表，首次允许快速识别这一时期对知识的重大贡献。