Complete ultrasonic transducer characterization and its use for models and measurements

LW Schmerr, A Lopez-Sanchez, R Huang - Ultrasonics, 2006 - Elsevier
Transmitting and receiving properties of ultrasonic piezoelectric crystal transducers that
directly affect the measured output voltage in an ultrasonic measurement system are …

A design approach for longitudinal–torsional ultrasonic transducers

H Al-Budairi, M Lucas, P Harkness - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2013 - Elsevier
This study investigates combining longitudinal and torsional (L–T) vibration responses at the
output face of a Langevin transducer. A mode degeneration method is adopted that converts …

Predictions of the effect of some constructional variables on the performance of ultrasonic transducers

MG Silk - Ultrasonics, 1983 - Elsevier
A recently published model of ultrasonic transducers is used, together with one-dimensional
description of ultrasonic propagation, to predict their electrical and ultrasonic properties …

[PDF][PDF] Resonance frequencies of the multilayered piezotransducers

FJ Arnold - Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2008 - researchgate.net
Piezoelectric transducers used in high power ultrasonic applications are composed of
piezoelectric ceramics, metallic blocks and a central bolt that pre-stresses the assembly. The …

Acoustical transmission line model for ultrasonic transducers for wide-bandwidth application

Y Chen - Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 2010 - Springer
An improved model for ultrasonic transducers is proposed. By considering only the first
symmetric mode, each layer is represented as an acoustical transmission line in modeling of …

Research and validation of design principles for PVDF wideband ultrasonic transducers based on an equivalent circuit model

DD Zheng, Y Mao, SH Lv - Measurement, 2019 - Elsevier
With the increasing use of ultrasonic measurement technology in many fields, the demand
for the wideband ultrasonic transducers is also growing. In order to design a wideband …

Ultrasonic transducer sensitivity and model-based transducer characterization

Dang, Sedov - Research in Nondestructive Evaluation, 2003 - Springer
It is shown that the role that an ultrasonic piezoelectric transducer plays in both generating
and receiving ultrasound in an ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation (NDE) measurement …

Experimental validation of two elastodynamic models for the wave field generated by ultrasonic transducers

MCM Bakker, MD Verweij - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
Two different three-dimensional elastodynamic models are introduced to simulate the wave
field generated in steel by two types of surface mounted ultrasonic transducers. By replacing …

High frequency longitudinal damped vibrations of a cylindrical ultrasonic transducer

MV Predoi, CC Petre, O Vasile… - Shock and Vibration, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasonic piezoelectric transducers used in classical nondestructive testing are producing
in general longitudinal vibrations in the MHz range. A simple mechanical model of these …

Analysis of piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers attached to waveguides using waveguide finite elements

PW Loveday - IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A finite-element modeling procedure for computing the frequency response of piezoelectric
transducers attached to infinite constant cross-section waveguides, as encountered in …