Ultrasonic Bessel beam generation from radial modes of piezoelectric discs

VK Chillara, ES Davis, C Pantea, DN Sinha - Ultrasonics, 2019 - Elsevier
We present comprehensive analytical and experimental investigations on ultrasonic Bessel
beam generation from radial modes of piezoelectric disc transducers. The Bessel vibration …

Model-based reconstruction for multi-frequency collimated beam ultrasound systems

AM Alanazi, S Venkatakrishnan… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Collimated beam ultrasound systems are a technology for imaging inside multi-layered
structures such as geothermal wells. These systems work by using a collimated narrow …

Ultrasonic waves from radial mode excitation of a piezoelectric disc on the surface of an elastic solid

VK Chillara, J Greenhall, C Pantea - Smart Materials and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We discuss the ultrasonic wave propagation characteristics in an isotropic elastic solid due
to the radial mode excitation of a piezoelectric disc actuator bonded to its surface. Finite …

Model-based reconstruction for collimated beam ultrasound systems

A Alanazi, S Venkatakrishnan… - ICASSP 2022-2022 …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Collimated beam ultrasound systems are a novel technology for imaging inside multi-
layered structures such as geothermal wells. Such systems include a transmitter and …

[HTML][HTML] Full-waveform inversion and least-squares reverse-time migration imaging of collimated ultrasonic-beam data for high-resolution wellbore integrity monitoring

Y Chen, K Gao, ES Davis, DN Sinha, C Pantea… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has recently developed an ultrasonic side-lobe
suppressed Bessel collimated beam transducer for low-frequency imaging through highly …

Electromechanical response of laterally clamped piezoelectric wafers: Absence of in-plane mechanical resonances in the electromechanical impedance spectrum

VK Chillara, J Greenhall, C Hakoda, C Pantea - Applied Acoustics, 2022 - Elsevier
We discuss the electromechanical response characteristics of laterally clamped
piezoelectric wafers. The impedance spectra (both magnitude and phase) obtained from …

Collimated acoustic beams from radial modes of piezoelectric disc transducers

VK Chillara, ES Davis, C Pantea… - AIP Conference …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
A novel approach to acoustic collimated beam generation is discussed. It relies on the radial
modes of vibration of piezoelectric discs. Ultrasonic beam generation from these radial …

Development of a low-frequency piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer for biological tissue sonication

V Ostasevicius, V Jurenas, S Mikuckyte, J Vezys… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The safety of ultrasound exposure is very important for a patient's well-being. High-
frequency (1–10 MHz) ultrasound waves are highly absorbed by biological tissue and have …

Tuning the relative strengths of electromechanical resonances using non-uniform polarization of piezoelectric wafers

A Guha, C Pantea, VK Chillara - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A free piezoelectric disc with uniform polarization shows multiple radial modes of vibration
that occur in the low-frequency range. The strength of these radial mode resonances is fixed …

On the bandwidth and beam profile characteristics of a simple low-frequency collimated ultrasound beam source

J Greenhall, VK Chillara… - … of Vibration and …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
We numerically investigate the bandwidth and collimation characteristics of ultrasound
beams generated by a simple collimated ultrasound beam source that consists of a …