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Feeney, Andrew, Kang, Lei, Rowlands, G. (George) and Dixon, Steve M. (2018) The dynamic performance of flexural ultrasonic transducers. Sensors, 18 (1). 270. doi:10.3390/s18010270
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18010270
Abstract
Flexural ultrasonic transducers are principally used as proximity sensors and for industrial metrology. Their operation relies on a piezoelectric ceramic to generate a flexing of a metallic membrane, which delivers the ultrasound signal. The performance of flexural ultrasonic transducers has been largely limited to excitation through a short voltage burst signal at a designated mechanical resonance frequency. However, a steady-state amplitude response is not generated instantaneously in a flexural ultrasonic transducer from a drive excitation signal, and differences in the drive characteristics between transmitting and receiving transducers can affect the measured response. This research investigates the dynamic performance of flexural ultrasonic transducers using acoustic microphone measurements and laser Doppler vibrometry, supported by a detailed mechanical analog model, in a process which has not before been applied to the flexural ultrasonic transducer. These techniques are employed to gain insights into the physics of their vibration behaviour, vital for the optimisation of industrial ultrasound systems.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Physics | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Ultrasonic transducers, Metrology -- Industrial applications | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Sensors | ||||||
| Publisher: | MDPI AG | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1424-8220 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 18 January 2018 | ||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 January 2018 | ||||||
| Volume: | 18 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| Article Number: | 270 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.3390/s18010270 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||
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