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Investigation of a multi-element focused air-coupled transducer.
- Source :
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AIP Advances . Sep2018, Vol. 8 Issue 9, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This paper presents the results of a numerical simulation and experimental test of a multi-element focused air-coupled transducer. The experimental structure of each transducer element comprises 1-3 connectivity piezo-composite stacking with two matching layers to overcome the enormous impedance mismatch between the piezo-composite disc and air. The numerical simulation is carried out using the circular-piston radiation model, and the experimental results for the acoustic field agree well with the simulation results. Furthermore, surface microcracks are detected successfully using a C-scan system involving the designed multi-element focused air-coupled transducer. The results show that the designed multi-element focused air-coupled transducer offers excellent focusing ability and is beneficial for detecting surface microcracks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TRANSDUCERS
*MICROCRACKS
*NUMERICAL analysis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21583226
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- AIP Advances
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 132096056
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5045698