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An investigation of ultrasonic transducer loading on a workpiece
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posted on 2018-09-06, 13:06 authored by Marco Zennaro, Alex Haig, Daniel O'BoyDaniel O'Boy, Stephen J. WalshArrays of dry-coupled thickness-shear transducers are often employed in the guided wave sector to inspect pipelines and plate-like structure. The dry coupling permits to dismiss any coupling material between the transducer and the waveguide,
but as a drawback a preload must be applied on the transducers to guarantee an effective coupling between the two surfaces. Although the influence of the preload on the natural frequencies is studied in the literature, the frequency response function of a transducer relating the input voltage to the displacement output is not present in the literature. Moreover, the distribution of force on the backing mass and the effect of the preload on the uniformity of vibration of the transducers are still missing. A
natural frequency analysis and a forced analysis are then computed numerically with finite element analysis to quantify
the influence of the preload on a thickness-shear transducer. Furthermore, these results are compared with experimental results obtained with a Laser Vibrometer. It is then shown how the geometrical layout of the transducer coupled with the preload influences the vibration of the transducer.
Funding
The corresponding author would like to acknowledge the financial support of Loughborough University and the Lloyd’s Registered Foundation.
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
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47th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, Internoise 2018Citation
ZENNARO, M. ... et al., 2018. An investigation of ultrasonic transducer loading on a workpiece. IN: Proceedings of the 2018 ASME International Conference and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (NCAD2018), Chicago, Illinois, USA, 26-29th Aug.Publisher
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