Functionally graded piezoelectric materials for modal transducers for exciting bulk and surface acoustic waves

IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2008 Jul;55(7):1555-8. doi: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.832.

Abstract

We show that functionally graded piezoelectric materials can be used to make modal actuators through theoretical analyses of the excitation of extensional motion in an elastic rod and Rayleigh surface waves over an elastic half-plane. The results suggest alternatives with certain advantages for the excitation of bulk and surface acoustic waves.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acoustics / instrumentation*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Computer-Aided Design*
  • Electrochemistry / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Manufactured Materials*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Surface Properties
  • Transducers*
  • Ultrasonography / instrumentation*
  • Vibration