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- Title
Directivity and Excitability of Ultrasonic Shear Waves Using Piezoceramic Transducers—Numerical Modeling and Experimental Investigations.
- Authors
Aleksiewicz-Drab, Emil; Ziaja-Sujdak, Aleksandra; Radecki, Rafał; Staszewski, Wiesław J.
- Abstract
In this paper, piezoceramic-based excitation of shear horizontal waves is investigated. A thickness-shear d15 piezoceramic transducer is modeled using the finite-element method. The major focus is on the directivity and excitability of the shear horizontal fundamental mode with respect to the maximization of excited shear and minimization of Lamb wave modes. The results show that the geometry of the transducer has more effect on the directivity than on the excitability of the analyzed actuator. Numerically simulated results are validated experimentally. The experimental results show that transducer bonding significantly affects the directivity and amplitude of the excited modes. In conclusion, when the selected actuator is used for shear excitation, the best solution is to tailor the transducer in such a way that at the resonant frequency the desired directivity is achieved.
- Subjects
SHEAR waves; ULTRASONIC waves; LAMB waves; TRANSDUCERS; FINITE element method; ULTRASONIC transducers
- Publication
Sensors (14248220), 2024, Vol 24, Issue 11, p3462
- ISSN
1424-8220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/s24113462