Radial vibration characteristics of spherical piezoelectric transducers
- Authors
- Kim, JO; Lee, JG; Chun, HY
- Issue Date
- Jun-2005
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Keywords
- piezoelectricity; spherical transducer; radial mode; natural frequency
- Citation
- ULTRASONICS, v.43, no.7, pp.531 - 537
- Journal Title
- ULTRASONICS
- Volume
- 43
- Number
- 7
- Start Page
- 531
- End Page
- 537
- URI
- http://scholarworks.bwise.kr/ssu/handle/2018.sw.ssu/19362
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ultras.2005.01.004
- ISSN
- 0041-624X
- Abstract
- This paper presents the vibration characteristics of the radial mode in spherical piezoelectric transducers. The differential equations of piezoelectric radial motion have been derived in terms of radial displacement and electric potential. Applying mechanical and electrical boundary conditions yielded a characteristic equation for radial vibration. Theoretical calculations of the fundamental natural frequency have been compared with numerical and experimental results for transducers of several sizes, and have shown a good agreement. This paper discusses the dependence of natural frequencies on the radius and thickness of the piezoelectric spheres and the difference between piezoelectric and elastic resonances. From the results it has been concluded that the natural frequency was not affected for the first radial mode but was reduced by the piezoelectric phenomenon. It has also been concluded that the natural frequency of the first radial mode depended mostly on the radius rather than on the thickness of the sphere whereas the natural frequency of the second radial mode depended mostly on the thickness rather than the radius. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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