Modeling of functionally graded piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers

Ultrasonics

Volumn 49, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 484-494

  Rubio, Wilfredo Montealegre ^a   Buiochi, Flávio ^a   Adamowski, Julio Cezar ^a   Silva, Emílio Carlos Nelli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Analytical modeling; Finite element analysis; Functionally graded materials; Piezoelectric transducers

Indexed keywords

A PLANES; ACOUSTIC TRANSMISSIONS; ANALYTICAL MODELING; ANALYTICAL MODELS; ANSYS SOFTWARES; BONDING STRENGTHS; DESIGN OF COMPOSITES; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCES; EXTERNAL LOADS; FE MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELING; FLUID MEDIUMS; HOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; MATCHING LAYERS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MATLAB- SOFTWARES; PIEZOCERAMIC DISKS; PRESSURE RESPONSE; PRESSURE WAVES; PROPERTY VALUES; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; THICKNESS DIRECTIONS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACK INITIATION; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MATLAB; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RESONANCE; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 64249120791     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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