Title :
Thermal studies of a plate bundle waveguide for use as an ultrasonic flow meter buffer
Author :
Laws, M. ; Ramadas, S.N. ; Dixon, Sam
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Abstract :
The thermal properties of a buffer waveguide, for use in flow measurement, have been studied, through the use of modeling and experimentally. We have observed the effects of thermal gradients within the device, particularly on the velocity of the propagating wave modes. Additionally, we have investigated the effects of geometry on cross talk, heat dissipation and attenuation of reverberations within the device.
Keywords :
acoustic waveguides; cooling; reverberation; structural acoustics; ultrasonic propagation; ultrasonic velocity; buffer waveguide; flow measurement; heat dissipation; plate bundle waveguides; propagating wave mode velocity; reverberation attenuation; thermal gradient effects; ultrasonic flow meter buffer; Face; Heating; Reflection; Reverberation; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement; flow; piezoelectric transducer; thermal buffer; waveguide;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2013 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5684-8
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.2013.0412
