A U-shape transducer array of shallow water multi-beam sonar system

Author

Zhen-yu Zheng

Author_Institution

Sci. & Technol. on Sonar Lab., Hangzhou Appl. Acoust. Res. Inst., Hangzhou, China

fYear

2012

fDate

23-25 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

85

Lastpage

88

Abstract

The equivalent circuit model of piezoelectric ceramic pillar transducer with matching layer material is proposed, and the applicability of this model in the U-shape transducer array is discussed. The vibration character and directivity pattern of the transducer are analyzed by the finite element method. The manufactured U-shape transducer array has verified feasibility of the piezoelectric ceramic pillar transducer with matching layer design. The broadband and high power density characters of such design are suitable for high frequency broadband acoustic emission with special directivity.

Keywords

acoustic transducer arrays; equivalent circuits; finite element analysis; piezoceramics; piezoelectric transducers; sonar arrays; underwater sound; vibrations; U-shape transducer array; broadband acoustic emission; directivity pattern; equivalent circuit model; finite element method; matching layer material; multibeam sonar system; piezoelectric ceramic pillar transducer; shallow water; vibration character; Acoustic beams; Arrays; Ceramics; Equivalent circuits; Integrated circuit modeling; Sonar; Transducers; FEM; Multi-beam sonar; U-shape array;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Piezoelectricity, Acoustic Waves and Device Applications (SPAWDA), 2012 Symposium on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4814-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPAWDA.2012.6464042

Filename

6464042