• DocumentCode
    975070
  • Title

    Application of ferrofluids as an acoustic transducer material

  • Author

    Dubbelday, Pieter S.

  • Author_Institution
    Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL.
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1980
  • fDate
    3/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    372
  • Lastpage
    374
  • Abstract
    Application of ferrofluids to electroacoustic transduction is discussed. A design of a piston-type transducer is described, and power transfer calculations are given, showing that useful levels of acoustic power emission can be obtained at intermediate frequencies (100 to 3000 Hz). A toroidal configuration is proposed as an alternative that essentially utilizes the fluid properties of the material and that, in principle, can be employed in large dimensions for very low frequencies.
  • Keywords
    Acoustic transducers; Magnetic liquids; Acoustic materials; Acoustic transducers; Equations; Frequency; Magnetic materials; Magnetization; Pistons; Solenoids; Solids; Toroidal magnetic fields;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.1980.1060624
  • Filename
    1060624