Analysis and verification of the characteristic of a compact free-flooded ring transducer made of single crystals

Jongbeom Im; Hongwoo Yoon; Byungjin Kwon; Kyungseop Kim; Jeongmin Lee

doi:10.7776/ASK.2022.41.3.278

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Analysis and verification of the characteristic of a compact free-flooded ring transducer made of single crystals 압전단결정을 이용한 소형 free-flooded ring 트랜스듀서의 성능 특성 예측 및 검증

31 May 2022. pp. 278-286

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Abstract

In this study, a 33-mode Free-Flooded Ring (FFR) transducer was designed to apply piezoelectric single crystal PIN-PMN-PT, which has high piezoelectric constants and electromechanical coupling coefficient. To ensure low-frequency high transmitting sensitivity characteristics with a small size of FFR transducer, the commercial FFR transducer based on piezoelectric ceramics was compared. To develop the FFR transducer with broadband characteristics, a piezoelectric segmented ring structure inserted with inactive elements was applied. The oil-filled structure was applied to minimize the change of acoustic characteristics of the ring transducer. It was verified that the transmitting voltage response, underwater impedance, and beam pattern matched the finite element numerical simulation results well through an acoustic test. The difference in the transmitting voltage response between the measured and the simulated results is about 1.3 dB in cavity mode and about 0.3 dB in radial mode. The fabricated FFR transducer had a higher transmitting voltage response compared to the commercial transducer, but the diameter was reduced by about 17 %. From this study, it was confirmed that the feasibility of a single crystal-applied FFR transducer with compact size and high-power characteristics. The effectiveness of the performance prediction by simulation was also confirmed.

Keywords

Compact

High-power output

Finite element method

Free-Flooded Ring (FFR)

Piezoelectric single crystal

본 연구에서는 압전세라믹 기반의 상용 Free-Flooded Ring(FFR) 트랜스듀서 대비 소형이면서 저주파 고감도 특성을 확보하기 위해, 높은 압전상수와 전기-기계 결합계수를 가지는 압전단결정 PIN-PMN-PT를 적용한 33-모드 FFR 트랜스듀서를 설계하였다. FFR 트랜스듀서의 광대역 특성을 확보하기 위해 비능동소자를 삽입한 링 구조를 적용하였으며, 3종의 비능동소자 소재 별 특성 해석 결과를 비교하여 최적의 소재를 선정하였다. 링 트랜스듀서의 특성 변화를 최소화하기 위해 오일 충진형 FFR 트랜스듀서로 제작하였으며, 음향시험을 통해 송신감도, 수중 임피던스 및 수평/수직 빔패턴이 해석결과와 잘 일치하는지 확인하였다. 해석 및 시험 결과를 비교한 결과, 송신감도는 공동공진 주파수에서 약 1.3 dB, 구조공진 주파수에서는 약 0.3 dB 차이를 보였다. 또한 상용 트랜스듀서 대비 높은 송신감도를 보유하면서도 직경을 약 17 % 축소하여 제작할 수 있었다. 이를 통해 소형이면서 고출력 특성을 가지는 압전단결정 적용 FFR 트랜스듀서의 구현 가능성과 해석을 통한 특성 예측 방법의 유효성을 확인하였다.

키워드

소형

고출력

유한요소해석

Free-Flooded Ring (FFR)

압전단결정

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Publisher :The Acoustical Society of Korea
Publisher(Ko) :한국음향학회
Journal Title :The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
Journal Title(Ko) :한국음향학회지
Volume : 41
No :3
Pages :278-286
Received Date : 2021-07-23
Revised Date : 2022-04-15
Accepted Date : 2022-05-23
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2022.41.3.278

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea ISSN:1225-4428(Print) 2287-3775(Online) 한국음향학회지

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