title: Effects of electrodes with continuously varying thickness on energy trapping in thickness-shear mode quartz resonators.
abstract: We study the effects of electrodes of nonuniform thickness on thickness-shear vibration frequencies and mode shapes of quartz resonators. This paper extends a previous paper from electrodes of stepped thickness to continuously varying thickness. Numerical results for electrodes of linearly varying thickness are presented. The results show that strong energy trapping can be achieved and adjusted using electrodes with variable thickness.
authors.affiliation: Piezoelectric Device Laboratory, Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, School of Engineering, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China. wangji@nbu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lijun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jiashi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004566:Electrodes; D004735:Energy Transfer; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013010:Sonication; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods