title: Vibration characteristics of a corrugated cylindrical shell piezoelectric transducer.
abstract: We study coupled extensional and flexural cylindrical vibrations of a corrugated cylindrical shell piezoelectric transducer consisting of multiple pieces of circular cylindrical surfaces smoothly connected along their generatrices. Using the classical shell theory, a theoretical solution is obtained. Based on the solution, basic vibration characteristics of resonant frequencies, mode shapes, and internal forces are calculated and examined for the corrugated transducers, consisting of a few circular pieces each about 50 mum thick, with radius of 5 mm and span angle of 120 degrees. For these transducers the first resonance is of the order of 10-100 Hz.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Limei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hualong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Hongping
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Yuantai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Jiashi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D055617:Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014159:Transducers; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014732:Vibration