热超声键合换能系统动力学特性的非线性检验

根据实际超声换能系统的振动测试，提出了热超声键合换能系统动力学特性的非线性检验方法，利用基于相空间重构的替代数据法，通过对换能杆末端的实测数据进行正确替代，并用非线性动力学的理论来检验其是否具有非线性.通过实验对超声换能杆末端轴向、俯仰、横向的振动时间序列的关联维数进行了准确的计算，从而清晰地描述了上述三个方向的动力学特性.所提出的方法有利于更好地认识超声键合换能系统，为建立更加合理的非线性动力学模型奠定良好的理论基础，有很好的应用价值. 关键词： 超声键合 时间序列 相位随机化 替代数据     

Modeling of lamb waves generated by integrated transducers in composite plates using a coupled finite element-normal modes expansion method

Thin piezoelectric transducers attached to or embedded within composite structures could be used for in situ structural health monitoring. For plate-shaped structures, the useful ultrasonic vibration modes are Lamb waves. Preliminary testing has already demonstrated the suitability and practical feasibility of such integrated transducers, but better control of the generation of Lamb modes seems to be necessary. Therefore, an original modeling approach has been developed, which can be used to design and optimize these "sensitive materials." This modeling technique allows the determination of the amplitude of each Lamb mode excited in a composite plate with surface-bonded or bulk-embedded piezoelectric elements. The method consists of a coupling of the finite element method (FEM) and the normal modes expansion method. The limited finite element mesh of the transducer and its vicinity enables the computation of the mechanical field created by the transducer, which is then introduced as a forcing function into the normal modes equations. The adequacy and accuracy of this modeling method have been numerically and experimentally verified.     

Rare earth ultrasonic transducer technique research

Transducer is the necessary and most important part in the maxonics. New applications demand for new transducer, and the renovation of the transducer will open a new field for the application of the maxonics. The important method to develop new transducer is to find and develop new material. The rare earth giant magnetostrictive material Terfenol-D is a new functional material with good performance. In this paper, the rare earth ultrasonic transducer was analyzed theoretically and devised in four-port method and FEM software ANSYS. A rare earth ultrasonic transducer and the transducer with the half wave horn are developed, whose performance has shown unique advantage compared with the piezoelectric transducer.     

Development of non-destructive bond monitoring techniques for ultrasonic bonders

Simulation of an ultrasonic bonding tool was performed to formulate and analyse the relationships between the boundary conditions due to loading at the bond-tool interface and the measured parameters, such as the ultrasonic frequency and the input impedance variations during the bonding process. It is believed that improved process monitoring techniques can be developed based on the functional dependence between the ultrasonic frequency, input impedance variations and the boundary conditions at the bond-tool interface. Both experimental and simulation results obtained indicate that a strong dependence exists between the load, resonant frequency and the input impedance in an ultrasonic bonder. Resonant frequency was observed to increase as the loading on the bond surface increases.     

Investigations of the barbell ultrasonic transducer operated in the full-wave vibrational mode

In this paper, the resonance frequency equation and expression of displacement amplitude magnifications of a full-wave barber ultrasonic horn are obtained. By discussing the relationships between the displacement amplitude magnifications and the geometrical dimensions, the optimized design of the horn for the largest magnification is proposed, which is helpful to improve the radiation power and the transfer efficiency of the acoustic energy of the ultrasonic oscillatory system. Based on the optimized design of the horn, we introduced a barbell ultrasonic transducer operated in the longitudinal full-wave vibrational model and obtained the resonance frequency equations. For comparison, the resonance frequencies of the full-wave barbell horn and the full-wave barbell transducer are also analyzed by finite element method (FEM). It is shown that the values obtained by theoretical analysis and FEM are in good agreement with experimental observations. We hope that the research of this paper is helpful for the use of the barbell horn and transducer in the applications such as ultrasonic liquid processing.     

An ultrasonic instrument for rapid B-scanning of the heart

A rapid ultrasonic B-scan instrument has been constructed for scanning the heart. An important factor in its design has been the need to make the maximum use of the points on the chect from which ultrasound can be transmitted into the heart avoiding bone and lung. A high degree of flexibility in the manipulation of the direction of the ultrasound beam allows the cardiac structures to be thoroughly scanned. Finally, since the system operates by rapidly moving a standard transducer, it is possible to use it to perform the more established ultrasonic techniques for heart examination such as time-motion scanning.     

Autoresonant control of nonlinear mode in ultrasonic transducer for machining applications

Experiments conducted in several countries have shown that the improvement of machining quality can be promoted through conversion of the cutting process into one involving controllable high-frequency vibration at the cutting zone. This is achieved through the generation and maintenance of ultrasonic vibration of the cutting tool to alter the fracture process of work-piece material cutting to one in which loading of the materials at the tool tip is incremental, repetitive and controlled. It was shown that excitation of the high-frequency vibro-impact mode of the tool-workpiece interaction is the most effective way of ultrasonic influence on the dynamic characteristics of machining. The exploitation of this nonlinear mode needs a new method of adaptive control for excitation and stabilisation of ultrasonic vibration known as autoresonance. An approach has been developed to design an autoresonant ultrasonic cutting unit as an oscillating system with an intelligent electronic feedback controlling self-excitation in the entire mechatronic system. The feedback produces the exciting force by means of transformation and amplification of the motion signal. This allows realisation for robust control of fine resonant tuning to bring the nonlinear high Q-factor systems into technological application. The autoresonant control provides the possibility of self-tuning and self-adaptation mechanisms for the system to keep the nonlinear resonant mode of oscillation under unpredictable variation of load, structure and parameters. This allows simple regulation of intensity of the process whilst keeping maximum efficiency at all times. An autoresonant system with supervisory computer control was developed, tested and used for the control of the piezoelectric transducer during ultrasonically assisted cutting. The system has been developed as combined analog-digital, where analog devices process the control signal, and parameters of the devices are controlled digitally by computer. The system was applied for advanced machining of aviation materials.     

Design and development of a multi-hole broadband-based ultrasonic transducer

In order to improve the efficiency of ultrasonic energy transformed from electricity for an ultrasonic transducer array, a novel 1/2 wavelength multi-hole broadband-based transducer was designed, developed and evaluated. The low equivalent mass of the transducer is realized in this work through drilling holes on the output end of the horn. In comparison with a traditional transducer, the developed transducer has demonstrated a lower mechanical quality coefficient and a wider broadband. As a result, an ultrasound treatment system for crude oil has been developed based on the new transducer design. Furthermore, we have demonstrated the effectiveness of the ultrasound treatment system on viscosity reduction of crude oil and paraffin.     

K-space Prony’s method for generating the basis functions of multi-Gaussian beam models

The expansion coefficients of a multi-Gaussian ultrasonic beam model are obtained by a new approach that applies Prony´s method in a K-space domain. This method allows the fitting of the Gaussian beam directly at the face of the transducer with very high computational efficiency. It is demonstrated that the K-space Prony’s method can be used to accurately model the transducer field of planar and focused piston transducers, as well as probes that do not act as pistons. The choice of parameters appearing in the method and their influence on performance are discussed.     

Design and Construction of an Autonomous Control System for Mössbauer Spectrometry

An autonomous control system for Mössbauer spectrometry based on two modules has been designed and built. The first module operates as a multichannel analyzer for the acquisition and storage of spectra, and the second one is a driver unit which controls and supplies the power for the velocity transducer. A microcontroller executes the digital control algorithm for the velocity transducer motion and manages the data acquisition and storage tasks. The user can monitor the system from an external PC through the serial port. A graphic interface made with the LabVIEW software allows the user to adjust digitally the control parameters for the velocity transducer motion, the channels number, to visualize as well as save spectra in a file. The microcontroller can be reprogrammed from the PC through the same serial port without intervention of a universal programmer, which allows the user to make proper software for different applications of the system. The system has been tested for linearity with several standard absorbers yielding satisfactory results. The low cost of its design, construction and maintenance make this equipment to be an attractive choice when assembling a Mössbauer spectrometer.