双椭圆壳串联宽带弯张换能器

提出一种利用多模态耦合的低频、宽带、大功率的新型弯张换能器,其结构上将两椭圆的Ⅳ型弯张壳体沿长轴方向串联为一体,两组长压电陶瓷堆贯穿其中驱动。利用有限元软件设计并制作一款此新型换能器的样机,其工作频带通过耦合壳体前三阶弯曲模态及压电陶瓷堆纵振模态与壳体膜模态的复合模态展宽。经测试在1.4~6.0 kHz范围内,样机的发射电压响应大于128.5dB,声源级大于190dB。结果表明,此弯张换能器与只利用一阶弯曲模态的Ⅳ型弯张换能器相比不仅有更宽的工作带宽,还满足低频和大功率的声辐射要求。      

自由端盖Ⅲ型宽带弯张换能器的设计

提出了一种利用多模耦合实现低频、宽带、大功率特性的新结构Ⅲ型弯张换能器。通过在压电陶瓷堆内部嵌入与凹型弯张壳体相连的弹性辅助弯曲梁结构,并用弯曲圆盘作为顶部自由端盖,增加有效工作模态。利用有限元方法对换能器进行了设计优化,分析结果显示换能器在低频段存在4个主要工作模态。根据优化结果,加工制作了换能器样机,水池实验的测试结果表明:在1.5～5.5 kHz范围内,换能器样机的发送电压响应均大于135 dB;1.5～4 kHz内的最大发送电压响应大于142 dB,响应起伏小于6 dB。研究结果表明自由端盖Ⅲ型弯张换能器不仅能够在小尺寸设计下实现大功率工作,还能获得低频宽带发射性能。      

A new design on broadband flextensional transducer

The new flextensional transducer presented is driven by a tube stacked by longitudinally polarized piezoelectric ceramic rings. The rings are compressed between two annulus steel end plates which are coupled by a dual convex aluminum shell with slotted gaps. The transducer is a free-flooded design with the interior of the tube open to the surrounding water. Three main vibrating modes including the cavity, the longitudinal and the radial can be utilized by appropriately coupling design to broaden the working bandwidth. A prototype is fabricated and measured. The results confirm the three vibrating modes mentioned above and the broad band of transmitting voltage response is gained successfully with difference less than 10 dB from 2200 Hz to 9000 Hz.     

外液腔式Janus-Helmholtz水声换能器

为获得具有大功率无指向性发射特性的水声换能器,提出了一种外液腔式Janus-Helmholtz结构。通过设置隔声层改变换能器的声辐射模式,从而改善声辐射效率和无指向性方向的声辐射能力,并利用外液腔振动和Janus换能器纵向振动耦合实现宽带发射。基于有限元法设计了一只工作频段为1.1~3.5 kHz的外液腔式Janus-Helmholtz换能器试验样机。样机测试结果显示与设计结果符合得较好,与内液腔式相比,外液腔式Janus-Helmholtz水声换能器在0°方向的声辐射能力得到了显著改善。      

四边型弯张换能器特性研究及宽带设计

四边型弯张换能器通常工作带宽较窄,为了提高带宽性能,对四边型弯张换能器振动及辐射特性进行了研究,重点分析壳体结构参数对换能器发送电压响应的影响。根据分析结果提出了拓宽换能器工作带宽的方法,利用有限元软件进行了仿真计算并制作了四边型弯张换能器样机。测量得到在2.4~5 kHz的频率范围内,换能器的最大发送电压响应值达到140 dB,带内起伏4 dB,有限元仿真结果与实验结果吻合较好。研究结果表明设计的四边型弯张换能器不仅能够低频工作,并且可以在小尺寸下实现大功率发射,同时还具备宽带发射特性。      

Broadband flextensional transducer with major axis lengthened

The bandwidth of the Class IV flextensional transducer is narrow for its high mechanical quality factor.For improving its bandwidth performance,a flextensional transducer with major axis lengthened was proposed by the theory of multiple-mode-coupling based on the oval shell.The transducer driven by novel relaxor ferroelectric single crystal lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate(PMNT)was designed and analysed using finite element software ANSYS and a prototype of the transducer was developed.The transmitting voltage response of the transducer reaches to 136 dB with fluctuation 7.8 dB from 1.6 kHz to 16 kHz.Based on the theoretical analysis and experimental results,it proves that the flextensional transducer with major axis lengthened has a much broader bandwidth than the ClassⅣflextensional transducer combing with the advantages of low frequency and high response.     

弯张换能器装配预应力及入水后的变化

精确控制施加于驱动元件上的预应力，对换能器的设计及其工作过程都有重要意义，特别对于稀土磁致伸缩换能器来说，有助于发挥其最大潜能.利用有限元方法，计算了VII型水声弯张换能器壳体给驱动元件施加一定预应力时，壳体所需的装配位移的大小，并通过实验作了验证；弯张换能器随入水深度的不同， 驱动元件两端所受到的总的预应力是不同的.利用有限元方法，计算了换能器入水深度与预应力的关系.本文方法可适合于其他任何类型的换能器. 关键词： 弯张换能器 装配位移 预应力 入水深度     

Optimization of structural variables of a flextensional transducer by the statistical multiple regression analysis method

The performance of an acoustic transducer is determined by the effects of many structural variables, and in most cases the influences of these variables are not linearly independent of each other. To achieve optimal performance of an acoustic transducer, we must consider the cross-coupled effects of its structural variables. In this study, with the finite-element method, the variation of the operation frequency and sound pressure of a flextensional transducer in relation to its structural variables is analyzed. Through statistical multiple regression analysis of the results, functional forms of the operation frequency and sound pressure of the transducer in terms of the structural variables were derived, with which the optimal structure of the transducer was determined by means of a constrained optimization technique, the sequential quadratic programming method of Phenichny and Danilin. The proposed method can reflect all the cross-coupled effects of multiple structural variables, and can be extended to the design of general acoustic transducers.     

多谐振宽带Janus-Ring换能器

提出了一种多谐振宽带Janus-Ring换能器,两个一定距离的压电圆环换能器(Ring换能器)嵌套在双面纵振Janus换能器的两端,Ring换能器的径向振动、Janus换能器的纵振动与它们中间形成的Helmholtz液腔振动相耦合,可大大拓展换能器的工作带宽。使用有限元方法设计并研制了Janus-Ring换能器样机,经测试在1.8~8.0 kHz范围内,样机最大发射电压响应144 dB,起伏小于6 dB。相比传统的Janus-Helmholtz换能器,Janus-Ring换能器有效拓展了工作频带,增大了发射电压响应,减小了频带内的发射电压响应起伏。      

双壳嵌套鱼唇式弯张换能器

研究了一种双壳嵌套鱼唇式弯张换能器,针对特殊结构的空气背衬弯张换能器提出了表征换能器静压形变的系列参数,利用有限元方法研究了这些参数与结构参数的对应关系,并进行了换能器的静态分析。在静态分析基础上,研究了结构参数对换能器声辐射特性的影响,经对比分析得到换能器的优化方案,研制了实验样机,经外场试验验证了双壳嵌套鱼唇式弯张换能器具有小尺寸、频率低、高效率、大功率的工作特性:谐振频率800 Hz、最大声源级199.5 dB、电声效率23.6%、工作深度200 m。      

水声换能器研究新进展

文章综述了几种典型结构水声换能器近些年的新发展,包括:弯张换能器、圆柱面辐射型换能器、纵向换能器等等,主要介绍这些结构类型水声换能器的设计新思想和多方面优化改进的新成果。     

叠合结构超低频弯张换能器

研究了一种将多个椭圆弯张壳体在短轴方向进行机械叠合的超低频弯张换能器,每个弯张壳体采用超磁致伸缩材料进行驱动。推导了多个叠合壳体的等效电路,利用支路阻抗方法得到了换能器频率和阻抗的方程表达式。针对多个壳体叠合的结构复杂性,采用有限元方法计算并分析了叠合壳体换能器的多个结构点的振动位移分布,通过平动位移分布设计了活塞辐射面的结构参数。将有限元方法计算的换能器在空气中和水中的谐振频率与等效电路法计算的结果进行了对比,符合较好。研制了6个壳体叠合的超低频弯张换能器样机,换能器外形尺寸为Φ230×630 mm,重量为39 kg。换能器经湖上试验,水中谐振频率130 Hz,最大发送电流响应161.1 dB,最大发射声源级为180.4 dB,实现了超低频、小尺寸的发射能力。      

前盖板开矩形通孔型宽带换能器

提出一种利用多模态耦合的开孔型宽带换能器。在传统纵振换能器前盖板一定距离处开一矩形通孔,以激发出能与纵振耦合从而拓宽频带的振动模态。以带宽为目标,利用有限元方法对通孔的长度、宽度和孔前端离前盖板端面的距离进行了优化设计,得到了最佳的开孔位置和尺寸。研制了换能器样机。测试结果表明,在12~32 kHz频带范围内,换能器有3个工作模态,后两阶模态对工作带宽的展宽有贡献。未开孔的同尺寸纵振换能器-3 dB带宽仅3 kHz,开孔换能器带宽则达10.50 kHz,有效地拓展了工作带宽。理论计算和测试结果吻合较好。      

管梁耦合宽带换能器

对一种管梁耦合宽带换能器进行了研究,通过在圆环换能器中加入弯曲梁组成管梁耦合结构,增加有效工作模态,利用多模谐振耦合优化设计,可使换能器的工作带宽向低频大幅扩展.理论计算与实测结果均表明,管梁耦合换能器具备频带宽、功率大、尺寸小、深水性能好等特点,兼具圆环换能器与弯张换能器的优势,工作性能优良,设计灵活多变.      

Broadband transducer with tube-beam coupling structure

A broadband transducer with tube-beam coupling structure is presented. Flexural beams are put into a traditional segmented ring transducer including inactive portions to form a new tube-beam coupling structure with more useful working modes. Using multiple-modecoupling design technique, the bandwidth of transducer could be expanded efficiently towards low frequency range. The optimization study of the electroacoustic parameters is carried out by finite element analysis at first. Then a prototype is manufactured and measured. It is shown that this projector combines the fine qualities of flextensional transducer with those of circular ring transducer by both the simulated and experimental results. It could achieve low frequency,high power and wide band performance from compact size. In addition, it is suitable for deep submergence operation when using free-flooded design.     

Calibration of ear canals for audiometry at high frequencies

A procedure is described for determining the absolute sound pressure at the inner end of the ear canal when a sound source is coupled to the ear, for frequencies in the range 8-20 kHz. The transducer that generates the sound is coupled to the ear canal through a lossy tube, yielding a source impedance that is approximately matched to the characteristic impedance of the ear canal. A small microphone is located in the coupling tube close to the entrance to the ear canal. Calibration is carried out by measuring the response at this microphone when an impulse is applied at the transducer. To estimate the sound pressure at the medial end of the ear canal, the Fourier transform of this impulse response is corrected by an all-pole function in which the poles are estimated from the minima in this Fourier transform. Data on individual ear canals are presented in terms of gain functions relating the sound pressure at the medial end of the ear canal to the sound pressure when the coupling tube is blocked. The average gain function for a group of adult ears increases from 2 to 12 dB over the frequency range 8-20 kHz, in rough agreement with data from ear-canal models. Possible sources of error in the calibration procedure are discussed.     

Traveling wave tube measurements for low-frequency properties of underwater acoustic materials

A traveling wave tube measurement technique for measuring acoustic properties of underwater acoustic materials was developed.Water temperature and pressure environments of the ocean can be simulated in a water-filled tube,and the acoustic parameters of samples of underwater acoustic materials are measured in the range of low-frequency.A tested sample is located at central position of the tube.A pair of projectors is separately located at both ends of the tube.Using an active anechoic technique,the sound wave transmitting the tested sample is hardly reflected by the surface of secondary transducer.So the traveling sound field is built up in the tube.By separately calculating the transfer functions of every pair of double hydrophones in the sound fields from the both sides of the sample,its reflection coefficients and transmission coefficients are obtained.In the measurement system,the inside diameter of the tube isΦ208 mm,the working frequency range is from 100 to 4000 Hz,the maximum pressure is 5 MPa.The reflection coefficients and transmission coefficients of a water layer and a stainless steel layer samples are measured actually and calculated theoretically.The results show that the measured values are in good agreement with the values calculated,and the measurement uncertainty is not greater than 1.5 dB.     

Multi-resonant broadband Janus-Ring transducer

A Janus-Ring(JR) transducer with two piezoelectric rings placed around a Janus driver is presented.The rings have radial vibration,whereas the Janus has longitudinal vibration,and a resonance of Helmholtz cavity is observed between them.By joining the three resonances,the working frequency bandwidth of the transducer is prominently widened.After simulation using finite element method,a prototype is finally fabricated and tested.Results show that in the working frequency of 1.8 to 8.0 kHz,the maximum transmitting voltage response(TVR) is 144 dB,and the fluctuations are less than 6 dB.Compared with traditional Janus-Helmholtz transducers,the JR transducer has the characteristics of wider bandwidth,greater TVR,and less fluctuations of TVR in working frequency band.     

高频宽带嵌套式复合材料换能器

研制了一种嵌套式高频宽带复合材料换能器,利用1-3型压电复合材料Q值较低、频带较宽的特点,采用组合式的结构拓展换能器的工作带宽。通过切割框型压电陶瓷、灌注环氧树脂得到压电复合材料框型敏感元件,再将不同厚度的框型敏感元件沿轴向嵌套从而制成多层嵌套的压电复合材料敏感元件。建立1-3型压电复合材料中压电小柱的等效电路,根据等效电路计算出压电小柱的谐振频率,并与1-3型压电复合材料的谐振频率理论计算结果进行对比。通过ANSYS软件对敏感元件结构进行仿真,并根据仿真结果确定了敏感元件的最佳设计方案。最终制作出的换能器进行水下测试,该换能器的谐振频率为310 kHz,最大发送电压响应为188.5 dB,-3 d B带宽可达130 kHz,接收灵敏度最大可达-186.8 dB,-3 dB带宽可达90 kHz,谐振频率处-3 d B的指向性开角约为2.4°。该嵌套式敏感元件可实现换能器宽带发射与接收声波的目标。     

Outer cavity Janus-Helmholtz underwater acoustic transducer

The outer cavity Janus-Helmholtz with sound insulation layer is presented for obtaining the capacity of high-power non-directional transmitting. The radiation efficiency and directivity in the 0 degrees direction can be improved when the radiation mode is changed by laying sound insulation layer. The operating bandwidth can be expanded effectively by the dual mode coupling between the cavity vibration and longitudinal vibration of Janus transducer. A prototype is designed by finite element method. Test results show that the results are in good agreement with the design results. Compared with inner cavity Janus-Helmholtz transducer,acoustic radiation performance of outer cavity Janus-Helmholtz underwater acoustic transducer in the 0 degrees direction has been significantly improved.