基于电接触法的行波超声电机接触特性研究

电接触法是测试超声电机定转子接触状态的有效方法,但目前该方法主要用来研究电机堵转时的定转子接触状态,没有进行电机旋转时的接触状态的测试。针对该问题,对电接触法进行改进,使之可以测试电机旋转时的接触状态。基于改进后的电接触法分别对超声电机堵转和空载情况下定转子相对接触长度进行测试。结果表明,空载时定转子相对接触长度要小的多,与堵转时的最大差值约为36%。说明负载对超声电机接触状态有不可忽视的影响。最后,基于黏弹性接触模型对电机空载时定转子接触状态进行仿真计算,结果与实验值有很好的一致性,表明改进后的电接触法可有效的测试电机动态接触状态。     

基于电接触法的行波超声电机接触特性研究

电接触法是测试超声电机定转子接触状态的有效方法,但目前该方法主要用来研究电机堵转时的定转子接触状态,没有进行电机旋转时的接触状态的测试。针对该问题,对电接触法进行改进,使之可以测试电机旋转时的接触状态。基于改进后的电接触法分别对超声电机堵转和空载情况下定转子相对接触长度进行测试。结果表明,空载时定转子相对接触长度要小的多,与堵转时的最大差值约为36%。说明负载对超声电机接触状态有不可忽视的影响。最后,基于黏弹性接触模型对电机空载时定转子接触状态进行仿真计算,结果与实验值有很好的一致性,表明改进后的电接触法可有效的测试电机动态接触状态。     

Enhanced experimental approach to measure the absolute ultrasonic wave attenuation

The absolute ultrasonic wave attenuation is an important input parameter for mathematical models, which play an increasingly important role in non-destructive testing. The measurement of the absolute ultrasonic wave attenuation however is a difficult task. When conventional measurement techniques are applied, corrections to the raw data are required to account for apparent losses. In this study, a modified experimental approach is proposed to determine the absolute ultrasonic attenuation without any further corrections of the raw data.     

A finite volume method and experimental study of a stator of a piezoelectric traveling wave rotary ultrasonic motor

Piezoelectric traveling wave rotary ultrasonic motors are motors that generate torque by using the friction force between a piezoelectric composite ring (or disk-shaped stator) and a metallic ring (or disk-shaped rotor) when a traveling wave is excited in the stator. The motor speed is proportional to the amplitude of the traveling wave and, in order to obtain large amplitudes, the stator is excited at frequencies close to its resonance frequency. This paper presents a non-empirical partial differential equations model for the stator, which is discretized using the finite volume method. The fundamental frequency of the discretized model is computed and compared to the experimentally-measured operating frequency of the stator of Shinsei USR60 piezoelectric motor.     

Relationship between Rayleigh wave polarization and state of stress

This research develops an analytical model (using Stroh's formalism) to predict the affect of applied stress on the wave speed and the polarization of Rayleigh surface waves. Simulation results are then used to demonstrate that the polarization of a Rayleigh wave (which is reference-free) could be more sensitive than wave speed as an indicator of the state of stress.     

Performance evaluation of traveling wave ultrasonic motor based on a model with visco-elastic friction layer on stator

A new visco-elastic contact model of traveling wave ultrasonic motor (TWUSM) is proposed. In this model, the rotor is assumed to be rigid body and the friction material on stator teeth surface to be visco-elastic body. Both load characteristics of TWUSM, such as rotation speed, torque and efficiency, and effects of interface parameters between stator and rotor on output characteristic of TWUSM can be calculated and simulated numerically by using MATLAB method based on this model. This model is compared with that one of compliant slider and rigid stator. The results show that this model can obtain bigger stall torque. The simulated results are compared with test results, and found that their load characteristics have good agreement.     

圆板型压电行波马达及振动解析

依据克希霍夫薄板四点假设建立求解圆板状行波马达定子特征频率参数及其主振型的线性方程组,采用Matlab5.2工程分析与数值计算软件,利用行列式搜索算法精确求解了定子复合板内、外径比分别为0.1、0.3、0.35、0.6,对应不同振动模式时的特征频率因子及其主振型,并进一步利用牛顿插值法详细解析了马达定子在各阶振动模式下横向幅值的分布以及板面能量的分布情况,为马达定子的优化设计提供了理论依据,并根据数值分析结果总结出超声马达振动模式的选用原则.     

Traveling wave ultrasonic motor: coupling effects in free stator

Generally a stator of traveling wave ultrasonic motor (TWUM) consists of piezoelectric transducers (annular plate or rods) coupled by the way of a metallic ring. These transducers divided into halves are excited independently by two electrical signals with different phases of about 90 degrees. So an elastic traveling wave propagates along the circumference of the ring and a rotor pressed on this vibrating surface is then driven by the stator via contact forces. Many difficulties appear in developing TWUM because the contact between the stator and the rotor via a frictional material is very important. However that may be, the first stage consists in obtaining a vibrating stator with optimum characteristics with two symmetrical phases. The aim of this paper is to discuss some coupling effects in a free stator through an enhanced equivalent circuit model. A simple experimental method based on impedance measurements is performed to estimate the coupling characteristics at a low driving voltage. This paper reports results obtained with the free stator of the well known piezoelectric ultrasonic motor "USR60" by Shinsei Co. Ltd. Since the stator behaves as an elastic body, interactions between the two electrical inputs might be described by the introduction of a coupling oscillator. The comparison of experimental and theoretical results leads to validate the new equivalent circuit of the free stator. The presence of coupling impedance could imply a change of electrical supply condition to optimize the TWUM efficiency. The effects of unbalanced features for each electrical input and the applicability of the proposed model to actual operating condition are discussed in the paper.     

Characteristics of ring type traveling wave ultrasonic motor in vacuum

The characteristics of ultrasonic motor strongly depend on the properties of stator/rotor contact interface which are affected by ambient environment. With the developed apparatus, load properties of two ring type traveling wave ultrasonic motors in atmosphere, low vacuum and high vacuum were studied, respectively. Wear of friction material, variations of vacuum degree and the temperature of motor during the experiment were also measured. The results show that load properties of motor A in vacuum were poorer than those in atmosphere, when load torque M_f was less than 0.55 N m. Compared to motor A, load properties of motor B were affected a little by environmental pressure. Wear of friction material in vacuum was more severe than wear in atmosphere. The temperature of motor in vacuum rose more quickly than it in atmosphere and had not reached equilibrium in 2 h experiment. However, the temperature of motor in atmosphere had reached equilibrium in about forth minutes. Furthermore, outgas was also observed during experiment under vacuum conditions.     

Mode-splitting and quasi-degeneracies in circular plate vibration problems: The example of free vibrations of the stator of a traveling wave ultrasonic motor

In systems with rotational symmetry, bending modes occur in doubly-degenerate pairs with two independent vibration modes for each repeated natural frequency. In circular plates, the standing waves of two such degenerate bending modes can be superposed with a 1/4 period separation in time to yield a traveling wave response. This is the principle of a traveling wave ultrasonic motor (TWUM), in which a traveling bending wave in a stator drives the rotor through a friction contact. The stator contains teeth to increase the speed at the contact region, and these affect the rotational symmetry of the plate. When systems with rotational symmetry are modified either in their geometry, or by spatially varying their properties or boundary conditions, some mode-pairs split into singlet modes having distinct frequencies. In addition, coupling between some pairs of distinct unperturbed modes also causes quasi-degeneracies in the perturbed modes, which leads their frequency curves to approach and veer away in some regions of the parameter space. This paper discusses the effects of tooth geometry on the behavior of plate modes under free vibration. It investigates mode splitting and quasi-degeneracies and derives analytic expressions to predict these phenomena, using variational methods and a degenerate perturbation scheme for the solution to the plate’s discrete eigenvalue problem; these expressions are confirmed by solving the discrete eigenvalue problem of the plate with teeth.     

行波型超声电机定子的共振与反共振特性的研究

针对行波型超声电机定子在共振和反共振点附近表现的不同特性,以压电陶瓷材料大功率驱动下的理论分析和电学分析为基础,通过对实验现象的描述和分析,确立了以频率、机械谐振品质因数、机电耦合系数和相对振动效果等参数作为定量和定性分析定子共振和反共振的性能指标。在实验研究中,以激光测振为直接实验手段,设计了相关实施方案,对行波型超声电机定子在不同驱动方式下表现出的共振和反共振特性进行了分析和对比研究。研究结果表明,行波型超声电机定子在反共振点附近的综合性能要优于共振点附近的性能,实验结果可为行波型超声电机工作状态以及驱动方式的选择提供依据和指导。     

环形行波式超声马达解析模型的仿真与实验研究

在假定超声马达的定子为圆板,定子与转子的接触符合刚体与分布弹簧模型的条件下,通过理论分析,建立超声马达输出特性的解析模型,并完成其仿真和实验研究。仿真和实验结果基本吻合,证明了该模型的有效性。     

Performances estimation of a rotary traveling wave ultrasonic motor based on two-dimension analytical model

The understanding of ultrasonic motor performances as a function of input parameters, such as the voltage amplitude, driving frequency, the preload on the rotor, is a key to many applications and control of ultrasonic motor. This paper presents performances estimation of the piezoelectric rotary traveling wave ultrasonic motor as a function of input voltage amplitude and driving frequency and preload. The Love equation is used to derive the traveling wave amplitude on the stator surface. With the contact model of the distributed spring-rigid body between the stator and rotor, a two-dimension analytical model of the rotary traveling wave ultrasonic motor is constructed. Then the performances of stead rotation speed and stall torque are deduced. With MATLAB computational language and iteration algorithm, we estimate the performances of rotation speed and stall torque versus input parameters respectively. The same experiments are completed with the optoelectronic tachometer and stand weight. Both estimation and experiment results reveal the pattern of performance variation as a function of its input parameters.     

Analysis of laser-generated ultrasonic force source at specimen surface and display of bulk wave in transversely isotropic plate by numerical method

Taking into account the effects of thermal diffusion and optical penetration, as well as the finite width and duration of the laser source, the laser-generated ultrasonic force source at surface vicinity is presented. The full acoustic fields of laser-generated ultrasonic bulk wave are obtained and displayed in transversely isotropic plate. The features of laser-generated ultrasound bulk waves are analyzed. The features of laser-generated ultrasonic bulk wave are in good agreement with the theoretical results (the phase velocity surfaces), demonstrating the validity of this simulation. The numerical results indicate that the features of laser-generated ultrasound waveforms in anisotropic specimen, different from the case in isotropic materials, have a close relation with the propagating plane and propagation direction. This method can provide insight to the generation and propagation of laser-generated ultrasonic bulk wave in transversely isotropic material.     

The vibration and rotation of piezoelectric particles in high frequency electric fields observed by a thermoacoustic method

We have observed, by a thermoacoustic method, the acoustic resonance vibration of small (diameter 115 m) piezoelectric particles in high frequency (15 MHz) electric fields. The frequency dependence of the thermoacoustic signal gives direct information about the size distribution of the particles.In very strong rf electric fields we also observed a rotation of the vibrating particles by large angles — as originally suggested by Melcher and Shiren [3] — orienting the initially random rf dipoles parallel to the rf electric fields.The observed strong forces acting on vibrating piezoelectric particles in rf fields can probably be used as a new method of selectively extracting particles of a given size from a broad distribution of very small particles.     

Green's function of charged scalar particles moving in the field of a traveling electric wave

The method of functional integration is used to find the causative Green's function of a charged scalar particle moving in the field of a traveling electric wave.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 51–54, August, 1978.     

An introduction to the physics of the bacterial flagellar motor: a nanoscale rotary electric motor

Biological molecular motors show us how directed motion can be generated by nanometre-scale devices that work at the energy scale of the thermal bath. Direct and indirect observations of functioning single molecule motors allow us to see fundamental processes of statistical physics unfolding in microscopic detail at room temperature, something that was unimaginable only a few decades ago. In this review, we introduce molecular motors and the physics relevant to their mechanisms before focusing on our recent experiments on the bacterial flagellar motor, the rotary device responsible for bacterial locomotion.     

一类海-气耦合振子模型行波解的渐近解法

热带海-气振子是一个复杂的自然现象.本文是对一个海-气耦合振子模型,利用一个待定系数和摄动理论相结合的新方法,得到了相应模型的行波渐近解.