TY - GEN
T1 - The effect of backing material on the transmitting response level and bandwidth of a wideband underwater transmitting transducer using 1-3 piezocomposite material
AU - Nicolaides, K.
AU - Nortman, L.
AU - Tapson, J.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Increasing operating depths of autonomous underwater vehicles have necessitated the development of underwater transducers that can operate at a greater depth. This paper investigates the possibility of incorporating rigid backing material into the transducer design to increase its stiffness and depth capability without adversely affecting its wide bandwidth and high transmitting levels. The transducer design under consideration uses 1-3 piezocomposite material, matching layer, coupling layer, stiff backing material (backing plates) and operates at 300 kHz with 200 kHz 6dB bandwidth.
AB - Increasing operating depths of autonomous underwater vehicles have necessitated the development of underwater transducers that can operate at a greater depth. This paper investigates the possibility of incorporating rigid backing material into the transducer design to increase its stiffness and depth capability without adversely affecting its wide bandwidth and high transmitting levels. The transducer design under consideration uses 1-3 piezocomposite material, matching layer, coupling layer, stiff backing material (backing plates) and operates at 300 kHz with 200 kHz 6dB bandwidth.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/563089
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18753892/3/1
U2 - 10.1016/j.phpro.2010.01.134
DO - 10.1016/j.phpro.2010.01.134
M3 - Conference Paper
SP - 1041
EP - 1045
BT - Physics Procedia: Vol. 3, Iss. 1. International Congress on Ultrasonics, Santiago de Chile, 11th-17th January 2009
PB - Elsevier
T2 - International Congress on Ultrasonics
Y2 - 11 January 2009
ER -