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| Author(s): |
Marco Aurélio Brizzotti Andrade
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2006-03-14 |
| Examining board members: |
Julio Cezar Adamowski;
Flávio Buiochi;
Eduardo Tavares Costa
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| Advisor: | Julio Cezar Adamowski |
| Abstract | |
The objective of this work is to analyze piezoelectric composite materials with 1-3 and 2-2 connectivity for applications in ultrasonic transducers in the megahertz frequency range. The analysis is done through mathematical models and experimental validation. The analysis of piezoelectric composite materials can be done through the study of its three main vibrational modes: planar mode, thickness mode, and the lateral mode. In this work, it is used the Finite Element Method to model the planar, thickness and the lateral modes of the composite, and it is used analytical models to model the thickness and the lateral modes. The modeling of the thickness mode of an ultrasonic transducer is obtained through an unidimensional analytical model. The unidimensional modeling of the transducer is done by calculating the effective properties of the piezoelectric composite material. The effective properties are used in a distributed matrix model to calculate the electrical impedance of the composite and the impulse response of an ultrasonic transducer. To validate the models, a 1-3 and a 2-2 piezoelectric composite were built using the dice-and-fill" technique. These composite were constructed using a piezoelectric ceramic of PZT-5A and epoxy. The piezoelectric composite with 1-3 connectivity was used in the fabrication of an ultrasonic transducer. The theoretical results of the electrical impedance and the impulse response are compared with the experimental results. The experimental electrical impedance is measured by using an impedance analyzer, and the experimental impulse response is measured by coupling the ultrasonic transducer prototype to an acrylic block. Due to the periodicity of the composite, it was analyzed the behaviour of mechanical waves in periodic media, showing that there are frequency ranges that the waves cannot propagate. It was verified that the periodicity is responsible for the suppression of the radial modes in a piezoelectric composite when compared with the radial modes of a disk of piezoelectric ceramic. It is also conducted measurements in a water filled tank to determine the mechanical properties of samples of epoxy, and Tungsten/epoxy composites as a function of the volume fraction of Tungsten. (AU) | |