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Considerations Regarding the Design of a Power Ultrasonic

Transducer with Flat Rectangular Plate


R. R. Andrés1, E. Riera1

1Grupo de Sistemas y Tecnologías Ultrasónicas, ITEFI, CSIC, Madrid, España

Abstract

There are several industrial applications, like food dehydration, atomization and textile
washing among others, that are enhanced by the use of power ultrasonic transducers
with flat rectangular plate radiator. These transducers are composed by three main parts,
the piezoelectric Langevin type sandwich, the mechanical amplifier, and the extensive plate
radiator. Apart from the general considerations to take into account when designing a
power ultrasonic transducer, there are other important aspects to analyze like the
application of a prestress in the sandwich and the determination of the dimensions of the
rectangular plate radiator to excite the selected mode at the desired frequency. The aim of
this work is to provide information about how to simulate the prestress in the
piezoelectric stack and its effects using COMSOL Multiphysics® and to assess the
vibrational behavior of rectangular plates, comparing theoretical and numerical methods.

The numerical model, including the Structural Mechanics Module, the AC/CD Module and
the Multiphysics analysis of COMSOL Multiphysics® allowed us to perform the two specific
tasks related to these particular considerations when designing power ultrasonic
transducers. The Langevin-type transducer is composed by a four piezoelectric ceramics
stack tuned into a thickness vibration mode, a central brass flange and two attached steel
masses. When designing ultrasonic transducers for high power applications, it is
necessary to apply a static prestress in the ceramic stack in order to avoid large strains
that may provoke fractures in the ceramics. The simulation of this prestress can be
performed with COMSOL Multiphysics® as a two-step simulation consisting of a stationary
study followed by an eigenfrequency or a frequency domain study to determine the
behavior of the system. Regarding the modal behavior of the rectangular plate, the
Structural Mechanics Module of COMSOL Multiphysics® has proved to be an essential tool.
An initial theoretical study can be done using the solution proposed by G.W. Caldersmith,
which sets the frequency where the desired vibration mode happens depending on the
dimensions and the material of the rectangular plate. This theoretical method can be a
good approach for thin plates and for low modes. Nevertheless, for a higher mode or a
thick plate, the numerical analysis is recommended. In order to quantify the uncertainty of
the theoretical model, the modal behavior of three different rectangular plates has been
analyzed by both methods, obtaining a correction factor that allows a more accurate initial
approach and that depends on the relation between the thickness of the plate and the
distance between nodal lines.

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