Effects of excitation area of longitudinal transducer on the flexural vibration characteristics of a rectangular plate in stripe mode

摘要

The flexural vibration characteristics of a rectangular plate in stripe mode, driven at its center by a different longitudinal vibration ultrasonic transducer (LVUT) with different excitation area are investigated. The variation in the nodal lines and corresponding resonant frequency of the rectangular plate under different excitation area are calculated by using finite element method (FEM). The results show that the resonant frequency increases with the excitation area of the LVUT increasing, and the nodal lines bend obviously when the radius r of excitation area is greater than a certain value. The experimental tests are carried out by the aid of Polytec PSV-400 Scanning laser Vibrometer, and the results agree well those of numerically calculated. It indicates that the larger excitation area of longitudinal transducer may affect the ultrasonic field radiated by the rectangular plate. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.