Novel Traveling Wave Sandwich Piezoelectric Transducer with Single Phase Drive:Theoretical Modeling,Experimental Validation,and Application Investigation

Most of traditional traveling wave piezoelectric transducers are driven by two phase different excitation signals,leading to a complex control system and seriously limiting their applications in industry.To overcome these issues,a novel traveling wave sandwich piezoelectric transducer with a single-phase drive is proposed in this study.Traveling waves are produced in two driving rings of the transducer while the longitudinal vibration is excited in its sandwich composite beam,due to the coupling property of the combined structure.This results in the production of elliptical motions in the two driving rings to achieve the drive function.An analytical model is firstly developed using the transfer matrix method to analyze the dynamic behavior of the proposed transducer.Its vibration characteristics are measured and compared with computational results to validate the effectiveness of the proposed analytical model.Besides,the driving concept of the transducer is investigated by computing the motion trajectory of surface points of the driving ring and the quality of traveling wave of the driving ring.Additionally,application example investigations on the driving effect of the proposed transducer are carried out by constructing and assembling a tracked mobile system.Experimental results indicated that 1)the assembled tracked mobile system moved in the driving frequency of 19410 Hz corresponding to its maximum mean velocity through frequency sensitivity experiments;2)motion characteristic and traction performance measurements of the system prototype presented its maximum mean velocity with 59 mm/s and its maximum stalling traction force with 1.65 N,at the excitation voltage of 500 V_(RMS).These experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed traveling wave sandwich piezoelectric transducer.

Effects of Thermal Activation on the Electrocatalysis of the Ru(0001) Surface

Variable temperature in situ FTIR spectroscopy has been used as the primary tool to investigate the effects of temperature(10 to 50 ℃) on formaldehyde dissociative adsorption and electro oxidation on the Ru(0001) electrode in perchloric acid solution, and the results were interpreted in terms of the surface chemistry of the Ru(0001) electrode and compared to those obtained during our previous studies on the adsorption of CO under the same conditions. It was found that formaldehyde did undergo dissociative adsorption, even at -200 mV vs . Ag/AgCl, to form linear(CO L) and 3 fold hollow(CO H) binding CO adsorbates. In contrast to the adsorption of CO, it was found that increasing the temperature to 50 ℃ markedly increased the amount of CO adsorbates formed on the Ru(0001) surface from the adsorption of formaldehyde. On increasing the potential, the electro oxidation of the CO adsorbates to CO 2 took place via reaction with the active (1×1) O oxide. A significant increase in the surface reactivity was observed on the RuO 2(100) phase formed at higher potentials. Formic acid was detected as a partial oxidation product during formaldehyde electro oxidation. The data obtained at 50 ℃ are markedly different from those collected at 10 and 25 ℃ in terms of the amount of both CO 2 and formic acid formed and the adsorbed CO L and CO H species observed. These results were rationalized by the thermal effects on both the loosening of the CO adlayer and the activation of surface oxide on increasing the temperature.