Design of a giant magnetostrictive ultrasonic transducer for progressive sheet forming was presented.A dynamic analysis of the theoretically designed ultrasonic vibration system was carried out using the finite elemen...Design of a giant magnetostrictive ultrasonic transducer for progressive sheet forming was presented.A dynamic analysis of the theoretically designed ultrasonic vibration system was carried out using the finite element method(FEM).In addition,simulations were performed to verify the theoretical design.Then,a magnetically conductive material was added between the giant magnetostrictive rod and the permanent magnet.Besides,magnetic field simulations of the transducer were performed.The influence of the material thickness of the magnetically conductive material on uniformity of the induced magnetic field was studied.Furthermore,the impedance analysis and amplitude measurement were performed to compare the performance of transducers with and without the magnetically conductive material.The experimental results show that the magnetic field uniformity is the highest when the magnetically conductive material has a thickness of about 1.6 mm.The output amplitude of the giant magnetostrictive transducer is improved by adding the magnetically conductive material.Moreover,the mechanical quality factor and impedance are reduced,while the transducer operates more stably.展开更多
A new ultrasonic transducer with multi-belts coil for generating and receiving longitudinal guided wave in ferromagnetic material pipes is proposed.The theory backgrounds and transduction principle of the proposed tra...A new ultrasonic transducer with multi-belts coil for generating and receiving longitudinal guided wave in ferromagnetic material pipes is proposed.The theory backgrounds and transduction principle of the proposed transducer are presented and ana- lyzed.To verify the performance of the transducer,several experiments are performed.The performance of inspecting crack, frequency-tuned characteristic,effect of bias static magnetic field and dynamic magnetic field,lift-off effect and effect of the period number of the exciting current are investigated.The results show that the proposed coils not only could tune the center frequency but also could improve the amplitude and signal-to-noise(SNR)of the detected signals.Bias static magnetic field and dynamic magnetic field are two important factors influencing the amplitude of the longitudinal guided wave.The amplitude of the longitudinal guided wave is exponentially decreased versus the lift-off distance of the transmitter and receiver.Period number of excitation signal could influence the amplitude and wave width of the ultrasonic wave.The proposed transducer could easily control the wave modes and would be a better choice for pipes’monitoring and inspection compared to traditional single-belt coil transducer.展开更多
基金supported by the National Science Foundation of China(No.51675422)the Shaanxi Province Key Research and Development Plan Project of China(No.2017GY-028)。
文摘Design of a giant magnetostrictive ultrasonic transducer for progressive sheet forming was presented.A dynamic analysis of the theoretically designed ultrasonic vibration system was carried out using the finite element method(FEM).In addition,simulations were performed to verify the theoretical design.Then,a magnetically conductive material was added between the giant magnetostrictive rod and the permanent magnet.Besides,magnetic field simulations of the transducer were performed.The influence of the material thickness of the magnetically conductive material on uniformity of the induced magnetic field was studied.Furthermore,the impedance analysis and amplitude measurement were performed to compare the performance of transducers with and without the magnetically conductive material.The experimental results show that the magnetic field uniformity is the highest when the magnetically conductive material has a thickness of about 1.6 mm.The output amplitude of the giant magnetostrictive transducer is improved by adding the magnetically conductive material.Moreover,the mechanical quality factor and impedance are reduced,while the transducer operates more stably.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.10974115)
文摘A new ultrasonic transducer with multi-belts coil for generating and receiving longitudinal guided wave in ferromagnetic material pipes is proposed.The theory backgrounds and transduction principle of the proposed transducer are presented and ana- lyzed.To verify the performance of the transducer,several experiments are performed.The performance of inspecting crack, frequency-tuned characteristic,effect of bias static magnetic field and dynamic magnetic field,lift-off effect and effect of the period number of the exciting current are investigated.The results show that the proposed coils not only could tune the center frequency but also could improve the amplitude and signal-to-noise(SNR)of the detected signals.Bias static magnetic field and dynamic magnetic field are two important factors influencing the amplitude of the longitudinal guided wave.The amplitude of the longitudinal guided wave is exponentially decreased versus the lift-off distance of the transmitter and receiver.Period number of excitation signal could influence the amplitude and wave width of the ultrasonic wave.The proposed transducer could easily control the wave modes and would be a better choice for pipes’monitoring and inspection compared to traditional single-belt coil transducer.