Improving the thermal stability of 1-3 piezoelectric composite transducers manufactured using thermally conductive polymeric fillers

Parr, A.C.S. and O'Leary, R.L. and Hayward, G. and Smillie, G.; Yuhas, D.E. and Schneider, S.C., eds. (2003) Improving the thermal stability of 1-3 piezoelectric composite transducers manufactured using thermally conductive polymeric fillers. In: 2003 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings. IEEE, USA, pp. 362-365. ISBN 0780379225

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    Abstract

    With a view to improving the thermal stability of ultrasonic transducers prepared using 1-3 piezoelectric composites, the use of front face layers manufactured from thermally insulating and partially thermally conductive polymeric materials has been investigated. Experimentally, heat dissipation was investigated, in air and in water, using different transducer configurations and the advantage of including a front face layer manufactured from thermally conductive polymeric material is demonstrated. The PZFlex finite element modelling package was utilised to assess the thermal diffusivity of each polymer in the different transducer configurations and was found to compare well with experiment.

    ORCID iDs

    Parr, A.C.S., O'Leary, R.L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4092-2101, Hayward, G. and Smillie, G.; Yuhas, D.E. and Schneider, S.C.
    • Item type:Book Section
      ID code:38805
      Dates:
      Date
      Event
      8 October 2003
      Published
      Keywords:improving, thermal stability, 1-3 piezoelectric, composite transducers, thermally conductive, polymeric fillers, piezoelectric transducers, ultrasonic transducers, conducting polymers, finite element analysis, Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
      Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
      Department:Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
      Depositing user: Pure Administrator
      Date deposited:29 Mar 2012 13:57
      Last modified:23 May 2021 01:02
      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/38805
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