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ultrasonic transducer

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ultrasonic transducer [¦əl·trə′sän·ik tranz′dü·sər]
(engineering acoustics)
A transducer that converts alternating-current energy above 20 kilohertz to mechanical vibrations of the same frequency; it is generally either magnetostrictive or piezoelectric.


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Chapter topics include: oscillatory motion and wave equations; ultrasonic horns, couplers, and tools; advanced designs of ultrasonic transducers and devices using finite element analysis; magnetostriction; pneumatic transducer design data; mechanical effects of ultrasonic energy; therapeutic and diagnostic imaging; and criteria for choosing ultrasonics, among others.
An ultrasonic transducer mounted on the exterior of a steel tool will propagate ultrasonic waves through the steel until they reach a boundary, from which a proportion of the energy will be reflected and the remainder will be transmitted.
 
 
 
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