A Computer Technique for Near-Field Analysis of an Ultrasonic Transducer.

Abstract

A computer technique for obtaining near-field cross-section views of an ultrasonic field is presented. The technique is applied to ultrasonic transducer radiation patterns with sample contour drawings of several cross-sections. A spatial frequency spectrum formulation of diffraction theory is chosen for the computations which are performed with the aid of a fast Fourier transform routine. By experimentation an actual ultrasonic field was generated using a quartz transducer and the field was measured in a cross-sectional plane. A computer generated drawing of the measured data is compared to the drawing of a computer generated prediction of the field at the same plane. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0756537

Entities

People

  • Carlton Albert Griggs

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computations
  • Computers
  • Diffraction
  • Fast Fourier Transforms
  • Frequency
  • Mathematics
  • Near Field
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Spectra
  • Transducers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design