Compact aerial ultrasonic source integrating the transverse vibration part with the bolt-clamped Langevin transducer

Abstract

We have previously developed a compact circular vibrating plate aerial ultrasonic source with a grooved uniform rod that can produce a large vibration displacement by using piston vibration and emit intense sound waves perpendicular to the vibration surface. In this paper, to create a compact ultrasonic source that can radiate intense aerial ultrasonic waves, we produced a compact aerial ultrasonic source integrating the transverse vibration part with a bolt-clamped Langevin transducer and we investigated the sound source characteristics. These results demonstrated that compared with a conventional source, the length of our source was shorter, the sound pressure was higher, and its structure was simpler.