Abstract
A finite element analysis method is used to obtain the electromechanical coupling coefficient ke for plank-shaped piezoelectric transducers with a width W to thickness T ratio of not more than two. Calculation results for typical piezoelectric ceramics show that there exist maximum values of ke at certain values of W/T. For PCM-5R material the maximum value of ke is 0.69 at a W/T of 0.6. It is shown that only one vibrational mode is very strongly coupled around this value of W/T. This vibrational mode is very useful for application to electronically scanned arrayed transducers.
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