The present study has demonstrated to produce a reliable PVDF copolymer focused transducers from a layer-by-layer deposition method by engraving milled spherical cavies in a PEI polymer substrate. The proposed method which process P(VDF-TrFE) from the fluid phase, is adhesive-free in the sense that it does not require any additional adhesive layers for material binding. The transducer was acoustically ...

ABSTRACT Absorption of water in concrete is often described by the simple linear water uptake vs. square-root-of-time law. However, a deviation from this behaviour is frequently seen depending on factors such as initial water content, water/binder ratio and specimen thickness. The deviation increases with thickness (typically from 25 to 100 mm) and is seen even for very dry specimens with ...

A layer-by-layer deposition method for fabricating a focused ultrasonic transducer from piezoelectric copolymers has been developed. The fabrication process involves engraving a spherical cavity of 2 mm diameter on polyethyleneimines (PEI) polymer substrate. Surface roughness of the engraved spherical cavity is measured and compared with simulated line scan. Then, the transducer response was ...

In scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM), the image quality depends on several factors such as noise level, resolution, and interaction of the waves with sample boundaries. The theoretical equations for the reflection coefficient and transmission coefficient are suitable for plane boundaries but fail for curved/rough boundaries. We presented a finite element method-based modeling for the loss ...

The piezoelectric polymer PVDF and its copolymers have a long history as transducer materials for medical and biological applications. An efficient use of these polymers can potentially both lower the production cost and offer an environment-friendly alternative for medical transducers which today is dominated by piezoelectric ceramics containing lead. The main goal of the current work has been ...

Scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM) is a non-ionizing and label-free imaging modality used to visualize the surface and internal structures of industrial objects and biological specimens. The image of the sample under investigation is created using high-frequency acoustic waves. The frequency of the excitation signals, the signal-to-noise ratio, and the pixel size all play a role in acoustic image ...

In this paper, COMSOL Multiphysics® was used to simulate the microwave scattering from the rough sea ice surface. A nonperiodic model and a periodic model were built. The nonperiodic model considers the rough surface of finite length and introduces a tapered incident wave. In this model, the strategy of total and scattered-field decomposition (TSFD) was used to formulate the finite-element method ...

A two-dimensional scattering model based on the Finite Element Method (FEM) is built for simulating the microwave scattering of sea ice, which is a layered medium. The scattering problem solved by the FEM is formulated following a total- and scattered-field decomposition strategy. The model set-up is first validated with good agreements by comparing the results of the FEM with those of the small ...

In this paper, a 2-dimensional scattering model for sea ice based on the Finite Element Method (FEM) is presented. The scattering problem is formulated following a physics-separate strategy. The wave in the air domain is expressed by the scattered field formulation, while the wave in the sea ice domain is expressed by the total field formulation. The two separate physics and formulations are coupled ...

The main aim of the paper is damage detection at the microscale in the anisotropic piezoelectric sensors using surface acoustic waves (SAWs). A novel technique based on the single input and multiple output of Rayleigh waves is proposed to detect the microscale cracks/flaws in the sensor. A convex-shaped interdigital transducer is fabricated for excitation of divergent SAWs in the sensor. An angularly ...