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1Acoustic Research Laboratory, Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Center and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747-2300, USA.
Abstract:
The mutual radiation impedances between two baffled cylindrical shell transducers, made of PZT-4 piezoelectric rings with one half of the cylindrical surface covered by a compliant baffle, were determined in experiments as a function of separation distance using an experimental technique recently described [B. Aronov, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 119, 3822-3830 (2006)]. Two baffled cylindrical shell transducers were connected electrically in parallel and the input electrical admittance was measured at different separations when the two transducers were operated in phase and then 180 degrees out-of-phase in both the coaxial and horizontal (side-by-side) alignments. The mutual radiation impedances were then computed using an electrical equivalent circuit to determine the significance of interaction for cylindrical elements in these array geometries.
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