EP0728534B1 - Procédé et transducteurs immergés dans un fluide pour l'émission d'ondes acoustiques à basse fréquence avec des pavillons allégés - Google Patents
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- the subject of the present invention is a method and transducers immersed in a fluid for the emission of waves low frequency acoustics with lighter flags.
- the technical sector of the invention is that of production electroacoustic submersible transducers.
- the main application and the objective of the invention are to power, or reduce the power consumed by a transducer given submersible composed at least of a pavilion and a driving pillar to emit waves in a low frequency fluid, actually less than 500 Hz, or decrease said frequency range by transducer given for the same sound power, i.e. both at that time.
- electroacoustic transducers submersible, and in particular piezoelectric, comprising a rigid, hollow cylindrical housing open at both ends axial, and inside which are arranged coaxially with this one, two identical electro-acoustic motors, placed on the side and on the other side of a central counter-mass, and whose ends opposite are surrounded by a flag: these transducers are called double type "Tonpilz".
- Said electro-acoustic motors can be made by two stacks of piezoelectric plates aligned.
- the external faces of the two pavilions are located in the plane of the axial ends of the case, so that they are in contact with the liquid, in which the case is immersed, and the outer perimeter of these pavilions comes as close as possible to the edge of the open axial ends of said housing.
- these external faces emit waves in the liquid acoustic when electro-acoustic motors are energized electronically: these transducers are used in particular for emit low frequency acoustic waves into the water in a determined direction; for an application of this type of transducer mono or double "Tonpilz" for high power emissions, we can cite the request FR. 2,663,182 from Gilles GROSSO published on 13 December 1991, which describes additional devices for obtaining increased power.
- EP-A-0 596 763 also discloses a transducer double frequency low frequency electroacoustics - "Tonpilz" suitable for transmitting at great depths with low weight and low space thanks to the arrangement of a peripheral opening circular in the vicinity of the median plane of the housing.
- the problem is therefore to be able to reduce the frequency of resonance of the motor of a transducer for a power consumed at more given and / or to increase the acoustic performance at low frequency to also increase the sound power without increasing its dimensions and weight.
- a solution to the problem posed is a method of transmitting waves acoustics in a low frequency fluid from a transducer comprising at least one horn integral with the end a motor pillar, a rigid box delimiting with said flag a cavity which encloses said motor pillar and having dimensions and a determined external volume, which transducer transmitting waves in a frequency range, at a power and according to a given electroacoustic efficiency: according to the invention, rear of said roof inside said housing a load dynamic integral with it partially closing its section interior and dividing said interior cavity into two parts rear and front communicating; we bring the outer edge closer peripheral pavilions of the inner wall of the housing, preferably at a distance of a few tenths of a millimeter; we then emits acoustic waves at frequencies lower than those of the initial range given and at most with the same power consumed initial given.
- said transducer thus produced is used in a frequency range around the natural frequency of the rear cavity thus delimited by said dynamic load: the definition and the different types of achievements are described in the presentation of figure 1.
- Figure 1 is an axial sectional view of a transducer type indicated above and defined below and equipped with two types dynamic load according to the invention.
- Figure 2 shows comparative power curves acoustic, between a conventional transducer and a transducer of the same type equipped with said dynamic load with respect to frequency issued.
- the transducer as shown in section in this figure 1 therefore comprises in a known manner, two electro-acoustic motors 1 aligned on an axis xx ', placed on either side of a counterweight central 2 and coaxially inside a cylindrical housing 5, which can be called external covering all of said motors 1 to the pavilions 3 at the end thereof, the cavity 7, as well bounded by said pavilions and said housing being filled with liquid 4 in which the entire transducer is immersed, such as Seawater.
- Said electro-acoustic motors 1 and the intermediate mass 2 are on the one hand, held together by a prestressing rod 9, also immobilizing by any means of assembly 15 the two pavilions 3 on the ends of the pillar thus formed, and on the other hand, assembled using different connecting pieces 11, themselves associated with different fixing pieces 12, some 12 1 connecting said electro-acoustic motors to the external box 5 and the others 12 2 allowing the fixing of the whole of the transducer on any external support.
- the various fixing means are such that they allow freedom of movement of the ends of the electro-acoustic motors on the side of the pavilions 3, which are integral with them and whose peripheral external edge 16, not connected and independent of the internal wall of the housing 5, can then vibrate freely so as to ensure the full emission of acoustic waves in the ambient environment.
- An inner sleeve 13 isolates the preload rod from said motors 1, and an external sealing envelope 8 ensures the insulation of these motors 1 and of the pavilions 3 with respect to the medium ambient 4.
- the supply of said electro-acoustic motors 1 is supplied by a power cable 10 fixed on said connecting pieces 11 by an electrical connector 14.
- the making of such transducer and all of the different connecting pieces the constituent are of the known field and realizable by any man of profession: all the other elements making it possible in particular to obtain the Helmholtz resonant frequency of the cavity as shown in the introduction, as well as the various connecting elements improving the mechanical performance of the assembly are not figured here; some have been the subject of various other requests for patents like those in particular cited in the introduction for so-called compliant tubes.
- said external housing 5 comprises at least one opening 6 of communication with the outside, said opening being able to be consisting of holes distributed around the cylindrical part of the housing or even consisting of a circular peripheral opening complete.
- said transducer comprises behind each pavilion 3, in this case here the two pavilions shown, and inside the housing 5 a dynamic load 17 associated with each pavilions, integral with said housing 5 and partially closing its internal section by sharing the internal cavity 7 in two parts, rear 7 1 and front 7 2 , communicating: in the representation of Figure 1, this in fact corresponds to sharing the whole of the internal cavity of the housing into three cavities, of which a single rear central unit 7 1 is median and two so-called "front" cavities 7 2 are each located behind each of the two pavilions 3.
- the dynamic load on the right of the figure consists of a solid wall 23 matching the shape of the internal surface of the wall of the housing 5 of which it is integral, surrounding the engine pillar 1 and pierced with at least one orifice 18 through which the latter passes, which orifice carries a conduit 19 extending behind the wall 23 relative to the roof 3 and leaving a free peripheral passage 20 around said driving pillar 1.
- said solid wall 23 includes as on the right side an orifice 18 through which the said passes motor pillar 1 but with a narrower peripheral passage 20 and additionally comprises various other orifices 21 arranged around said motor pillar 1 and carrying open conduits 22.
- the walls 23 are fixed at their periphery to the rigid housing 5 by connecting elements and parts 12.
- said walls 23 of the two dynamic loads are located as close as possible to the rear of the roof 3, but they could be located at a greater distance because this is what counts to constitute the additional mass of the fluid to add to that of the pavilions and located in the cavities 7 2 is especially the ratio of the surfaces of all the conduits 21 and 20 relative to the total section of the housing 5 which corresponds to that of the diameter also of the pavilions 3, and not the effective mass of the fluid located in these cavities 7 2 and between said pavilion and said dynamic load.
- the distance "e" between the peripheral outer edge 16 of the pavilions 3 and the inner wall of the housing is as small as possible, in any case less than 1 mm and preferably a few tenths of a millimeter , so that this space allows only a small loss of leakage to the liquid from the cavity 7 2 towards the outside during vibration, so that said fluid stresses above all the dynamic load 17 so as to virtually increase the mass of the roof 3 and decrease then, for the same weight and volume thereof, its frequency of emission for the same power consumption.
- the electroacoustic efficiency is maximum around the resonant frequency of the cavity 7 1 indeed, the acoustic losses being proportional to the speed flow of the pavilions 3 and of the conduits 21 and 20, these are minimal for these frequencies because the flux participating in the radiation is mainly generated by the openings of the housing 6 which have little loss.
- this type of transducer it is necessary to use this type of transducer around the resonant frequency of the cavity 7 1 .
- FIG 2 there is shown a curve 24 of emission of sound power of a transducer as shown in the Figure 1 with a dynamic load according to the invention, while the curve 25 represents the same transducer but not equipped with said dynamic load, said transmitting powers being noted by relation to the frequencies in herz: we note as well as in the frequencies below 800 Hz and such as, for example, around the frequency of 500 Hz, we increase in an interesting proportion the transmitted power or vice versa, for a given power, we decrease the frequency of more than 50 Hz. This was of course measured from of a given type of transducer, but with other transducers, we can get an even bigger gain, lower the transmission frequency and / or both at the same time, without weighing down the pavilions of the given transducer.
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- Procédé d'émission d'ondes acoustiques dans un fluide (4) à basse fréquence à partir d'un transducteur comportant au moins un pavillon (3) solidaire de l'extrémité d'un pilier moteur (1), un boítier rigide (5) délimitant avec ledit pavillon une cavité (7) qui enferme ledit pilier moteur et ayant des dimensions et un volume externe déterminé, lequel transducteur transmettant des ondes dans une plage de fréquence, à une puissance et suivant un rendement électroacoustique donné, caractérisé en ce que :on place en arrière dudit pavillon (3) à l'intérieur dudit boítier (5) une charge dynamique (17) solidaire de celui-ci fermant partiellement sa section intérieure et partageant ladite cavité intérieure (7) en deux parties arrière (71) et avant (72) communiquant;on rapproche le bord externe périphérique (16) des pavillons (3) de la paroi interne du boítier (5) ;on émet des ondes acoustiques à des fréquences plus basses que celles de la plage initiale donnée et au plus avec la même puissance consommée initiale donnée.
- Procédé d'émission d'ondes acoustiques suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'on rapproche au maximum le bord externe périphérique (16) du pavillon (3) de la paroi interne du boítier (5) pour réduire l'espace "e" ainsi délimité à quelques dixièmes de millimètre.
- Procédé d'émission d'ondes acoustiques selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'on utilise ledit transducteur ainsi réalisé dans une plage de fréquence autour de la fréquence propre de la cavité arrière (71).
- Transducteur immergeable dans un fluide (4) pour l'émission d'ondes acoustiques à basse fréquence comportant au moins un pavillon (3) solidaire de l'extrémité d'un pilier moteur (1), un boítier rigide (5) délimitant avec ledit pavillon une cavité (7) qui enferme ledit pilier moteur, et ayant des dimensions et un volume externe déterminés, lequel transducteur transmettant des ondes dans une plage de fréquence, à une puissance et suivant un rendement électroacoustique donné, caractérisé en ce que il comporte en arrière dudit pavillon (3) et à l'intérieur du boítier (5) une charge dynamique (17) solidaire de celui-ci fermant partiellement sa section intérieure et partageant la cavité interne (7) en deux parties arrière (71) et avant (72) communiquant et en ce que la distance "e" séparant le bord externe périphérique (16) des pavillons (3) et la paroi interne du boítier (5) soit petite par rapport aux dimensions transversales dudit boítier.
- Transducteur suivant la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que la distance "e" séparant le bord externe périphérique (16) des pavillons (3) et la paroi interne du boítier (5) est de moins de 1 mm.
- Transducteur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4 à 5, caractérisé en ce que ladite charge dynamique (17) est constituée d'une paroi pleine (23) épousant la forme de la surface interne du boítier (5) dont elle est solidaire, entourant le pilier moteur (1) et percé au moins d'un orifice (18) au travers duquel passe celui-ci, lequel orifice porte un conduit (19) s'étendant en arrière de la paroi (23) par rapport au pavillon (3) et laissant un passage périphérique (20) libre autour dudit pilier moteur (1).
- Transducteur suivant la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que ladite paroi pleine (23) comporte différents orifices (21) disposés autour dudit pilier moteur (1) et portant des conduits (22) ouverts.
- Transducteur selon l' une quelconque des revendications 6 et 7, caractérisé en ce que ladite paroi (23) est située au plus proche de l'arrière du pavillon (3).
- Transducteur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4 à 8, caractérisé en ce que ledit boítier (5) est cylindrique et enferme deux moteurs électroacoustiques identiques (1) placés de part et d'autre d'une contremasse centrale (2) et dont les extrémités opposées sont entourées chacune d'un pavillon (3) associé à une charge dynamique (17).
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