EP0799097B1 - Transducteur acoustique en anneau precontraint - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to transducers piezoelectric in the form of a ring and which are provided with means for prestressing this ring to apply a determined value constraint. It also relates to the processes which allow to implement these means to apply said prestress at the ring.
- piezoelectric transducers that provide waves acoustic, more particularly low frequency acoustic waves, from an electrical excitation signal.
- a special form of such transducer is that of a torus with rectangular section, formed of a set of head-to-tail polarized ceramic segments assembled by gluing with interposition of an electrode between each segment. The segments thus excited contract and expand to the rhythm of electrical signals which are applied by the electrodes, and this tangential movement of segments results in a radial extension and contraction of the ring. This movement therefore causes the production of acoustic waves which are emitted with radial symmetry around the axis of the ring in the environment, generally the sea, in which the transducer is immersed.
- the rings are subjected to high amplitude piezoelectric stresses and this effect is all the more marked as the frequency of the acoustic waves to be emitted is low.
- the ring would tend to disjoin, first of all at the interfaces between the different segments and then by pure and simple rupture of the piezoelectric ceramics from of a certain emission level.
- we are led to prestress the ring by compressing it using means which apply radial forces directed towards the center and distributed evenly over the outer surface of the ring.
- These radial constraints induce tangential stresses which tend to maintain the segments united with each other and oppose the creation of tensile stress ceramics, to which we know that this type of material is particularly fragile.
- This transducer uses wedge shaped wedges, on the one hand, to connect the different straight segments assembled from stacks of piezoelectric elements to give a curvature to the whole, and on the other hand, to provide electrode surfaces for different stacks.
- the invention provides a prestressed ring acoustic transducer, of the type comprising a set of piezoelectric segments arranged in the form of a ring, grouped for form substantially identical sectors separated by wedge wedges, characterized in that it includes in in addition to end pieces attached to the ends of these sectors for delimit wedge-shaped intervals between them, the most narrow is directed towards the inside of the ring, shaped clamps of corner adapted to these intervals and placed in them, a ring conformator allowing all sectors to be maintained, and clamping means for sliding the clamps towards inside the ring to prestress the segments by the ring conformator.
- the transducer comprises in in addition to strain gauges fixed on the interior face of the sectors for to measure the stresses applied to the segments.
- the clamping means are formed of screws fixed in holes made in the internal face of the wedges clamping and provided with washers coming to rest on the parts end of sectors to allow traction on the holds when screwing the screws.
- the intervals remaining of a part between the shims and the shaping ring and secondly between these same clamps and the clamping means are plugged with a filling product when the setting is obtained.
- the dynamic stiffness of the ring conformator is substantially ten times weaker than that of the segments piezoelectric.
- the invention further provides a method for adjusting such a transducer mainly characterized in that it is tightened gradually tightening means by monitoring the indications given by the strain gauges to obtain on each sector identical and equal constraints to the desired value.
- the ring piezoelectric forming the transducer is achieved by assembling a set of elementary segments 101 having the form of prisms with trapezoidal section quite similar to those used in the prior art.
- the ring is divided into a set of substantially identical sectors 102 bringing together subsets of segments.
- the diameter of the ring is of the order of 20 cm and it is divided into 5 sectors comprising each 8 segments.
- FIG. 3 It is formed of 8 elementary segments 101 in piezoelectric ceramic, PZT for example. These segments are glued together with interposition electrodes 103 which allow the application of electrical voltages of excitement. According to a known technique, the segments are polarized tangentially alternately in opposite directions. The electrodes 103 are joined alternately to connections 104 and 105 which allow these electrical voltages to be applied to the electrodes.
- ends of the sector are provided with parts metal bonded to the outer faces of the end segments.
- These metal parts are wedge-shaped and their outer side faces make an angle ⁇ with the direction of the radius of the ring, as shown in FIG. 1. This angle ⁇ is such that the width of the corner is greater over the inner surface of the ring only on the outer surface thereof.
- strain gauge 107 there is also arranged on the inner face of the sector at least one strain gauge 107, which makes it possible to measure the constraints applied to the sectors at the level of this interior face.
- This strain gauge is for example produced in the known form of a film supporting metal electrodes arranged in such a way that the extension or contraction of the surface on which the gauge is stuck causes a variation in resistance of these electrodes according to a law known.
- All 5 sectors are arranged inside a ring conformator 108 and which makes it possible to define the shape and the dimensions of the piezoelectric ring.
- This ring is for example made of glass epoxy with a carefully polished interior surface.
- the dimensions of the sectors are provided so that there remains a clearance between the metal parts of the ends of two adjacent sectors. This clearance is filled by shims having the form of corners 109. These wedges, a copy of which is shown in FIG. 2, therefore come place themselves between the sectors and allow these sectors to be blocked at inside the shaping ring 108.
- the angle between the two faces lateral of these wedges is studied to correspond to the angle alpha of the end pieces of the sectors, so that when the wedges are in position these outer faces are applied to the faces exterior of these end pieces with such minimal angular play as possible, to avoid undue stress at the contact points between the wedges and the end pieces.
- the faces of the shims 109 oriented towards the inside of the ring are provided with tapped holes 110, here 3 in number, which can be used to receive clamping devices from screw into these holes by pressing on the faces of the end pieces 106 themselves oriented towards the inside of the ring.
- These pieces of tightening may be more or less complicated, but in the example of shown embodiment they are composed of screws 111 on which are threaded washers 112. These screws are screwed into the holes threaded, then on the washers, themselves supported on the parts 106. There is thus exerted on the wedges 109 an inward traction of the ring which tends, given the angles ⁇ , to spread the sectors 101 and to enlarge the ring formed by all of these sectors and wedges. Under this widening effect the piezoelectric ring presses firmly on the inside of the shaping ring 108, which, in a first, keep all parts in position.
- the invention proposes to use the strain gauges 107 described above. For this, they will be connected to measuring means 113 which allow to determine the stress at these gauges.
- the constraint where these gauges are placed indicates, at a coefficient near known multiplier, the global stress applied to ceramics forming each sector. The sectors are small enough that the stresses thus obtained and measured are uniformly distributed. In the case of a larger ring, we would eventually have to use a more sectors.
- the tightening of the screws will be done gradually by constantly checking the evolution of the constraints, so as to obtain the desired overall stress and to minimize maximum deviations between the stresses measured locally.
- the shaping ring 108 is of course involved in the acoustic characteristics of the transducer thus produced, as is moreover the case in the other prestressing systems already known. We have determined that to get correct results, especially don't not excessively disturbing the functioning of the ring piezoelectric, it was better to use a shaping ring whose dynamic stiffness is about ten times lower than that of the ring piezoelectric ceramic.
- this device is particularly easy to implement and therefore inexpensive.
- it is modular, which makes it possible, if necessary, to replace only one segment in case of damage to it. Constraints are distributed in a remarkably uniform manner, and their variations over the time is very low. We can completely adjust this preload, either by depending on operational conditions, either to correct the drift in the time.
- the assembly is removable, which allows the repairs cited above.
- the metal parts 106 and 109 if necessary, promote thermal drainage, especially when the ring is requested by very high electrical powers.
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- la figure 1, une vue en perspective cavalière d'un transducteur en anneau selon l'invention;
- la figure 2, une vue en perspective cavalière d'un coin de réglage de cet anneau; et
- la figure 3, une vue en perspective cavalière d'un secteur de l'anneau compris entre deux coins tels que ceux de la figure 2.
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- Transducteur acoustique en anneau précontraint, du type comprenant un ensemble de segments piézoélectriques (101) disposés en forme d'anneau, groupés pour former des secteurs (102) sensiblement identiques séparés par des cales (109) en forme de coin, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre des pièces d'extrémité (106) fixées aux extrémités de ces secteurs pour délimiter entre eux des intervalles en forme de coin dont l'extrémité la plus étroite est dirigée vers l'intérieur de l'anneau, des cales de serrage (109) en forme de coin adaptés à ces intervalles et placées dans ceux-ci, un anneau conformateur (108) permettant de maintenir l'ensemble des secteurs, et des moyens de serrage (110-112) permettant de faire glisser les cales de serrage vers l'intérieur de l'anneau pour précontraindre les segments par l'anneau conformateur.
- Transducteur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre des jauges de contrainte (107) fixées sur la face intérieure des secteurs pour permettre de mesurer les contraintes tangentielles appliquées aux segments.
- Transducteur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de serrage sont formés de vis (111) fixées dans des trous ménagés dans la face interne des cales de serrage (109) et munies de rondelles (112) venant s'appuyer sur les pièces d'extrémité (106) des secteurs pour permettre d'exercer une traction sur les cales lorsqu'on visse les vis.
- Transducteur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les intervalles subsistant d'une part entre les cales de serrage (109) et l'anneau conformateur (108) et d'autre part entre ces mêmes cales de serrage et les moyens de serrage (110-112) sont bouchés avec un produit de remplissage lorsque le réglage est obtenu.
- Transducteur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que la raideur dynamique de l'anneau conformateur (208) est sensiblement dix fois plus faible que celle des segments piézoélectriques (101).
- Procédé de réglage d'un transducteur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 5, caractérisé en ce que l'on serre progressivement les moyens de serrage (110-112) en surveillant les indications données par les jauges de contrainte (107) pour obtenir sur chaque secteur des contraintes identiques et égales à la valeur souhaitée.
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FR9415587A FR2728755B1 (fr) | 1994-12-23 | 1994-12-23 | Transducteur acoustique en anneau precontraint |
PCT/FR1995/001676 WO1996020046A1 (fr) | 1994-12-23 | 1995-12-15 | Transducteur acoustique en anneau precontraint |
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DE (1) | DE69505014T2 (fr) |
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FR2826828B1 (fr) * | 2001-06-29 | 2003-12-12 | Thomson Marconi Sonar Sas | Transducteur acoustique a anneau precontraint |
US7500398B2 (en) * | 2003-01-17 | 2009-03-10 | Kistler Holding, Ag | Prestressing element for sensors |
US8854923B1 (en) * | 2011-09-23 | 2014-10-07 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy | Variable resonance acoustic transducer |
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JP3653733B2 (ja) | 2005-06-02 |
FR2728755A1 (fr) | 1996-06-28 |
WO1996020046A1 (fr) | 1996-07-04 |
DE69505014D1 (de) | 1998-10-29 |
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EP0799097A1 (fr) | 1997-10-08 |
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