The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea (한국음향학회지)

The Acoustical Society of Korea (한국음향학회)
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Analysis of the Radiation Pattern of Conformal Array Transducers

곡면 배열 트랜스듀서의 방사 특성 해석

  • Received : 2010.07.21
  • Accepted : 2010.09.06
  • Published : 2010.10.31
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Abstract

The radiation pattern of conformal transducers installed on a curved surface is likely to be complicated depending on the array pattern on the curved surface. In this research, the acoustic sources constituting a conformal transducer are arrayed in equi-angle, equi-interval, and geodesic dome forms, and the radiation pattern function of each of the array geometries has been derived, and therewith the radiation pattern has been analyzed for each array geometry. Based on the analysis result, we have determined the equi-interval array geometry that provides the widest beam width with the lowest side lobe level among the three array geometries. Results of the present work are expected to be utilized to the design of conformal transducer structures.

곡면에 지지된 음원의 경우 음원의 배열 방식에 따라 방사되는 음장이 매우 복잡한 특성을 가진다. 본 연구에서는 곡면 배열 트랜스듀서를 구성하는 음원을 등각, 등간격 그리고 geodesic dome 형태로 배열하여, 각각의 배열 방식에 따른 음향 방사 패턴 함수를 유도하고, 그에 따라 방사 패턴을 해석하였다. 해석 결과를 바탕으로 3가지 배열 방법 가운데 상대적으로 주엽의 빔 폭이 크고 부엽의 크기가 작은 경향을 보이는 등간격 배열을 곡면 배열 트랜스듀서의 구조로 선정하였다. 본 연구 결과는 곡면 배열 트랜스듀서의 구조 설계에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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