Piezoelectric Ceramics Properties and Applications
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION 
(347kb)
Chapter 2
PHYSICAL BASIS (971 kb)
2.1 The piezoelectric effect in ceramic materials
2.2 Piezoelectric materials
2.3 Dielectric hysteresis
2.4 Basic behaviour of a piezoelectric ceramic body
2.5 Stability
2.6 Depolarisation
2.7 Piezoelectric constants
2.8 Examples
2.9 Dynamic behaviour of PZT transducers
2.10 Frequency constant N
2.11 Coupling factor k
2.12 Comparison of piezoelectric ceramic and crystalline quartz
2.13 Pyroelectric behaviour
Chapter 3
GENERATORS (541 kb)
3.1 Static loading
3.2 Dynamic loading
3.3 Multilayer generators
Chapter 4
SENSORS (567 kb)
4.1 Axial sensors
4.2 Flexional sensors
4.3 Temperature-dependence of sensors
4.4 Some practical applications
Chapter 5
ACTUATORS (1.65 MB)
5.1 Basic calculations on actuators
5.2 Composite actuators
5.3 Actuators for higher operating frequencies
5.4 Drive circuitry
5.5 Flexure elements as actuators
5.6 Applications
5.7 Piezoelectric pumps
5.8 Piezoelectric motors
5.9 Multilayer actuators
Chapter 6a
TRANSDUCERS (650 kb)
6.1 Ultrasonic power transducers
Chapter 6b
TRANSDUCERS (Cont’d) (758 kb)
6.2 High intensity transducers with amplitude transformation
6.3 Pulverisation of liquids
6.4 Ultrasound air transducers
6.5 Flexure mode ultrasound transducers
Chapter 6c
TRANSDUCERS (Cont’d) (921 kb)
6.6 Compact ultrasound air transducers
6.7 Sound transducers (buzzers)
6.8 A fluid level sensor
6.9 PZT delay lines
6.10 PZT transformers
Chapter 7
COMBINED APPLICATIONS (205 kb)
7.1 Echo-sounding systems
7.2 Flow meters
7.3 Key finder
Chapter 8
TESTING OF PZT DISCS AND PLATES (175 kb)
8.1 General
8.2 Dynamic methods
8.3 Quasi-static method
8.4 The effective coupling factor derived from resonance behaviour
Appendix & Literature
APPENDIX & LITERATURE (202 kb)
Appendix A: Mathematical relations
Appendix B: Coupling factors and frequency constants for different modes of vibration
Appendix C: Bonding techniques
Literature
