AnImprovedCymbalHydro_省略_LeadZirconateTi.pdf

V o l. 17　N o. 2 J ou rna l of S ou thw es t J iaotong Un ivers ity (E ng lish E d ition) A p r. 2009 　　A r t ic le ID : 1005 2429 ( 2009 ) 02 0 14 8 05 An Improved Cymba l Hydrophone M ade of Lan thanum M od if ied L ead Z ircona te T itan ite CH EN Sheng (陈　晟 ) , 　SUN C hao (孙 　超 ) S chool of M a rine E ng ineering, N orthw es tern P oly techn ica l Un ivers ity, X ian 7100 72, Ch ina A b s t r a c t 　　L an thanum m od if ied lead z ircona te titan ite ( PL ZT ) p iezoe lec tric ceram ics has h igher p iezoe lec tric and d ie lectric p rop erties com p ared w ith the comm on lead z ircona te titan ite ( PZT) ceram ics. These p rop erties endue the cym ba l hyd rop hones m ade of PL ZT u sua lly w ith stab le p erfo rm ance bu t low er rece iv ing sen s itiv ity. In o rder to im p rove the sen sitiv ity, th rough a static ana ly s is on hydrop hone w e d id som e changes fo r the PL ZT hydrop hone by reduc ing the rad iu s of the p iezoe lec tric ceram ics and sea ling its boundary. Fu rtherm ore, AN SYS s im u la tion s w ere m ade, and the exp erim en ts for the im p roved PL ZT hydrop hone and the o rig ina l one w ere carried ou t in w a ter p oo l. The resu lts show tha t the rece iv ing sen s itiv ity of the im p roved cym ba l hyd rop hone m ade of PL ZT is 3 - 4 dB h igher than that of the o rig ina l, and that the frequency resp on se still keep s f la t w ith in 18 kH z band. Key w o rds　L an thanum m od if ied lead z ircona te titan ite ( PL ZT) ; C ym ba l hyd rop hone; S en s itiv ity