• DocumentCode
    1235683
  • Title

    Piezoelectric Skin-Friction-Force Transducer

  • Author

    Kahng, S.K.

  • Author_Institution
    School of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1970
  • fDate
    4/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    105
  • Lastpage
    111
  • Abstract
    A two component piezoelectric skin-friction force transducer has been developed for a hypersonic flow tunnel which has a run time of approximately 70 milliseconds. Skin-friction forces acting on a sensing diaphragm are transferred to a transducer element which is constructed of lead zirconate titanate composition ceramic beams. The transducer converts a force into two charge signals which correspond to orthogonal components of the force parallel to the skin-friction force sensing diaphragm. The diameter of the sensing element is 0.940 inch and the overall transducer dimensions are 1 inch diameter and 0.625 inch high.
  • Keywords
    Aerodynamics; Ceramics; Circuit testing; Educational institutions; Elasticity; Force measurement; Particle beams; Piezoelectric transducers; Structural beams; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9421
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIECI.1970.230157
  • Filename
    1701767