dc.contributor.advisor |
Sanderson, M. L. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Guilbert, A. R. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-08-24T09:11:19Z |
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dc.date.available |
2016-08-24T09:11:19Z |
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dc.date.issued |
1991-07 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/10402 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The
design and testing of an ultrasonic time of ight Mach number probe for use in
the
bypass duct of an aircraft gas turbine is presented.
Analysis of the time and frequency domain behaviour of the type of thickness mode
transducers selected for use in the
probe, and the effects of beam profile and
attenuation on the transmitted ultrasonic wave in a
owing medium are also covered
and extended. The results of this
analysis are implemented in a computer model
which is used to aid in the
design of various parts of the probe.
Experimental assessment of the transducers designed for the probe is presented
together with the results of tests on the performance of the selected probe
configuration.
A
digital signal processing system to control the probe and compensate for the poor
signal to noise ratio of the received signal is developed together with analogue
circuitry to interface this system to the transducers.
A novel method of
compensating for the beam sweep encountered at the Mach
numbers to b measured
using 'ski-ramps' is then developed and implemented.
Results from the final
configuration including the ski-ramps is then presented. |
en_UK |
dc.language.iso |
en |
en_UK |
dc.publisher |
Cranfield University |
en_UK |
dc.rights |
© Cranfield University, 1991. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the copyright holder. |
en_UK |
dc.title |
Modelling of piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers with application to high speed gas flow measurement |
en_UK |
dc.type |
Thesis or dissertation |
en_UK |
dc.type.qualificationlevel |
Doctoral |
en_UK |
dc.type.qualificationname |
PhD |
en_UK |