II. SENSOR DESIGN For electromechanical sensors made out of silicon piezoresistivity are the most frequently used transducer effects. The name ’piezo’ comes from the Greek word ’piezin’ which means squeezing or pressing tightly. Along with resistivity it describes the dependence of electrical resistivity ρ on a mechanical strain or stress σ. The formula is used in terms of stress σ applied to the resistor. For isotropic materials in the linear elastic region, the stress-strain relationship is given by x E x σ = ε (1) where E is the Young’s modulus. The strain is defined as the relative change in length (= ∆l/l). The linear piezoresistive effect in one direction in an isotropic material is defined by x x x x π σ ρ ρ = ⋅ Δ (2) The piezoresistive …show more content…
Fig. 2 a diaphragm and Wheatstone r piezoresistors. ve pressure sensor The resistance of the piezoresistor is expressed as in equation: A l R = ρ ⋅ (6) t w l R × × = ρ (7) where ρ is the resistivity of the piezoresistor, l is the length of the piezoresistor, t is the thickness of the piezoresistor and w is the width of the contact. ρ depends on the doping concentration of the piezoresistors. Now, on application of pressure, the resistance of the piezoresistor changes to R/ according to the following equation: { } ( ) R = R π l σ lav +π t σ tav ′ 1 (8) ∓ where π is the piezoresistive coefficient that depends on temperature, doping concentration and band structure. πl is the longitudinal piezoresistive coefficient and πt is referred to as the transverse coefficient which can be expressed in terms of the basic piezoresistive coefficients π11, π12 and π44 and σlav and σtav are the average longitudinal and transverse stresses respectively. The ± sign indicates that the resistance can increase or decrease depending on the nature of the applied stress (compressive or tensile) [6]. Thus the change
The respirometer uses the principle of water displacement. As the amount of gas in the respirometer changes, this will be reflected by an equivalent displacement of water in the pipette. Remember that at the same temperature and pressure,...
Elastic strain region at small and big end of connecting rod is shown in figure no. 10. The maximum and minimum equivalent strain values are 0.00033975 and 2.1407e-10 respectively. Due to applied pressure there will be change in original dimensions of the connecting rod and hence strain developed can be
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waves were reflected back to the transducer as they crossed interfaces of different acoustic impedance. More simply, the ultrasound bounced off the
Rigid body motion does not change the length of a vector joining the pair of points inside the body and has no concern with the strain analysis. When external forces are applied on an elastic body, the body undergoes deformation. Due to the elasticity of the body, there comes into play a force which resists the deformation. This force is called stress force. Clearly, the deformation of the body is accompanied by the stress force. In other words, stress and strain occur together in inelastic body. There are two types of elastic deformation: (i) Dilatation and (ii) Shear strain set up in the body in such a way that there is a change only in volume but no change in shape, is called dilatation. In the shear deformation, there is a change in the shape of the body without a change in its volume. Dilatations are further categorized into two kinds: compression, in which volume is reduced; and rarefaction, in which the volume is
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A transducer is a mechanism that changes one form of energy to another form. A toaster is a transducer that turns electricity into heat; a loudspeaker is a transducer that changes electricity into sound. Likewise, an ultrasound transducer changes electricity voltage into ultrasound waves, and vice versa. This is possible because of the principle of piezoelectricity, which states that some materials (ceramics, quartz, and others) produce a voltage when deformed by an applied pressure. Conversely, piezoelectricity also results in production of a pressure whe...
Strain hardening is the additional stress required to cause slip in a material. It occurs when dislocations in a crystal interact with each other or when the dislocations observe hindrance in their motion. Either dislocations pile up at the barriers of slip plane of crystal or they intersect other dislocations. The latter can result in jogs which restrict its motion. Jogs readily occur in the cases of screw dislocations which cases to restrict the dislocation movement thus increasing strain hardening but not so in case pf edge dislocation. The strain hardening or work hardening behavior for FCC, BCC and HCP can be observed by taking the case of Iron, copper and magnesium where iron is BCC, copper is
In the early 1440’s, the Medici family commissioned Donatello to sculpt what would become one of the greatest sculptures of the 15th century. Donatello’s David is depicted as a youthful David, which is complete opposite of how David was depicted in that time period. In the Middle Ages David was depicted as a King. In the sculpture David is in the nude, one foot on Goliaths severed head, which tells us it was after he took down the god-like goliath. Donatello’s David is considered a master piece of Western art, because of the way it relates to the classical past, yet it fits in perfectly with the Renaissance time period.
Scanning probe microscopy in nano mechanical testing has started with the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope in the year 1981. Till then based on the type of principles there are number of models developed and are in use. Scanning probe microscopy found popularity owing to its ease in versatility in dealing with a number of issues, typically it is used to identify the material properties on nano to even pico scales. Scanning probe microscopy techniques such as atomic/friction force microscopy(AFM/FFM) are increasingly finding applications in tribological studies of engineering surfaces as well for finding surface texture etc. Atomic and molecular level details can be assessed using Scanning probe microscopy with great ease and the instruments are highly versatile. AFMs with suitable tips are being used to study issues like scratching, wear etc. Scratch and wear properties of variety of materials have been measured. Mechanisms of material removal are also studied. Localized surface elasticity maps of composite materials with penetration depths less than 10nm can be found using SPM with nano mechanical testing procedures. Nano indentation hardness and the young’s modulus of elasticity can be measured with a depth of indentation as low as 1nm. Scratching and indentation on the nano scale are powerful ways to screen for adhesion and resistance to deformation of ultrathin coatings. These studies provide insight into failure mechanisms of the materials and thin coatings. SPM in nano mechanical testing provides insight into the surface characterization and provided glimpse of failure mechanisms study. (Bhushan, 2001). The manner of using interactions between the probe and the surface to obtain an image is gene...
The ZnO crystallizes in a few forms which are wurtzite, zinc blende and rocksalt as shown in Figure 2.4. The wurtzite structure is the most thermodynamically stable phase under ambient temperature and also very common. The zinc blende ZnO geometry can be stabilized only by growth on cubic lattice substrates and the rocksalt structure (NaCl structure) can be obtained at relatively high pressures using ultrasonic wave velocity measurements of up to 10 GPa. (Morkoc).
Medical ultrasound mechanisms produce ultrasound waves and accord the imitated echoes. Brightness mode (B mode) is the frank mode that is normally used.[2] The B mode gives a two dimensional (2D) black and white picture that depends on the anatomical locale of the slice. The body can be imaged in disparate planes reliant on the locale of the probe. These slender slices are of less than 1 mm every single and can be sagittal, coronal, transverse, or oblique. Sound waves are emitted from piezoelectric crystals from the ultrasound transducer. Piezoelectric crystals are fabricated from physical that adjustments mechanical signals to mechanical vibrations and adjustments mechanical vibrations to mechanical signals.[2] As ultrasound waves bypass across assorted body tissues, they are imitated back to the transducer crafting an picture on the ultrasound screen.[3] Aural impedance is described as the confrontation for propagation of ultrasound waves. This varies according to the density of the physical ultrasound passes through. After the physical is extra solid, nex...
In the ultrasonic testing, high frequency sound waves are sent into a material by transducer. The sound waves travel through the material with some attenuation and also reflected at interfaces. The reflected or transmitted wave signal is converted into an electrical signal by same transducer. The reflected or transmitted wave signal is analyzed to determine the presence, size, location of flaws, wavelength and discontinuities.
Law of elasticity is known as Hooke’s law, showing the relationship between the forces applied to a spring and its elasticity, which states that relationship between small deformation of the object and the displacement or size are directly proportional to loading and the deforming force. According to Hooke’s law, elastic behaviour of solids could explain by the fact that in component ions, molecules, or atoms from normal positions, which is small deformation, are also proportional to the force that causes the displacement. The deforming force might be applied to a solid by squeezing, compressing, stretching twisting, or bending. Accordingly, spring will return to its primary size and shape upon discharge of the load (Tega, 2010).