Before humans discovered ultrasound for a variety of medical, technical and military applications, nature had perfected it over millions of years for navigation under and above water. Dolphins and ...

Like all ceramics, piezo ceramics are brittle materials that are well suited to handling compressive loads but are highly sensitive to bending, shear and tensile loads. A number of mechanical ...

Piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers play a critical role in modern sensing and actuation by converting electrical signals into high‐frequency mechanical vibrations and vice versa. Recent advances ...

To increase the accessibility of piezoelectric transducers and actuators for OEM designers, manufacturers may package these devices inside a protective arrangement of flexures. This approach offers a ...

Wearable ultrasound devices are actively used in various medical settings, including hospital diagnostics, rehabilitation ...

Motion and positioning devices play an integral role in the life-science and medical engineering fields, fulfilling their many different requirements. The spectrum extends from simple low-energy drive ...

The design and modelling of piezoelectric transducers have advanced considerably, merging innovative configurations with robust analytical techniques. Contemporary approaches utilise both equivalent ...

Any instrument to survive the trip to and operating conditions on Mars needs to be designed to withstand the most adversary conditions. NASA’s Rover Curiosity has been analyzing mineral probes on the ...

The increasing miniaturization and sophistication of electronic products, ranging from consumer media devices to medical diagnostic tools to defense-related sonar applications, presents a bounty of ...

Piezo sensors that can continuously monitor components as hot as 900°C have been realised by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC. "We have already implemented our sensors ...

Multiphysics simulation software can aid engineers in designing piezoelectric acoustic transducers to meet the demands of device miniaturization. The increasing miniaturization and sophistication of ...