Tonpilz Transducer Array for Sonar Systems

Application ID: 55891


This model sets up a linear array of nine tonpilz piezoelectric transducers in a 3x3 grid. A voltage is applied that includes a phase change across the three rows. The transducers are located in a box below the sea surface.

The exterior acoustics are modeled using the Pressure Acoustics, Boundary Elements interface, which is coupled to the vibrating structures with the Acoustic-Structure Boundary multiphysics coupling. This results in a hybrid BEM-FEM model of the full system.

This model example illustrates applications of this type that would nominally be built using the following products: