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中国物理学会期刊

基于多元互辐射的高效超低频电动式换能器

High-efficiency ultra-low frequency electrodynamic transducer based on multi-vibrator mutual radiation

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  • 超低频电动式换能器的电声效率极低(通常不大于1%),搭载到水下无人航行器上使用时对载体的能源需求量过大,限制了无人航行器的连续工作时间.提出了基于多元振子互辐射效应改善电动式换能器的电声效率.建立了多元振子高效超低频电动式换能器的等效电路模型,理论计算了多元振子之间的互辐射阻抗.得益于多元振子之间近距离排列产生的强烈互辐射作用,每个振子在多元模型中的辐射阻为单独辐射时的N倍.研究了单个振子在多元模型中的辐射声功率、电声效率的改善效果,制作了六元振子电动式换能器实验样机对理论模型进行了实验验证,测试结果与理论分析结果符合较好.相比传统单振子结构,多元振子电动式换能器的辐射声功率增加至N2倍,电声效率提升至N倍.该研究成果可以为电动式换能器在依赖电池供给能源的水下平台中的应用提供理论基础和设备保障.

    Due to the low acoustic radiation resistance in the ultra-low frequency band (below 100 Hz), the electroacoustic efficiency of ultra-low frequency sound sources is extremely low (typically ≤1%). When deployed on unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), their high energy demand severely limits the operational endurance of the platforms. This study proposes a mutual radiation enhancement method based on a multi-vibrator configuration and presents a high-efficiency electrodynamic transducer structure to enhance the electroacoustic efficiency of ultra-low frequency sound sources for UUVs. The acoustic field coupling effect produced through inter-vibrator mutual radiation enhances the radiation resistance of each vibrator by radially arranging multiple driving vibrators densely within an electrodynamic transducer. Both the radiated acoustic power and electroacoustic efficiency are improved by exploiting the strong mutual radiation effects among vibrators to increase radiation resistance. The study establishes an equivalent circuit model for the high-efficiency multi-vibrator electrodynamic transducer, targeting the ultra-low-frequency range below 100 Hz. Modeling the radiation surface of the driving vibrator as an unbaffled single-sided circular piston radiator, the mutual radiation impedance between driving vibrators is calculated, and the physical mechanism by which multi-vibrator mutual radiation enhances electroacoustic efficiency is elucidated. Additionally, based on equivalent circuit and mutual radiation impedance theory, the transmitting current response is calculated, and a comparative analysis is conducted on the radiated acoustic power and electroacoustic efficiency between the N-element vibrator and the single-vibrator electrodynamic transducer. A six-vibrator electrodynamic transducer prototype is fabricated, and its transmitting current response and electroacoustic efficiency are measured to validate the theoretical model and analytical results. Due to intense mutual radiation effects in the ultra-low frequency range, each vibrator within an N-element electrodynamic transducer achieves N times the radiation resistance compared to its isolated operation. The radiated acoustic power of the transducer can increase to N2 times the original level, while the electroacoustic efficiency improves proportionally to N times the initial value. Experimental results of the prototypes demonstrate that the transmitting current response of the six-vibrator electrodynamic transducer is approximately 15 dB higher than that of a single-vibrator structure, while its electroacoustic efficiency is increased sixfold. These measurements are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis.

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