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Textbook Solutions for Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics

Chapter 14 Problem 42P

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Problem 42P

An ultrasonic transducer, of the type used in medical ultra sound imaging, is a very thin disk (m = 0.10 g) driven back and forth in SHM at 1.0 MHz by an electromagnetic coil.

a. The maximum restoring force that can be applied to the disk without breaking it is 40,000 N. What is the maximum oscillation amplitude that won't rupture the disk?

b. What is the disk’s maximum speed at this amplitude?

Solution

Step 1 of 3

a.)

We have to find the maximum oscillation amplitude that won't rupture the thin disk of an ultrasonic transducer.

The maximum oscillation amplitude can be found using the expression for the maximum acceleration

\(a_{\max }=\omega^{2} A\)

Where, \(a_{\max }=\) maximum acceleration in \(\mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}^{2}\)

\(\omega=\) angular frequency in \(\mathrm{rad} / \mathrm{s}\)

 

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Title Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics 3 
Author Randall D. Knight
ISBN 9780321740908

An ultrasonic transducer, of the type used in medical

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