Thermoacoustic excitation of sonar projector plates by free-standing carbon nanotube sheets

  • Ali E. Aliev
  • , Nathanael K. Mayo
  • , Ray H. Baughman
  • , Dragan Avirovik
  • , Shashank Priya
  • , Michael R. Zarnetske
  • , John B. Blottman

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Abstract

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) generate smooth-spectra sound over a wide frequency range (1-105Hz) by means of thermoacoustics (TA). The protective encapsulation of CNT sheets in inert gases between rigid vibrating plates provides resonant features in the TA sound projector. The vibrational modes of plates and the compliance of the soft sealing spacers between those plates are studied with the aim of creating efficient, tunable underwater sound generation at relatively low frequencies, 10Hz-10kHz.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number355302
JournalJournal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Volume47
Issue number35
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 3 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • carbon nanotubes
  • thermoacoustics
  • vibration of plates

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