Ultrasonics and Instrumentation

COMSOL mathematical modelling permits simulation of physical properties or phenomena such as pressure waves or magnetic fields.

COMSOL is particularly useful in our Microbubble UCA research, and also in our NDE research of pipe structural defects.

SolidWorks CAD modelling can be used to design and prototype test setups and rigs such as the one shown below, where several transducers are fixed at different heights along a pipe.

SolidWorks can also be used to design and prototype Printed Circuit Boards for use when designing instrumentation systems as shown below with an example of a modelled transducer connection board.

SolidWorks is also integral to our instrumentation and enclosure design.

PzFlex is a Finite Element Modelling package that is specifically designed for simulating ultrasonic fields (developed by Weidlinger Associates Inc.). The software allows various configurations of several material such as PZT and simulates a propagating field as shown below in the phased array example below.