Radiation and reflection acoustical fields of an annular phased array

The characteristic of the radiation and reflection acoustical fields of an annular phased array is investigated. The effect of the array number, array radius, interelement spacing, centre frequency, focus position, and other parameters on the radiation acoustical field of the annular phased array is theoretically studied. In experiment, an annular transducer with 8 equal-area elements is designed and fabricated, and a series of experiment measurements are conducted. The radiation acoustical field and its reflection on a liquid-solid interface are theoretically and experimentally studied. The experimental result is in good agreement with the theoretical one.