Detection and Applications of Ultrasonuic Waves

DETECTION AND APPLICATION OF
ULTRASONIC WAVES
PRAVEEN M
ECE
1ST YEAR
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Introduction to Ultrasonics
 The word ultrasonic combines the Latin roots ultra, meaning ‘beyond’
and sonic, or sound.
 The sound waves having frequencies above the audible range i.e. above
20000Hz are called ultrasonic waves.
 Generally these waves are called as high frequency waves.
 The field of ultrasonics have applications for imaging, detection and
navigation.
 The broad sectors of society that regularly apply ultrasonic technology
are the medical community, industry, the military and private citizens.
DETECTION
 Kund’s Tube Method:
 One end of the quarts tube filled with movale
piston .
 Lycopodium powder is spreaded inside the quarts
tube.
 kunds tube is kept → path of ultra sonic
(2) Sensitive flame method:
 Sensitive flame placed – path of ultrasonic waves.
 It flickers at nodes
 At anti-nodes there is no flickers
 If it produce flickers then we can confirm it produces
ultrasonic waves
(3)Thermal detective method:
 This is the most commonly used method of detection of
ultrasonic waves.
 In this method, a fine platinum wire is moved through the
medium.
 At the position of nodes , due to alternate compressions and
rarefactions change in temperature takes place.
 At the position of the antinodes, the temperature remains
constant.
 This will be indicated by the undisturbed balanced position of
the bridge.
(4) Quartz crystal method
 This method is based on the principle of Piezo-electric effect.
 When one pair of the opposite faces of a quartz crystal is
exposed to the ultrasonic waves, the other pairs of opposite
faces developed opposite charges
 These charges are amplified and detected using an electronic
circuit.
Properties of ultrasonic waves
➢They have a high energy content.
➢ Just like ordinary sound waves, ultrasonic waves get reflected,

refracted and absorbed.
➢ They can be transmitted over large distances with no appreciable

loss of energy.
➢ If an arrangement is made to form stationary waves of

ultrasonics in a liquid, it serves as a diffraction grating. It is
called an acoustic grating.
➢ They produce intense heating effect when passed through a

substance.
APPLICATIONS
❖ Ultrasonic drilling
 Ultrasonics are used for making holes in very
hard materials like glass, diamond etc.
 For this purpose, a suitable drilling tool bit is
fixed at the end of a powerful ultrasonic
generator.
 Some slurry (a thin paste of carborundum
powder and water) is made to flow between
the bit and the plate in which the hole is to be
made
 Ultrasonic generator causes the tool bit to
move up and down very quickly and the slurry
particles below the bit just remove some
material from the plate.
 This process continues and a hole is drilled in
the plate.
❖ Ultrasonic welding
 The properties of some metals change on
heating and therefore, such metals cannot be
welded by electric or gas welding.
 In such cases,the metallic sheets are welded

together at room temperature by using
ultrasonic waves.
 For this purpose, a hammer H is attached to

a powerful ultrasonic generator as shown in
Figure
❖ SONAR
 SONAR is a technique which stands for Sound Navigation and
Ranging.
 It uses ultrasonics for the detection and identification of under
water objects.
 The method consists of sending a powerful beam of ultrasonics in
the suspected direction in water.
 By noting the time interval between the emission and receipt of
beam after reflection, the distance of the object can be easily
calculated.
 The change in frequency of the echo signal due to the Dopper effect
helps to determine the velocity of the body and its direction.
REFRENCES
 https://www.toppr.com/ask/question/give-five-uses-of-
ultrasonic-waves/
 https://byjus.com/physics/applications-ultrasound/
 https://unacademy.com/content/jee/study-
material/physics/applications-of-ultrasound/

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➢ Just like ordinary sound waves, ultrasonic waves get reflected,

➢ They can be transmitted over large distances with no appreciable

➢ If an arrangement is made to form stationary waves of

➢ They produce intense heating effect when passed through a

 In such cases,the metallic sheets are welded

 For this purpose, a hammer H is attached to

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