CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2: PHYSICAL BASIS
2.1 The piezoelectric effect in ceramic materials
2.2 Piezoelectric materials
2.3 Dielectric hysteresis
2.4 Basic behaviour of a piezoelectric ceramic body
2.5 Stability
2.6 Depolarisation
2.7 Piezoelectric constants
2.8 Examples
2.9 Dynamic behaviour of PZT transducers
2.10 Frequency constant N
2.11 Coupling factor k
2.12 Comparison of piezoelectric ceramic and crystalline quartz
2.13 Pyroelectric behaviour

CHAPTER 3: GENERATORS
3.1 Static loading
3.2 Dynamic loading
3.3 Multilayer generators

CHAPTER 4: SENSORS
4.1 Axial sensors
4.2 Flexional sensors
4.3 Temperature-dependence of sensors
4.4 Some practical applications

CHAPTER 5: ACTUATORS
5.1 Basic calculations on actuators
5.2 Composite actuators
5.3 Actuators for higher operating frequencies
5.4 Drive circuitry
5.5 Flexure elements as actuators
5.6 Applications
5.7 Piezoelectric pumps
5.8 Piezoelectric motors
5.9 Multilayer actuators

CHAPTER 6a: TRANSDUCERS
6.1 Ultrasonic power transducers

CHAPTER 6b: TRANSDUCERS (Cont’d)
6.2 High intensity transducers with amplitude transformation
6.3 Pulverisation of liquids
6.4 Ultrasound air transducers
6.5 Flexure mode ultrasound transducers

CHAPTER 6c: TRANSDUCERS (Cont’d)
6.6 Compact ultrasound air transducers
6.7 Sound transducers (buzzers)
6.8 A fluid level sensor
6.9 PZT delay lines
6.10 PZT transformers

CHAPTER 7: COMBINED APPLICATIONS
7.1 Echo-sounding systems
7.2 Flow meters
7.3 Key finder

CHAPTER 8: TESTING OF PZT DISCS AND PLATES
8.1 General
8.2 Dynamic methods
8.3 Quasi-static method
8.4 The effective coupling factor derived from resonance behaviour

APPENDIX & LITERATURE:
Appendix A: Mathematical relations
Appendix B: Coupling factors and frequency constants for different modes of vibration
Appendix C: Bonding techniques
Literature