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Factors limiting the power output of piezoelectric transducers include electrical breakdown, mechanical failure, non-linear effects of large amplitude on material properties, such as the dielectric, elastic and piezoelectric coefficients, thermal effects and cavitation effects for transducers radiating into fluid media. A review will be made of the literature in this subject area. Emphasis will be on how these factors influence the equivalent circuit models. Where possible, some of the practical aspects will be presented.
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Wilson, O.B. (1988). Power Limitations of Piezoelectric Length Expander Transducers. In: Hamonic, B., Decarpigny, J.N. (eds) Power Sonic and Ultrasonic Transducers Design. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73263-8_2
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