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[Ben P.]

We are trying to simulate a wave propagation/distribution in an air-coupled piezoceramic transducer and air. According to a reference, PZFlex would be a good software to use for this simulation. But we couldn't find PZFlex in ANSYS. Can anyone tell us what the current software in ANSYS originated from PZFlex? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Guilin Sun]

May I know the dimension of the piezoceramic transducer? could you give us a drft about the device, and desired result?

Right now we have FDTD for simulation which solves the Maxwell Equestions.  https://www.ansys.com/products/optics/fdtd#tab1-2

https://optics.ansys.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034914633-Finite-Difference-Time-Domain-FDTD-solver-introduction

Zemax is ray-tracing tool: https://www.ansys.com/products/optics/ansys-zemax-opticstudio

Please give us more details so we can better help you.

 

[Ben P.]

Actually, we are not simulating electromagnetic wave distribution or optical ray tracing simulation. Instead, we are simulating ultrasound wave distribution. The mainstream used simulation software previously is PZFlex. PZFlex has been acquired by ANSYS. But it's not called PZFlex anymore. So we are looking for the software that is the replacement of PZFLex in ANSYS. 

 

In the near future, we will use this software to simulate two things: one is to simulate the ultrasound field distribution emitted from a focused air-coupled piezoceramic transducer; the other is to simulate ultrasound lamb waves that propagate along a tube. 

Our first task is to find what software in ANSYS is based on the former PZFLex? so we can get started.

[Guilin Sun]

I could not find any information regarding to PZFLex at Ansys. Maybe you can try this product  https://www.ansys.com/products/acoustics-analysis

other references I found are from the Forum:

/forum/forums/topic/piezoelectric-ultrasonic-transducer-modelling-capabilities/

/forum/forums/topic/is-this-the-correct-way-to-find-acoustic-pressure-by-a-focused-transducer/

You may contact your local represenatives or Ansys local office:  https://www.ansys.com/contact-us  for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

[Brad Leiphart (External)]

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