Thickness shear vibrations of a circular cylindrical piezoelectric shell

Abstract

Axial and tangential thickness shear vibrations of a circular cylindrical piezoelectric shell of monoclinic crystals are studied. The problems are solved analytically, and the frequency equations are derived. For a cylinder made of a rotated Y-cut quartz, the resonant frequencies are computed numerically, and it is shown that they approach that of a flat plate as the inner radius of the cylinder of finite thickness approaches infinity. 1995 Acoustical Society of America