Which risk increases when a piezoelectric crystal within a sonar transducer experiences prolonged, intense acoustic cavitation?

💡 Explanation

Crack propagation accelerates because acoustic cavitation causes fatigue. Crack growth follows Paris' law; the crack propagation rate is proportional to stress intensity, therefore stress-induced fatigue at crystal boundaries leads to delamination rather than affecting piezoelectric properties alone.

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