Piezoelectric Composite Materials for Ultrasonic Transducer Applications. Part I: Resonant Modes of Vibration of PZT Rod-Polymer Composites

IEEE Transactions on Sonics and Ultrasonics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1985, Pages 481-498

  Gururaja, T R ^a   Cross, Leslie E ^a   Newnham, Robert E ^a   Auld, Bertram A ^b   Wang, Yuzhong J ^b   Schulze, Walter A ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARS - VIBRATIONS; CERAMIC MATERIALS - PIEZOELECTRIC; COMPOSITE MATERIALS - NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; EPOXY RESINS - APPLICATIONS; LEAD COMPOUNDS - APPLICATIONS;

ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; LEAD ZIRCONITE TITANATE (PZT); PZT ROD-POLYMER COMPOSITES; RESONANCE MODES; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0022090928     PISSN: 00189537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-SU.1985.31623     Document Type: Article

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