Simple Model for Piezoelectric Ceramic/Polymer 1–3 Composites Used in Ultrasonic Transducer Applications

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 434-441

  Chan, Helen Lai Wah ^a   Unsworth, Joseph ^b  

^a CSIRO INDUSTRIAL PHYSICS   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS--PIEZOELECTRIC; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; PLASTICS;

1-3 ULTRASONIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC VELOCITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING FACTOR; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC/POLYMER 1-3 COMPOSITES; PZT CERAMICS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0024704565     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.31780     Document Type: Article

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