Piezoelectric Composites with High Sensitivity and High Capacitance for Use at High Pressures

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 634-639

  Xu, Q C ^a   Yoshikawa, S ^a   Belsick, J R ^a   Newnham, R E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS - PIEZOELECTRIC; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HYDROPHONES - MATERIALS; STRESSES - ANALYSIS;

FINITE-ELEMENT MODEL; PZT-BRASS COMPOSITE; VIBRATION MODES;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0026256531     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.108862     Document Type: Article

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