A theoretical study on the influence of some constituent material properties on the behavior of 1-3 connectivity composite transducers

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 2187-2196

  Hayward, Gordon ^a   Bennett, Jeremy ^a   Hamilton, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESIN;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0029096313     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.413333     Document Type: Article

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