A New Transverse Piezoelectric Mode 2-2 Piezocomposite for Underwater Transducer Applications

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 774-781

  Zhang, Q M ^a   Chen, J ^a   Wang, H ^a   Zhao, J ^a   Cross, L E ^a   Trottier, M C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fiber Materials Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERS; TRANSDUCERS; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT;

HYDROSTATIC PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; PIEZOCOMPOSITE; TRANSVERSE PIEZOELECTRIC MODE;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0029342789     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.393119     Document Type: Article

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