Assessing the influence of pillar aspect ratio on the behavior of 1-3 connectivity composite transducers

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 98-108

  Hayward, Gordon ^a   Bennett, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ENCAPSULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HYDROPHONES; MODAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

CONNECTIVITY COMPOSITE TRANSDUCERS; HYDROSTATIC DEVICES; PILLAR ASPECT RATIO; THICKNESS DRIVE;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0029753915     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.484469     Document Type: Article

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