Application of the finite-element method for modeling backed transducers

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 3098-3103

  Assaad, Jamal ^a   Ravez, Martine ^a   Bruneel, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0029964740     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.417121     Document Type: Article

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