Chaacterization of air-coupled transducers

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 678-689

  Gachagan, Anthony ^a   Hayward, Gordon ^a   Kelly, Stephen P ^a   Galbraith, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

AIR ATTENUATION; AIR COUPLED TRANSDUCERS; CONNECTIVITY COMPOSITES; ELECTROSTATIC PAIR; INSERTION LOSSES; MECHANICAL MATCHING CONDITIONS; RECEPTION MODES; THROUGH AIR SYSTEM IMPULSE RESPONSE; WIDEBAND PIEZOPOLYMER TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0030191653     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.503730     Document Type: Article

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