Disposable PVDF ultrasonic transducers for nondestructive testing applications

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 560-568

  Brown, Lewis F ^a   Mason, Joel L ^a  

^a South Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PERFORMANCE; PERMITTIVITY; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTH; PITCH CATCH MODES; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE FILMS; PULSE ECHO; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0030196862     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.503716     Document Type: Article

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