Modeling of piezoelectric sensor fidelity

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 538-547

  Varadan, Vasundara V ^a   Kim, Jaehwan ^a   Varadan, Vijay K ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS; SENSOR FIDELITY; VOLTAGE RESPONSE;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0031143718     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.658299     Document Type: Article

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