Modeling of piezoelectric multilayer ceramics using finite element analysis

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1204-1214

  Goldberg, Richard L ^a   Jurgens, Michael J ^a   Mills, David M ^a   Henriquez, Craig S ^a   Vaughan, David ^a   Smith, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LINES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MULTILAYERS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

KRIMHOLTZ LEEDOM MATTHAEI (KLM) TRANSMISSION LINES; PIEZOELECTRIC MULTILAYER CERAMICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031269485     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.656622     Document Type: Article

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