Ultrasonic flexural Lamb-wave actuators based on PZT thin film

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-49

  Luginbuhl, Ph ^a   Collins, S D ^a,c   Racine, G A ^a   Gretillat M A ^a   De Rooij, N F ^a   Brooks, K G ^b   Setter, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexural plate waves; Lamb waves; Lead zirconate titanate; Ultrasonic actuators

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; THIN FILMS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

FLEXURAL PLATE WAVES; LAMB WAVES; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE; ULTRASONIC ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0031701715     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(98)80056-3     Document Type: Article

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