Calculating the performance of 1-3 piezoelectric composites for hydrophone applications: An effective medium approach

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1449-1467

  Avellaneda, Marco ^a   Swart, Pieter J ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ACCURACY; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; MICROPHONE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0031943986     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.421306     Document Type: Article

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