Design and optimization of unipolar pressure pulse generators with a single transducer

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2790-2797

  Holé, Stéphane ^a,b   Lewiner, Jacques ^a  

^a Lab d'Elec Gen   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; DESIGN; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CABLE EFFECT; ELECTRICAL CONNECTION; UNIPOLAR PRESSURE PULSE GENERATORS;

ACOUSTIC GENERATORS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; IMPEDANCE; OSCILLATION; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0032212648     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.423863     Document Type: Article

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