Three-dimensional transducer voltage in anisotropic materials characterization

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-45

  Lobkis, Oleg I ^a,c   Chimenti, D E ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMANUEL INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE; ELASTICITY; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0033063554     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.427034     Document Type: Article

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