Multifrequency piezoelectric composites: One-dimensional modeling

Ultrasonics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-105

  Sanchez S ^a   Montero De Espinosa, F R ^b   Lamberti, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ALFONSO X EL SABIO   (Spain)

^b Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Piezoelectric composites; Transducers

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTAL RESONATORS; ELASTIC MODULI; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

MULTIFREQUENCY PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES; PIEZOCERAMICS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0033076126     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(98)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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