Curved PVDF airborne transducer

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1375-1386

  Wang, Hong ^a   Toda, Minoru ^a  

^a Measurement Specialty Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); MACHINE VIBRATIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

AIRBORNE TRANSDUCERS;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0033336425     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.808860     Document Type: Article

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