The radiation field characteristics of piezoelectric polymer membrane transducers when operating into air

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1438-1447

  Hayward, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER VIBROMETRY; PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER MEMBRANE TRANSDUCERS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER APPLICATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SCANNING;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0034316251     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.883533     Document Type: Article

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