Damping, amplitude, aging tests of stacked transducers for shock wave generation

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1453-1460

  Sferruzza, Jean Pierre ^b   Birer, Alain ^b   Chavrier, Françoise ^b   Cathignol, Dominique ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROACOUSTICAL COUPLINGS;

ACOUSTOELECTRIC EFFECTS; AGING OF MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DAMPING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PIEZOELECTRICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

SHOCK WAVES;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LITHOTRIPSY; TIME; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LITHOTRIPSY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0036771568     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2002.1041087     Document Type: Article

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