Acoustic characterization of ultrasonic transducer materials: I. Blends of rigid and flexible epoxy resins used in piezocomposites

Ultrasonics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 979-986

  Liang, Kuiming ^a   Kunkel, Hal ^a   Oakley, Clyde ^b   Huebner, Wayne ^c  

^a ATL Echo Ultrasound   (United States)

^b Tetrad Development Corporation   (United States)

^c MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic properties; Epoxy blends; Moduli; Piezocomposite; Poisson's ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346614773     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(98)00033-X     Document Type: Article

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