Progress in stacked piezocomposite ultrasonic transducers for low frequency applications

Ultrasonics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 969-977

  Cochran, A ^a   Reynolds, P ^a   Hayward, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low frequency ultrasound; Multilayer transducers; Sonar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347244441     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(98)00023-7     Document Type: Article

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