Optimization of the performance of the sandwich piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 182-186

  Shuyu, Lin ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; OPTIMIZATION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING COEFFICIENT;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ACOUSTICS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEAT TRANSFER; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 1642539999     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1635836     Document Type: Article

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