Low frequency bending piezoelectric actuator with integrated ultrasonic NDE functionality

NDT and E International

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 582-588

  Gex, Dominique ^a   Berthelot, Yves H ^a   Lynch, Christopher S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite bending actuators; Ultrasonic NDE; Ultrasonic piezoelectric waveguides

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRODES; MICROCRACKS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; RESIDUAL STRESSES;

COMPOSITE BENDING ACTUATORS; ELEVATED REACTIONS; ULTRASONIC NDE; ULTRASONIC PIEZOELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

EID: 21344471961     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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