Generation of higher pressure pulses at the surface of piezo-composite materials using electrical pre-strain

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 879-886

  Birer, Alain ^a   Ghohestani, Mohammad ^a   Cathignol, Dominique ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHOCK WAVES; STRAIN; TRANSDUCERS;

PIEZOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS; PRESSURE PULSES; SHOCK WAVE GENERATORS;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 3142757065     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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