Characteristics of piezoceramic and 3-3 piezocomposite hydrophones evaluated by finite element modelling

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 397-403

  Ramesh, R ^a   Kara, H ^a   Bowen, C R ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrophones; Modelling; Piezoceramics; Piezocomposites; Porous structures; Underwater acoustics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HYDROPHONES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; PIEZOCERAMICS; PIEZOCOMPOSITES; POROUS STRUCTURES;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 3142780018     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2004.02.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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