A comparison of the underwater acoustic performance of single crystal versus piezoelectric ceramic-based "cymbal" projectors

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 879-889

  Tressler, James F ^a   Howarth, Thomas R ^b   Huang, Dehua ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOELECTRIC EFFECTS; FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC-BASED 'CYMBAL'; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENTS; PROJECTORS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 31744443143     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2150153     Document Type: Article

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