On the performance of 1-3 piezoelectric composites with a passive and active matrix

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-206

  Della, Christian N ^a   Shu, Dongwei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acoustic impedance; Electromechanical coupling; Hydrostatic figure of merit; Mori Tanaka method; Piezoelectric composites

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS;

CERAMIC MATRIX; PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITE; PIEZOELECTRIC FIBERS;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 35348955269     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.06.031     Document Type: Article

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