Comparison of absolute sensitivity limits of various ultrasonic and vibration transducers

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 210-213, Issue PART 1, 1996, Pages 471-478

  Fortunko, C M ^a   Boltz, E S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic Emission; Sensitivity; Sensors; Transducers; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; CALCULATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; QUANTUM THEORY; SENSORS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

CAPACITIVE TRANSDUCERS; CUBIC LATTICE; MEAN SQUARE AVERAGE DISPLACEMENT; SENSITIVITY LIMITS; THERMAL LIMIT; THERMAL RATTLE;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 3843124440     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.210-213.471     Document Type: Review

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