Analysis of ultrasonic transducers with fractal architecture

Fractals

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-349

  Orr, Leigh Ann ^a   Mulholland, Anthony J ^a   O'Leary, Richard L ^a   Hayward, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fractal; Plane wave expansion; Ultrasonic transducer

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES; MANUFACTURE; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CANTOR SETS; FRACTAL ARCHITECTURE; LASER CUTTING; MANUFACTURING CONSTRAINT; NEW PRODUCTION; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITE; PLANE-WAVE EXPANSIONS; PRODUCTION METHODS; SELF-SIMILAR;

FRACTALS;

EID: 57349116923     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X08004101     Document Type: Article

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