Lead-free piezoelectric KNN-based pin transducers for structural monitoring applications

Structural Health Monitoring

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-289

  Lam, K H ^a   Lin, D M ^a   Ni, Y Q ^a   Chan, H L W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Lead free ceramics; Pin transducer; Structural monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849114077     PISSN: 14759217     EISSN: 17413168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475921708102146     Document Type: Article

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