Characterization and assessment of an integrated matching layer for air-coupled ultrasonic applications

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1314-1323

  Kelly, Stephen P ^a   Hayward, Gordon ^b   Alvarez Arenas, Tomás E Gómez ^c  

^a Doosan Babcock Energy Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTILAYERS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; POROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LOW-DENSITY RUBBER MATERIAL; MULTILAYERED STRUCTURE; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; ULTRASONIC MATCHING LAYER;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 8344238896     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2004.1350960     Document Type: Article

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