Optimization of piezoelectric ultrasound emitter transducers for underwater communications

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 184, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-148

  Martins, M ^a   Correia, V ^a   Cabral, J M ^a   Lanceros Mendez, S ^a,b   Rocha, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Piezoelectric ultrasound emitter transducers; Transducer optimization; Underwater acoustic channel; Underwater wireless communication

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CHANNELS; ACTIVE ELEMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FINITE ELEMENT; FOUR-LAYER STRUCTURES; HIGH FREQUENCY; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; POINT OF OPERATION; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SINGLE LAYER; THICKNESS MODES; ULTRASOUND EMITTERS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC CHANNELS; UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84864688129     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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