Piezocrystal-polymer composites: New materials for transducers for ultrasonic NDT

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 653-657

  Marin Franch, P ^a   Pettigrew, I ^a   Parker, M ^a   Kirk, K J ^a   Cochran, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL RESEARCH   (Armenia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

CARBON FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITE PANEL; PIEZOCRYSTAL POLYMER COMPOSITES; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ULTRASONIC SPECTROSCOPY;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 8644266050     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.46.11.653.52278     Document Type: Article

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