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Effects of circumferential stress on tangentially polarized piezoelectric cylinders

Eric K Aikins1, Boris S Aronov2, David A Brown1

  • 1University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, ECE Dept., 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747, USA.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
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