Analysis of a radiating thin-shell sonar transducer using the finite-element method

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 1245-1253

  Boucher, Didier ^b   Bernar, Tocque ^b   Decarpiany, Jean Noel ^a  

^a Acoustics Laboratory ^*  (France)

^b Groupe D'Etude et de Recherche de Detection Sous Marine ^*  (France)

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EID: 0005076331     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.398738     Document Type: Article

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