The low-frequency reflection and scattering of the So Lamb mode from a circular through-thickness hole in a plate: Finite element, analytical and experimental studies

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2589-2601

  Diligent, O ^a   Grahn, T ^b   Bostrom A ^b   Cawley, P ^a   Lowe, M J S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MODAL ANALYSIS;

WAVE SUPERPOSITIONS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; STRESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0012229181     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1512292     Document Type: Article

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