Radiating head flexure and its effect on transducer performance

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1981, Pages 500-503

  Brown, Willie D ^c  

^a Image Acoustics Inc   (United States)

^b Submarine Signal Division ^*  (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS, UNDERWATER - EQUIPMENT;

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0019601785     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.386794     Document Type: Article

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