High-frequency sonar transducers: A review of current practice

IEE Proceedings F: Communications Radar and Signal Processing

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1984, Pages 285-297

  Smith, B V ^a   Gazey, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Sonar; Transducers

Indexed keywords

ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS - DESIGN;

HF SONAR TRANSDUCERS;

SONAR;

EID: 0021442259     PISSN: 01437070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-f-1.1984.0046     Document Type: Article

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