A Pulsed Near-Field Technique for Measuring the Directional Characteristics of Acoustic Receivers

IEEE Transactions on Sonics and Ultrasonics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1985, Pages 802-808

  Harris, Gerald R ^a   Shombert, David G ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT - ACOUSTIC FIELD; ACOUSTICS, UNDERWATER;

DIRECTIVITY PATTERN;

ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS;

EID: 0022152555     PISSN: 00189537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-SU.1985.31668     Document Type: Article

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