A Comparative Study of Analytical and Numerical Transient Force Excitations on an Elastic Half-Space

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 342-350

  Ludwig, Reinhold ^a   Moore, Douglas ^a   Lord, William ^b  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ULTRASONIC WAVES--TRANSMISSION;

ELASTIC HALF-SPACE; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0024663336     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.19174     Document Type: Article

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