An Iterative Method for Array Pattern Synthesis

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 280-286

  Wu, Lixue ^a   Zielinski, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic array; array synthesis; sonar system

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SONAR;

ARBITRARY SIDELOBE ENVELOPES; RADIATION PATTERN SYNTHESIS; SONAR SYSTEMS;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS;

EID: 0027628984     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: 15581691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.1993.236366     Document Type: Article

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