A model to predict the transient radiation from segmented annular apertures radiating into solid media

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 263-269

  Reilly, David ^a   Hayward, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PERFORMANCE; SOLIDS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

ANGULAR WEIGHTING FACTOR; SEGMENTED ANNULAR APERTURES; SOLID LOAD MEDIA; TRANSIENT RADIATION;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0030109363     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.485952     Document Type: Article

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