Focusing of N waves in air by an ellipsoidal reflector

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 741-746

  Wright, Wayne M ^a,b   Blackstock, David T ^b  

^a KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MICROPHONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0030769384     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.419950     Document Type: Article

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