The use of large ultrasonic transducers to improve transmission coefficient measurements on viscoelastic anisotropic plates

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1373-1379

  Cawley, Peter ^a   Hosten, Bernard ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; THEORY; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0031042278     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.418103     Document Type: Article

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