A study of the transmission of ultrasound across solid-rubber interfaces

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 970-981

  Drinkwater, Bruce ^a   Dwyer Joyce, Rob ^b   Cawley, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0031048872     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.418055     Document Type: Article

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