Ultrasonic beam models: An edge element approach

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 3 I, 1998, Pages 1256-1265

  Lerch, Terence P ^a,c   Schmerr, Lester W ^a   Sedov, Alexander ^b  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0031663701     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.424334     Document Type: Article

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