Relationship between material parameters and target strength of fluid-filled spherical shells in water: Calculations and observations

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-30

  Kaduchak, Gregory ^a,b,c,d   Loeffler, Charles M ^a,b,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University ^*

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic calibration; Acoustic scattering; Target strength

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; CALIBRATION; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STAINLESS STEEL;

ACOUSTIC CALIBRATION; DICHLOROFLUOROETHANES; FLUID FILLED SPHERICAL SHELLS; HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; TARGET STRENGTH;

SONAR;

EID: 0031678475     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.659447     Document Type: Article

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