The influence of inhomogeneity on the propagation of ultrasound in wood

Ultrasonics

Volumn 36, Issue 1-5, 1998, Pages 449-453

  Feeney, F E ^a   Chivers, R C ^b   Evertsen, J A ^c   Keating, J ^d  

^a South East Technological University   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c Forest Products Department   (Ireland)

^d ST PATRICK S COLLEGE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Elastic components; Inhomogeneous materials; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WOOD;

ELASTIC CONSTANTS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031995851     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(97)00066-8     Document Type: Article

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