Diffraction effects in hydrophone measurements

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 972-979

  Goldstein, Albert ^a   Gandhi, Darshan R ^b   O'Brien, William D ^c  

^a DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

PISTON TRANSDUCERS;

HYDROPHONES;

EID: 0032119948     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.710571     Document Type: Article

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