Beam focusing behavior of linear phased arrays

NDT and E International

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 189-198

  Azar, L ^a   Shi, Y ^a   Wooh, S C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOCUSING; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

DYNAMIC FOCUSING; ULTRASONIC PHASED ARRAY TRANSDUCERS;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0033908760     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(99)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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