Backscattering enhancements associated with subsonic Rayleigh waves on polymer spheres in water: Observation and modeling for acrylic spheres

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1930-1936

  Hefner, Brian T ^a   Marston, Philip L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYMER; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; MATERIAL STATE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; THEORY;

EID: 0034085752     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428475     Document Type: Article

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