Beam profile measurements and simulations for ultrasonic transducers operating in air

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2089-2100

  Benny, Graham ^a   Hayward, Gordon ^a   Chapman, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; THEORY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0034113477     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428491     Document Type: Article

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