Sound propagation over convex impedance surfaces

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2683-2691

  Li, Kai Ming ^a   Wang, Qiang ^b   Attenborough, Keith ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0038527637     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.423852     Document Type: Article

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