An Acoustic Proximity Ranging System for Monitoring the Cavity Thickness

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 898-910

  Li, Xi ^a   Wu, Renbiao ^a   Rasmi, Srihari ^b   Li, Jian ^a   Cattafesta III, Louis N ^b   Sheplak, Mark ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RANGE FINDING; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPEED CONTROL; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CAVITY THICKNESS;

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0043265601     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1214509     Document Type: Article

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