A Multigaussian Ultrasonic Beam Model for High Performance Simulations on a Personal Computer

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 882-888

  Schmerr Jr , Lester W ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam model; Gaussian beams; Ultrasonic modeling

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE FIELDS; BEAM MODELING; FOCUSED TRANSDUCER; HIGH-PERFORMANCE SIMULATION; MULTI-GAUSSIAN BEAM MODELS; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE; PLANAR TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC BEAM MODELING; ULTRASONIC MODELING; WAVEFIELDS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 0346055065     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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