Fine-tuning molecular acoustic models: Sensitivity of the predicted attenuation to the Lennard-Jones parameters

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 175-184

  Petculescu, Andi G ^a   Lueptow, Richard M ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; NITROGEN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER;

ACOSUTIC ABSORPTION; FINE-TUNING MOLECULAR ACOUSTIC MODELS; NITROGEN-WATER-METHANE MIXTURES; VIBRATION-VIBRATION RELAXATION;

ACOUSTICS;

METHANE; NITROGEN; WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; ENERGY; GAS; LENNARD JONES PARAMETER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOTION; OSCILLATOR; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VELOCITY; VIBRATION;

NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; NON-NASA CENTER;

ACOUSTICS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 12344249992     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1828547     Document Type: Article

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