Acoustic measurements of the sound-speed profile in the bubbly wake formed by a small motor boat

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 153-163

  Vagle, Svein ^a   Burch, Holly ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DISPERSIONS; MOTOR BOATS; TURBULENCE; WAKES;

INVERSE-SQUARE THEORY; LOW-FREQUENCY SPEED-SOUND PROFILE; SPECTRAL BANDING; WAVEGUIDE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MICROBUBBLE; MODEL; MOTOR BOAT; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TIME; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 12344329738     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1819502     Document Type: Article

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