Torsional waves in a bowed string

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-246

  Bavu, Eric ^a   Smith, John ^a   Wolfe, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; ELASTIC WAVES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; JITTER; LOW PASS FILTERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PENDULUMS; TORQUE; TUNING;

BOWED STRING; FLEXURAL RIGIDITY; TORSIONAL RESONANCES; TRANSLATIONAL WAVES;

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 17044418172     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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