A boundary diffraction wave model for a spherically focused ultrasonic transducer

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1269-1277

  Schmerr Jr , Lester W ^a   Sedov, Alexander ^b   Lerch, Terence P ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 1842328605     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.418100     Document Type: Article

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