Elliptically curved acoustic lens for emitting strongly focused finite-amplitude beams: Application of the spheroidal beam equation model to the theoretical prediction

Acoustical Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 279-284

  Akiyama, Masahiko ^a   Kamakura, Tomoo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic lens; Elliptic surface; Harmonic generation; Nonlinearity; SBE

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ACOUSTIC IMAGING; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACRYLICS; FOCUSING; HARMONIC GENERATION; RESINS; TRANSDUCERS; WATER;

ELLIPTIC SURFACES; FINITE-AMPLITUDE BEAMS; NONLINEARITY; SPHEROIDAL BEAM EQUATIONS (SBE);

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

EID: 20444426517     PISSN: 13463969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.26.279     Document Type: Article

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