Two-sensor ultrasonic spacecraft leak detection using structure-borne noise

Acoustic Research Letters Online

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 63-68

  Holland, Stephen D ^a,b   Roberts, Ron ^a   Chimenti, D E ^a   Strei, Michael ^a  

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

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROMETEORITE; NOISE SIGNALS; STRUCTURE-BORNE NOISE; ULTRASONIC SPACECRAFTS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; GALAXIES; LEAK DETECTION; PRESSURE VESSELS; SENSORS; SPACECRAFT; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TRANSDUCERS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

EID: 21244487475     PISSN: 15297853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1855351     Document Type: Article

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