Increasing the axial resolution of bore profile measurements made using acoustic pulse reflectometry

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2011-2019

  Li, A ^a   Sharp, D B ^a   Forbes, B J ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic pulse reflectometry; Bore profile; Impulse response

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ATTENUATION; CALCULATIONS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; REFLECTOMETERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACOUSTIC PULSE REFLECTOMETRY; BORE PROFILE; FREQUENCY ENERGY; PRESSURE WAVES;

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 25644448856     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 09570233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/16/10/017     Document Type: Article

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