Estimation of radius and thickness of a thin spherical shell in water using the midfrequency enhancement of a short tone burst response

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2147-2153

  Li, Wei ^a   Liu, G R ^b   Varadan, V K ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; BACKSCATTERING; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; IMPULSE RESPONSE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

CARRIER FREQUENCY; LAMB WAVES; MIDFREQUENCY ENHANCEMENTS; SPECULAR REFLECTION;

WATER;

STAINLESS STEEL; WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 26844441744     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2040027     Document Type: Article

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