Finite element analysis of broadband acoustic pulses through inhomogenous media with power law attenuation

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3493-3502

  Wismer, Margaret G ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TISSUE; VISCOSITY; WAVE EQUATIONS;

BROADBAND ACOUSTIC PULSES; CONVOLUTION OPERATORS; POWER LAW ATTENUATION; THERMOVISCOUS WAVE EQUATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CALCULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TRANSDUCER; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33845373149     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2354032     Document Type: Article

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