Finite element simulation of the generation and detection by air-coupled transducers of guided waves in viscoelastic and anisotropic materials

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1963-1971

  Hosten, Bernard ^a   Biateau, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; VISCOELASTICITY;

AIR-COUPLED TRANSDUCERS; ANISOTROPIC MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE;

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS;

CARBON; EPOXIDE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUDIOMETRY; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MICROPHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 41849109502     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2885742     Document Type: Article

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