Tank measurements of scattering from a resin-filled fiberglass spherical shell with internal flaws

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 827-840

  Tesei, Alessandra ^a   Guerrini, Piero ^a   Zampolli, Mario ^a  

^a NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ELASTIC SCATTERING; EPOXY RESINS; FILLING; GLASS FIBERS; HEALTH; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PAINTING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RESINS; SCATTERING; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; TANKS (CONTAINERS); ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TANKS;

AIR POCKETS; DATA COMPARISONS; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTERNAL FLAWS; MATERIAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATIONS; SCATTERING ANALYSIS; SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS; SOLID SPHERES; SPHERICAL SHELLS; ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENTS; WAVE ANALYSIS; X-RAY CT;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EPOXY RESIN; FILLER; GLASS FIBER; RESIN;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; WAVEFORM; X RAY;

ACOUSTICS; AIR; ELASTICITY; EPOXY RESINS; GLASS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUND; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WATER;

EID: 49249104598     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2945701     Document Type: Article

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