Toward a reference ultrasonic cavitation vessel: Part 2 - Investigating the spatial variation and acoustic pressure threshold of inertial cavitation in a 25 kHz ultrasound field

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1809-1822

  Hodnett, Mark ^a   Zeqiri, Bajram ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; LABORATORIES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC CAVITATIONS; CYLINDRICAL VESSELS; HIGH FREQUENCY ACOUSTICS; INERTIAL CAVITATION; INERTIAL CAVITATION THRESHOLD; NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC CAVITATION;

CAVITATION;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; SONICATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 49449092440     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.864     Document Type: Article

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