Measurement of tortuosity in aluminum foams using airborne ultrasound

Ultrasonics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Le, Lawrence H ^a,b   Zhang, Chan ^a   Ta, Dean ^c   Lou, Edmond ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Dispersion; Porous medium; Tortuosity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE ULTRASOUND; ALUMINUM FOAM; ATTENUATION; CELL SIZE; FREQUENCY RANGES; LOW FREQUENCY; PORES PER INCHES; POROUS MEDIUM; PULSE BROADENING; SLOW COMPRESSIONAL WAVE; TORTUOSITY; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM POWDER METALLURGY; CELL MEMBRANES; POROUS MATERIALS; ULTRASONICS;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

ALUMINUM;

AIR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; GAS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM; GASES; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 70350614403     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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