Numerical analysis of biosonar beamforming mechanisms and strategies in bats

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1414-1425

  Müller, Rolf ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PATTERN; BIOSONAR; FAR-FIELD; FINE STRUCTURES; FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; HARMONIC SOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION; KIRCHHOFF INTEGRAL; NEAR-FIELD; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; RESONANCE CAVITIES; SHAPE REPRESENTATION; SONAR SYSTEM; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS;

BEAMFORMING; FORECASTING; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; MAMMALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SONAR; ULTRASONICS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECHOLOCATION; EXTERNAL EAR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NOSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; EAR AURICLE; ECHOLOCATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOSE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77956399193     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3365246     Document Type: Article

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