Calibration and performance assessment of an innovative high-temperature cavitometer

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 240, Issue , 2016, Pages 57-69

  Tzanakis, I ^a,f   Hodnett, M ^b   Lebon, G S B ^c   Dezhkunov, N ^d   Eskin, D G ^a,e  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATICS AND RADIOELECTRONICS   (Belarus)

^e TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic emissions; Cavitation; Cavitometer; Frequency spectrum; Liquid metal; Sensor; Sonochemistry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CALIBRATION; CAVITATION; LIQUID METALS; LIQUIDS; SENSORS; SONOCHEMISTRY;

CAVITATION ACTIVITY; CAVITOMETER; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CYLINDRICAL VESSELS; FIELD ACOUSTIC PRESSURE; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONIC PROCESSING;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING;

EID: 84957607348     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2016.01.024     Document Type: Article

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