Underwater Acoustics: A Brief Historical Overview Through World War II – by Thomas G. Muir and David L. Bradley
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https://doi.org/10.29105/ingenierias23.88-2Keywords:
submarine detection, Acoustic Society of America, sonarAbstract
This paper presents some of the highlights about research and development of sub-aquatic acoustics, as well as it gives recognition to the members of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), who contributed with their work along the Second World War. The results of such work have turned into scientific and engineering achievements, which are published in literature about acoustics.
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Las ponencias se presentaron en tres sesiones especiales presididas por los autores: “Perspectivas históricas sobre los orígenes de la acústica subacuática I, II y III”, y están en The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 137, 2273, 2274, 2275 (I), 2306, 2307, 2308 (II), y 2331, 2332 (III), abril de 2015.
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