Additive manufacturing (AM) has the potential to revolutionize manufacturing because it can
fabricate complex geometries that are not possible with conventional manufacturing …

Background: It has been demonstrated that agar-based gel phantoms can emulate the
acoustic parameters of real tissues and are the most commonly used tissue-mimicking …

This work considers the characterization of linear PVC acoustic properties using a linear
ultrasonic measurement technique and the non-collinear ultrasonic wave mixing technique …

Acoustic sensors are able to capture more incident energy if their acoustic impedance
closely matches the acoustic impedance of the medium being probed, such as skin or wood …

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is widely used in acoustofluidic devices among other lab-on-a-
chip systems, but a systematic study of its acoustic parameters is lacking, making it difficult to …

Functional grading is a distinctive feature adopted by nature to improve the transition
between tissues that present a strong mismatch in mechanical properties, a relevant …

A method for the determination of longitudinal and transverse bulk acoustic wave
attenuation from measurements of the decay-rate of two independent zero-group-velocity …

Multi-material additive manufacturing is receiving increasing attention in the field of
acoustics, in particular towards the design of micro-architectured periodic media used to …

Industrial inspection protocols are qualified using mock-ups manufactured according to the
same procedure as the plant part. For coarse-grained castings, known for their low …

Determination of the acoustic attenuation and dispersion has important applications in
ultrasound tissue characterization and non-destructive material testing. Current signal …