Research Interests
- Acoustic Array Design
- Electroacoustic transducers
- Magnetostrictive transducers
- Ultrasonic (medical) transducers
Acoustics Graduate Students
Select Publications
J.W. Hughes, "Steered Beam Analysis Using a Linear Array," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 44(1)
: 296-298 , (July 1968).
J.W. Hughes, "Adapting Circular Shading to a Truncated Array of Square
Elements," (to U.S.A.) Patent 3,760,345 (Sept. 18, 1973).
J.W. Hughes, W. Thompson, Jr., R.D. Ingram, "Transducer Array Scanning System,"
(to U.S.A.) Patent 3, 905, 009 (Sept. 9, 1975).
J.W. Hughes, W. Thompson, Jr., "Tilted Directional Response Patterns Formed by
Amplitude Weighting and a Single 90 Degree Phase Shift," J. Acoust. Soc. Am, 59(5):
1040-1045, (May 1976).
W. Thompson, Jr., W.J. Hughes, R.D. Marciniak, D.L. Digiannantoni, "Low Drag Homin
Torpedo Nose Assembly Having Inside Mounted Planar Array," (to U.S.A) Case SN 237,
549 Filed Feb. 18, 1981.
R.L. Ochs, Jr., J.D. Maynard, E.G. Williams, W.J. Hughes, "The Extreme Nearfield of
an Acoustic Diffraction Grating," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 74(5) : 1572-1576 (Nov.
1983).
J.P. Ignizio, K.W. Wieman, W.J. Hughes, "An Expert Systems Approach to Transducer
Selection and Deployment," Applied Acoustics , Vol. 22: 185-202, 1987.
H. Zintel, W.J. Hughes, M.J. Pechersky, "Transducer Isolation on a Constrain Layer
Damped Structure," Proceedings of Oceans '90, September 24-26, 1990, Washington D.C.
p. 528-532.
J.W. Hughes, "Advanced Underwater Sensors Using Piezoelectric Materials," Sea
Technology, Aug 1990, p. 43-45.
F.M. Hutto, C.B. Burroughs, W.J. Hughes, "Wavenumber Frequency Response of Beams to
an Array of Point Drives," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 89(5) , May 1991, p. 2303.
J.W. Hughes, C.W. Allen, "A Shaped PVDF Hydrophone for Producing Low Sidelobe
Beampatterns," IEEE Oceans Engineering Society Proc. , 3 June 1992, Washington
D.C.
W.J. Hughes, J.G. Fleck and R.L. Kerlin, "Flow noise of the advanced light-weight
torpedo transducer (U)," US Navy J. Underwater Acoust. July (1994).
P.G. Bednarchik, W.J. Hughes and R.L. Kerlin, "Constrained-layer damping system for a
small diameter nose shell. I: Theory and Design (U)," US Navy J. Underwater Acoust.
October (1994).
W.J. Hughes, R.L. Kerlin and P.G. Bednarchik, "Constrained-layer damping system for a
small diameter nose shell. II: Acoustic test results," US Navy J. Underwater Acoust.
October (1994). |
