Radiation force of an arbitrary acoustic beam on an elastic sphere in a fluid.
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SUBMITTER: Sapozhnikov OA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3574112 | biostudies-other | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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