Publications of Wayne M. Wright

"High-Frequency Electrostatic Transducers for Use in Gases," Tech. Memo. No. 47, Acoustics Research Laboratory, Harvard University, (April 1962).

"The Use of Amplitude Modulation for the Measurement of Ultrasonic Velocity Dispersion in Gases," Tech. Memo. No. 48, Acoustics Research Laboratory, Harvard University, (August 1962).

"High-frequency electrostatic transducers for use in gases," 1962 IRE Internat. Conv. Rec., Pt. 6, pp. 95-100.

"Diffraction of spark-produced acoustic impulses," (with J. L. McKittrick), Am. J. Phys. 35, 124-128 (1967).

"Acoustic radiation from a finite line source with N-wave excitation," (with N. W. Medendorp), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 43, 966-971 (1968).

"Effect of pressure on ultrasonic absorption, multistate dissociation, and chemical equilibrium in MnS04 solutions," (with F. H. Fisher), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 46, 574-579 (1969).

"Experiment for the study of acoustic wave phenomena," Am. J. Phys. 38, 110-111(L) (1970).

"Scattering of acoustic impulses by a cylinder in air," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 47, 939-940(L) (1970).

"Directory of graduate education in acoustics," (with A. M. Small, Jr. and R. Stern), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 48, 469-476 (1970). [Addenda: 49, 1122 (1971).]

"Specular Scattering of Underwater Sound from a Model Sea Surface of Moderate Roughness," Tech. Rept., Naval Postgraduate School (July 1970).

Book Review (The World of Sound, by Vernon M. Albers), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 50, 449 (1971).

"Studies of N Waves from Weak Sparks in Air: Final Report", Tech. Memo., Department of Physics, Kalamazoo College, (June 1971).

"Specularly scattered sound and the probability density function of a rough surface," (with C. S. Clay and H. Medwin), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 5353, 1677-1682 (1973).

"Acoustic wave phenomena," published in ASA Suggested Experiments for Laboratory Courses in Acoustics and Vibrations," 2nd ed., V. M. Albers, ed., Penn State U. Press, 1972.

"Directory of graduate education in acoustics," (with W. L. Baker), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 55, 1105-1115 (1974). [Addenda: 57, 759 (1975).]

"Echosonde interferometer for atmospheric research," (with C. G. Little and E. H. Brown), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 63, 694-699 (1978).

"Directory of graduate education in acoustics," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 64, 1224-1239 (1978). [Addenda: 66, 316-317 (1979).]

"A gating amplifier for generating tone bursts of precise separation," (with J. C. Mann), Am. J. Phys. 49, 275-276 (1981).

"Measurement of light absorption by aerosols with an optoacoustic detector," (with D. H. Stedman, L. Stefanutti, & R. W. Terhune), in Light Absorption by Aerosol Particles, edited by H. E. Gerber & E. E. Hindman (Spectrum Press, Hampton, Va., 1982).

"Propagation in air of N waves produced by sparks," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 73, 1948-1955 (1983).

Book Review (Analytical Acoustics, by F. B. Stumpf) Noise Control Eng. 20, 134-135 (1983).

"Directory of graduate education in acoustics," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 75, 272-290 (1984). [Addenda: 76, 1274-1275 (1984).]

Book Review (Sound and Sources of Sound, by A. P. Dowling & J. E. Ffowcs Williams), Am. J. Phys. 53, 604 (1985).

"Generation of sound within a closed cell by an alternating current in a straight wire," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 82, 654-658 (1987).

"Photoacoustic technique for the measurement of absorption line profiles," (with R. P. Fiegel and P. B. Hays), Applied Optics 28, 1401-1408 (1989).

"Directory of graduate education in acoustics," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 87, 424-444 ( 1990 ). [Addenda: 89, 468 (1991).]

"Directory of graduate education in acoustics," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101, 637-656 (1997) and web version

"Focusing of N waves in air by an ellipsoidal reflector," (with D.T. Blackstock) J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 102, 741-746 (1997)

Published Abstracts of Meeting Presentations of Wayne M. Wright

"Electrostatic transducers for ultrasonics," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 32, 939(A) (1960).

"Acoustic signals from sparks in air," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 34, 734(A) (1962).

"Experimental study of acoustical N waves," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 36, 1032(A) (1964).

"Diffraction of acoustic transients in air," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 40, 1269(A) (1966).

"Laboratory modeling of the sonic boom, " (with D. T. Blackstock and J. L. McKittrick), Am. J Phys. 35, 679-680(A) (1967).

"Profile of repeated shock waves in a tube," (with J. L. McKittrick and D. T. Blackstock), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 42, 1153(A) (1967).

"Acoustic radiation from a finite line source with N-wave excitation, " J . Acoust . Soc. Am. 44, 376(A) (1968).

"Effect of pressure on ultrasonic absorption and chemical equilibrium in MnSO4 solutions," (with F. H. Fisher), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 44, 387(A) (1968).

"Profile of weak shock waves in a shock tube, " (with J . H. Magerlein), J. Acoust . Soc. Am. 46, 94(A) (1969).

"Specular scattering of underwater sound from anisotropic sea and swell surfaces, " (with N. Mayo and H. Medwin), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 47, 112(A) (1970).

"Propagation laws and shock profile for N waves from sparks," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 49, 119(A) (1971) .

"Effect of edge diffraction on microphone response to transients," (with J. C. Lockwood), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 51, 106(A) (1972).

"Noise ordinances for Michigan communities," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 55, 445(A) (1974).

"Calibration of wide-band microphones with N waves," (with M. O. Anderson and E. P. Cornet), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 55, S51 (1974).

"Experimental study of an echosonde interferometer for remote sensing of atmospheric temperatures," (with E. H. Brown), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 60, S31 (1976).

"Radiation of sawtooth waves from the open end of a pipe," (with J. R. Kuhn and D. T. Blackstock), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 63, S84 (1978).

"An optoacoustic system for the measurement of low concentrations of atmospheric pollutants," (with D. H. Stedman), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 67, Sl9 (1980).

"Nonlinear acoustics illustrated by experiments with N waves produced by sparks, " (with D. T. Blackstock and 6 others), proceedings of 10th International Congress on Acoustics, Sydney, Australia, July 1980.

"Finite-amplitude behavior of N-shaped pulses from sparks," (with D. T. Blackstock and seven others), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 68, S29 (1980).

"Generation of sound by an alternating current in a thin, straight resistive wire," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 70, S103 (1981).

"Acoustic resonance of a cylindrical cell in an optoacoustic spectrometer," (with E. A. Gardner and P. B. Hays), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 79, S33 (1986).

"Focusing of an N wave by an ellipsoidal reflector: an experiment in air," (with S.T.W. Cheng, M.R. Jones and D.T. Blackstock), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 85, S113 (1989).

"Effect of pressure on sound absorption in seawater at 0∞C," (with F. H. Fisher), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 86, S118 (1989).

"Sound and wave motion film excerpts available on videodisc," (with D. M. Winch), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 88, S1 (1990).

"Experimental study of ellipsoidal focusing of spark-produced N waves in air," (with D. T. Blackstock), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 90, 2339(A) (1991).

"Resonant photoacoustic measurements of optical absorption in gases," [Invited talk] J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97, 3408(A) (1995).

"Reading Spark Signatures≤ and ≥Educational Activities of the Acoustical Society of America," seminar talks presented in May 1996 at the University of Texas at Austin

"Directivity of the diffracted field around a half-plane," (with J.H. You and P. Menounou), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 110, 2675(A) (2001).

"Weak sparks, N waves, and the calibration of microphones at ultrasonic frequencies," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114, 2416(A) (2003)

"Experimental study of aerosol concentration in flow-through, low-frequency resonators," (with D. Meegan and J. Smith) J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 117, 2534(A) (2005).