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As has already been pointed out in Section II.3, each kind of sound propagation is subject to inevitable losses, e.g. some mechanical energy contained in a sound wave is incessantly converted into heat; as a consequence the wave will be ‘attenuated’, a process also referred to as ‘sound absorption’.
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Kuttruff, H. (1991). Absorption of Ultrasound. In: Ultrasonics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3846-8_8
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