RESEARCH

Scroll down to see links to project descriptions/tutorials on some of the research activities undertaken or supervised by Professor Leighton.

For the homepage of the Ultrasonics and Underwater Acoustics (UAUA) Centre he founded, click here

 

For radio interviews by Prof. Leighton, click here.

MARINE ZOOLOGICAL ACOUSTICS

Cetaceans and bubble clouds (I):

The bubble nets of humpback whales

Cetaceans and bubble clouds (II):

How do dolphins echolocate in a bubble cloud?

Are there snapping shrimp in UK waters?

OCEAN ACOUSTICS

 

The sound of the sea on Titan, largest moon of Saturn

Oceanic bubble plume modelling

A tutorial on passive acoustic bubble spectroscopy

A tutorial on the four general classes of active acoustic bubble spectroscopy

Ultrasonic absorption due to suspended particulate matter

The detection of buried objects in water-saturated sand

BIOMEDICAL ULTRASONICS

 

An acoustic diagnostic for lithotripsy: the 'smart stethoscope'

Ultrasonic techniques for diagnosing osteoporosis

ULTRASONIC SONOCHEMISTRY

Use of sonoluminescence to illustrate effect of acoustic modes on ultrasonic processing

Acoustoelectrochemical measurements of cavitation

 

(Page last updated by T. G. Leighton, 10 March 2004)

© T G Leighton 2004