Engineering Acoustics
Subtitle: An Introduction to Noise Control
By: by Michael Möser
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9783662053935; 9783662053911
Subjects: Civil engineering; Engineering; Noise control; Mechanical engineering; Vibration; Acoustics
Description: `Engineering Acoustics' is a teaching textbook that can serve as a tool for self-study and as a compendium for lectures as well. It is one of the author's most important goals not only to describe how the topic develops but also why a specific way is chosen. The explanations do not restrict themselves to mathematical formulas. Only the illustrative explanation relying on the reader's imagination creates comprehension. This book presents the foundations of that what nowadays seems necessary to make our environment quieter - in buildings as well as in the open air. Fundamental chapters on the physics and perception of sound precede those on noise reduction methods. The last chapter deals with microphones and loudspeakers. Specific measurement procedures are discussed throughout the book. Not more than the usual mathematical skills such as calculus are required . The appendix gives a short introduction on the use of complex amplitudes in acoustics.
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Table of contents: title: Perception of Sound; title: Fundamentals of Wave Propagation; title: Propagation and Radiation of Sound; title: Structure-borne Sound; title: Elastic Isolation; title: Sound Absorbers; title: Fundamentals of Room Acoustics; title: Building Acoustics; title: Silencers; title: Diffraction; title: Electro-Acoustic Transducers for Air-Borne Sound; title: Level Arithmetics; title: Complex Pointers.