Introduction to Acoustics E-Book

Simone Malacrida

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

The following topics are presented in this book: introduction to waves and their properties acoustic waves human acoustics and phonometric systems room acoustics and hints of building acoustic design

Leseprobe

Simone Malacrida

Introduction to Acoustics

BookRix GmbH & Co. KG81371 Munich

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

"Introduction to Acoustics”

INTRODUCTION

THE WAVES

HUMAN ACOUSTIC

APPLIED ACOUSTIC

"Introduction to Acoustics”

"Introduction to Acoustics”

SIMONE MALACRIDA

The following topics are presented in this book:

introduction to waves and their properties

acoustic waves

human acoustics and phonometric systems

room acoustics and hints of building acoustic design

Simone Malacrida (1977)

Engineer and writer, has worked on research, finance, energy policy and industrial plants.

ANALYTICAL INDEX

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INTRODUCTION

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I – THE WAVES

Definitions

Wave equation

Waves on a rope

Sound waves in a gas

harmonic waves

Fourier series decomposition

Spherical waves

Wave properties

Standing waves e

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II - HUMAN ACOUSTIC

Ear um no

Phonometry

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III - APPLIED ACOUSTICS

Sound absorbing materials

Environmental acoustics

The noise

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

This book presents a broad overview of acoustic phenomena, starting from the physical foundations, given by the properties of waves.

The mathematical and physical characteristics of the waves are analysed, especially as regards the acoustic ones, which require a means of propagation.

Subsequently, a detailed description of the human ear and how our body perceives and processes sounds will be provided, to then move on to phonometric and acoustic measurement systems.

Finally, all aspects of applied acoustics will not be forgotten, from the choice of sound-absorbing materials to the design of rooms with particular acoustics, passing through practical and empirical cases.

A final mention will be dedicated to noise abatement.

To understand this manual, it is necessary to have mathematical pre-requisites based on mathematical analysis, especially as regards Fourier series, the concepts of integral and differential equation.

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