FOUNDATIONS OF ENGINEERING ACOUSTICS

Foundations of Engineering Acoustics takes the readeron a journey from a qualitative introduction to thephysical nature of sound, explained in terms of commonexperience, to mathematical models and analyticalresults which underlie the techniques applied by theengineering industry to improve the acousticperformance of their products. The book isdistinguished by extensive descriptions andexplanations of audio-frequency acoustic phenomena andtheir relevance to engineering, supported by a wealthof diagrams, and by a guide for teachers of tried andtested class demonstrations and laboratory-basedexperiments. Foundations of Engineering Acoustics is atextbook suitable for both senior undergraduate andpostgraduate courses in mechanical, aerospace, marine,and possibly electrical and civil engineering schoolsat universities. It will be a valuable reference foracademic teachers and researchers and will also assistIndustrial Acoustic Group staff and Consultants.

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Sound Engineering

Chapter 2 The Nature of Sound and Some Sound Wave Phenomena

Chapter 3 Sound in Fluids

Chapter 4 Impedance

Chapter 5 Sound Energy and Intensity

Chapter 6 Sources of Sound

Chapter 7 Sound Absorption and Sound Absorbers

Chapter 8 Sound in Waveguides

Chapter 9 Sound in Enclosures

Chapter 10 Structure-borne Sound

Chapter 11 Transmission of Sound through Partitions

Chapter 12 Reflection, Scattering, Diffraction and

Refraction

Appendix 1 Complex exponential representation of harmonic

functions

Appendix 2 Frequency Analysis

Appendix 3 Spatial Fourier Analysis of Space-Dependent

Variables

Appendix 4 Coherence and Cross-Correlation

Appendix 5 The Simple Oscillator

Appendix 6 Measures of Sound, Frequency Weighting and Noise

Rating Indicators

Appendix 7 Demonstrations and Experiments

Answers

Bibliography

References

Index