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Structural Acoustics and Vibration

Mechanical Models, Variational Formulations and Discretization

by Roger Ohayon, Christian Soize
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 1997

Structural Acoustics and Vibration presents the modeling of vibrations of complex structures coupled with acoustic fluids in the low and medium frequency ranges. It is devoted to mechanical models, variationalformulations and discretization for calculating linear vibrations in the frequency domain...

Computational Ocean Acoustics

by Finn B. Jensen, William A. Kuperman, Michael B. Porter
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011

Senior level/graduate level text/reference presenting state-of-the- art numerical techniques to solve the wave equation in heterogeneous fluid-solid media. Numerical models have become standard research tools in acoustic laboratories, and thus computational acoustics is becoming an increasingly important...

Acoustics-A Textbook for Engineers and Physicists

Volume I: Fundamentals

by Jerry H. Ginsberg
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017

This graduate and advanced undergraduate textbook systematically addresses all core topics in physical and engineering acoustics. Written by a well-known textbook author with 39 years of experience performing research, teaching, and mentoring in the field, it is specially designed to provide maximum...

Principles of Musical Acoustics

by William M. Hartmann
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013

Principles of Musical Acoustics focuses on the basic principles in the science and technology of music. Musical examples and specific musical instruments demonstrate the principles. The book begins with a study of vibrations and waves, in that order. These topics constitute the basic physical properties...

Underwater Acoustics and Ocean Dynamics

Proceedings of the 4th Pacific Rim Underwater Acoustics Conference

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Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016

These proceedings are a collection of 16 selected scientific papers and reviews by distinguished international experts that were presented at the 4th Pacific Rim Underwater Acoustics Conference (PRUAC), held in Hangzhou, China in October 2013. The topics discussed at the conference include internal...

Acoustics of the Seabed as a Poroelastic Medium

by Nicholas P. Chotiros
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017

This book presents a concise description of the acoustics of ocean sediment acoustics, including the latest developments that address the discrepancies between theoretical models and experimental measurements. This work should be of interest to ocean acoustic engineers and physicists, as well as graduate...

Sound Waves Vs Sound Rays And How They Apply To Room Acoustics

by Dennis Foley
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014

Sounds are made of waves and rays. Those are the two basic kinds of energy we’re dealing with. Long waves, short rays and we need to really understand those two types of energies before we go any further with acoustics.Nikola Tesla was a great physicist. He thought about things in terms of...

Foundations of Engineering Acoustics

by Frank J. Fahy
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2000

Foundations of Engineering Acoustics takes the reader on a journey from a qualitative introduction to the physical nature of sound, explained in terms of common experience, to mathematical models and analytical results which underlie the techniques applied by the engineering industry to improve the...

Handbook of Engineering Acoustics

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Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012

This acoustics handbook for mechanical and architectural applications is a translation of the German standard work on the subject. It not only describes the state of art of engineering acoustics but also gives practical help to engineers for solving acoustic problems. It deals with the origin, the...

Computational Simulation in Architectural and Environmental Acoustics

Methods and Applications of Wave-Based Computation

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Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014

This book reviews a variety of methods for wave-based acoustic simulation and recent applications to architectural and environmental acoustic problems. Following an introduction providing an overview of computational simulation of sound environment, the book is in two parts: four chapters on...

Acoustics and Vibration of Mechanical Structures—AVMS-2017

Proceedings of the 14th AVMS Conference, Timisoara, Romania, May 25–26, 2017

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Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017

This book is a collection of papers presented at Acoustics and Vibration of Mechanical Structures 2017 – AVMS 2017 – highlighting the current trends and state-of-the-art developments in the field. It covers a broad range of topics, such as noise and vibration control, noise and vibration generation...

Acoustics and the Performance of Music

Manual for Acousticians, Audio Engineers, Musicians, Architects and Musical Instrument Makers

by Jürgen Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2009

This classic reference on musical acoustics and performance practice begins with a brief introduction to the fundamentals of acoustics and the generation of musical sounds. It then discusses the particulars of the sounds made by all the standard instruments in a modern orchestra as well as the human...

Studies in Musical Acoustics and Psychoacoustics

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Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2016

This book comprises twelve articles which cover a range of topics from musical instrument acoustics to issues in psychoacoustics and sound perception as well as neuromusicology. In addition to experimental methods and data acquisition, modeling (such as FEM or wave field synthesis) and numerical simulation...