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Author Finch, Robert D.

Title Introduction to acoustics / Robert D. Finch
Edition First edition
Published Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson, 2005

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Description xvi, 653 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Ch. 1. Vibration -- Ch. 2. Linear systems -- Ch. 3. Waves in fluids -- Ch. 4. Pipes and horns -- Ch. 5. Audio frequency generators -- Ch. 6. Sensors : microphones and accelerometers -- Ch. 7. Piezoelectric transducers -- Ch. 8. Instrumentation and signal processing -- Ch. 9. Basic acoustic measurements -- Ch. 10. Plane waves in large enclosures -- Ch. 11. Series solutions and scattering -- Ch. 12. Vibration of structural elements -- Ch. 13. Propagation in solids -- Ch. 14. Damping, attenuation, and absorption -- Ch. 15. Nonlinear acoustics -- Ch. 16. Noise control -- Ch. 17. Acoustic systems -- App. A. Greek alphabet -- App. B. Basic physical and mathematical constants -- App. C. Definitions -- App. D. Units -- App. E. Bessel functions and directivity and impedance functions for a piston -- App. F. Some useful results from vector analysis -- App. G. Notes on matrices -- App. H. Properties of solids -- App. I. Properties of fluids
App. J. Absorption coefficients at various frequencies -- App. K. Acceptable ambient sound levels for unoccupied spaces
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Acoustical engineering.
LC no. 2004049277
ISBN 0023375701
Other Titles Acoustics