Noise Control: From Concept to Application

ISBN-13: 9781138369023 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 482 str.

Colin H. Hansen; Kristy Hansen

Opis

This textbook covers the range of essential topics for industrial noise control for undergraduates and professionals with no background in acoustics, and with detailed explanations of important concepts, with extensive worked examples. Now with 170 problems and solutions, and 80 problems with solutions only for instructors.

Spis treści

1. Fundamentals. 2. Loudness, Descriptors of Noise, Noise Criteria and Instrumentation. 3. Sound Sources and Sound Power Measurement. 4. Sound Propagation Outdoors. 5. Sound Absorbing Materials: Properties and their Measurement. 6. Sound in Rooms. 7. Partitions, Enclosures and Barriers. 8. Muffling Devices. Appendix: Properties of Materials.