Acoustics of Small Rooms

ISBN-13: 9780415779302 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 492 str.

Mendel Kleiner; Jiri Tichy

Opis

Tackling specific aspects of physics, sound perception and applications for small spaces, this book brings together the important themes of small room acoustics. Divided into clear sections, it covers sound propagation, physiology and psychoacoustics, methods and techniques of room and soundfield optimization, and more.

Spis treści

Physics of Small Room Sound Fields. Sound Fields in Enclosures: Waves. Geometrical Acoustics. Sound Absorbers. Sound Diffusers. The Ear. Psychoacoustics. Spatial Hearing. Sound Reproduction in Small Rooms. Low Frequency Sound Field Optimization. Small Rooms for Voice and Music Practice. Rooms for Sound Reproduction. Modeling of Room Acoustics. Measurement of room acoustics.

O autorze

Mendel Kleiner is professor emeritus and former professor of acoustics at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden and a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America. He is author of Electroacoustics, also published by CRC Press Jiri Tichy is professor emeritus and former professor of acoustics at the Graduate Department of Acoustics, The Pennsylvania State University, where he transferred Acoustics into the College of Engineering as a Department of Acoustics. He was president of both the Acoustical Society of America and the Institute of Noise Control Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, the Audio Engineering Society, and the Institute of Noise Control Engineering.