Ebook: Sound Analysis and Noise Control
- Tags: Noise Control, Vibration Dynamical Systems Control, Mechanical Engineering
- Year: 1991
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This book has been written to provide an intro Chapter 2 deals with the mechanism of hear duction to the fundamental concepts of sound ing and the subjective rating of sound, includ and a comprehensive coverage whereby un ing age-related and noise-induced hearing loss. wanted sound (noise) can be controlled. Al Assessment of any noise problem involves a though there are many notable textbooks which knowledge of the instrumentation available for deal primarily with the physics (or theory) of measurements, the limitations of this instru sound, and others which treat noise control in mentation, the appropriate procedures for mak a strictly practical (and sometimes even empir ing the measurements with the instrumentation, ical) manner, there are few textbooks that pro and the methods by which the measured data vide a bridging between the necessary under can be analyzed. Chapter 3 provides an up-to standing of the fundamentals of sound (its date coverage of these requirements, including generation, propagation, measurement) and the a section on one of the newest and most valu application of these fundamentals to its control. able tools in noise studies-sound intensity This book provides that link. measurement. The capability of being able to The text presents noise control primarily at measure sound intensity as compared with con the introductory level.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Basics of Sound....Pages 1-15
Mechanism of Hearing and Subjective Rating....Pages 16-26
Instrumentation for Noise Measurement....Pages 27-80
Sound Fields....Pages 81-109
Absorption, Silencers, Room Acoustics, and Transmission Loss....Pages 110-163
Vibration and Vibration Control....Pages 164-190
Noise Criteria and Regulations....Pages 191-223
General Review of Noise Control and Practical Examples....Pages 224-339
Noise Source Diagnosis and Case Studies....Pages 340-418
Back Matter....Pages 419-461
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Basics of Sound....Pages 1-15
Mechanism of Hearing and Subjective Rating....Pages 16-26
Instrumentation for Noise Measurement....Pages 27-80
Sound Fields....Pages 81-109
Absorption, Silencers, Room Acoustics, and Transmission Loss....Pages 110-163
Vibration and Vibration Control....Pages 164-190
Noise Criteria and Regulations....Pages 191-223
General Review of Noise Control and Practical Examples....Pages 224-339
Noise Source Diagnosis and Case Studies....Pages 340-418
Back Matter....Pages 419-461
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