Fundamentals of Acoustics

This text is designed for a one semester junior/senior/graduate level course in acoustics. It presents the physical and mathematical concepts related to the generation, transmission and reception of acoustic waves, covering the basic physics foundations as well as the engineering aspects of the discipline. This revision keeps the same strong pedagogical tradition as the previous editions by this well known author team.

Dargestellt werden die physikalischen und mathematischen Konzepte zur Beschreibung der Erzeugung, Weiterleitung und Wahrnehmung von Schallwellen. Dabei kommen die physikalischen Grundlagen ebenso zur Sprache wie die eher anwendungsorientierten ingenieurtechnischen Aspekte. In dieser neuen Auflage wurden die Kapitel neu organisiert, um einen allmählicheren, besser nachvollziehbaren Übergang zu fortgeschrittenen Themen zu gewährleisten. (01/00) Fundamentals of Vibration.

Transverse Motion: The Vibrating String.

Vibrations of Bars.

The Two-Dimensional Wave Equation: Vibrations of Membranes and Plates.

The Acoustic Wave Equation and Simple Solutions.

Reflection and Transmission.

Radiation and Reception of Acoustic Waves.

Absorption and Attenuation of Sound.

Cavities and Waveguides.

Pipes, Resonators, and Filters.

Noise, Signal Detection, Hearing, and Speech.

Architectural Acoustics.

Environmental Acoustics.

Transduction.

Underwater Acoustics.

Selected Nonlinear Acoustic Effects.

Shock Waves and Explosions.

Appendices.

Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems.

Index.

Lawrence E. Kinsler and Austin R. Frey are the authors of Fundamentals of Acoustics, 4th Edition, published by Wiley.