Engineering Acoustics

Noise and Vibration Control

Malcolm J. Crocker, Jorge P. Arenas

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781118496428
• eBook ISBN: 9781118693827
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Physics
• Index: Physics

ENGINEERING ACOUSTICS
NOISE AND VIBRATION CONTROL

A masterful introduction to the theory of acoustics along with methods for the control of noise and vibration

In Engineering Acoustics: Noise and Vibration Control, two experts in the field review the fundamentals of acoustics, noise, and vibration. The authors show how this theoretical work can be applied to real-world problems such as the control of noise and vibration in aircraft, automobiles and trucks, machinery, and road and rail vehicles.

Engineering Acoustics: Noise and Vibration Control covers a wide range of topics.

The sixteen chapters include the following:

• Human hearing and individual and community response to noise and vibration
• Noise and vibration instrumentation and measurements
• Interior and exterior noise of aircraft as well as road and rail vehicles
• Methods for the control of noise and vibration in industrial equipment and machinery
• Use of theoretical models in absorptive and reactive muffler and silencer designs
• Practical applications of finite element, boundary element and statistical energy analysis
• Sound intensity theory, measurements, and applications
• Noise and vibration control in buildings
• How to design air-conditioning systems to minimize noise and vibration

Readers, whether students, professional engineers, or community planners, will find numerous worked examples throughout the book, and useful references at the end of each chapter to support supplemental reading on specific topics. There is a detailed index and a glossary of terms in acoustics, noise, and vibration.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Series Preface
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Vibration of Simple and Continuous Systems
• 3 Sound Generation and Propagation
• 4 Human Hearing, Speech and Psychoacoustics
• 5 Effects of Noise, Vibration, and Shock on People
• 6 Description, Criteria, and Procedures Used to Determine Human Response to Noise and Vibration
• 7 Noise and Vibration Transducers, Signal Processing, Analysis, and Measurements
• 8 Sound Intensity, Measurements and Determination of Sound Power, Noise Source Identification, and Transmission Loss
• 9 Principles of Noise and Vibration Control
• 10 Mufflers and Silencers – Absorbent and Reactive Types
• 11 Noise and Vibration Control of Machines
• 12 Noise and Vibration Control in Buildings
• 13 Design of Air‐conditioning Systems for Noise and Vibration Control
• 14 Surface Transportation Noise and Vibration Sources and Control
• 15 Aircraft and Airport Transportation Noise Sources and Control
• 16 Community Noise and Vibration Sources
• Glossary
• Index
• End User License Agreement