North-Holland, 1973. — 425 p. The propagation of mechanical disturbances in solids is of interest in many branches of the physical scienses and engineering. This book aims to present an account of the theory of wave propagation in elastic solids. The material is arranged to present an exposition of the basic concepts of mechanical wave propagation within a one-dimensional...
Berlin: Springer, 2012. — 299 p. — ISBN: 3642257429. This book treats the topic of sound field synthesis with a focus on serving human listeners though the approach can be also exploited in other areas such as underwater acoustics or ultrasonics. The author derives a fundamental formulation based on standard integral equations and the single-layer potential approach is...
Tłumaczenie: Witold Kurylak. — Sonia Draga, 2004 . — 672 s. — ISBN: 83-914585-8-X. "Podręcznik akustyki" F. Altona Everesta to znakomity przewodnik po świecie akustyki. Napisany przez legendarnego wręcz uczonego, wybitnego specjalistę od zagadnień akustyki, przedstawia problematykę w sposób bardzo przystępny, z naciskiem na praktyczne zastosowania. Mając na uwadze czytelników -...
ISTE Ltd. 2016. — 529 p. — ISBN: 978-1-84821-861-1. A Bit of History Elements of Continuum Mechanics Small Mathematics Travel Kit Fluid Acoustics Radiation, Diffraction, Enclosed Space Wave Propagation in Elastic Media Vibrations of Thin Structures Acoustic Radiation of Thin Plates Basic Theoretical Aeroacoustics Models A Few Situations Closer to Reality Implementation and...
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1973. — 430 pg. — ISBN: 0-471-03700-1 (V.l) ISBN: 0-471-03702-8. Volume One begins with a systematic development of basic concepts (strain, stress, stiffness and compliance, viscous clamping) and coordinate transformations in both tensor and matrix notation. The basic elastic field equations are then written in a form analogous to Maxwell's equations....
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1973. — 414 pg. — ISBN: 0-471-03701-X (V.2) ISBN: 0-471-03702-8. Volume Two applies the material developed in Volume One to a variety of boundary value problems (reflection and refraction at plane surfaces, composite media, waveguides, and resonators). Pursuing the electromagnetic analogue, analytic techniques commonly used in electromagnetism (for...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2024. — 430 p. As an equivalent counterpart of topological research on photonics and condensed matter physics, acoustic metamaterials create an opportunity to explore the topological behaviors in phononics and the physics of programmable acoustics. This book introduces the topological behavior of acoustics through the novel design of metamaterials. It...
Cham: Springer, 2023. — 59 p. The nature of sound is, nowadays, well-known and understood so that sound could be synthetically described like the propagation of vibration in elastic media.Sound waves propagate as longitudinal waves, transverse waves, or in mixed modes in different media. The development of applications related to the proper management of the information...
2nd Edition. — Academic Press, 2019. — 879 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-815227-0. This book, Second Edition guides readers through the basics of sound fields, the laws governing sound generation, radiation, and propagation, and general terminology. Specific sections cover microphones (electromagnetic, electrostatic, and ribbon), earphones, and horns, loudspeaker enclosures, baffles and...
John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018. — 281 p. — ISBN10: 1119277280. Covers the theory and practice of innovative new approaches to modeling acoustic propagation There are as many types of acoustic phenomena as there are media, from longitudinal pressure waves in a fluid to S and P waves in seismology. This text focuses on the application of computational methods to the fields of linear...
Wiley, 2000. — 559 p. — ISBN13: 978-0471319795. Easy to read and understand, Fundamentals of Physical Acoustics fills a long-standing need for an acoustics text that challenges but does not overpower graduate students in engineering and physics. Mathematical results and physical explanations go hand in hand, and a unique feature of the book is the balance it strikes between...
ISTE Ltd + Wiley, 2009. — 919 p. — ISBN: 978-1-84821-074-5 Written by a group of acoustics and vibration specialists, this book studies the acoustic and vibrating phenomena that occur in diverse materials used for all kinds of purposes. The first part studies the fundamental aspects of propagation: analytical, numerical and experimental. The second part outlines industrial and...
2nd Edition. – Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, USA, 2012. – 504 p. – ISBN10: 1439854947 Written at an intermediate level in a way that is easy to understand, Fundamentals and Applications of Ultrasonic Waves, Second Edition provides an up-to-date exposition of ultrasonics and some of its main applications. Designed specifically for newcomers to the field, this fully updated second...
Springer, 2015. — 227 p. E.F.F. Chladni’s experiments and observations with sound and vibrations profoundly influenced the development of the field of Acoustics. The famous Chladni diagrams along with other observations are contained in Die Akustik , published in German in 1802 and Traité d’Acoustique , a greatly expanded version, published in French in 1809. This is the first...
InTech, 2010, -478 p. Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) devices are widely used in multitude of device concepts mainly in Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and communication electronics. As such, SAW based micro-sensors, actuators and communication electronic devices are well known applications of SAW technology. Due to their solid state design and fabrication compatible with...
Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2017. — 237 p. — ISBN: 331945756X. This undergraduate textbook on the physics of wave motion in optics and acoustics avoids presenting the topic abstractly in order to emphasize real-world examples. While providing the needed scientific context, Dr. Espinoza also relies on students' own experience to guide their learning. The...
7th Edition. — McGraw-Hill, 2022. — 656 p. The industry-standard guide to room acoustics — fully updated with the latest advances Based on the classic text written by acoustics pioneer F. Alton Everest, this revised resource presents the fundamentals of acoustics along with time-tested solutions and detailed room designs. Master Handbook of Acoustics, Seventh Edition explains...
5th ed. — McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2009. — 510 p. — ISBN: 0071603336; 0071603328; 9780071603324; 9780071603331. Fully expanded to cover the latest methods and software tools, this book presents clear explanations of acoustic phenomena and provides a hands-on approach to room design. Build your own acoustic environments such as recording studios, control rooms, and home...
New York, Toronto, London: MGH, 1957. — 380 c. This work is the outgrowth of a plan to make a uniform presentation of the investigations on earthquake seismology, underwater sound, and model seismology carried on by the group connected with Lamont Geological Observatory of Columbia University. The scope was subsequently enlarged to cover a particular selection of related...
Academic Press, 1998. 320 p. ISBN: 0122561902 The book is devoted to the very basis of acoustics and vibro-acoustics. The physics of the phenomena, the analytical methods and the modern numerical techniques are presented in a concise form. Many examples illustrate the fundamental problems and predictions (analytic or numerical) and are often compared to experiments. Some...
ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2008, 288 p. Sound is produced by vibrations and as such can be dampened or augmented based on materials selection. This title looks at the effects of sound and vibration on thin structures and details how damage may be avoided, acoustical effects created, and sound levels controlled. The aim of this monograph is to present the basic...
Springer, 2017. — 321 p. — (Engineering Materials). — ISBN10: 9811063753, ISBN13: 978-9811063756. This book highlights the acoustical metamaterials’ capability to manipulate the direction of sound propagation in solids which in turn control the scattering, diffraction and refraction, the three basic mechanisms of sound propagation in solids. This gives rise to several novel...
Springer, 2017. — 407 p. — (Engineering Materials). — ISBN10: 9811063753, ISBN13: 978-9811063756. This book highlights the acoustical metamaterials’ capability to manipulate the direction of sound propagation in solids which in turn control the scattering, diffraction and refraction, the three basic mechanisms of sound propagation in solids. This gives rise to several novel...
Springer, 2018. — 596 p. — ISBN13: 978-3319568430. This graduate and advanced undergraduate textbook systematically addresses all core topics in physical and engineering acoustics. Written by a well-known textbook author with 39 years of experience performing research, teaching, and mentoring in the field, it is specially designed to provide maximum support for learning....
Springer, 2018. — 722 p. — ISBN13: 978-3319568461. This textbook provides graduate and advanced undergraduate students with a comprehensive introduction to the application of basic principles and concepts for physical and engineering acoustics. Many of the chapters are independent, and all build from introductory to more sophisticated material. Written by a well-known textbook...
World Scientific Publishing, 2001, 422 p., ISBN: 981022950X 9789810229504 Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series B, V. 5 This book represents the study of acoustic elastic interaction, being on the cutting edge of these investigations. The book includes the description of acoustic scattering from submerged elastic objects and shells by the Resonance...
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., USA, 2001. – 389 p. – ISBN: 9812811958, 9789812811950 This volume comprises chapters of Propagation, Ocean Acoustics, and Scattering, and contains a substantial amount of material on acoustic wave propagation in fluids bounded by elastic media, in waveguides and in particular, in the ocean as influenced by the (elastic) seabed. This...
World Scientific Publishing Co. Re. Ltd., USA, 1996. – 386 p. – ISBN: 981022964X, 9789810229641 The topics covered in this volume include the description of acoustic scattering from submerged elastic objects and shells by the Resonance Scattering Theory (RST), and the interpretation of these phenomena in terms of interface waves. It also includes the use of this theory for the...
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011. — 472 p. — (Nonlinear Physical Science). — ISBN: 978-3-642-23616-7 (Print) 978-3-642-23617-4 (Online). . "Waves and Structures in Nonlinear Nondispersive Media: General Theory and Applications to Nonlinear Acoustics is devoted completely to nonlinear structures. The general theory is given here in parallel with mathematical models. Many...
Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics CU Press, 1998. 570 p. ISBN: 0521633206, 9780511662898, 9780521633208, 9780521054287 Transferred to digital printing 2004 This book provides the basis for all calculations necessary for the determination of sound generation by aircraft, ships, general ventilation and combustion systems, as well as musical instruments. Both a graduate textbook...
Infinity Science Press LLC, 2008, 436 p., ISBN: 1934015083. Written by a noted authority in the subject area, this book is a comprehensive study of the theory and practical application of acoustics to numerous fields. It may be used as a reference by scientists and engineers or as a senior-undergraduate or graduate-level course. Several of the chapters include notes and...
Springer, 2016. — 245 p. Phononic crystals (PnCs) are novel synthetic periodic materials for controlling and manipulating the propagation of elastic (or acoustic) waves. The periodic nature of PnCs gives them novel properties that cannot be found in bulk materials. For example, PnCs can exhibit acoustic (or phononic) bandgaps, which are frequency ranges in which the propagation...
John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd, 2013. — 438 p. ISBN: 978-1-118-36847-3 Visual representation of acoustic phenomena. Solid mathematical apparatus. From the preface If only we could see sound propagation in space with our eyes, and if only the sound could be created in any desired shape! Such a fantastic concept is being realized. New approaches to acoustics and noise...
John Wiley, 2000. — 568 p. Credit for the longevity of this work belongs to the original two authors, Lawrence Kinsler and Austin Frey, both of whom have now passed away. When Austin entrusted us with the preparation of the third edition, our goal was to update the text while maintaining the spirit of the first two editions. The continued acceptance of this book in advanced...
Springer, 2009. — 428 p. The fifth meeting of the Anglo-French Research Group on "Wave propagation in non homogeneous media with a view to Non Destructive Testing", where all these results were presented, was held in Anglet, France, June 2-6, 2008. The book covers an important field of applications and requires a wide range of fundamental theoretical, numerical and experimental...
1992 ? 633 p. The Sound Field The Acoustic Wave Introduction: Acoustic Regimes The Longitudinal Wave Acoustic Impedance AcousticIntensity Radiation Pressure Reflection Standing Waves Attenuation Practical Ultrasonic Fields Characteristics Transducers: the Generation and Detection of Underwater Sound Nonlinear Effects in Underwater Ultrasound Beams Cavitation Inception and Fluid...
Wiley-VCH, 2008. — 292 p. — ISBN: 978-3-527-40744-6. This only and up-to-date monograph on this versatile method covers its use in a range of applications spanning the fields of physics, materials science, electrical engineering, medicine, and research and industry. Following an introduction, the highly experienced author goes on to investigate acoustic field structure, output...
New York: Academic Press, 1965. — 336 p. Use of Sound Velocity Measurements in Determining the Debye Temperature of Solids. Determination and Some Uses of Isotropic Elastic Constants of Polycrystalline Aggregates Using Single-Crystal Data. The Effect of Light on the Mechanical Properties of Alkali Halide Crystals. Magnetoelastic Interactions in Ferromagnetic Insulators. Effect...
New York: Academic Press, 1966. — 390 p. Transmission and Amplification of Acoustic Waves in Piezoelectric Semiconductors. Paramagnetic Spin-Phonon Interaction in Crystals. Interaction of Acoustic Waves with Nuclear Spins in Solids. Resonance Absorption. Fabrication of Vapor-Deposited Thin Film Piezoelectric Transducers for the Study of Phonon Behavior in Dielectric Materials...
New York: Academic Press, 1968. — 490 p. Oscillatory Magnetoacoustic Phenomena in Metals. Transmission of Sound in Molten Metals. Acoustic and Plasma Waves in Ionized Gases. Relaxation and Resonance of Markovian Systems. Magnetoelastic Properties of Yttrium-Iron Garnet. Ultrasonic Attenuation Caused by Scattering in Polycrystalline Media. Sound Velocities in Rocks and Minerals:...
New York: Academic Press, 1973. — pp. i-xii; 1-403. Surface Waves in Acoustics. Observation of Acoustic Radiation from Plane and Curved Surfaces. Electromagnetic Generation of Ultrasonic Waves. Elastic Behavior and Structural Instability of High-Temperature A-15 Structure Superconductors. Acoustic Holography
5th Edition. — New York: Springer, 2009. — 244 p. Reference text for singers, teachers of singing, therapists and other target groups involved with voice and speech. Contains clear illustrations, broad coverage of the topic and extensive bibliography. New arrangement of content and new chapter on vocal pedagogy of the 21st century. During the past decades, "Dynamics of the...
Bristol: IOP Publishing, 2019. — 80 p. For a physicist, noise is not just about sounds but refers to any random physical process that blurs measurements, and in so doing stands in the way of scientific knowledge. This book deals with the most common types of noise, their properties, and some of their unexpected virtues. The text explains the most useful mathematical concepts...
Second edition. — New York: Dover Publications, 1967. — 460 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-468-21769-7, ISBN10: 0-486-21769-8. Now thoroughly revised and enlarged, this book offers the most comprehensive coverage available of all aspects of the production, reception, and reproduction of sound. Written clearly and concisely, all its chapters can be understood without specialized training in...
2nd edition. — Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2015. — 521 p. — ISBN: 0415564166. Introduces Systematic Formulations for Use in Acoustic Applications. Acoustics in Moving Inhomogeneous Media, Second Edition offers a uniquely complete and rigorous study of sound propagation and scattering in moving media with deterministic and random inhomogeneities. This study is of great importance...
3rd Edition. — Springer, 2019. — 797 p. — ISBN: 3030112136. This corrected version of the landmark 1981 textbook introduces the physical principles and theoretical basis of acoustics with deep mathematical rigor, concentrating on concepts and points of view that have proven useful in applications such as noise control, underwater sound, architectural acoustics, audio...
Taylor & Francis, 1995. — 165 p. — ISBN: 0748402802 This text is an addition to the existing literature about the symmetrical properties of sound waves. The authors clarify the algebraic and analytical nature of the dynamic acoustic problem. Operator equations which are typical for linear systems and the more general Lie method are considered, which can be applied even to...
Academic Press, 1997. — 229 p. This book is a comprehensive and practical guide to the use of ultrasound for characterizing fluids rapidly and noninvasively. Focusing on ultrasonic velocimetry, the author covers the basic topics and techniques necessary for successful measurements of emulsions, dispersions, multiphase media, and viscoelastic/viscoplastic materials. Advanced...
The science of acoustics deals with the creation of sound, sound transmission through solids, and the effects of sound on both inert and living materials. As a mechanical effect, sound is essentially the passage of pressure fluctuations through matter as the result of vibrational forces acting on that medium. Sound possesses the attributes of wave phenomena, as do light and...
Eindhoven University of Technology, 2016 (Copyright 2004), 288 p. Acoustics was originally the study of small pressure waves in air which can be detected by the human ear: sound. The scope of acoustics has been extended to higher and lower frequencies: ultrasound and infrasound. Structural vibrations are now often included in acoustics. Also the perception of sound is an area...
Publisher: Springer, 2007. – 1182 p. Acoustics, the science of sound, has developed into a broad interdisciplinary field encompassing the academic disciplines of physics, engineering, psychology, speech, audiology, music, architecture, physiology, neuroscience, and others. The Springer Handbook of Acoustics is an unparalleled modern handbook reflecting this richly...
Springer Science, New York, 2007. — 1171 p. — ISBN: 978-0-387-30446-5. The present handbook covers a very wide field. Its 28 chapters range from the history of acoustics to sound propagation in the atmosphere; from nonlinear and underwater acoustics to thermoacoustics and concert hall acoustics. Also covered are musical acoustics, including computer and electronic music; speech...
Intech, 2012. — 304 p. Ultrasonic waves are well-known for their broad range of applications. They can be employed in various fields of knowledge such as medicine, engineering, physics, biology, materials etc. A characteristic presented in all applications is the simplicity of the instrumentation involved, even knowing that the methods are mostly very complex, sometimes...
Dover Publications, 1945. — 482 p. John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, who earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904 for his discovery of argon, is most famous among the wave community for Rayleigh scattering (for the layperson, this explainswhy the sky is blue) and Rayleighwaves that are, with Love waves, responsible for much of earthquake disasters in human...
Dover Publications, 1945. — 482 p. John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, who earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904 for his discovery of argon, is most famous among the wave community for Rayleigh scattering (for the layperson, this explainswhy the sky is blue) and Rayleighwaves that are, with Love waves, responsible for much of earthquake disasters in human...
Dover Publications, 1945. — 522 p. John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, who earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904 for his discovery of argon, is most famous among the wave community for Rayleigh scattering (for the layperson, this explainswhy the sky is blue) and Rayleighwaves that are, with Love waves, responsible for much of earthquake disasters in human...
Dover Publications, 1945. — 522 p. John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, who earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904 for his discovery of argon, is most famous among the wave community for Rayleigh scattering (for the layperson, this explainswhy the sky is blue) and Rayleighwaves that are, with Love waves, responsible for much of earthquake disasters in human...
Academic Press, 1999. — 495 p. While research on ultrasonics has been covered in earlier volumes of the Physical Acoustics series, Volumes 23 and 24 demonstrate the successful commercialization of devices and instruments arising from research in this area. These volumes will assist in the process of bringing research output into the marketplace to the benefit of customers. The...
Academic Press, 1999. — 387 p. While research on ultrasonics has been covered in earlier volumes of the Physical Acoustics series, Volumes 23 and 24 demonstrate the successful commercialization of devices and instruments arising from research in this area. These volumes will assist in the process of bringing research output into the marketplace to the benefit of customers. The...
Singapore: Springer, 2018. — 334 p. This book addresses the nature of sound, focusing on the characteristics of sound waves in the context of time structures. This time domain approach provides an informative and intuitively understandable description of various acoustic topics such as sound waves travelling in an acoustic tube or in other media where spectral or modal analysis...
ISTE Ltd, John Wiley&Sons, 2014. – 157 p. – ISBN: 1848215622. This book concerns the presentation of particle velocity measurement for acoustics using lasers, including Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV or Anemometry (LDA)) and Particle Imagery Velocimetry (PIV). The objective is first to present the importance of measuring the acoustic velocity, especially when the acoustic...
Springer, 1984, 199 p., ISBN: 3540909869 0387909869 9780387909868 Applied Mathematical Sciences, Volume 50 The purpose of this monograph is to develop from first principles a theory of sound propagation in stratified fluids whose densities and sound speeds are essentially arbitrary functions of the depth. In physical terms, the propagation of both time-harmonic and transient...
Cambridge University Press, 2010. — 274 p. — ISBN: 0521885086. Linear acoustics was thought to be fully encapsulated in physics texts of the 1950s, but this view has been changed by developments in physics during the last four decades. There is a significant new amount of theory that can be used to address problems in linear acoustics and vibration, but only a small amount of...
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2016. — 454 p. — ISBN10: 9814651273. Modern acoustics has blossomed rapidly in the past decades. Beginning as a branch off from the classical physics, modern acoustics has become an interdisciplinary science that has exceeded the boundaries of its origins. As a result, the demand for graduate students, professionals and specialists who...
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1991. — 243 p. Electrical equivalents of mechanical systems, especially diaphragms in transducers in electroacoustics. Transleted fron czech langugage.
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