Noise and Vibration Control Engineering: Principles and Applications, Second Edition

• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 50
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Noise and Vibration Control Engineering: Principles and Applications, Second Edition is the updated revision of the classic reference containing the most important noise control design information in a single volume of manageable size. Specific content updates include completely revised material on noise and vibration standards, updated information on active noise/vibration control, and the applications of these topics to heating, ventilating, and air conditioning.Content:
Chapter 1 Basic Acoustical Quantities: Levels and Decibels (pages 1–24): Leo L. Beranek
Chapter 2 Waves and Impedances (pages 25–42): Leo L. Beranek
Chapter 3 Data Analysis (pages 43–70): Allan G. Piersol
Chapter 4 Determination of Sound Power Levels and Directivity of Noise Sources (pages 71–118): William W. Lang, George C. Maling, Matthew A. Nobile and Jiri Tichy
Chapter 5 Outdoor Sound Propagation (pages 119–144): Ulrich J. Kurze and Grant S. Anderson
Chapter 6 Sound in Small Enclosures (pages 145–179): Donald J. Nefske and Shung H. Sung
Chapter 7 Sound in Rooms (pages 181–214): Murray Hodgson and John Bradley
Chapter 8 Sound?Absorbing Materials and Sound Absorbers (pages 215–277): Keith Attenborough and Istvan L. Ver
Chapter 9 Passive Silencers (pages 279–343): M. L. Munjal, Anthony G. Galaitsis and Istvan L. Ver
Chapter 10 Sound Generation (pages 345–388): Istvan L. Ver
Chapter 11 Interaction of Sound Waves with Solid Structures (pages 389–515): Istvan L. Ver
Chapter 12 Enclosures, Cabins, and Wrappings (pages 517–556): Istvan L. Ver
Chapter 13 Vibration Isolation (pages 557–578): Eric E. Ungar and Jeffrey A. Zapfe
Chapter 14 Structural Damping (pages 579–609): Eric E. Ungar and Jeffrey A. Zapfe
Chapter 15 Noise of Gas Flows (pages 611–658): H. D. Baumann and W. B. Coney
Chapter 16 Prediction of Machinery Noise (pages 659–683): Eric W. Wood and James D. Barnes
Chapter 17 Noise Control in Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Systems (pages 685–719): Alan T. Fry and Douglas H. Sturz
Chapter 18 Active Control of Noise and Vibration (pages 721–855): Ronald Coleman and Paul J. Remington
Chapter 19 Damage Risk Criteria for Hearing and Human Body Vibration (pages 857–886): Suzanne D. Smith, Charles W. Nixon and Henning E. Von Gierke
Chapter 20 Criteria for Noise in Buildings and Communities (pages 887–909): Leo L. Beranek
Chapter 21 Acoustical Standards for Noise and Vibration Control (pages 911–931): Angelo Campanella, Paul Schomer and Laura Ann Wilber