Acoustics An Introduction to Its Physical Principles and Applications /

• Main Author: Pierce, Allan D. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Acoustics.; Acoustical engineering.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Dynamics.; Noise control.; Remote sensing.; Buildings-Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Engineering Acoustics.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Noise Control.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Building Construction and Design.

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 acousti...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface to the Third Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• About the Author
• List of Symbols
• Chapter 1 The Wave Theory of Sound
• Chapter 2 Quantitative Measures of Sound
• Chapter 3 Reflection, Transmission, and Excitation of Plane Waves
• Chapter 4 Radiation from Vibrating Bodies
• Chapter 5 Radiation from Sources Near and on Solid Surfaces
• Chapter 6 Room Acoustics
• Chapter 7 Low-Frequency Models of Sound Transmission
• Chapter 8 Ray Acoustics
• Chapter 9 Scattering and Diffraction
• Chapter 10 Effects of Viscosity and Other Dissipative Processes
• Chapter 11 Nonlinear Effects in Sound Propagation
• Appendix
• Indexes
• Name Index
• Subject Index.