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Springer The Science And Applications Of Acoustics by Daniel R. Raichel
This textbook treats the broad range of modern acoustics from the basics of wave propagation in solids and fluids to applications such as noise control and cancellation, underwater acoustics, music and music synthesis, sonoluminescence, and medical diagnostics with ultrasound. The new edition is up-to-date and forward-looking in approach. Additional coverage of the opto-acoustics and sonoluminescence phenomena is included. New problems have been added throughout._x000D_ _x000D_Preface.- Preface to the Second Edition.- A Capsule History of Acoustics.- Fundamentals of Acoustics.- Sound Wave Propagation and Characteristics.- Vibrating Strings.- Vibrating Bars.- Membranes and Plates.- Pipes, Waveguides, and Resonators.- Acoustic Analogues, Ducts, and Filters.- Sound Measuring Instrumentation.- Physiology of Hearing and Psychoacoustics.- Acoustics of Enclosed Spaces: Architectural Acoustics.- Wall, Enclosures, and Barriers.- Criteria and Regulations for Noise Control.- Machinery Noise Control.- Underwater Acoustics.- Ultrasonics.- Commercial and Medical Ultrasound Applications.- Music and Music Instruments.- Sound Reproduction.- Vibration and Vibration Control.- Introduction to Nonlinear Acoustics.- Appendix A: Physical Properties.- Appendix B: Bessel Functions.- Appendix C: Using Laplace Transform to Solve Differential Equations._x000D_