{"product_id":"acoustics-an-introduction-to-its-physical-principles-and-applications-9783030112134","title":"Acoustics: An Introduction to Its Physical Principles and Applications","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 engineering, nondestructive testing, remote sensing, and medical ultrasonics.\u003cbr\u003eSince its publication, this text has been used as part of numerous acoustics-related courses across the world, and continues to be used widely today. During its writing, the book was fine-tuned according to insights gleaned from a broad range of classroom settings. Its careful design supports students in their pursuit of a firm foundation while allowing flexibility in course structure. The book can easily be used in single-term or full-year graduate courses and includes problems and answers. This rigorous and essential text is a must-have for any practicing or aspiring acoustician.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eList of Symbols\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 The Wave Theory of Sound\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1-1 A Little History\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1-2 The Conservation of Mass\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1-3 Euler's Equation of Motion for a Fluid\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1-4 Pressure-Density Relations\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1-5 Equations of Linear Acoustics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1-6 The Wave Equation\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1-7 Plane Traveling Waves\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1-8 Waves of Constant Frequency\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1-9 Speed of Sound and Ambient Density\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1-10 Adiabatic versus Isothermal Sound Speeds\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1-11 Acoustic Energy, Intensity, and Source Power\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1-12 Spherical Waves\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Quantitative Measures of Sound\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2-1 Frequency Content of Sounds\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2-2 Proportional Frequency Bands\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2-3 Levels and the Decibel\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2-4 Frequency Weighting and Filters\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2-5 Combining of Levels\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2-6 Mutually Incoherent Sound Sources\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2-7 Fourier Series and Long-Duration Sounds\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2-8 Transient Waveforms\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2-9 Transfer Functions\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2-10 Stationary Ergodic Processes\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2-11 Bias and Variance\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Reflection, Transmission, and Excitation of Plane Waves\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3-1 Boundary Conditions at Impenetrable Surfaces\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3-2 Plane-Wave Reflection at a Flat Rigid Surface\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3-3 Specific Acoustic Impedance\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3-4 Radiation of Sound by a Vibrating Piston within a Tube\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3-5 Sound Radiation by Traveling Flexural Waves\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3-6 Reflection and Transmission at an Interlace between Two Fluids\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3-7 Multilayer Transmission and Reflection\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3-8 Transmission through Thin Solid Slabs, Plates, and Blankets\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Radiation from Vibrating Bodies\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4-1 Radially Oscillating Sphere\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4-2 Transversely Oscillating Rigid Sphere\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4-3 Monopoles and Green's Functions\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4-4 Dipoles and Quadrupoles\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4-5 Uniqueness of Solutions of Acoustic Boundary-Value Problems\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4-6 The Kirchhoff-Helmholtz Integral Theorem\u003c\/p\u003e  4-7 Sound Radiation from Small Vibrating Bodies\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4-8 Radiation from a Circular Disk\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4-9 Reciprocity in Acoustics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4-10 Transducers and Reciprocity\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Radiation from Sources Near and on Solid Surfaces\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e5-1 Sources near Plane Rigid Boundaries\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e5-2 Sources Mounted on Walls: The Rayleigh Integral; Fresnel-Kirchhoff Theory of Diffraction by an Aperture\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e5-3 Low-Frequency Radiation from Sources Mounted on Walls\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e5-4 Radiation Impedance of Baffled-Piston Radiators\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e5-5 Far-Field Radiation from Localized Wall Vibrations\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e5-6 Transient Solution for Baffled Circular Piston\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e5-7 Field on and near the Symmetry Axis\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e5-8 Transition to the Far Field\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Room Acoustics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6-1 The Sabine-Franklin-Jaeger Theory of Reverberant Rooms\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6-2 Some Modifications\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6-3 Applications of the Sabine-Franklin-Jaeger Theory\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6-4 Coupled Rooms and Large Enclosures\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6-5 The Modal Theory of Room Acoustics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6-6 High-Frequency Approximations\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6-7 Statistical Aspects of Room Acoustics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6-8 Spatial Correlations in Diffuse Sound Fields\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Low-Frequency Models of Sound Transmission\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e7-1 Guided Waves\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e7-2 Lumped-Parameter Models\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e7-3 Guidelines for Selecting Lumped-Parameter Models\u003c\/p\u003e  7-4 Helmholtz Resonators and Other Examples\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e7-5 Orifices\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e7-6 Estimation of Acoustic Inertances and End Corrections\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e7-7 Mufflers and Acoustic Filters\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e7-8 Homs\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Ray Acoustics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e8-1 Wavefronts, Rays, and Fermat's Principle\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e8-2 Rectilinear Sound Propagation\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e8-3 Refraction in Inhomogeneous Media\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e8-4 Rays in Stratified Media\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e8-5 Amplitude Variation along Rays\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e8-6 Wave Amplitudes in Moving Media\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e8-7 Source above an Interface\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e8-8 Reflection from Curved Surfaces\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Scattering and Diffraction\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e9-1 Basic Scattering Concepts\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e9-2 Monostatic and Bistatic Scattering-Measurement Configurations\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e9-3 The Doppler Effect\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e9-4 Acoustic Fields near Caustics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e9-5 Shadow Zones and Creeping Waves\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e9-6 Source or Listener on the Edge of a Wedge\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e9-7 Contour-Integral Solution for Diffraction by a Wedge\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e9-8 Geometrical-Acoustic and Diffracted-Wave Contributions for the Wedge Problem\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e9-9 Applications of Wedge-Diffraction Theory\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Effects of Viscosity and Other Dissipative Processes\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e10-1 The Navier-Stokes-Fourier Model\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e10-2 Linear Acoustic Equations and Energy Dissipation\u003c\/p\u003e  10-3 Vorticity, Entropy, and Acoustic Modes\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e10-4 Acoustic Boundary-Layer Theory\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e10-5 Attenuation and Dispersion in Ducts and Thin Tubes\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e10-6 Viscosity Effects on Sound Radiation\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e10-7 Relaxation Processes\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e10-8 Absorption of Sound\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Nonlinear Effects in Sound Propagation\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e11-1 Nonlinear Steepening\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e11-2 Generation of Harmonics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e11-3 Weak-Shock Theory\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e11-4 N Waves and Anomalous Energy Dissipation\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e11-5 Evolution of Sawtooth Waveforms\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e11-6 Nonlinear Dissipative Waves\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e11-7 Transition to Old Age\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e11-8 Nonlinear Effects in Converging and Diverging Waves\u003c\/p\u003e  11-9 N Waves in Inhomogeneous Media; Spherical Waves\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e11-10 Ballistic Shocks; Sonic Booms\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIndexes\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eName Index\u003c\/p\u003e  Subject Index","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53195379966295,"sku":"9783030112134","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/acoustics-an-introduction-to-its-physical-principles-and-applications-9783030112134","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}