Understanding Acoustics An Experimentalist's View of Sound and Vibration /

Understanding Acoustics An Experimentalist's View of Sound and Vibration /

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This open access textbook, like Rayleigh's classic Theory of Sound, focuses on experiments and on approximation techniques rather than mathematical rigor. The second edition has benefited from comments and corrections provided by many acousticians, in particular those who have used the first ed...

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Main Author: Garrett, Steven L. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:2nd ed. 2020.
Series:Graduate Texts in Physics,
Subjects:
Acoustics.
Acoustical engineering.
Mechanical engineering.
Engineering Acoustics.
Mechanical Engineering.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter1: Comfort for the Computationally Crippled
  • Part I - Vibrations
  • Chapter2: The Simple Harmonic Oscillator
  • Chapter3: String Theory
  • Chapter4: Elasticity of Solids
  • Chapter5: Modes of Bars
  • Chapter6: Membranes, Plates and Microphones
  • Part 2 - Waves in Fluids
  • Chapter7: Ideal Gas Laws
  • Chapter8: Nondissipative Lumped Elements
  • Chapter8: Nondissipative Lumped Elements
  • Chapter9: Dissipative Hydrodynamics
  • Chapter10: One-Dimensional Propagation
  • Chapter11: Reflection, Transmission, and Refraction
  • Chapter12: Radiation and Scattering
  • Chapter13: Three-Dimensional Enclosures
  • Chapter14: Attenuation of Sound
  • Part3: Extensions
  • Chapter15: Nonlinear Acoustics.

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