Architectural acoustics / by Marshall Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Long, Marshall.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architectural acoustics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 950 pages) : illustrations, plans

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Academic Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Architectural Acoustics, Second Edition presents a thorough technical overview of the discipline, from basic concepts to specific design advice. Beginning with a brief history, it reviews the fundamentals of acoustics, human perception and reaction to sound, acoustic noise measurements, noise metrics, and environmental noise characterization. In-depth treatment is given to the theoretical principles and practical applications of wave acoustics, sound transmission, vibration and vibration isolation, and noise transmission in floors and mechanical systems. Chapters on specific design p

Contents:

Front Cover; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; FIRST EDITION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SECOND EDITION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 - HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION; 1.1 GREEK AND ROMAN PERIOD (650 BC-AD 400); 1.2 EARLY CHRISTIAN PERIOD (AD 400-800); 1.3 ROMANESQUE PERIOD (800-1100); 1.4 GOTHIC PERIOD (1100-1400); 1.5 RENAISSANCE PERIOD (1400-1600); 1.6 BAROQUE PERIOD (1600-1750); 1.7 ORIGINS OF SOUND THEORY; 1.8 CLASSICAL PERIOD (1750-1825); 1.9 ROMANTIC PERIOD (1825-1900); 1.10 BEGINNINGS OF MODERN ACOUSTICS; 1.11 TWENTIETH CENTURY; 2 - FUNDAMENTALS OF ACOUSTICS

2.1 FREQUENCY AND WAVELENGTH2.2 SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION; 2.3 SUPERPOSITION OF WAVES; 2.4 SOUND WAVES; 2.5 ACOUSTICAL PROPERTIES; 2.6 LEVELS; 2.7 SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION; 3 - HUMAN PERCEPTION AND REACTION TO SOUND; 3.1 HUMAN HEARING MECHANISMS; 3.2 PITCH; 3.3 LOUDNESS; 3.4 INTELLIGIBILITY; 3.5 ANNOYANCE; 3.6 HEALTH AND SAFETY; 3.7 OTHER EFFECTS; 4 - ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS AND NOISE METRICS; 4.1 MICROPHONES; 4.2 SOUND LEVEL METERS; 4.3 FIELD MEASUREMENTS; 4.4 BROADBAND NOISE METRICS; 4.5 BAND-LIMITED NOISE METRICS; 4.6 SPECIALIZED MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE

5.1 NOISE CHARACTERIZATION5.2 BARRIERS; 5.3 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; 5.4 TRAFFIC NOISE MODELING; 5.5 RAILROAD NOISE; 5.6 AIRCRAFT NOISE; 6 - WAVE ACOUSTICS; 6.1 RESONANCE; 6.2 WAVE EQUATION; 6.3 SIMPLE SOURCES; 6.4 COHERENT PLANAR SOURCES; 6.5 LOUDSPEAKERS; 7 - SOUND AND SOLID SURFACES; 7.1 PERFECTLY REFLECTING INFINITE SURFACES; 7.2 REFLECTIONS FROM FINITE OBJECTS; 7.3 ABSORPTION; 7.4 ABSORPTION MECHANISMS; 7.5 ABSORPTION BY NONPOROUS ABSORBERS; 7.6 ABSORPTION BY RESONANT ABSORBERS; 8 - SOUND IN ENCLOSED SPACES; 8.1 STANDING WAVES IN PIPES AND TUBES; 8.2 SOUND PROPAGATION IN DUCTS

8.3 SOUND IN ROOMS8.4 DIFFUSE-FIELD MODEL OF ROOMS; 8.5 REVERBERANT FIELD EFFECTS; 9 - SOUND TRANSMISSION LOSS; 9.1 TRANSMISSION LOSS; 9.2 SINGLE PANEL TRANSMISSION LOSS THEORY; 9.3 DOUBLE-PANEL TRANSMISSION LOSS THEORY; 9.4 TRIPLE-PANEL TRANSMISSION LOSS THEORY; 9.5 STRUCTURAL CONNECTIONS; 10 - SOUND TRANSMISSION IN BUILDINGS; 10.1 DIFFUSE FIELD SOUND TRANSMISSION; 10.2 STC RATINGS OF VARIOUS WALL TYPES; 10.3 DIRECT-FIELD SOUND TRANSMISSION; 10.4 EXTERIOR TO INTERIOR NOISE TRANSMISSION; 11 - VIBRATION AND VIBRATION ISOLATION; 11.1 SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION; 11.2 SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS

11.3 VIBRATION ISOLATORS11.4 SUPPORT OF VIBRATING EQUIPMENT; 11.5 TWO DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS; 11.6 FLOOR VIBRATIONS; 12 - NOISE TRANSMISSION IN FLOOR SYSTEMS; 12.1 TYPES OF NOISE TRANSMISSION; 12.2 AIRBORNE NOISE TRANSMISSION; 12.3 FOOTFALL NOISE; 12.4 STRUCTURAL DEFLECTION; 12.5 FLOOR SQUEAK; 13 - NOISE IN MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; 13.1 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; 13.2 NOISE GENERATED BY HVAC EQUIPMENT; 13.3 NOISE GENERATION IN FANS; 13.4 NOISE GENERATION IN DUCTS; 13.5 NOISE FROM OTHER MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT; 14 - SOUND ATTENUATION IN DUCTS; 14.1 SOUND PROPAGATION THROUGH DUCTS

14.2 SOUND PROPAGATION THROUGH PLENUMS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 20, 2014).

ISBN:

9780123982582

9780123982650

0123982650

OCLC:

871307062