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1168 Subject Index<br />

Subject Index<br />

as low as reasonably achievable<br />

(ALARA) 895<br />

assisted resonance (AR) 348<br />

ASUM (Australasian Society for<br />

Ultrasound in Medicine) 895<br />

ASW (apparent source width) 309<br />

asynchrony detection 476<br />

atmospheric instability<br />

– shear and bouyancy 138<br />

atmospheric stability 133<br />

atmospheric turbulence<br />

– Bragg reflection 139<br />

– von Karman spectrum 140<br />

attenuation 219<br />

– atmospheric 786<br />

– measurement of 221<br />

– through trees 129<br />

audibility of partials 467<br />

audio classification 738<br />

audio feature extraction 738<br />

audio frequency (AF) 859<br />

audiogram 461<br />

audi<strong>to</strong>ry brainstem responses (ABR)<br />

353<br />

audi<strong>to</strong>ry filter 462<br />

audi<strong>to</strong>ry grouping 485<br />

audi<strong>to</strong>ry nerve (AN) 434<br />

audi<strong>to</strong>ry scene analysis 485<br />

audi<strong>to</strong>ry system<br />

– animal 794<br />

audi<strong>to</strong>ry temporal window 360<br />

au<strong>to</strong>correlation 725<br />

au<strong>to</strong>correlation function (ACF) 351,<br />

352, 510, 527<br />

– discrete samples 527<br />

AUV (au<strong>to</strong>mated underwater vehicle)<br />

191<br />

B<br />

backward masking 465, 474<br />

backward propagation 1083<br />

balanced noise criterion (NCB)<br />

curves 404<br />

banded waveguides 734<br />

bandlimiting 716<br />

bandwidth 715<br />

bandwidth and loudness 470<br />

bandwidth-time response 547<br />

bar vibrations 648<br />

– celeste 649<br />

– marimba 649, 650<br />

– triangle 651<br />

– vibraphone 649, 650<br />

– xylophone 649, 650<br />

Bark scale 464<br />

barrier attenuation 117<br />

barrier edge diffraction<br />

– Maekawa’s formula 117<br />

barrier insertion loss 118<br />

barriers 402<br />

barriers of finite length 119<br />

bars 920<br />

basilar membrane 436–438, 440,<br />

447<br />

basis function 1077<br />

bass bar 575<br />

bass drum 648<br />

bass ratio (BR) 310<br />

bassoon 622, 637<br />

bats 796<br />

– echo-location 796<br />

Bayes’s theorem 513<br />

BB (bite block) 704<br />

beam nonuniformity ratio (BNR)<br />

889<br />

beam-forming method 1078<br />

beam-forming properties 181<br />

beams<br />

– flexural vibrations 920<br />

– free–free 921<br />

– nonlinear vibrations 956<br />

– prestressed 922<br />

– with variable cross section 922<br />

beats 214<br />

Bell, Alexander Graham 14<br />

bells 658<br />

–FEA 659<br />

– holograms 659<br />

– mode degeneracy 661<br />

– mode nomenclature 659<br />

– modes 659<br />

– non-axial symmetry 661<br />

– tuning 659<br />

BEM (boundary-element method)<br />

1134<br />

BER (bit error rate) 193<br />

Bernoulli pressure 621<br />

Bessel functions 919, 925<br />

– modified 925<br />

best frequency (BF) 438<br />

BF (best frequency) 438<br />

bias error index 1062<br />

binaural cues for localization 484<br />

binaural impulse response 378<br />

binaural interaction 452<br />

binaural listening level (LL) 351<br />

bioacoustics 785<br />

Biot theory for dynamic<br />

poroelasticity 126<br />

bird<br />

– audi<strong>to</strong>ry system 793<br />

– sound power 787<br />

– vocal ana<strong>to</strong>my 795<br />

birdsong 795, 796<br />

– formant 795, 796<br />

– pure <strong>to</strong>ne 796<br />

bit error rate (BER) 193<br />

bite block (BB) 704<br />

BMUS (British Medical Ultrasound<br />

Society) 895<br />

body modes 581<br />

– admittance measurement 581<br />

– collective motions 581<br />

Boehm key system 638<br />

BoSSA (bowed sensor speaker array)<br />

737<br />

bot<strong>to</strong>m loss 157<br />

boundary conditions 723<br />

boundary-element method (BEM)<br />

1134<br />

boundary-layer limit 243, 250<br />

bowed sensor speaker array (BoSSA)<br />

737<br />

bowed string 732<br />

– bow position 566<br />

– bow pressure 566<br />

– bow speed 566<br />

– bowing machine 570<br />

– computer modelling 568<br />

– flattening 569<br />

– Green’s function 568<br />

– Helmholtz waves 566, 567<br />

– playing regimes 567<br />

– pressure broadening 569<br />

– slip–stick friction 567<br />

– transients 569<br />

– viscoelastic friction 570<br />

Brain Opera 738<br />

breathing<br />

– diaphragm 672<br />

– in speech and singing 669, 671<br />

– internal intercostals 670<br />

– mode 589, 598, 658<br />

bridge<br />

– admittance 572, 573, 577<br />

– bouncing mode 571<br />

– bridge-hill (BH) feature 572<br />

– coupling <strong>to</strong> body 571<br />

–design 574<br />

– dynamics 573<br />

– mechanical models 571<br />

– muting 574<br />

– resonant frequency 572<br />

– rocking motion 573<br />

– rotational mode 571<br />

– timbre 574<br />

– vibrational modes 570

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