THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS OF ACOUSTICS - H. H. Arnold ...

IndexA-scan, 473A-weighting, 52–54Absorbent effects, growth of sound with,251–252Absorptionin seawater, parametric variation of, 419–421spherical spreading combined with, 421Absorption coefficients, sound, 249, 251Absorption losses, 416Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 266Accelerometers, 611–612Accordion, 541, 542–543Acoustic analogues, 151–168Acoustic barriers, 310–314Acoustic element, lumped, 145Acoustic energy, 248–249Acoustic energy density, 258Acoustic equations, derivation of, 25–29Acoustic filters, 158–165Acoustic hemostasis, 504Acoustic impedance, 151distributed, 154–155lumped, 152–154Acoustic lenses, 494–495Acoustic measurements, 173–209Acoustic microscope, 42–43Acoustic ohm, 152Acoustic propagation constant, 499Acoustic reflex, 219Acoustical instruments, characteristics of,173–174Acoustical shadow, 44–45Acoustical surgery, 504Acoustics, 2–3, 13architectural, 243–278of enclosed spaces, 243–278fundamentals of, 13–28future of, 10–11history of, 1–11importance of, 15musical, 509nonlinear, 617–626term, 4underwater, 409–439Active isolation and absorption systems, 606Active noise control, 404–405Addition method for measuring sound powerlevel, 207–208Adiabatic process, 120Adiabatic relaxation time, 425Aeolian tones, 386Afternoon effect, 423Air compressor noise, 370–371Air-reed instruments, 537Air shroud silencer nozzles, 394–395Aircraft noise, rating of, 332–335Aliasing, 195Alpha factor, 341Alternation method for measuring sound powerlevel, 207Alto clef, 512Amplitude modulation (AM), 208Analogues, acoustic, 151–154Angular frequency, 13Annoyance, 319ANSYS finite element program , 610Antinodes, 77Antiresonance, 134Arau, Higini, 266Architectural acoustics, 243–278Aristotle, 2–3Array gain, 426Articulation index, 227–230Associated liquids, 451Audio range of frequencies, 45–47Audiometer, 222649