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

650 IndexAuditoriums, design of, 261–278outdoor, 271–276Augmented reality system, 505Autocorrelation, mean-square value and, 613Autocorrelation function (ACF), 276Avogadro’s number, 19Axial flow fans, 360–361Azimuthal nodal circles, 117B-scan, 474B-weighting, 52–54Bacon, Sir Francis, viiBagpipe, 545Balance noise criterion (NCB) curves, 327–328Ball bearing noise, 379–382Band, 562–563, 564Band pass filters, 162–164noise measurement and, 189–193Band shells, design of, 271–276Bandwidth, 46Banjo, 525, 527Barrier insertion loss, approximations for,315–316Barriers, 310–316in free fields, 314–315walls and enclosures and, 281–316Bars, vibrating, see Vibrating barsBass drum, 555–556Bass trombone, 551Bassoon, 546–547Bats, 238, 443–444B.C.S. theory, 457, 458Beat frequency, 35–36, 60Bell lyre, 553Belt drive noise, 385Bekésy, Georg von, 9Bell Telephone Laboratories, 8, 9, 245Benaroya Hall, 270–271Beranek, Leo L., 9Bernoulli’s principle, 541nBessel functions, 116, 633–636modified, 126n, 635Beyer, Robert T., 9Bible, 1Blade frequency, 361Blade rate component, 370–371Blower noise, 359–366Blu-ray, 574, 575Boethius, Sverinus, 2Bolt, Richard H, 9.Boltzmann constant, 19Boom cars, 344, 348–349Boston Symphony Hall, 263–264Botta, Mario, 268Boundaries, reflection of waves at, 74–75Bowed-string instruments, 529–533Boyle, Robert, 4Brasses, 550–551Bugle, 550Bulk viscosity, 419Burgers equation, 621–622C-scan, 476C-weighting, 52–54Calliope, 538Carillon, 554Carnegie Hall, 266Castanets, 556Catgut Acoustical Society, 533–534Cavitation, 451–453Cavitation noise, 452Cavitation threshold intensity, 452–453Celesta, 553Cembalo, 527Central Artery Tunnel Project (CA/T),351–352Central hearing loss, 221Centrifugal fans, 359–361Ceramic microphones, 174–175Cetaceans, 444Chain drive noise, 382–395Characteristic mechanical impedance, 133Charge sensitivity, 612Chilowsky, Constantin, 7Chimes, 514Chladni, Ernst F. F., 4–5Chorusing, 559Chrysippus, 2Clamped-free bar, 106, 107Clarinet, 544Clavichord, 527Closed-ended pipes, resonances in, 132–134Cochlea, 215–219Cochlear microphonic effect, 219Coincidence effect, 286–287Collision number, 446Color schlieren photography, 496Community noise, evaluation of, 344–345Community response, 319Composite noise rating (CNR), 333Compressive forces, 91Computers, integration of measurementfunctions in, 208–209Concert halls, design of, 261–271Condenser microphones, 175–176Conductive hearing loss, 221