Architectural acoustics [[electronic resource] /] / by Marshall Long

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458116803321
• Autore: Long Marshall
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1-281-03841-5; 9786611038410; 0-08-052755-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (873 p.)
• Disciplina: 729.29
• Soggetti: Architectural acoustics; Sound; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Table of contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 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; Chapter 2. FUNDAMENTALS OF ACOUSTICS; 2.1 FREQUENCY AND WAVELENGTH; 2.2 SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION; 2.3 SUPERPOSITION OF WAVES; 2.4 SOUND WAVES2.5 ACOUSTICAL PROPERTIES; 2.6 LEVELS; 2.7 SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION; Chapter 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; Chapter 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; Chapter 5. ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; 5.1 NOISE CHARACTERIZATION; 5.2 BARRIERS; 5.3 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; 5.4 TRAFFIC NOISE MODELING5.5 RAILROAD NOISE; 5.6 AIRCRAFT NOISE; Chapter 6. WAVE ACOUSTICS; 6.1 RESONANCE; 6.2 WAVE EQUATION; 6.3 SIMPLE SOURCES; 6.4 COHERENT PLANAR SOURCES; 6.5 LOUDSPEAKERS; Chapter 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; Chapter 8. SOUND IN ENCLOSED SPACES; 8.1 STANDING WAVES IN PIPES AND TUBES; 8.2 SOUND PROPAGATION IN DUCTS; 8.3 SOUND IN ROOMS; 8.4 DIFFUSE-FIELD MODEL OF ROOMS; 8.5 REVERBERANT FIELD EFFECTSChapter 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; Chapter 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; Chapter 11. VIBRATION AND VIBRATION ISOLATION; 11.1 SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION; 11.2 SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS; 11.3 VIBRATION ISOLATORS; 11.4 SUPPORT OF VIBRATING EQUIPMENT11.5 TWO DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS; 11.6 FLOOR VIBRATIONS; Chapter 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; Chapter 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; Chapter 14. SOUND ATTENUATION IN DUCTS; 14.1 SOUND PROPAGATION THROUGH DUCTS; 14.2 SOUND PROPAGATION THROUGH PLENUMS
• Sommario/riassunto: Architectural Acoustics offers a comprehensive overview of acoustical science at a level suitable for either advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate courses in architectural design and architectural engineering. The text is organized according to how sound interacts with built structures, going from simple geometries through complex building structures. The book begins with a brief but useful history of architecture and the role of acoustics, as well as overview of human perception of, sound, and then progresses through topics ranging from acoustic measurement, noise metrics and envi