Springer handbook of acoustics

M. Schroeder, Thomas D. Rossing, F. Dunn, W.M. Hartmann, D.M. Campbell, N.H. Fletcher0387304460, 9780387304465

Acoustics, the science of sound, has developed into a broad interdisciplinary field encompassing the academic disciplines of physics, engineering, psychology, speech, audiology, music, architecture, physiology, neuroscience, and others. The Springer Handbook of Acoustics is an unparalleled modern handbook reflecting this richly interdisciplinary nature edited by one of the acknowledged masters in the field, Thomas Rossing. Researchers and students benefit from the comprehensive contents spanning: animal acoustics including infrasound and ultrasound, environmental noise control, music and human speech and singing, physiological and psychological acoustics, architectural acoustics, physical and engineering acoustics, signal processing, medical acoustics, and ocean acoustics. This handbook reviews the most important areas of acoustics, with emphasis on current research. The authors of the various chapters are all experts in their fields. Each chapter is richly illustrated with figures and tables. The latest research and applications are incorporated throughout, e.g. computer recognition and synthesis of speech, physiological acoustics, psychological acoustics, thermoacoustics, diagnostic imaging and therapeutic applications and acoustical oceanography.

With a Foreword by Manfred R. Schroeder

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Table of contents :
Cover Page……Page 1
Title Pages……Page 2
Foreword……Page 6
Preface……Page 7
List of Authors……Page 8
3 Basic Linear Acoustics……Page 11
6 Physical Acoustics……Page 12
9 Acoustics in Halls for Speech and Music……Page 13
14 Acoustic Signal Processing……Page 14
17 Computer Music……Page 15
21 Medical Acoustics……Page 16
24 Microphones and Their Calibration……Page 17
28 Modal Analysis……Page 18
List of Abbreviations……Page 19
1 Introduction to Acoustics……Page 22
2 A Brief History of Acoustics……Page 28
3 Basic Linear Acoustics……Page 44
4 Sound Propagation in the Atmosphere……Page 131
5 Underwater Acoustics……Page 166
6 Physical Acoustics……Page 222
7 Thermoacoustics……Page 254
8 Nonlinear Acoustics in Fluids……Page 271
9 Acoustics in Halls for Speech and Music……Page 312
10 Concert Hall Acoustics Based on Subjective Preference Theory……Page 362
11 Building Acoustics……Page 398
12 Physiological Acoustics……Page 437
13 Psychoacoustics……Page 466
14 Acoustic Signal Processing……Page 509
15 Musical Acoustics……Page 537
16 The Human Voice in Speech and Singing……Page 672
17 Computer Music……Page 716
18 Audio and Electroacoustics……Page 746
19 Animal Bioacoustics……Page 785
20 Cetacean Acoustics……Page 805
21 Medical Acoustics……Page 838
22 Structural Acoustics and Vibrations……Page 898
23 Noise……Page 958
24 Microphones and Their Calibration……Page 1015
25 Sound Intensity……Page 1046
26 Acoustic Holography……Page 1069
27 Optical Methods for Acoustics and Vibration Measurements……Page 1092
28 Modal Analysis……Page 1117
Acknowledgements……Page 1129
About the Authors……Page 1130
Detailed Contents (with page links)……Page 1136
A……Page 1156
B……Page 1157
C……Page 1158
E……Page 1159
F……Page 1160
G,H……Page 1161
L……Page 1162
M……Page 1163
N……Page 1164
O,P……Page 1165
R……Page 1166
S……Page 1167
T……Page 1170
X,Z……Page 1171