Nature of air borne and structure-borne sound; source path receiver concept; various mechanisms of the generation of radiation of sound; propagation of sound; noise reduction by sound absorption or dissipation, isolation and damping of structure borne sound; general methods of noise control; applications to specific machines; principles of flow acoustics and application thereof to I.C. engines, fans and compressors.
Recommended Books:
- Noise Control: From Concept to Application - Colin Hansen, CRC Press, 2005.
- Noise and Vibration Control Engineering: Principles and Applications - Leo L. Beranek, István L. Vér, Wiley-Interscience, 1992.
- Handbook of Acoustics, Malcolm J. Crocker, Wiley-Interscience, 1998.
- Industrial Noise Control: Fundamentals and Applications - L. H. Bell, D. H. Bell, CRC Press, 1993.
- Industrial noise and vibration control - J. David Irwin, Edward R. Graf, Prentice-Hall, 1979.
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