Acoustics
Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician while someone working in the field of acoustics technology may be called an acoustical engineer. The application of acoustics is present in almost all aspects of modern society with the most obvious being the audio and noise control industries.
For other uses, see Acoustics (disambiguation).Hearing is one of the most crucial means of survival in the animal world and speech is one of the most distinctive characteristics of human development and culture. Accordingly, the science of acoustics spreads across many facets of human society—music, medicine, architecture, industrial production, warfare and more. Likewise, animal species such as songbirds and frogs use sound and hearing as a key element of mating rituals or for marking territories. Art, craft, science and technology have provoked one another to advance the whole, as in many other fields of knowledge. Robert Bruce Lindsay's "Wheel of Acoustics" is a well accepted overview of the various fields in acoustics.[1]
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Etymology[edit]
The word "acoustic" is derived from the Greek word ἀκουστικός (akoustikos), meaning "of or for hearing, ready to hear"[2] and that from ἀκουστός (akoustos), "heard, audible",[3] which in turn derives from the verb ἀκούω(akouo), "I hear".[4]
The Latin synonym is "sonic", after which the term sonics used to be a synonym for acoustics[5] and later a branch of acoustics.[5] Frequencies above and below the audible range are called "ultrasonic" and "infrasonic", respectively.
Innovative model development
Measurement techniques
Mitigation strategies
Input to the establishment of standards and regulations
InterNoise
NoiseCon
Forum Acousticum
SAE Noise and Vibration Conference and Exhibition
(ASA)
The Acoustical Society of America
(AAS)
Australian Acoustical Society
(EAA)
The European Acoustics Association
(IEEE)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IoA UK)
Institute of Acoustics
(AES)
The Audio Engineering Society
(ASME-NCAD)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Noise Control and Acoustics Division
(ICA)
International Commission for Acoustics
(AIAA)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aeroacoustics
(ICMA)
International Computer Music Association
Acoustics | An Open Access Journal from MDPI
Acoustics Today
Acta Acustica united with Acustica
Advances in Acoustics and Vibration
Applied Acoustics
Building Acoustics
Transacions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
IEEE
(JASA)
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Express Letters (JASA-EL)
Journal of the
Audio Engineering Society
(JSV)
Journal of Sound and Vibration
Journal of Vibration and Acoustics
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
MDPI Acoustics
Noise Control Engineering Journal
SAE International Journal of Vehicle Dynamics, Stability and NVH
Ultrasonics (journal)
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
Wave Motion
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A pocket-sized introduction to acoustics
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Surface Acoustic Waves in Inhomogeneous Media
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Fluid Mechanics, a short course for physicists
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Sound and Structural Vibration: Radiation, Transmission and Response
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Sound, Structures and Their Interaction
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Physical Acoustics
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Pierce AD (1989). Acoustics: An Introduction to its Physical Principles and Applications. Melville: Acoustical Society of America. 0-88318-612-8.
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Raichel DR (2006). The Science and Applications of Acoustics (2nd ed.). Heidelberg: Springer. 0-387-30089-9.
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Skudrzyk E (1971). The Foundations of Acoustics: Basic Mathematics and Basic Acoustics. Heidelberg: Springer.
Stephens RW, Bate AE (1966). Acoustics and Vibrational Physics (2nd ed.). London: Edward Arnold.
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