Modern Methods in Analytical Acoustics: Lecture Notes

by D.G. Crighton, Ann P. Dowling, J.E. Ffowcs Williams, M.A. Heckl, F.A. Leppington

Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540197370

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Book Description

Modern Methods in Analytical Acoustics considers topics fundamental to the understanding of noise, vibration and fluid mechanisms. The series of lectures on which this material is based began by some twenty five years ago and has been developed and expanded ever since. Acknowledged experts in the field have given this course many times in Europe and the USA. Although the scope of the course has widened considerably, the primary aim of teaching analytical techniques of acoustics alongside specific areas of wave motion and unsteady fluid mechanisms remains. The distinguished authors of this volume are drawn from Departments of Acoustics, Engineering of Applied Mathematics in Berlin, Cambridge and London. Their intention is to reach a wider audience of all those concerned with acoustic analysis than has been able to attend the course.

Customer Reviews

This is book presents the reader with the essential knowledge required for the understanding and study of several acoustiscal phenomena.

Starting with an introduction to basic mathematical tools - both analytical (complex variables, fourier analysis, asymptotic analysis) and numerical (FE/BE approaches , ray tracing).

The second part of the book is dedicated sound generation by unsteady sources and deals, amongst other issues, with flow and propeller/helicopter generated sound.

The third part deals with wave modification and such topics as sound-bubble interaction and nonlinear acoustics.

To summarise, I think that this volume is a welcomed addition to the library of anyone with a serious interest in aero- or hydro- acoustics.

Readers can find a lot of mathematical methods which is needed in studying acoustics. Quite useful.

It is a useful tool book for someone who study acoustics.