Coll Papers On Acoustics

This book contains a collection of papers on the measurement, prediction and control of sound transmission. It is in five sections: sound transmission in buildings; measurement methods, sources of sound and vibration, vibration isolation, lightweight building structures. The range of topics included cannot be exhaustive, because of the book page limit, but the editors believe the papers reflect important interests and concerns of contributors and readers. The relationship between the subjective and objective assessment of noise and of building performance remains an important topic. The requirement for acceptable sound insulation in lightweight buildings is even more urgent, with increasing use of timber-frame and timber composites. More sophisticated methods are required for the specification and design of vibration isolation for control of noise and vibration from external sources (rail, underground) and also internal sources in modern mechanically serviced spaces. There is a requirement for estimates of the uncertainty of measurement and prediction of sound insulation. This book brings together, for the first time in one set of covers, twenty five papers on the subject, a convenient corpus of knowledge. The book will be of interest to practising civil and construction engineers, as well as to researchers working in the specific area of building acoustics and related disciplines. The editors are members of the Acoustics Research Unit at the University of Liverpool.

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The 29th International Symposium on Acoustical Imaging was held in Shonan Village, Kanagawa, Japan, April 15-18, 2007. This interdisciplinary Symposium has been taking place every two years since 1968 and forms a unique forum for advanced research, covering new technologies, developments, methods and theories in all areas of acoustics. In the course of the years the volumes in the Acoustical Imaging Series have developed and become well-known and appreciated reference works. Offering both a broad perspective on the state-of-the-art in the field as well as an in-depth look at its leading edge research, this Volume 29 in the Series contains again an excellent collection of seventy papers presented in nine major categories: (1) Strain Imaging, (2) Biological and Medical Applications, (3) Acoustic Microscopy, (4) Non-Destructive Evaluation and Industrial Applications, (5) Components and Systems, (6) Geophysics and Underwater Imaging, (7) Physics and Mathematics, (8) Medical Image Analysis, (9) FDTD method and Other Numerical Simulations.