An Introduction to Acoustics
Title : An Introduction to Acoustics Series: Dover Books on Physics Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Dover Publications (April 26, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 0486442519 ISBN-13: 978-0486442518 Description : No branch of classical physics is older in its origins yet more modern in its applications than acoustics. Courses on acoustics very naturally begin with a study of vibrations, as a preliminary to the introduction of the wave equations. Both vibrations and waves, of course, are vastly important to all branches of physics and engineering. But it is very helpful to students to gain an understanding of mechanical waves before trying to comprehend the more subtle and abstract electromagnetic ones. This undergraduate-level text opens with an overview of fundamental particle vibration theory, and it proceeds to examinations of waves in air and in three dimensions, interference patterns and diffraction, and acoustic impedance, as illustrated in the behavior ...