Room acoustics. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Heinrich Kuttruff.
• Other Names: Kuttruff, Heinrich
• Contents: Some Facts on Sound Waves Sources and Hearing; Basic Relations, the Wave Equation; Pane Waves and Spherical Waves; Energy Density and Intensity, Radiation; Signals and Systems; Sound Pressure Level and Sound Power Level; Some Properties of Human Hearing; Sound Sources; References; ; Reflection and Scattering; Reflection Factor, Absorption Coefficient and Wall Impedance; Sound Reflection at Normal Incidence; Sound Reflection at Oblique Incidence; A Few Examples; Random Sound Incidence; Reflection from Finite-Sized Plane Surfaces; Scattering by Wall Irregularities; References; ; The Sound Field in a Closed Space (Wave Theory); Formal Solution of theWave Equation; Normal Modes in Rectangular Rooms with Rigid Boundaries; Non-Rigid Walls; Steady-State Sound Field; Frequency and Spatial Averaging; Decaying Modes, Reverberation; References; ; Geometrical Room Acoustics; Enclosures with Plane Walls, Image Sources; The Temporal Disturbation of Reflections; The Directional Disturbation of Reflections, Diffuse Sound Field; Enclosures with Curved Walls; Enclosures with Diffusely Reflecting Walls, Radiosity Integral; ; Reverberation and Steady State Energy Density; Basic Properties and Realisation of Diffuse Sound Fields, Energy Balance; Mean Free Path and Average Rate of Reflections; Sound Decay and Reverberation Time; The Influence of Unequal Pate Lengths; Application of the Radiosity Integral; Sound Propagation as a Diffuse Process; Coupled Rooms; References; ; Sound Absorption and Sound Absorbers; The Attenuation of Sound in Air; Unavoidable Wall Adsorption; Sound Asorption by Membranes and Perforated Sheets; Resonnace Adsorbers; Helmholtz Resonators; Sound Absorption by Porous Materials; Audiences and Seat Absorption; Miscellaneous Objects; Anecjoic Rooms; References; ; Subjective Room Acoustics; Some General Remarks on Reflections and Echoes; The Perceptibility of Reflections; Echoes and Colouration; Early Energy: Definition, Clarity Index, Speech Transmission Index; Reverberation and Reverberance; Sound Pressure Level, Strength Factor; Spaciousness of Sound Fields; Assessment of Concert Hall Acoustics; Reference; ; Measuring Techniques in Room Acoustics; General Remarks on Instrumentation; Measurement of the Impulse Response; Examination of the Impulse Response; Measurement of Reveberration; Diffusion; Sound Absorption—Tube Methods; Sound Absorption—Reverberation Chamber; Scattering Coefficient; References; ; Design Considerations and Design Procedures; Direct Sound; Examination of the Room Shape; Reverberation Time; Prediction of Noise Level; Acoustical Scale Models; Computer Simulation; Auralization; References; ; ;
• Edition: 5th ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (392 pages), (3 illustrations)
• Subjects: 729.29; Architectural acoustics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482266450; 1482266458
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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