3rd Edition

Acoustics and Noise Control

By R J Peters Copyright 2011
400 Pages
by Routledge

400 Pages
by Routledge

400 Pages
by Routledge

Acoustics and Noise Control provides a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of acoustics and noise control. Since the last edition was published in 1996 there have been many changes and additions to standards, laws and regulations, codes of practice relating to noise, and in noise measurement techniques and noise control technology so this new edition has been... Read more

Preface  Acknowledgements  Terminology and notation  1. The nature and behavior of sound  2. sound propagation outdoors  3. Human Response to noise  4. Environmental noise  5. Room acoustics  6. Sound Insulation  7. Vibration  8. Measurement and Instrumentation  9. Noise control  10. The law relating to noise  Appendices:  1. Glossary of acoustical terms  2. List of formulae  3. Experiments and Investigations  4. Some electrical principles  Bibliography 
Index

Biography

R J Peters is Principal Acoustics Consultant at Applied Acoustics Design, a Visiting Research Fellow at London, South Bank University and a freelance lecturer in acoustics and noise control. He was formerly Head of School of Environmental Engineering at NESCOT (North East Surrey College of Technology).

B J Smith is an educational consultant and was formerly Head of School of Building at Ulster Polytechnic.

Margaret Hollins is Deputy Head of the Urban, Environment and Leisure Studies Department at London South Bank University.