Compiling strategies from more than 30 years of experience, this book provides numerous case studies that illustrate the implementation of noise control applications, as well as solutions to common dilemmas encountered in noise reduction processes. It offers methods for predicting the noise generation level of common systems such as fans, motors, compressors, and cooling towers, selecting the appropriate equipment to monitor sound properties, assessing the severity of environmental noise, modifying the sources, transmission paths, and receivers of sound, estimating sound pressure levels, designing mufflers, silencers, barriers, and enclosures, and isolating machine vibration.
Basics of Acoustics
Acoustic Measurements
Transmission of Sound
Noise Sources
Acoustic Criteria
Room Acoustics
Silencer Design
Vibration Isolation for Noise Control
Case Studies in Noise Control
Appendix A Preferred Prefixes in SI
Appendix B Properties of Gases, Liquids, and Solids
Appendix C Plate Properties of Solids
Appendix D Surface Absorption Coefficients
Appendix E Nomenclature
Index
Biography
RANDALL F. BARRON is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston. The author of numerous professional publications, he is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and the Cryogenic Society of America, among other organizations. He received the B.S. degree (1958) in mechanical engineering from Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, and the M.S. (1961) and Ph.D. (1964) degrees in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University, Columbus.