Noise Control

<p>The second edition of <b>Noise Control: From Concept to Application</b><i> </i>newly expanded and thoroughly updated now includes 180 graded problems with solutions plus 100 end-of-chapter problems with solutions available for instructors on the authors’ website. Working from basic scientific principles the authors show how an understanding of sound can be applied to real-world settings working through numerous examples in detail and covering good practice in noise control for both new and existing facilities.</p><p>It covers the essential topics for industrial noise control: acoustics noise criteria hearing-damage risk noise-assessment measures measurement instrumentation sound-source types including the calculation and measurement of their output power sound propagation outdoors sound in rooms sound-absorbing materials sound transmission through partitions and enclosures noise barriers reactive and dissipative muffler-noise reduction and muffler-design considerations such as pressure loss and self-noise generation.</p><p>Detailed explanations of important concepts make this textbook easy to understand by engineering and science undergraduates as well as professionals with no background in acoustics.</p><p>Authors’ website: www.causalsystems.com</p><p>Colin H. Hansen is Emeritus Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Adelaide Australia and past President of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration.</p><p>Kristy L. Hansen is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Flinders University Australia and holder of the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Researcher Award.</p>