Acoustical Application

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Department of Physics

Synopsis:

Sound pressure. Sound intensity, sound power, sound transmission and

impedance. Transient sound field, measurement. Room acoustics,

reverberation. Acoustical materials for noise control. Vibrations,

measurement and control. Calibration of acoustic devices. Ultrasound.

Ultrasound diagnostics.

Requirements:

According to the study programme of the lectures and seminars.

Syllabus of lectures:

Sound pressure, sound level meter (IEC 651).

Sound intensity, sound power, sound transmission and impedance.

Transient sound field, measurement. Room acoustics, reverberation.

Acoustical materials for noise control.

Vibrations, measurement and control. Calibration of acoustic devices.

Ultrasound measurement and visualization methods.

Ultrasound in medicine. Ultrasound diagnostics.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Sound level meter, calibration according to IEC standards - computer

simulation in acoustcs - electrostatic calibration of microphones -

free field measurement of frequency and directional characteristics

of microphones - free field measurement of frequency and directional

characteristics of loudspeakers - building acoustics measurement -

reverberation and transmition loss - sound intensity and sound power

measurements - sound field mapping - measurement of acoustic impedance

in the standing wave tube - impulse sound field - measurement and

analysis - sound recording - principles and tests - ultrasound in

non-destructive testing - interferometrical methods - medial ultrasound

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Study materials:

Lyon R.H.: Machinery noise and diagnostics. Butterworths 1986

Thurston R.N., Pierce A.D.: Ultrasonic Instruments and Devices I, II. Academic Press 1999

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: