- •Preface
- •II. ACOUSTICAL RADIATING SYSTEMS
- •III. MECHANICAL VIBRATING SYSTEMS
- •IV. DYNAMICAL ANALOGIES
- •V. ACOUSTICAL ELEMENTS
- •VI. DIRECT RADIATOR LOUDSPEAKERS
- •VII. HORN LOUDSPEAKERS
- •VIII. MICROPHONES
- •IX. MISCELLANEOUS TRANSDUCERS
- •1. Variable area
- •XI. ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS AND THE COLLECTION AND DISPERSION OF SOUND
- •12.7. Loudness
- •XIII. COMPLETE SOUND REPRODUCING SYSTEMS
- •13.4. Telephone
- •XIV. MEANS FOR THE COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION
- •XV. UNDERWATER SOUND
- •XVI. ULTRASONICS
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1. SOUND WAVES |
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INTRODUCTION .. . .................................... |
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SOUND WAVES ... . ...................... |
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ACOUSTICAL WAVE EQUATION |
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A. Equation of Continuity ............................ |
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C. Compressibility of a Gas |
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D. Condensation .................................... |
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E. D'Alembertian |
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PLANE SOUND WAVES.................................. |
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A. Particle Velocity in a Plane Sound Wave........... |
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SPHERICAL SOUND WAVES .............................. |
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A. Pressure in a Spherical Sound Wave ............... |
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locity and the Pressure in a Spherical Sound Wave. .. |
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STATIONARY SOUND WAVES............................. |
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SOUND ENERGY DENSITY . . .... |
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SOUND INTENSITY ........................ |
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DECIBELS |
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DOPPLER |
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REFRACTION AND DIFFRACTION |
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1.12 ACOUSTIEAL RECIPROCITY THEOREM .. |
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1.13 ACOUSTICAL PRINCIPLE OF SIMILARITY |
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1.14 LONGITUDINAL WAVES IN A ROD..... .. |
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TORSIONAL WAVES IN A ROD........ |
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CYLINDRICAL SOUND WAVES ............................ |
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II. ACOUSTICAL RADIATING SYSTEMS |
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2.1 |
INTRODUCTION .......... |
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A. Point Source Radiating into an Infinite Medium. Solid |
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Angle of 471' Steradians ............................ |
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B. Point |
Source Radiating into a Semi-Jnfinite Medium. |
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