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Contents
Index
Acoustics
Subsections
- Introduction
- Pressure
- Simple Harmonic Motion
- Damping
- Harmonics
- Overtones
- Longitudinal vs. Transverse Waves
- Displacement vs. Velocity
- Amplitude
- Frequency and Period
- Frequency vs. Pitch
- Angular frequency
- Negative Frequency
- Speed of Sound
- Wavelength
- Acoustic Wavenumber
- Wave Addition and Subtraction
- Time vs. Frequency
- Noise Spectra
- Amplitude vs. Distance
- Free Field
- Diffuse Field
- Potential and Kinetic Energy
- Acoustic Resistance and Reactance and Mechanical Reactance - An Intuitive Introduction
- Acoustic Impedance
- Power
- Intensity
- Acoustic Reflection and Absorption
- Acoustic Impedance Revisited
- Reflection and Transmission Coefficients
- Absorption Coefficient
- Specular Reflections and Comb Filters
- Huygen's Wave Theory
- Specular and Diffused Reflections
- Diffraction of Sound Waves
- Struck and Plucked Strings
- Travelling waves and reflections
- Standing waves (aka Resonant Frequencies)
- Impulse Response vs. Resonance
- Tuning the string
- Harmonics in the real-world
- Reading List
- Waves in a Tube (Woodwind Instruments)
- Helmholtz Resonators
- Characteristics of a Vibrating Surface
- Woodwind Instruments
- Brass Instruments
- Bowed Strings
- Percussion Instruments
- Vocal Sound Production
- Directional Characteristics of Instruments
- Pitch and Tuning Systems
- Introduction
- Pythagorean Temperament
- Just Temperament
- Meantone Temperaments
- Equal Temperament
- Cents
- Suggested Reading List
- Room Acoustics - Reflections, Resonance and Reverberation
- Early Reflections
- Reverberation
- Resonance and Room Modes
- Schroeder frequency
- Room Radius (aka Critical Distance)
- Reading List
- Sound Transmission
- Desirable Characteristics of Rooms and Halls
Geoff Martin 2006-10-15