Principles of vibration and sound

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"An ideal text for advanced undergraduates, Principles of Vibration and Sound, Second Edition, provides the foundations needed to understand the acoustics of rooms and musical instruments, as well as the basics for scientists and engineers interested in noise and vibration. The Second Edition contains four new chapters devoted primarily to applications of acoustical principles in everyday life: Microphones and Other Transducers; Sound in Concert Halls and Studios; Sound and Noise Outdoors; and Underwater Sound."--BOOK JACKET. Pt. I. Vibrating Systems -- Ch. 1. Free and Forced Vibrations of Simple Systems -- App. 1. Alternative Ways of Expressing Harmonic Motion -- App. 2. Equivalent Electrical Circuit for a Simple Oscillator -- Ch. 2. Continuous Systems in One Dimension: Strings and Bars -- Ch. 3. Two-Dimensional Systems: Membranes and Plates -- Ch. 4. Coupled Vibrating Systems -- App. 1. Structural Dynamics and Frequency Response Functions -- App. 2. Modal Analysis -- App. 3. Finite Element Analysis -- Ch. 5. Nonlinear Systems -- Pt. II. Sound Waves -- Ch. 6. Sound Waves in Air -- Ch. 7. Sound Radiation -- Ch. 8. Pipes and Horns -- Ch. 9. Acoustic Systems -- Ch. 10. Microphones and Other Transducers -- Ch. 11. Sound in Concert Halls and Studios -- Ch. 12. Sound and Noise Outdoors -- Ch. 13. Underwater Sound. Show more