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Geluidforum — Vr Jan 05, 2007 9:32 am

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Acoustics FAQ
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Aims:
To make acoustics accessible to a wider public.
To encourage cooperation within the acoustics community.
Disclaimer: No warranty is made for the accuracy of the contents of this FAQ.

Table of Contents

0] Credits (see 10])

1] Resource Pointers
1.1 What acoustics related news groups and FAQs are there?
1.2 What World Wide Web sites are there?
1.3 What acoustics software is available on the Net?
1.4 What acoustics books and journals are there?

2] Basic Acoustics
2.1 What is sound?
2.2 What is a decibel (dB)?
2.3 How is sound measured?
2.4 What does dB(A) or "A-Weighted" mean?
2.5 How do sound levels add?
2.6 How does the ear work?
2.7 At what level does sound become unsafe?
2.8 What is sound intensity?
2.9 How does sound decay with distance?
2.10 What is the sound power level?
2.10.1 How is sound power measured?
2.11 What is the speed of sound in air, water ..?
2.12 What is meant by loudness?

3] Vibration
3.1 What is vibration?
3.2 How is vibration measured?
3.3 How is vibration isolated and controlled?
3.4 What is Seismic (Earthquake) protection?

4] Architectural & Building Acoustics
4.1 What is reverberation time?
4.2 What is the sound absorption coefficient?
4.3 What is the difference between insulation & absorption?
4.4 How is sound insulation measured?
4.5 How do I improve the noise insulation of my house/dwelling?
4.6 How does acoustics affect classrooms and meeting rooms?

5] Reserved

6] Miscellaneous Questions
6.1 What is active noise control?
6.2 What causes a sonic boom?
6.3 Can you focus sound?
6.4 What is sonoluminescence?
6.5 Why does blowing over a bottle make a note?
6.6 What is pitch?
6.7 What are musical intervals?
6.8 What causes "helium voice"?
6.9 What is structural acoustics?
6.10 What is the Doppler effect?
6.11 What is white noise, pink noise?
6.12 When should stranded wire be used for audio cables in a PA system? What is the "electrical skin effect"?

7] KEY WORD INDEX

8] Weighting Tables
8.1 Formulae for computing

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