Cover -- Table of contents -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 1. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 GREEK AND ROMAN PERIOD (650 BC - AD 400) -- 1.2 EARLY CHRISTIAN PERIOD (AD 400-800) -- 1.3 ROMANESQUE PERIOD (800-1100) -- 1.4 GOTHIC PERIOD (1100-1400) -- 1.5 RENAISSANCE PERIOD (1400-1600) -- 1.6 BAROQUE PERIOD (1600-1750) -- 1.7 ORIGINS OF SOUND THEORY -- 1.8 CLASSICAL PERIOD (1750-1825) -- 1.9 ROMANTIC PERIOD (1825-1900) -- 1.10 BEGINNINGS OF MODERN ACOUSTICS -- 1.11 TWENTIETH CENTURY -- Chapter 2. FUNDAMENTALS OF ACOUSTICS -- 2.1 FREQUENCY AND WAVELENGTH -- 2.2 SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION -- 2.3 SUPERPOSITION OF WAVES -- 2.4 SOUND WAVES -- 2.5 ACOUSTICAL PROPERTIES -- 2.6 LEVELS -- 2.7 SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION -- Chapter 3. HUMAN PERCEPTION AND REACTION TO SOUND -- 3.1 HUMAN HEARING MECHANISMS -- 3.2 PITCH -- 3.3 LOUDNESS -- 3.4 INTELLIGIBILITY -- 3.5 ANNOYANCE -- 3.6 HEALTH AND SAFETY -- 3.7 OTHER EFFECTS -- Chapter 4. ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS AND NOISE METRICS -- 4.1 MICROPHONES -- 4.2 SOUND LEVEL METERS -- 4.3 FIELD MEASUREMENTS -- 4.4 BROADBAND NOISE METRICS -- 4.5 BAND LIMITED NOISE METRICS -- 4.6 SPECIALIZED MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES -- Chapter 5. ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE -- 5.1 NOISE CHARACTERIZATION -- 5.2 BARRIERS -- 5.3 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS -- 5.4 TRAFFIC NOISE MODELING -- 5.5 RAILROAD NOISE -- 5.6 AIRCRAFT NOISE -- Chapter 6. WAVE ACOUSTICS -- 6.1 RESONANCE -- 6.2 WAVE EQUATION -- 6.3 SIMPLE SOURCES -- 6.4 COHERENT PLANAR SOURCES -- 6.5 LOUDSPEAKERS -- Chapter 7. SOUND AND SOLID SURFACES -- 7.1 PERFECTLY REFLECTING INFINITE SURFACES -- 7.2 REFLECTIONS FROM FINITE OBJECTS -- 7.3 ABSORPTION -- 7.4 ABSORPTION MECHANISMS -- 7.5 ABSORPTION BY NONPOROUS ABSORBERS -- 7.6 ABSORPTION BY RESONANT ABSORBERS -- Chapter 8. SOUND IN ENCLOSED SPACES -- 8.1 STANDING WAVES IN PIPES AND TUBES -- 8.2 SOUND PROPAGATION IN DUCTS -- 8.3 SOUND IN ROOMS.

8.4 DIFFUSE-FIELD MODEL OF ROOMS -- 8.5 REVERBERANT FIELD EFFECTS -- Chapter 9. SOUND TRANSMISSION LOSS -- 9.1 TRANSMISSION LOSS -- 9.2 SINGLE PANEL TRANSMISSION LOSS THEORY -- 9.3 DOUBLE-PANEL TRANSMISSION LOSS THEORY -- 9.4 TRIPLE-PANEL TRANSMISSION LOSS THEORY -- 9.5 STRUCTURAL CONNECTIONS -- Chapter 10. SOUND TRANSMISSION IN BUILDINGS -- 10.1 DIFFUSE FIELD SOUND TRANSMISSION -- 10.2 STC RATINGS OF VARIOUS WALL TYPES -- 10.3 DIRECT FIELD SOUND TRANSMISSION -- 10.4 EXTERIOR TO INTERIOR NOISE TRANSMISSION -- Chapter 11. VIBRATION AND VIBRATION ISOLATION -- 11.1 SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION -- 11.2 SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS -- 11.3 VIBRATION ISOLATORS -- 11.4 SUPPORT OF VIBRATING EQUIPMENT -- 11.5 TWO DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS -- 11.6 FLOOR VIBRATIONS -- Chapter 12. NOISE TRANSMISSION IN FLOOR SYSTEMS -- 12.1 TYPES OF NOISE TRANSMISSION -- 12.2 AIRBORNE NOISE TRANSMISSION -- 12.3 FOOTFALL NOISE -- 12.4 STRUCTURAL DEFLECTION -- 12.5 FLOOR SQUEAK -- Chapter 13. NOISE IN MECHANICAL SYSTEMS -- 13.1 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS -- 13.2 NOISE GENERATED BY HVAC EQUIPMENT -- 13.3 NOISE GENERATION IN FANS -- 13.4 NOISE GENERATION IN DUCTS -- 13.5 NOISE FROM OTHER MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT -- Chapter 14. SOUND ATTENUATION IN DUCTS -- 14.1 SOUND PROPAGATION THROUGH DUCTS -- 14.2 SOUND PROPAGATION THROUGH PLENUMS -- 14.3 SILENCERS -- 14.4 BREAKOUT -- 14.6 CONTROL OF DUCT BORNE NOISE -- Chapter 15. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS -- 15.1 CODES AND STANDARDS -- 15.2 PARTY WALL CONSTRUCTION -- 15.3 PARTY FLOOR-CEILING SEPARATIONS -- 15.4 PLUMBING AND PIPING NOISE -- 15.5 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT -- 15.6 APPLIANCES AND OTHER SOURCES OF NOISE -- Chapter 16. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF OFFICE BUILDINGS -- 16.1 SPEECH PRIVACY IN OPEN OFFICES -- 16.2 SPEECH PRIVACY IN CLOSED OFFICES -- 16.3 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT -- Chapter 17. DESIGN OF ROOMS FOR SPEECH.

17.1 GENERAL ACOUSTICAL REQUIREMENTS -- 17.2 SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY -- 17.3 DESIGN OF ROOMS FOR SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY -- 17.4 MOTION PICTURE THEATERS -- Chapter 18. SOUND REINFORCEMENT SYSTEMS -- 18.1 LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEMS -- 18.2 SOUND SYSTEM DESIGN -- 18.3 CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANSDUCERS -- 18.4 COMPUTER MODELING OF SOUND SYSTEMS -- Chapter 19. DESIGN OF ROOMS FOR MUSIC -- 19.1 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 19.2 GENERAL DESIGN PARAMETERS -- 19.3 QUANTIFIABLE ACOUSTICAL ATTRIBUTES -- 19.4 CONCERT HALLS -- 19.5 OPERA HALLS -- Chapter 20. DESIGN OF MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIA AND SANCTUARIES -- 20.1 GENERAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS -- 20.2 DESIGN OF SPECIFIC ROOM TYPES -- 20.3 SPECIALIZED DESIGN PROBLEMS -- Chapter 21. DESIGN OF STUDIOS AND LISTENING ROOMS -- 21.1 SOUND RECORDING -- 21.2 PRINCIPLES OF ROOM DESIGN -- 21.3 ROOMS FOR LISTENING -- 21.4 ROOMS FOR RECORDING -- 21.5 ROOMS FOR MIXING -- 21.6 DESIGN DETAILS IN STUDIOS -- Chapter 22. ACOUSTIC MODELING, RAY TRACING, AND AURALIZATION -- 22.1 ACOUSTIC MODELING -- 22.2 RAY TRACING -- 22.3 SPECULAR REFLECTION OF RAYS FROM SURFACES -- 22.4 DIFFUSE REFLECTION OF RAYS FROM SURFACES -- 22.5 AURALIZATION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.