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Engineering Applications of Acoustics

By: John A. Kleppe

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Hardcover | 1 May 1989

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Written to be compatible with a companion text, Fundamentals of acoustics (Wiley, 1982), which covers the basics and math concepts. For seniors and first-year graduate students who need a detailed, engineering design guide to acoustics applications written from an applied science and engineering bas

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Non-Fiction Engineering & Technology Other Technologies & Applied Sciences Acoustic & Sound Engineering Computing & I.T.Computer Science Digital Signal Processing (DSP)Electronics & Communications Engineering Electronics Engineering Circuits & Components Image Processing Technology in General

Preface	p. ix
A Review of the Fundamentals of Acoustics	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Acoustic Waves	p. 2
Linear Systems	p. 4
Linear Equation of State	p. 7
Plane Acoustic Waves	p. 11
Specific Acoustic Impedance	p. 14
Spherical Acoustic Waves	p. 15
Acoustic Energy and Intensity	p. 18
Transmission and Attenuation of Sound	p. 22
Transmission	p. 22
Reflection	p. 25
Refraction of Sound	p. 26
Diffraction	p. 28
Scattering of Sound	p. 29
Interference	p. 29
Attenuation of Sound	p. 29
The Two-Dimensional Wave Equation	p. 40
References	p. 46
Problems	p. 47
Analysis and Design Methods	p. 49
Introduction	p. 49
State-Space Concepts	p. 49
Nonlinear Systems	p. 65
Steady-State Concepts	p. 67
Acoustic Impedance	p. 70
Transduction	p. 81
The Transducer as an Electrical Network	p. 82
Reciprocal Transducers	p. 86
Antireciprocal Transducers	p. 90
Transmitters	p. 92
Experimental Methods	p. 96
References	p. 101
Problems	p. 102
Acoustic Level Measurement Systems	p. 105
Introduction	p. 105
A Review of Level Gauging Systems	p. 107
Float and Wire Systems	p. 107
Pressure Contact Systems	p. 109
Pressure Sensing System	p. 111
Manometer-Servo Water Level Sensors (Bubblers)	p. 116
Capacitance Systems	p. 118
Acoustic Level and Depth Gauging Systems	p. 121
Shock Wave Tube Acoustic System	p. 121
Air Acoustic Level--Depth Gauging System	p. 122
Error Analysis for Air Acoustic Systems	p. 128
Detection Methods	p. 132
Transmission Equations	p. 138
Beamwidth and Directivity	p. 145
Horns	p. 148
General Transmission Equation for Acoustic Ranging Systems	p. 154
The Effects of Noise	p. 164
A Practical Form for the Acoustic Ranging Equation	p. 172
Concluding Statement	p. 179
References	p. 181
Problems	p. 182
Atmospheric Acoustic Echosounders (SODARs)	p. 185
Introduction and Historical Overview	p. 185
The Atmosphere	p. 199
The Quiet Atmosphere	p. 199
The Turbulent Atmosphere	p. 205
Acoustic Sounders (SODARs)	p. 209
SODAR Configuration	p. 209
Transducer, Horn, and Reflector (Antenna) Design	p. 223
Transmitter and Low-Noise Receiver Requirements	p. 230
Signal Processing and Display Methods	p. 238
Concluding Statement	p. 265
References	p. 265
Problems	p. 274
Acoustic Pyrometry	p. 279
Introduction	p. 279
Gas Temperature Measurement	p. 283
Optical Pyrometers	p. 286
Radiation Pyrometers	p. 288
Acoustic Pyrometers	p. 289
Background Information	p. 289
Theory of Opeation	p. 290
The Speed of Sound in Combustion Gasses	p. 294
Errors in Acoustic Pyrometry	p. 297
Background Noise and Attenuation Characteristics in Furnaces	p. 307
Acoustic Pyrometer Transmitters	p. 311
Acoustic Pyrometer Receivers	p. 314
Horns and Waveguides	p. 315
Signal Processing Methods	p. 317
Isothermal Mapping of Temperature	p. 318
Experimental Data and Field Trials	p. 326
Concluding Statement	p. 330
References	p. 331
Problems	p. 332
Atmos 1	p. 337
Runge-Kutta Program	p. 341
Useful Conversions	p. 349
Bessel Functions, Directivity Functions, and Impedance Functions	p. 351
Physical Properties of Solids, Liquids, and Gasses	p. 357
The Development of the SODAR Equation	p. 359
Program to Calculate Acoustic Constants for Combustion Gasses and Excerpts from ANSI/ASME PTC 11-1984 "FANS"	p. 365
Index	p. 377
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