Acoustics: Basic Physics, Theory, and Methods [Hardcover]

Paul Filippi (Author), Aime Bergassoli (Author), Dominique Habault (Author), Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0122561902 | ISBN-13: 978-0122561900 | Publication Date: October 19, 1998 | Edition: 1

The book is devoted to the very basis of acoustics and vibro-acoustics. The physics of the phenomena, the analytical methods and the modern numerical techniques are presented in a concise form. Many examples illustrate the fundamental problems and predictions (analytic or numerical) and are often compared to experiments. Some emphasis is put on the mathematical tools required by rigorous theory and reliable prediction methods.

Key Features
* a series of practical problems, which reflect the content of each chapter
* reference to the major treatises and fundamental recent papers
* current computing techniques, used in problem solving

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" This is a truly remarkable book....The aims of the authors clearly have been to provide their students with, first, the fundamental theoretical physics background which they need, and then with the knowledge of the most up-to-date mathematical techniques that they can use to produce practically useful answers to real problems...What is perhaps more impressive to me about this book is its constant adhesion throughout to the laws of physics and the logic of natural philosophy. Although the development is largely mathematical, the real physics of the problem being dealt with is always taken into account, explicitly or implicitly, and rigorously."
--Prof. P.E. Doak, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, UK, Editor-in-Chief of JSV, in his review of the French edition, JSV (1995)
"I was very much impressed....All authors are contemporary experts on the subject."
--Prof. P.E. Doak, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, UK, Editor-in-Chief of JSV
"The approach is more up to date than in many other texts and so this book will be useful for those who apply theoretical and numerical methods to acoustic propagation and radiation problems... this book will be useful to students of theoretical acoustics, and researchers interested in boundary element methods and sound radiation from vibrating structures."
--S. A. L. Glegg, Journal of Sound and Vibration, (2000) 234(5), 911-914

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Devoted to the fundamentals of acoustic and vibro-acoustics, this book presents a complete general theory of the subject in a unique, concise and logical manner. The authors have produced a very accessible text, where the eminently practical theory is fully supported by both classic analytical methods and contemporary mathematical techniques.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 317 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (October 19, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0122561902
• ISBN-13: 978-0122561900
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Computational methods are new, October 2, 2004

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This review is from: Acoustics: Basic Physics, Theory, and Methods (Hardcover)

The author gives a heavily mathematical treatment that covers all the traditional topics within acoustics. Much of the treatment can be found in texts going back decades. Like the discussion on point sources and solving the Helmholtz equation, when we have simple sources in free space. Then there are the Green's functions approach to solving various acoustic equations.

What is more recent is the coverage of computational techniques. As computers have gained in power, you can avail yourself of increasingly more effective tools, using some of the chapters in this book.