Title: Industrial Noise Control : Fundamentals and Applications, 2nd Edition Author: Doublas H. Bell, Lewis H. Bell ISBN: 0824790286 / 9780824790288 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 682 Publisher: Marcel Dekker Year: 1994 Availability: Out of Stock Special Indian Edition.
Description
Contents
This thoroughly updated and enlarged Second Edition of an incomparable reference/text examines the fundamental principles of noise and vibration control - maintaining the concise format and clarity of presentation that made the first edition so popular.
Illustrating the latest solutions to real problems occurring in industry, buildings, and communities, Industrial Noise Control, 2nd Edition identifies and characterizer major sources of industrial noise... provides systematic design and engineering approaches to control... furnishes acoustical performance charts, case histories, and tables of materials and supplies.. addresses computer-aided calculations, digital instrumentation, intensity measurement, and noise cancellation... shows how to plan for regulatory compliance with OSHA, DEP, and EPA standards... explains hearings protection and hearing conservation programs... offers end-of-chapter exercises... and much more!
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I : The Nature and Measurement of Sound
Chapter 1 : Physical Acoustics Chapter 2 : Levels and Spectra Chapter 3 : Character of Noise Chapter 4 : Sound Propagation Chapter 5 : Sound Measurement and Analysis
Part II : Noise Control Methods
Chapter 6 : Acoustical Materials Chapter 7 : Acoustical Enclosures Chapter 8 : Silencers, Mufflers, and Active Noise Control Chapter 9 : Reverberation Control Chapter 10 : Vibration Control
Part III : Basic Sources of Noise : Character and Treatment
Chapter 11 : Fans and Blowers Chapter 12 : Gas-Jet Noise Chapter 13 : Gear Noise Chapter 14 : Additional Topics and Case Histories
Part IV : Environmental Acoustics
Chapter 15 : Sound Control in Buildings Chapter 16 : Community and Environmental Noise Control Chapter 17 : Community and Environmental Noise Regulations Chapter 18 : Personal Hearing Protection
Appendix
A : The International System of Units
B : Conversion Factors
C : Standards and Procedures
D : Recommended Descriptors and Abreviations
E : Department of Labor Occupational Noise Exposure Standard and Permissible Ultrasonic Treshold Levels
F : Sound Absorption Coefficients of Common Building Materials, Audiences, Seats, Musicians
G : Noys as a Function of Sound Pressure Level
H : Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
I : Machines Enclosure Listing Catalog "
Index