Acoustic dictionary
http://www.european-acoustics.org/dictionary
Originally compiled by the Swiss Acoustical Society and now hosted by the European Acoustics Association this site provides lists of acoustics terms (without definitions) with their equivalents in French, Italian and German.
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Acoustic FAQ
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_info/?content=qs
A collection of articles from the University of Salford Acoustics Research Centre covering aspects of audio and acoustics. Topics covered include: decibels, loudspeakers, microphones, sound synthesis, room acoustics, reverberation, concert hall design, diffusers, echoing of duck's quacks, and breaking glass with sound.
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Acoustical Physics
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1562-6865/
"Acoustical Physics", an English translation of the journal, "Akusticheskii Zhurnal", is published by MAIK Nauka/Interperiodika and is distributed by Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. It covers theoretical and experimental aspects of physical, technical, and biological acoustics. The journal's website provides contents lists and abstracts, and subscription details. Individual articles may be purchased online. Access to full-text is restricted to subscribers. Students should check whether their university/academic institution is a subscriber.
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Acoustical science and technology
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/ast/-char/en
The journal "Acoustical Science and Technology" is published by the Acoustical Society of Japan and is available online from J-STAGE. The journal's website can be searched or browsed and papers are available free, full text as PDF files.
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Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
http://asa.aip.org/
The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) is an international scientific society founded in 1929 and dedicated to increasing and diffusing the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications. Its Web page contains information about the ASA, including meetings, publications of the society, fellowships and prizes granted by the society, and jobs. It also contains links to educational materials such as lecture notes, academic departments, career information and other acoustics sites. A sound gallery includes recordings of whale sounds, manmade underwater sounds, musical instruments and excerpts from ASA's Auditory Demonstrations compact disc. Information on acoustics standards is given with links to standards websites.
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Acoustics (poster)
http://www.npl.co.uk/educate-explore/posters/acoustics/acoustics-(poster)
This site is one of a series of posters prepared by the National Physical Laboratory. Measurements and units relating to acoustics and sound are covered. The poster can be downloaded as a PDF file.
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Acoustics and sonar primer
http://www.instituteformarineacoustics.org/SonarPrimer/SideScanSonar.htm
Written by John P. Fish and published by the Institute for Marine Acoustics, this primer describes applications of acoustics in the underwater environment. It introduces the use of sound in measurement, and describes the use of side scan sonar. The site includes a glossary and images of key concepts.
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Acoustics and vibration animations
http://paws.kettering.edu/~drussell/demos.html
This site, prepared by Dan Russell, Associate Professor of Applied Physics at Kettering University, contains animations which visualize certain concepts concerning acoustics and vibration.
The first part, sounds and sources, is divided into basic wave phenomena, sound waves and radiation from sources, more complicated wave phenomena, and room acoustics. The second part, sound and vibration, addresses vibration of 1-DOF simple oscillators and of multi-DOF systems, and vibrational modes of continuous systems. Other wave phenomena are also covered.
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Acoustics and you : a career in acoustics
http://asa.aip.org/acou_and_you.html
This Web page from The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) provides an introduction to careers in acoustics with brief summaries of the various fields of acoustics (architectural acoustics, engineering acoustics, musical acoustics, noise control, physical acoustics, speech and hearing, underwater acoustics, bioacoustics and medical acoustics, and structural acoustics and vibration).
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Acoustics Audio and Video at the University of Salford
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/
The University of Salford Acoustics Research Centre provides specialist acoustics training at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Its research interests include: building and architectural acoustics, environmental noise, outdoor sound propagation, remote acoustic sensing of metrological conditions, human response to sound, audio signal processing and transducer design. The centre's website describes current and past projects, some in detail, with lists of publications. A sound encyclopaedia provides information on a range of topics including decibels, studio design, concert hall acoustics, loudspeakers, microphones, sound synthesis, and Sonic Detection and Ranging (SODAR).
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Acoustics FAQ
http://www.campanellaacoustics.com/faq.html
A set of frequently asked questions developed by Campanella Associates, Consultants in acoustics. FAQs in the area of acoustics are provided under the following headings: resource pointers; basic acoustics; vibration; architectural and building acoustics; and miscellaneous questions. Also available are a key word index, a selection of weighting tables and a list of national acoustics societies.
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Acoustics for music theory
http://cnx.org/content/m13246/latest/
This site created by Catherine Schmidt-Jones for the Connexions Project, Rice University, Texas, provides a short review of the physics underlying music theory. It covers sound waves, longitudinal and transverse waves, amplitude and loudness, wavelength, frequency and pitch. The work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
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Acoustics Glossary
http://www.keithyates.com/glossary.htm
This Web page from the Keith Yates Design Group, Inc provides an acoustics glossary. It contains a large number of terms used in acoustics, psychoacoustics, vision, audio/video, entertainment technologies and related fields. The terms are indexed in alphabetical order. A number of references are listed at the end of the glossary.
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Acoustics Laboratory Exercises at GMI
http://paws.kettering.edu/~drussell/anvlabs1.html
This site created by Daniel A Russell, Kettering University (formerly known as GMI Engineering and Management Institute), Flint, MI, USA, provides laboratory exercises for a senior level course in acoustics, noise and vibration given at the institute. The required equipment and the procedures are explained for each experiment. The site also provides two papers presented at the Annual Conference and Exposition of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), in 1996, which describe the experiments and their usefulness in acoustics education.
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Acoustics primer : chapter 1 : Introduction to computer music : volume 1
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eemusic/etext/acoustics/chapter1_intro.shtml
This primer examines the physical characteristics of sound, the way sound is measured, and human perception of sound and music. Topics discussed include: the nature of sound, the speed of sound, sound waves, frequency, amplitude, wave shape, phase, resonance, reflection, reverberation, standing waves, the ear, pitch and tuning, loudness, timbre, localisation, and music cognition. The primer is part of a text on computer music and was written by Jeffrey Hass of the Center for Electronic and Computer Music, Indiana University.
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Acoustics Research Letters Online
http://scitation.aip.org/ARLO/
This quarterly journal site includes full-text articles in PDF format published from 1999 to 2005 on the topic of acoustics and signal processing, including: linear and nonlinear acoustics; aeroacoustics; underwater sound and acoustical oceanography; ultrasonics and quantum acoustics; architectural acoustics, structural acoustics and vibration; speech, music, and noise; engineering acoustics, sound transducers, and measurement; biomedical acoustics; acoustic signal processing, and computational acoustics.
It is is a journal of The Acoustical Society of America (ASA). New submissions are no longer accepted.
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Acoustics.org
http://www.acoustics.org/index.html
Acoustics.org is a service of the Acoustical Society of America. It seeks to provide easy access to information in the broad field of acoustics. It will be expanding as new material is added to the database. The information currently includes news, technical fields, organisations, books, journals and magazines, FAQs, tutorials, education, software, standards, and employment.
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Acta acustica united with acustica
http://www.acta-acustica-united-with-acustica.com/
"Acta Acustica united with Acustica", is a peer-reviewed journal published six times a year by S. Hirzel Verlag on behalf of the European Acoustics Association and made available online via Ingenta. The journal publishes scientific/technical papers, review articles, book reviews, and occasional special issues on all subjects from the field of acoustics. The journal's website allows access to abstracts and content listings for both current and past issues. Full text articles are available to subscribers. Students should check whether their university/institution is a subscriber. Information for authors, along with subscription information and details of the editorial board are provided. An RSS feed of the latest issue is also available.
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Active noise control FAQ
http://www.chrisruckman.com/ancfaq.htm
The active noise control FAQ was written for the newsgroups news: alt.sci.physics.acoustics and news: comp.dsp, which focus respectively on acoustics and digital signal processing. It aims to provide concise, accurate answers to common questions about active noise control, dispel popular misconceptions about what active noise control can and cannot do, and refer interested readers to Web links, magazine articles, technical references, and other sources of information. The author is Christopher E. Ruckman.
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Advances in acoustics and vibration
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/aav/
The journal "Advances in Acoustics and Vibration" was launched in 2008 and is published by Hindawi Publishing Corporation. It covers research and development in acoustics and vibrations. The journal's website provides details of the journal and access to full text papers in PDF format. Print subscriptions are available.
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Applied Acoustics
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/405890/descrip
Since its launch in 1968, 'Applied Acoustics' (ISSN: 0003-682X) has published research papers concerned with the application of acoustics in its widest sense, including complete papers, short technical notes, and review articles. The journal is published monthly by Elsevier Science. 'Applied Acoustics' covers the application of acoustics in engineering research: building design, transport noise, machinery noise, environmental noise control, and measurement and instrumentation. The journal is mainly for acousticians, design and consulting engineers, architects, building scientists, and noise control engineers. The abstracts are free to access online, but the full-texts are only available to subscribers. There is an online free sample copy for users. Students should check whether their university/academic institution is a subscriber.
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Arthur H Benade Archive
https://ccrma.stanford.edu/marl/Benade/
This website contains information about Arthur H Benade (1925-1987), an acoustic physicist whose work focused on the acoustics of woodwind and brass instruments. Available information includes a biography, research files, correspondence, published and unpublished writings, and other material from the Benade estate. Some of the papers and results are freely downloadable, others are stored at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University.
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Australian acoustics FAQ
http://www.acoustics.asn.au/joomla/australian-acoustics-faq.html
This Web page contains an acoustics FAQ, provided by the Australian Acoustical Society (AAS). It contains a number of questions and answers for the basic concepts of acoustics, such as the physical phenomena in acoustics, sound levels, the future and scope of acoustics. The site contains links to other parts of the AAS website, such as membership information, journal, conferences and events, and grant notices.
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Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network
http://bison.ph.bham.ac.uk/
The Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network (BiSON) comprises a network of six remote Solar observatories monitoring low degree Solar oscillation modes, or helioseismology. It is operated by the high resolution optical spectroscopy group of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham. The website contains details of the network, background science, what's new, publications, data, and Solar links.
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Calculation of absorption of sound by the atmosphere
http://resource.npl.co.uk/acoustics/techguides/absorption/
This is one of a series of Acoustics Technical Guides from the UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL). The calculator computes the attenuation coefficient according to ISO 9613-1, as a function of frequency, temperature, humidity and pressure. A JavaScript enabled browser is required to use the calculator.
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