ACCOUSTICS

SCIENCE & TREATMENT OF SOUND

ELEMENTS:
1. Source
2. Transmission path
3. Receiver
POROUS ABSORBENT
Best for lower band frequency
ECHO
The repetition of a sound produced by the reflection of sound waves
from an obstructing surface loud enough and received late enough
to be perceived as distinct from the source
RESONANCE
The intensification and prolongation of sound produced by
sympathetic vibration
PHON
!nit of loudness level
SOUND ABSORPTION
"rocess of dissipating sound energy by converting it into heat
SOUND
#luctuation in pressure particle displacement in elastic medium
SABIN
unit of absorption equivalent to 1 sq ft of perfectly absorptive material
Frequency $ e%pressed in hert&
Decibel $ unit of sound
Noie $ unwanted sound
Dec!y "i#e $ reverberation tie
Her"$ $ the Si unit of frequency
CHARACTER OF SOUND
1. Cycle $ full circuit of particle
2. Frequency $ number of times a cycle is repeated
3. Amplitude $ ma%imum displacement
'. Velocity $ speed of sound
(. Wavelength $ distance
). Pure tone $ one energy one frequency
*. Musical Tone $ many pre tones
+. Intensity $ rate of flow at sound energy
%UALIT& OF SOUND
1. Re'erber!"ion $ the prolonging of sound
2. Ec(o $ repetition of sound with magnitude and delay
3. Flu""er $ rapid succession of echoes caused by the reflection of sound
waves bac, and forth between two parallel surfaces
'. Cree)* Cr!+l $ reflection of sound from a curved surface
,- Soun. Foci
). Di//uion $ sound is everywhere
*. Re/r!c"ion $ when traveling forward in a straight path it changes direction as
it passes through different density and causes sound wave to
bend
+. Di//r!c"ion $ acoustic phenomenon which causes sound wave to bend
-. Focuin0 $ sound waves reflected from a concave surface