Reseña del libro "Fundamentals of physical acoustics (en Inglés)"
AN AUTHORITATIIVE, UP-TO-DATE INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICALACOUSTICSEasy to read and understand, Fundamentals of Physical Acousticsfills a long-standing need for an acoustics text that challengesbut does not overpower graduate students in engineering andphysics. Mathematical results and physical explanations go hand inhand, and a unique feature of the book is the balance it strikesbetween time-domain and frequency-domain presentations.Fundamentals of Physical Acoustics is intended for a two-semester,first-year graduate course, but is also suitable for advancedundergraduates. Emphasis on plane waves in the first part of thebook keeps the mathematics simple yet accommodates a broad range oftopics: propagation, reflection and transmission, normal modes andsimple waveguides for rectilinear geometries, horns, inhomogeneousmedia, and sound absorption and dispersion.The second part of the book is devoted to a more rigorousdevelopment of the wave equation, spherical and cylindrical waves(including the more advanced mathematics required), advancedwaveguides, baffled piston radiation, diffraction (treated in thetime domain), and arrays. Applications and examples are drawnfrom:* Atmospheric acoustics* Noise control* Underwater acoustics* Engineering acoustics* Acoustical measurementsSupplemented with more than 300 graphs and figures as well ascopious end-of-chapter problems, Fundamentals of Physical Acousticsis also an excellent professional reference for engineers andscientists.