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Acoustics, the science of sound, has developed into a broad interdisciplinary field encompassing the academic disciplines of physics, engineering, psychology, speech, audiology, music, architecture, physiology, neuroscience, and others. The Springer Handbook of Acoustics is an unparalleled modern handbook reflecting this richly interdisciplinary nature edited by one of the acknowledged masters in the field, Thomas Rossing. Researchers and students benefit from the comprehensive contents spanning: animal acoustics including infrasound and ultrasound, environmental noise control, music and human speech and singing, physiological and psychological acoustics, architectural acoustics, physical and engineering acoustics, signal processing, medical acoustics, and ocean acoustics. This handbook reviews the most important areas of acoustics, with emphasis on current research. The authors of the various chapters are all experts in their fields. Each chapter is richly illustrated with figures and tables. The latest research and applications are incorporated throughout, e.g. computer recognition and synthesis of speech, physiological acoustics, psychological acoustics, thermoacoustics, diagnostic imaging and therapeutic applications and acoustical oceanography. With a Foreword by Manfred R. Schroeder Key Topics Physical and Engineering Acoustics Signal Processing in Acoustics Physiological and Psychological Acoustics Architectural Acoustics Medical Acoustics Ocean Acoustics Environmental Noise Control Musical Acoustics, Human Speech and Singing Animal Acoustics (Infrasound and Ultrasound) Features Contains over 960 two-color illustrations. Includes over 80 comprehensive tables. Emphasizes physical concepts over extensive mathematical derivations. Delivers a wealth of up-to-date references. Parts and chapters with summaries, detailed index and fully searchable CD-ROM guarantee quick access to data and links to other sources. Audio and video files on CD-ROM.

Sound. --- Acoustical engineering. --- Acoustic engineering --- Sonic engineering --- Sonics --- Sound engineering --- Sound-waves --- Engineering --- Acoustics --- Continuum mechanics --- Mathematical physics --- Physics --- Pneumatics --- Radiation --- Wave-motion, Theory of --- Industrial applications --- Acoustics. --- Animal physiology. --- Engineering. --- Animal Physiology. --- Classical Electrodynamics. --- Engineering, general. --- Signal, Image and Speech Processing. --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Animal physiology --- Animals --- Biology --- Anatomy --- Physiology --- Optics. --- Electrodynamics. --- Signal processing. --- Image processing. --- Speech processing systems. --- Dynamics --- Light --- Computational linguistics --- Electronic systems --- Information theory --- Modulation theory --- Oral communication --- Speech --- Telecommunication --- Singing voice synthesizers --- Pictorial data processing --- Picture processing --- Processing, Image --- Imaging systems --- Optical data processing --- Processing, Signal --- Information measurement --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- Physiology. --- Technology and Engineering. --- Signal, Speech and Image Processing . --- Sound --- Acoustical engineering --- Research. --- History.

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Many performing musicians, as well as instrument builders, are coming to realize the importance of understanding the science of musical instruments. This book explains how string instruments produce sound. It presents basic ideas in simple language, and it also translates some more sophisticated ideas in non-technical language. It should be of interest to performers, researchers, and instrument makers alike.

Music -- Acoustics and physics. --- Musical instruments -- Construction. --- Musical intervals and scales. --- Stringed instruments -- Acoustics. --- Stringed instruments --- Physics --- Music --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Acoustics & Sound --- Music Philosophy --- Acoustics --- Acoustics. --- Acoustics and physics. --- Musical acoustics --- Instruments, Stringed --- String instruments --- Physics. --- Music. --- Vibration. --- Dynamical systems. --- Dynamics. --- Acoustical engineering. --- Engineering Acoustics. --- Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control. --- Sound --- Monochord --- Musical instruments --- Acoustics in engineering. --- Cycles --- Mechanics --- Art music --- Art music, Western --- Classical music --- Musical compositions --- Musical works --- Serious music --- Western art music --- Western music (Western countries) --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Statics --- Acoustic engineering --- Sonic engineering --- Sonics --- Sound engineering --- Sound-waves --- Engineering --- Industrial applications

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Acoustics, the science of sound, has developed into a broad interdisciplinary field encompassing the academic disciplines of physics, engineering, psychology, speech, audiology, music, architecture, physiology, neuroscience, and electronics. The Springer Handbook of Acoustics is also in his 2nd edition an unparalleled modern handbook reflecting this richly interdisciplinary nature edited by one of the acknowledged masters in the field, Thomas Rossing. Researchers and students benefit from the comprehensive contents. This new edition of the Handbook features over 11 revised and expanded chapters, new illustrations, and 2 new chapters covering microphone arrays  and acoustic emission.  Updated chapters contain the latest research and applications in, e.g. sound propagation in the atmosphere, nonlinear acoustics in fluids, building and concert hall acoustics, signal processing, psychoacoustics, computer music, animal bioacousics, sound intensity, modal acoustics as well as new chapters on microphone arrays and acoustic emission with numerous applications. These improvements make the handbook even more useful as a reference and a guide for researchers and students in every branch of acoustics Key Topics Physical and Engineering Acoustics Signal Processing in Acoustics Physiological and Psychological Acoustics Architectural Acoustics Medical Acoustics Ocean Acoustics Noise Control Musical Acoustics, Human Speech and Singing Animal Acoustics Acoustic emission Microphone arrays   Features Contains almost 1000 color illustrations. Includes over 80 comprehensive tables. Emphasizes physical concepts over extensive mathematical derivations. Delivers a wealth of up-to-date references. Parts and chapters with summaries. Audio and video files on extras.springer.com accessible from the contents.

Vibrations --- Optics. Quantum optics --- Electromagnetism. Ferromagnetism --- Physics --- Animal physiology. Animal biophysics --- Computer. Automation --- geluidsleer --- akoestiek --- beeldverwerking --- fysiologie --- zoölogie --- fysica --- signaalverwerking

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When we wrote the first edition of this book, we directed our presenta­ tion to the reader with a compelling interest in musical instruments who has "a reasonable grasp of physics and who is not frightened by a little mathematics." We are delighted to find how many such people there are. The opportunity afforded by the preparation of this second edition has allowed us to bring our discussion up to date by including those new insights that have arisen from the work of many dedicated researchers over the past decade. We have also taken the opportunity to revise our presentation of some aspects of the subject to make it more general and, we hope, more immediately accessible. We have, of course, corrected any errors that have come to our attention, and we express our thanks to those friends who pointed out such defects in the early printings of the first edition. We hope that this book will continue to serve as a guide, both to those undertaking research in the field and to those who simply have a deep interest in the subject. June 1991 N.H.F and T.D.R.

Vibrations --- Music --- Musical instruments --- Musique --- Instruments de musique --- Acoustics and physics --- Construction. --- Acoustique et physique --- Facture --- 681.81 --- -Musical instruments --- -534.3 --- Instruments, Musical --- Organology (Music) --- Instrumental music --- Art music --- Art music, Western --- Classical music --- Musical compositions --- Musical works --- Serious music --- Western art music --- Western music (Western countries) --- Musical instruments in general --- Construction --- Musical sounds and perception --- History and criticism --- Acoustics and physics. --- 534.3 Musical sounds and perception --- 681.81 Musical instruments in general --- 534.3 --- Musical acoustics --- Physics --- Sound --- Monochord --- Acoustics. --- Music.