Fundamentals of Acoustics
By Lawrence E. Kinsler, Austin R. Frey, Alan B. Coppens, James V. Sanders
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 560
Publication Date: 1999-12-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471847895
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471847892
Description
By Lawrence E. Kinsler, Austin R. Frey, Alan B. Coppens, James V. Sanders
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 560
Publication Date: 1999-12-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471847895
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471847892
Description
This book is aimed squarely at engineering students who want to learn the mathematics of acoustics. There is very little in the realm of standing back and asking “So what does this all mean?”. From the very first chapter the author dives into deriving equations that use calculus, Laplace transforms, the Fourier series and transform, circuit analysis, digital filters, and the Z- transform as well as some differential equations. There are few examples in the book, but there are problem sets that expect you to understand the theory and math well enough to apply it numerically with more intuitive knowledge than is presented. It can be done, but you’ll have to read carefully when doing the exercises to figure out how to get from A to B. If you are interested in acoustics this is probably an essential reference pertaining to the mathematical aspects of the science, but you’ll need other books to get the big picture. I’d recommend the old Schaum’s Outline of Acoustics by Seto as a companion to this book since it has lots of examples. Unfortunately, it is out of print and you’ll probably have to hunt for it.
