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Relevant Texts

Engineering Acoustics by Malcolm J. Crocker; Jorge P. Arenas
ISBN: 9781118496428

Publication Date: 2021-01-11

A masterful introduction to the theory of acoustics along with methods for the control of noise and vibration.
Finite Element and Boundary Methods in Structural Acoustics and Vibration by Noureddine Atalla; Franck Sgard
ISBN: 9781466592889

Publication Date: 2015-04-17

Text provides a unique and in-depth presentation of the finite element method (FEM) and the boundary element method (BEM) in structural acoustics and vibrations.
Fundamentals of Acoustics by Lawrence E. Kinsler
Call Number: QC 243 .F86 2000

This widely-used book offers a clear treatment of the fundamental principles underlying the generation, transmission, and reception of acoustic waves and their application to numerous fields.
Fundamentals of Physical Acoustics by David T. Blackstock
Call Number: QC 225.15 .B55 2000

Easy to read and understand, Fundamentals of Physical Acoustics fills a long-standing need for an acoustics text that challenges but does not overpower graduate students in engineering and physics.
The Science and Applications of Acoustics by Daniel Raichel
Call Number: QC 225.15 .R35 2000

Publication Date: 2000

This textbook treats the broad range of modern acoustics from the basics of wave propagation in solids and fluids to applications such as noise control and cancellation, underwater acoustics, music and music synthesis, sonoluminescence, and medical diagnostics with ultrasound.
Vibration, Acoustics and Strain Measurement by C. Sujatha Sujatha
ISBN: 9783031039676

Publication Date: 2023-02-23

This textbook provides a comprehensive description of a variety of vibration and acoustic pickups and exciters, as well as strain gauge transducers.

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Acoustic Testing + Modeling

This course combines testing and measurement in the Acoustics Laboratory, modeling approaches including the finite element method, and exposure to textbook and journal literature to explore basic phenomena in acoustics.

-EP 485 Acoustic Testing + Modeling Syllabus, Ron Kumon, PhD

Tuning Forks

Below, a super slo-mo video of a tuning fork splashing water. Because it's cool. Watch the whole video here.

Featured Acoustics Resources

Acoustics by Leo Leroy Beranek
Call Number: TK 5981 .B47 2012

Acoustics: Sound Fields and Transducers is a thoroughly updated version of Leo Beranek's classic 1954 book that retains and expands on the original's detailed acoustical fundamentals while adding practical formulas and simulation methods.
Understanding Acoustics: An Experimentalist’s View of Sound and Vibration by Steven L. Garrett
ISBN: 9783030447878

Publication Date: 2020

Provides graduate-level treatment of acoustics and vibration, while highlighting fundamental physical principles that can provide independent tests of the validity of numerical solutions, commercial software, and computer simulations. Further, it demonstrates approximation techniques that greatly simplify the mathematics without a substantial decrease in accuracy.

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
The leading source of theoretical and experimental research results in the broad interdisciplinary subject of sound.

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Journal of Sound and Vibration
The Journal of Sound and Vibration (JSV) is an independent journal devoted to the prompt publication of original papers, both theoretical and experimental, that communicates new knowledge or reviews on important aspects of sound or vibration.

IOPscience [Institute of Physics]
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ScienceDirect
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Acoustic Analysis of Used Tuning Forks by Mustafa Yüksel, and Yusuf Kemal Kemaloğlu Ankara Vol. 13, Iss. 2
Publication Date: 2017
On the sound field radiated by a tuning fork by Daniel A. Russell American Journal of Physics 68, 1139
Publication Date: 2000
Vibration and Structural Acoustics Analysis : Current Research and Related Technologies by C.M.A. Vasques and J. Dias Rodrigues © Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
ISBN: 978-94-007-1702-2

Publication Date: 2011

Scientific Writing Guides

These books in the Kettering collection focus on scientific writing. All are available for checkout.

From Research to Manuscript by Michael Jay Katz
Call Number: ebook

Publication Date: 2009

Written in simple, straightforward language, From Research to Manuscript, explains how to understand and summarize a research project. It is a writing guide that goes beyond grammar and style by demonstrating how to pull together the information needed for each section of a polished scientific paper.
A Scientific Approach to Scientific Writing by John Blackwell
Call Number: ebook

Publication Date: 2011

This guide provides a framework, starting from simple statements, for writing papers for submission to peer-reviewed journals. It also describes how to address referees comments, approaches for composing other types of scientific communications, and key linguistic aspects of scientific writing.

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