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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.

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, Winter 2017, 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.

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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.

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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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.