Authors: M.P. Norton, D. G. Karczub
ISBN-13: 9780521499132, ISBN-10: 0521499135
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: 2nd Edition
Michael P. Norton is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Western Australia, the Director of the Centre for Acoustics, Dynamics and Vibration at that University, and a Foundation Director of SVT - Engineering Consultants.
Denis G. Karczub is Principal Engineer at SVT - Engineering Consultants. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Western Australia, graduating with honours in 1991, and going on to obtain his PhD in 1997.
Extensively updated edition of Norton's classic text on noise and vibration for students, researchers and engineers.
Preface | ||
Acknowledgements | ||
Introductory comments | ||
1 | Mechanical vibrations: a review of some fundamentals | 1 |
2 | Sound waves: a review of some fundamentals | 128 |
3 | Interactions between sound waves and solid structures | 193 |
4 | Noise and vibration measurement and control procedures | 254 |
5 | The analysis of noise and vibration signals | 342 |
6 | Statistical energy analysis of noise and vibration | 383 |
7 | Pipe flow noise and vibration: a case study | 441 |
8 | Noise and vibration as a diagnostic tool | 488 |
Problems | ||
App. 1 | Relevant engineering noise and vibration control journals | |
App. 2 | Typical sound transmission loss values and sound absorption coefficients for some common building materials | |
App. 3 | Units and conversion factors | |
App. 4 | Physical properties of some common substances | |
Answers to problems | ||
Index |