ME 458
Engineering Noise Control
Fall 2000
Instructor: J. S. Lamancusa
Lecture: 1:25 - 2:15 M W 217 Hammond
Lab: Thursday 24 Hammond
Cool Animations
Animation du Jour: Reflection from an absorbing wall
Motion of organ of Corti Standing Waves on Basilar Membrane
Plane and Spherical Waves
Dr. Vic Sparrow's Animations at PSU
Dr. Dan Russell's Animations at Kettering University
Course Materials
Course Syllabus
1. Introduction to Noise Control
2. Fundamentals of Hearing
Cochlear Mechanics - Boystown Hospital
3. Human Response to Sound
4. Noise Metrics and Regulations
5. The Physics of Sound
6. Units and Levels
7. Instrumentation for Noise Measurements
8. Room Acoustics
Absorption Coefficients, Impedance Tube Testing
Matlab animation of wave reflection from absorbing wall
9. Transmission Through Structures
Transmission Loss Data for common materials
10. Outdoor Sound Propagation
11. Fan Noise
12. Vibration Control
ASHRAE Applications excerpt - Vibration Isolation
ME458 Laboratory Exercises
Lab 1 - Divergence and Directivity
Lab 2 - Frequency Analysis
Additional info: Relating noise frequencies to physical phenomena
Skil Hand Drill Mechanical Details
Black and Decker Hand Drill Mechanical Details
Lab 3 - Reverberation Time
Lab 4 - Acoustic Materials
Additional Info: Absorption and Impedance Tubes
Lab 5 - Sound Power
Lab 6 - Enclosures
Lab 7 - Layered Damping
Lab 8 - Barriers
Lab 9 - Helmholtz Resonator
ACS597 Laboratory Exercises
Lab 1 - Divergence and Directivity
Lab 2 - Frequency Analysis
Lab 3 - Room Acoustics
Lab 4 - Sound Power Measurement
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Links:
Hearing Conservation
Okla State University online safety library
Boystown National Research Hospital
NIH Noise and Hearing Loss report
National Institute on Deafness and Communications Disorders
Auditory Home Page - McGill University
On-line course on Hearing and Balance from University of Wisconsin
Instrumentation
Noise Control Materials
Empire Acoustical Systems
Industrial Acoustics Co.
Sound Seal Co.
Sonex Noise Control Products
Mason Industries - vibration isolators
Blachford Ltd - barrier and absorbing materials
Hearing Protectors
Howard Leight
Other
PSU Acoustics Department
Searchwave
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13 July 2001