TY - GEN AU - Blackstock, David T. TI - Fundamentals of physical acoustics SN - 0471319791 AV - QC225.15 .B43 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - New York PB - Wiley KW - Ses KW - etuturkob KW - Sound N1 - "A Wiley-Interscience publication."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface--; Ch.1; Ch.2; Ch.3; Ch.4; Ch.5; Ch.6; Ch.7; Ch.8; Ch.9; Ch.10; Ch.11; Ch.12; Ch.13; Ch.14; Ch.15; App. A; App. B; App. C; App.D. Solution of Legendre's Equation by Power Series --; App. E; Index; Introduction--; Detailed Development of the Acoustical Wave Equation--; Reflection and Transmission of Normally Incident Plane Waves of Arbitrary Waveform--; Normal Incidence Continued: Steady-State Analysis --; Transmission Phenomena: Oblique Incidence --; Normal Modes in Cartesian Coordinates: Strings, Membranes, Rooms, and Rectangular Waveguides --; Horns--; Propagation in Stratified Media --; Propagation in Dissipative Fluids: Absorption and Dispersion --; Spherical Waves --; Cylindrical Waves --; Waveguides--; Radiation from a Baffled Piston --; Diffraction--; Arrays--; Elastic Constants, Velocity of Sound, and Characteristic Impedance --; Absorption Formulas for the Atmosphere and Ocean --; Absorption due to Tube Wall Boundary-Layer Effects --; Directivity and Impedance Functions for a Circular Piston -- ER -