This open access textbook, like Rayleigh's classic Theory of Sound,
focuses on experiments and on approximation techniques rather than
mathematical rigor. The second edition has benefited from comments
and corrections provided by many acousticians, in particular those
who have used the first edition in undergraduate and graduate
courses. For example, phasor notation has been added to clearly
distinguish complex variables, and there is a new section on
radiation from an unbaffled piston. Drawing on over 40 years of
teaching experience at UCLA, the Naval Postgraduate School, and
Penn State, the author presents a uniform methodology, based on
hydrodynamic fundamentals for analysis of lumped-element systems
and wave propagation that can accommodate dissipative mechanisms
and geometrically-complex media. Five chapters on vibration and
elastic waves highlight modern applications, including
viscoelasticity and resonance techniques for measurement of elastic
moduli, while introducing analytical techniques and approximation
strategies that are revisited in nine subsequent chapters
describing all aspects of generation, transmission, scattering, and
reception of waves in fluids. Problems integrate multiple concepts,
and several include experimental data to provide experience in
choosing optimal strategies for extraction of experimental results
and their uncertainties. Fundamental physical principles that do
not ordinarily appear in other acoustics textbooks, like adiabatic
invariance, similitude, the Kramers-Kronig relations, and the
equipartition theorem, are shown to provide independent tests of
results obtained from numerical solutions, commercial software, and
simulations. Thanks to the Veneklasen Research Foundation, this
popular textbook is now open access, making the e-book available
for free download worldwide. Provides graduate-level treatment of
acoustics and vibration suitable for use in courses, for
self-study, and as a reference Highlights fundamental physical
principles that can provide independent tests of the validity of
numerical solutions, commercial software, and computer simulations
Demonstrates approximation techniques that greatly simplify the
mathematics without a substantial decrease in accuracy Incorporates
a hydrodynamic approach to the acoustics of sound in fluids that
provides a uniform methodology for analysis of lumped-element
systems and wave propagation Emphasizes actual applications as
examples of topics explained in the text Includes realistic
end-of-chapter problems, some including experimental data, as well
as a Solutions Manual for instructors. Features "Talk Like an
Acoustician" boxes to highlight key terms introduced in the text.
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